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Default Nov 25, 2022 at 04:19 AM
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So I don’t usually dream - or remember them, I guess is more accurate maybe - and when I do they tend to be nightmares.

For awhile now - couple years or so - if I, the dreamer, realize that I, the person in the dream, is in distress of some sort, I, the dreamer, can somehow “penetrate/insert into the dream” a voice - my, the dreamer’s voice - that says very loudly and sternly and sometimes repeatedly “wake up!”. And, as a result, I the dreamer, wake up. I guess I’ve always thought this was a good thing, but I recently heard or read somewhere that waking yourself up could be detrimental somehow. Any one have any thoughts on this matter?

Recently - past two months or so - I have been having a lot (like 3x/week) of dreams that are very long, involved, detailed and remembered in the same detail. These dreams may, on occasion, have “ominous” content or something, but I definitely wouldn’t classify them as nightmares. Anyhow, two months ago is also when I started a new medication, Vyvanse. Coincidence? Thoughts? Anyone experience a change in dreaming patterns/content with a med switch of some kind? What could other reasons be for this change?

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Default Nov 25, 2022 at 01:44 PM
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I am very ignorant about the science of dreams. I generally remember some of my dreams every day. Sometimes when I have a dream I will remember more about it when I go to bed at night. I hope other members here will prove helpful to you. So sorry I could not be helpful.
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Default Nov 25, 2022 at 06:50 PM
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Hey LS👋

I don't know about the 'waking ones self up from a bad dream may cause harm' thing but it doesn't really ring true to me. I mean they should be happy to wake up from a terrible nightmare for example.

But in terms of medication actually effecting dreams, yes, I've heard people say that that is the case for them and I can believe it. Afterall, these meds are doing stuff to the brain, to the mind. And a person's mental/emotional state in the waking state can definitely effect dream content because it's happened to me many times: direct correlations of emotional state projecting itself into the dreamworld.

So, yes, it's very interesting.

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