I don't think I actually dream

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by Pelafina

"Many supplemental melatonin users have reported an increase in vivid dreaming. Extremely high doses of melatonin (50 mg) dramatically increased REM sleep time and dream activity in both narcoleptics and those without narcolepsy. However, one factor that may influence this perception is that many over-the-counter melatonin tablets also include Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), which is also known to be capable of producing vivid dreams."

From Wikipedia.

I recently started taking this to help me sleep, I must have like 3 dreams a night. It's insane.

I don't think you need a perscription to get them, so maybe you should try it.

[Lifes.Lover]

Originally Posted by Hoenheim

REM sleep is when you dream. It's often refered to deep sleep. It's what makes sleeping worth it and refreshing.

I have no memory of having a dream when I wasn't almost fully conscious. I'm always fatigued. I can never sleep for more than 6 hours. I'm tired of my mother's farmhouse remedies.

Any advice, or am I worrying over nothing?

Are you crazy?

If you are, then you're not dreaming.

However, if you're perfectly sane, than you're dreaming.

There, problem solved.

[Candy Man]

Originally Posted by Lifes.Lover

Are you crazy?

Very much so.

[Kegluneq]

Get a psychological diagnosis.

[Lifes.Lover]

Originally Posted by Hoenheim

Very much so.

Look, basically, we dream during the time that the brain is filing away and getting rid of the information in it. Therefore, if you don't dream, then your brain isn't doing its job.

Which means that you go nuts. For real.

If you're nuts, then your brain isn't doing its job correctly. If you're... sane, though sane is a relative term, but if men in white coats aren't planning on strapping you to a table any time soon, then you're sane.

Which means that you are dreaming. You may not remember it, and dreams don't have to last all of the time that you sleep, but that doesn't mean that you don't actually dream.

So, sane? Then you're dreaming.

Now, about your problem with sleeping. Have you been experiencing any sudden changes in diet, exercise, or stress levels? That could be the cause of your sleeping problems. It's amazing how changing something in the body can cause you to not sleep well.

During this time, it could be the change in weather that causes it, since it seems like funky weather is happening everywhere.

It could also be that you're stressed out of your ass. If that's the case, then you need to prioritize and figure out why you're stressed, and then find a way to combat the stress.

I take anti-depressents that help to combat my stress. Some people choose to take long walks. Don't necessarily jump to pills to fix your problems or sleep groups.

My mother has a sleeping disorder called sleep apnea. She has a severe case, where she wakes up a lot during the night. When she spent the night at the hospital in a sleep study, she woke up about 32 times, which is an extreme amount. You won't even realize that you've woken up, because you usually fall back to sleep again. But it can truly affect your sleeping patterns. You wake up because you've forgotten to breathe, I believe she said, and the brain jump starts to get oxygen.

You might have some sort of sleeping disorder. If your sleeping problems don't go away even with trying to change your diet, etc. then you might want to check that out.

[Candy Man]

I'm kinda starting to think that this whole shebang is the source of my craziness.

[Home bound]

well this is not going to help your sleep habits but try waking yourself up when you're in REM sleep. generally people don't remember what they dream because you're not in REM sleep around the time you wake up. Some people can never go into REM sleep, but that's different.

[Candy Man]

Yeah, I think that's what's going on here. But i'm not sure.

[Stavvy]

I think I'd know part of your stress. . .

But yeah, I wouldn't recommend you take any pills. Remember what happened last time? The whole not-sleeping-for-three-days-allegedly thing.

[Candy Man]

That's because those were 50 year old headche pills igot from my grandma.

They came in a glass bottle, warning number 1.