Hi,

Has anyone had any unique experiences with medications, drugs, or alcohol?

About a month ago I had taken a sleeping pill. I'm not a pill popper by any means but every once in a while I get insomnia and try to get my body on a better sleep schedule. When I take a sleeping pill I usually take a half a pill but this time I took the whole pill. I ended up having the most intense and prolonged lucid dreams I've had in a while. A few of them and I was able to string them together when one collapsed without waking up.

Here's the weird thing: When I woke up to record my dreams I was groggy and forgetful and in slow motion because of the pill. I felt that completely drugged feeling through out my whole body. Yet while in the LD, I was clearer than ever and the dream was full of energy and movement. A lot of times when I have an exciting LD that involves flying or some kind of transcendent feeling I carry that emotion/sensation into my waking experience. In this case there was no carry over.

The whole thing is odd to me. If dreaming is a brain event why was I so hyper lucid in the dream yet so confused and sluggish the second I "woke up"?