Sleeping Pills?

[Dream Theater]

Hey Dream Views, I was wondering, would sleeping pills increase or decrease my chances to dream? Thanks in advance

[Burns]

Well, everyone dreams every night - it's only a matter of it you remember them or not. It would probably depend on the drug, but my guess is that sleeping pills may have a negative impact on recall.

[Howie]

I agree with Burns I can say with almost certainty that sleeping pills will suppress dream recall. I have looked at many types and forms of sleeping drugs and herbs and they all have that result. In the case you have insomnia. A sleeping aid may help you to go to sleep. You may then possibly use a WBTB technique to help with the dreaming aspect.

[visor]

Everyone is different, but Seroquel has been a good enhancer for me and I've heard it doesn't screw up sleep like ordinary tablets (don't know if that's true).

[Howie]

Everyone is different, but Seroquel has been a good enhancer for me and I've heard it doesn't screw up sleep like ordinary tablets (don't know if that's true).[/b] Seroquel is not categorized as a sleeping pill. It is actually an antipsychotic medication. Known mostly for use for schizophrenia It was later realize that it has good results in patients for panic disorders/attacks and social and general anxiety.

[visor]

You're right, it is an antipsychotic but about 10-20% of the dose that is used for psychotic symptoms often works for sleep.

[ToadKings]

I got prescribed this drug trazadone and the I took it and tried dream recall that night and was not able to remeber it. The next night I could remeber one dream without it.

[DreamerDavious]

most sleeping pills are designed to induce deep sleep, in where much less dreaming and dream recall occurs, so pills almost always have a negative impact on dreaming practices. For a more natural method of beating my insomnia I've turned to taking melatonin 2-3 hours before bed (when you take them usually depends on how bad your problem is), even then my dream recall is pretty poor, I don't know if it's melatonin, but it probably has to do with me not trying very hard...if you can sleep naturally do it. If not just limit what you take, and remember the pills are usually meant to be temporary, you know to get your body used to falling asleep so your "body-clock" is aligned correctly.