Guide to Lucid Dreaming Supplements
October 23, 2008 by Ryan Hurd
Filed under Dream Herbs & Supplements
I just uploaded my latest article that explores lucid dreaming supplements. Dream herbs and supplements are getting a lot of press these days, especially from the “life-hack” crowd.
My take is that a lucid dreaming pill is not going to be of much help for beginner lucid dreamers unless they are also engaging in mind-development practices as well.
In fact, these supplements can have some nasty side-effects for the unprepared, including lucid nightmares. There’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned nightmare to take the fun out of your mind-hacking explorations.
So, in the spirit of education and cognitive liberty, here is my guide to lucid dreaming supplements, the first part of a longer series of developing lucid dreaming naturally.
And thanks to Boing-boing for the image.
KMG (3 comments.) on Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 6:47 pm
I’ve never had any success with Calea, but it does win the award for the most foul substance I’ve ever ingested (tea form)
Dungan on Thu, 23rd Oct 2008 7:08 pm
yup, calea’s acrid profile (with a hint of vile) probably adds to its mystique. This tastes bad - it must be working!
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Ben (6 comments.) on Mon, 24th Nov 2008 12:22 pm
I enjoyed reading this. Curious to see the next installment of supplements to the supplements!!!
David on Tue, 28th Apr 2009 11:07 am
Supplements really do work!! I’ve been practicing lucid dreaming on and off since my Psychology 101 class a few years ago. Since then I’ve had about 4 or 5 lucid dreams, but nothing compared to last night. I took Galanthamine (8mg) and Choline Bitartrate (500mg) last night using the WBTB (Wake back to bed) technique. Basically, I woke up about 4 hours after I went to sleep, then took the meds and stayed up for 15 minutes or so thinking about nothing but remembering my dreams and dream signs. What happened next was incredible, and a first time for me.
Instead of “waking up” in my dream using dream signs like my previous LD’s, I went into my dream through the hypnagogic stage effortlessly. In other words, I went from sitting in bed thinking solely about LD, to falling straight through my bed and into a VIVID lucid dream. It also lasted MUCH longer than any of my previous LD’s.
I can’t say enough how much more vivid my dream was with supplements than without. One interesting detail is that when I started losing awareness within my dream, I asked the person I was talking to- to show me their hand (dream sign). When I saw that they had about 12 fingers, I was right back in it!
Ryan Hurd (24 comments.) on Thu, 30th Apr 2009 3:36 pm
David, thanks for your success story with supplements, especially the details of amounts and when you took them. I have also found that supplements specifically increase my chance of WILDs (wake-initiated lucid dreams). brain food good!
Michael on Tue, 26th May 2009 2:37 pm
Where do you get Galanthamine and Choline?
Ryan Hurd (24 comments.) on Mon, 1st Jun 2009 10:20 pm
hi Michael - the company I used to get galanthamine from is out of business. I recently found a new source that has high reliability. this supplement also contains choline and B5, which is pretty much the perfect lucid dreaming cocktail. Find the galantamine supplement here.