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I've had about 10 in my lifetime. In the first one I was in a beautiful green park and the colors were amazing--I couldn't get enough of just looking and I kept thinking that I knew I was asleep but didn't want to wake up yet. If that's what heaven is like, I'm ready Lord.
Had another amazing one years later where a woman died and I scooped up her soul and took her to heaven--even got to go thru the tunnel, which was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen--ever.
One dream I had came after a couple of weeks of keeping a dream journal but then I had a big fight with my then-husband (that was the night I had the lucid dream) and shortly after that he asked for a divorce (real life stuff here) so that put an end to my journaling. Then I just stopped dreaming altogether for several years but they're coming back. I have read that if you're low in acetylcholine, you won't dream or not as much, which may be why they say that older folks don't dream as much--older folks do lose some of that and it could be a warning sign, since you need it also to help you remember. Interesting that dreams and memories are so closely linked. After a year of taking a choline+inositol supplement, my dreams are coming back with a vengeance.
I've read that melatonin can help with lucid dreaming but it does nothing for me, even if I take a large amount. I don't even dream any more than usual if I take it. I read about Galantamine once and got some from amazon--it worked the first time I took it but then not anymore after that but I may not have done it right. You have to go to bed normally, then wake yourself up in the night--if you have to go to the bathroom that's ideal--take the galantamine and stay up for 15 min thinking of your intention, then go back to bed. I did that the first time and got a lucid dream. But usually I'm afraid to stay up a few min b/c I'm afraid I won't get back to sleep. I may try it again this summer when I'm not teaching. Interesting thing about galantamine? They're also using it for dementia. Again, that connection between dreams and memories. I'm really really glad I got my dreams back.
I have only had a few spontaneous Lucid Dreams and the euphoria that I felt for days afterwards from having these dreams was like nothing I have ever experienced naturally in my entire life.
I recently began drinking Prickly Pear cactus juice for all the healthy benefits that it promotes. It has had a huge impact on my dreaming...meaning that I am dreaming more vividly as well as having better recall.
A friend had offered me the Calea zacatechichi, after reading up on it...I am not really interested in trying it. Just wondered if anyone else had any experience with it.
When I took Genetics long ago and far away my professor was working on the circadian rhythm of flies. He informed me that it is not a good idea for humans to take melatonin and that it can be harmful for us. I was taking it in efforts to help me sleep...it was miserable. I never had a good nights sleep using melatonin or Valerian Root.
It's true that melatonin has side effects but they wear off after taking it for awhile. My holistic doc has me taking 15-20 mg/night to boost my immune system. The Mayo Clinic says that it interferes with meds that suppress the immune system so that should tell you something about what it does to help you, assuming that you don't want to suppress it. Melatonin also has some documented anti-tumor effects.
The same thing happens to me. I wake up feeling exhausted after many of those dreams.
I have lucid dreams regularly. I didn't ask for it, but someone of something decided that was going to happen.
How do you describe a/your Lucid Dream?
The reason I ask is there seems to be a variety of interpretations describing lucid dreams.
I have had a few spontaneous ones. In one I lost the lucidity as soon as I realized I was lucid...I was too excited and let my excitement yank me right back into the non lucid dream state. I had been practicing lucid dreaming techniques for a few months when this one occurred.
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