Thread: Anybody Else Use Valerian?

I notice increase dream activity after taking one or two 500mg caps standardized to 0.8% valerenic acid.

One problem is it gives me dry skin and I start to itch like crazy, I have no other known allergies so I don't get why.

Another problem is it seems to make me feel angry/agitated before I fall asleep, and its not from the itching.

I wish I didn't have these side effects because I could use the help falling asleep.

Anyone else react negatively ?

I love valerian, it replaced melatonin for me a couple years ago when I realized that melatonin was causing bad headaches in me. When I want to dream more I take a triple dose with some B6. That seems like a lot but I do have a higher tolerance to valerian since I take it so often.

Originally Posted by guerilla

I take 100mg of 5-htp and valerian with vitamin b before bed and i get dreams that seem like reality lol

Hi, what doses do you take of each for this effect?

Originally Posted by lucid4sho

I notice increase dream activity after taking one or two 500mg caps standardized to 0.8% valerenic acid.

One problem is it gives me dry skin and I start to itch like crazy, I have no other known allergies so I don't get why.

Another problem is it seems to make me feel angry/agitated before I fall asleep, and its not from the itching.

I wish I didn't have these side effects because I could use the help falling asleep.

Anyone else react negatively ?

Sometimes Valerian makes me agitated and everything seems to bother me the next day, though not always, this is usually worse if I take 1000mg than if I just take one 500mg capsule.

Originally Posted by Firewalker

Sometimes Valerian makes me agitated and everything seems to bother me the next day, though not always, this is usually worse if I take 1000mg than if I just take one 500mg capsule.

Interesting. Maybe my dose has been too high. Is your Valerian standardized to 0.8% valerenic acid ?

Valerian root gives me terrible hangovers, even at 500mg. I would rather go on a serious booze bender than take valerian.

Originally Posted by lucid4sho

Interesting. Maybe my dose has been too high. Is your Valerian standardized to 0.8% valerenic acid ?

Mine doesn't say it is standardized, so I guess not. It is the NOW brand, 500mg per capsule. At first I seemed to have very vivid non-lucid dreams when I took it, now I hardly remember any dreams when I take it, and usually just take it now when I am having trouble going to sleep, or need to make sure I get enough rest. It does make me very sleepy, and one capsule is usually enough, though I occasionally take two.

I never tired Valerian, but I did try Mugwort once made about half a cup of it in tea. That same night I become completly Lucid. So I tried the next night and the next night after no more lucid, but it always gave me very vivid dreams and strange ones.

Yeh Mugwort is so awesome.
It's getting my recall back so much.
I usually drink tea, cigarette of mugwort or put it in a ziplock bag in my pillow case. Pillow case is the best amazingly. But usually I drink tea and use the pillow case way. The cigarettes don't seem to do a lot.

Also Valerian makes me irritable aswell. Which makes me not able to sleep quickly which makes me more irritable haha

I find Autosuggestion works great for Lucid dreaming usually takes 4 to 5 days to kick in. I stopped using Mugwort as it never got me lucid again. The method of Autosuggestion is from bardons iniation into hermetics you need beads.

Wtf you don't need beads. All you do is tell yourself you are going to have a lucid dream over and over. Me smell an ad whore.

I've used it.

no depression. . .

It zonks me out though, I sleep really deep and dreaem really vivid but no lucids because sleep is too deep

Wow, wish it worked that well for me haha

i have taken Valerian with st johns wort, the dreams can sure get crazy!
love becoming lucid in these dreams, but if i take this combo to long, the effects start to wane, it sucks

Never tried Valerian. I heard eating mustard a tablespoon and a pickle before going to bed can tend to make you lucid but never tried it.

I used to take Valerian three times a day for anxiety and I don't think I ever really noticed any vivid dreams.

However I did have odd withdrawal symptoms when I stopped, which I was surprised by because it's natural.

LOL. All I'm gonna say is.... Opium is natural.

Originally Posted by Dragomentis

Never tried Valerian. I heard eating mustard a tablespoon and a pickle before going to bed can tend to make you lucid but never tried it.

All a tablespoon will do is puncture your intestinal wall XD

Originally Posted by tommo

All a tablespoon will do is puncture your intestinal wall XD

Hahah.. I was thinking the same thing.

I've never tried Valerian before, I'll have to give it a shot.