The herb I ordered is Calea zacatechichi.
A while ago I started taking tylenol PM just to fall asleep as my mind is always going. I noticed that whenever I take it I don't dream, or at least I can't recall them. I figured taking the herbs might help bring it back as I do enjoy dreaming at night. In fact, I used to look forward to falling asleep as dreams would come quite regularly for me. I know a lot of dreams are random images but I do think our subconscious tries to tell us things while dreaming. I have had dreams where I seem to get 'stuck' in them as well. By that I mean I can have a dream one night and wake up, use the bathroom and fall right back to sleep and pick up where I left off in the dream. These dreams seem to always be 'scary' or cause 'fear' so I try stay awake when the cycle starts.
I’m sure you are still dreaming, the issue most people face is a lack of recall upon waking.
Some medications will diminish your recall even further...especially benzodiazepines like Valium.
There are several ways to improve this...the easiest being a dream journal.
Upon waking you jot down as much as you can remember, people, plot, setting, emotions, feelings, etc....even if it’s just a feeling you are left with and you can think of nothing else.
It starts to tell your brain that this is something you wish to remember and starts to train it to do so...you have to be consistent with it though.
Also upon waking, if possible, you lay there for a while awake but with your eyes still closed and you go over as much of the dream you just had in your head before opening your eyes and coming to full consciousness.
If you wish to induce more lucid dreams it is best to start a routine of questioning during the day where you ask yourself if you are awake or dreaming...do this as much as possible and every time you remember...after some time, the idea is that you will also eventually ask this same question of yourself in a dream (as it has become a daily habit now) and you will hopefully realize that you are dreaming and become lucid.
The best thing to do for dreams that carry on is to take a few more minutes and drink some water...walk around your house...think of a positive memory.
If you are having sleep paralysis...then I can help with that too...but I don’t think that is what you meant.
Calea zacatechichi is commonly known as dream herb because it tends to produce very vivid or even lucid dreams.
I've had few apocalyptic dreams as well. They were so real that I can recall them easily and they have stuck with me through the years. I'm not on any SSRI or psych meds. I do cannabis oil drops though for ptsd and anxiety.
I’ve heard of that one, but am not very familiar with it.
Even though you are not on any other meds it may still have side effects that are unwanted...just be careful...read as much about the experiences of others on that particular herb as you can find.
Most of these herbs actually keep you from falling into too deep of brain waves...they act as a stimulant in a way to certain regions while the rest of the brain falls asleep, providing better recall, but usually not directly inducing bizarre dreams (though there are some that will definitely do that 100%).
You should also try binaural beats...I have found the best for me is right around 4hz - 4.5hz...but you may want to start out higher if you aren’t used to meditating into a lucid dream or OOB...try 6.3hz (the general frequency for astral projection and lucid dreaming).
There are also some youtube meditations with “dream alarms” (I will post one at the end for you).
Again the idea is that you will hear the alarm in your dream and it will induce lucidity in your consciousness.
However...you may be having lucid dreams every night and not know it because your recall is not there.
This is the problem most have - it’s not that they aren’t doing it or becoming lucid - it’s that they don’t remember until they start to practice recall exercises.
Cannabis oil is good stuff!
I’m in WA state and we have a nice selection of marijuana products.
Let me know if you want any further help or suggestions or if you just want me to zip it, lol.
I await your dream herb report!
Take care!
