Crazy dreams anyone?

[RandallFlagg]

So I have been having crazy realistic dreams. Have a serious phobia of zombies - woke up this morning terrified my boyfriend was one. Not kidding.

Anyone else experiencing weird dreams that are way too realistic?

Is this a symptom of nic withdrawl or is it something else maybe?

OMG! Me too!
I remember them all. First one was that the outbreak was starting and thousands were running through the streets and neighborhoods. I was in the crowds and stopped at a gas station that seemed to have an entire wall of swords. As I was negotiating with the owner for a weapon to use against the zombies, I woke up.
The second one was in an area one might find playing Half Life 2. In a small section of a building with the zombies making their way towards me a few floors down, I was stuck with a .22 rifle, three bullets and a couple of .45 bullets, but no pistol to shoot them with.

Weird!

[Misty]

Nicotine, as well as nicotine patches, increases the level of wakefullness and arousal throughout the nite making it easier to remember dreams .

Nicotine is popular supplement among lucid dreamers for example, who try to become aware and alert during dreams.

Nicotine actually attaches itself to acetylcholine neuro pathways increasing your overall level of wakefullness. Pleasant during the day, but annoying when drifting off to sleep, making your mind more alert when it ordinarily isn't.

[Tyler2.0]

Nicotine, as well as nicotine patches, increases the level of wakefullness and arousal throughout the nite making it easier to remember dreams .

Nicotine is popular supplement among lucid dreamers for example, who try to become aware and alert during dreams.

Nicotine actually attaches itself to acetylcholine neuro pathways increasing your overall level of wakefullness. Pleasant during the day, but annoying when drifting off to sleep, making your mind more alert when it ordinarily isn't.

would this explain why often i can lay in my bed till 3am not feeling tired at all? maybe its just summer time and i took a break from school, but lately even if i really try to sleep it just doesnt work til LATE late

[happily]

would this explain why often i can lay in my bed till 3am not feeling tired at all? maybe its just summer time and i took a break from school, but lately even if i really try to sleep it just doesnt work til LATE late

I got some of that going on as well....up til 4am and i've never had this issue

sad thing is I got blood tests back for nicotine levels today and there is barely any nicotine in my system

[solonguniverse]

yea seriously last night i had a wicked sex dream. no kidding. my girl was quite surprised this morning

That's weird...the same thing happened to me...today.

[TheLizinator]

Any major change in your life will heighten dreaming; most definitely any neurochemical alteration would produce more vivid dreams. A move to a different house, especially if you move away from your familiar place and go to a different geographic location, it will boost your dreaming. One thing about dreaming that researchers have discovered is that babies dream the most due to novel stimulation in their lives. The more novel circumstances you face, the more you must adapt and learn new things. A major function of dreaming is to sort out new information and experiences to "file" them away for future use and reference. Deep sleep gives the mind the opportunity to "clean house"--throw seemingly irrelevant info away, take significant information and organize it. Most smokers would agree that stopping a behavior that alters neurochemistry, as well as strongly ingrained habits/rituals is a true jolt that demands immediate and ongoing adaptation. I love periods of life when my dream states are enhanced; the content of dreams says so much about what's bubbling beneath the surface of consciousness.

[Sun Vaporer]

Any major change in your life will heighten dreaming; most definitely any neurochemical alteration would produce more vivid dreams. A move to a different house, especially if you move away from your familiar place and go to a different geographic location, it will boost your dreaming. One thing about dreaming that researchers have discovered is that babies dream the most due to novel stimulation in their lives. The more novel circumstances you face, the more you must adapt and learn new things. A major function of dreaming is to sort out new information and experiences to "file" them away for future use and reference. Deep sleep gives the mind the opportunity to "clean house"--throw seemingly irrelevant info away, take significant information and organize it. Most smokers would agree that stopping a behavior that alters neurochemistry, as well as strongly ingrained habits/rituals is a true jolt that demands immediate and ongoing adaptation. I love periods of life when my dream states are enhanced; the content of dreams says so much about what's bubbling beneath the surface of consciousness.

Lizinator--very informative post. I did not know that. All they ever talk about is REM sleep and I never really studied up on the subject. Thanks again for the good post-----------Sun

[SueandCootie]

In the past when I've been getting ready to try to quit smoking I'd have vivid smoking dreams. Had none of those when I started vaping, but more other types of dreams, which is odd since I've been sleeping terribly since I started vaping..I'm exhausted. I believe my screwed up thyroid going of the rails-I'm now hyperthyroid-is causing the sleep issues...but it's interesting to get other folks sleep reactions.

[Misty]

I got some of that going on as well....up til 4am and i've never had this issue

sad thing is I got blood tests back for nicotine levels today and there is barely any nicotine in my system

Well, nicotine doesn't stick around your body for too long. It has a half-life of about 60 minutes(ie. “six hours after a cigarette, only about 0.031 mg of the 1 mg of nicotine you inhaled remains in your body”) and the remaining nicotine is filtered and excreted in the urine. So unless you were heavy vaping right before your test, it wouldn’t show up too much nicotine?

Nicotine is also metabolized in your lungs and liver to cotinine. Since Cotinine has a 24-hour half-life, testing for whether or not someone has been smoking in the past day or two is done by screening for cotinine in urine.

It could be a lot of vaping late evening that keeps sleep at bay.. lowering nic levels in the evening might help to make sure you get a good nite’s rest ..

[happily]

vaped like a madman and did cotinine as well..........http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/for...evels.htmlhere is the result