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I wasn't really even trying to go lucid tbh. I've kinda shifted into a passive role with my dreams. feels more like i'm just ... watching a movie or playing a game, so I accept the fantastic. Its like trying to go lucid is just too much friggin work right now when I can barely remember my dreams or get proper sleep. I think my struggle atm is more along the lines of no computer after 9, no caffeine after 4, ect.

Now this sounds exactly like a dream dream. Everything is so bizarre, but be accept it.

I liked how you tried to save the leaves....

Wait...I'll never step in a leave without thinking about a kitten now 0.0

Those vampires 0o I like how you just decided to hit her with the stick after you realized she wasn't believing you anymore xD

yeah - after i woke up i tried to get out of bed to go around and turn the light on, but the darkness on the side of the bed might have held that chick...

Will be trying it again, just wanted a few nights break. The difference in vividness is too much for me to just pass up. Thanks again for the well wishes

Oh wow, I haven't had any experience with menthol nightmares. That does sound really unpleasant, especially when it's one of those where you wake up and don't get that sense of relief where you laugh it off as "ah great, that was all just a dream." The nasty ones that leave you feeling freaked out into waking life aren't too fun.

For whatever reason, my menthol dreams are generally very lighthearted, with a pretty strong (but not universal) tendency toward the amorous. I did have one very gory one but it had a very clinical "CSI" sort of feel to it.

Still feeling like you may steer clear of the peppermint tea for a while or are you still open to it? I hope you have more pleasant dreams if you give it another shot!

i posted another dream today with peppermint tea - i think i can be fairly confident in stating that it had an effect. yeah, the imprecision sucks, but if it works it works.

Thanks! Yeah it gets rough once you go through enough of them. I didn't try chewing them, just constantly sucking them throughout the WBTB. Takes like half an hour for me to dissolve all 6. It gets old, fast!

My weariness of cough drops (and some research that Alyzarin dug up which points to a possible role of menthone in dreaming) has led me back to peppermint tea. Fortunately, that stuff tastes fantastic. The only downside is that I have no clue how much menthol I'm actually getting, but I guess I can live with a little imprecision.

yeah, saw someone else mention menthol in their DJ, found the forum, and went to Walgreens. least they were cheap. sounds like you got the tasty ones! all i tasted was menthol - oh gods the menthol. don't get me wrong, i LOVE mint, but that tasted like chemical death. guess there is a difference in taste when you're just chomping through them instead of slowly sucking on them. i figured they would be fine >_<. wondering if it would be easier to try just swallowing the damn things.

anyway, thanks for the comment and the well wishes - luck to you as well!

Ah cool, you dabble in menthol as a dream aid too? Even though I'm 99% sure that you already know about this thread, I've got to point out Alyzarin's excellent menthol thread in the Research section of the forum: http://www.dreamviews.com/research/1...-enhancer.html There's tons of great info there and is also a great place to share experiences if you're so inclined.

I have lots of sympathy on the cough drop issue. I've consumed as many as 6 during a WBTB and by the end my mouth is a honey-lemon hell.

Yeah, it does sound like a lucid where things perhaps got a little scrambled up after the fact. That tends to happen to me when I lose lucidity and keep dreaming. When I wake up from a lucid, things just fit together so much better. Anyhow, even under the most uncharitable possible interpretation, you were at least dreaming about having a lucid dream. I find that once I have one of those, an LD is usually right around the corner.

I'm brewing up some peppermint tea tonight as well -- good luck with yours!

write on your bracelet: THIS IS A DREAM!

ah, it isn't that big.. and doesn't take writing well (you have to angle it just right to see the number as it is). besides, i could blow that off just as easily as the number thing. if it exists irl, it can easily be ignored in a dream. instead, i'm trying to find a symbol on it that isn't there irl (while imagining it to be there)... and doing other RCs just to be sure if that one fails. i'm mostly just surprised it showed up in my dreams last night with so little suggestion.

write on your bracelet: THIS IS A DREAM!