Drugs in Your Dreams
I always have involved and memorable dream experiences. I used to keep a dream journal, though now I only write down the "good" ones. And some drugs increase the chance of stronger dream experiences, such as mirtazapine, or even nicotine. I get more consistent lucid dreams using mirtazapine.
But this thread is about drugs you find IN your dreams. This must be pretty common, so I'm hoping for good experiences from other people. I want to hear about drug use in your dreams, and, if you have any that are particularly interesting, the dreams that involve them, as well.
I've shot up countless times in my dreams (opiates are a frequent thing in my dreams, I've lost count of the number of times they appear), almost universally with zero rush from whatever substance I was using. I don't think I can remember ONE realistic rush I've gotten in my dreams. If I'm not lucid, which is most dreams, I just assume I missed or something and go about my business, strangely not bothered by the missed shot and the lack of a strong effect. It really sucks when you no longer inject anything. I still have dreams of preparing and injecting hydromorphone, despite it being years since I was addicted and really using. When I wake up, I often am slightly envious of "Dream-Me", because I can't use the drugs he does anymore. I wake up with the IV use fresh and still in my mind, and then I'm disappointed that I'm sober and with no real prospects for an opiate or stimulant high. Oh well, it sucks, but I just let it go, there's nothing else to do.
I frequently smoke cannabis and tobacco in my dreams, and they seem to affect me more than an IV drug in a dream. It's not like really being stoned, but it is something.
I've had exactly one remembered dream with cocaine, and it had WEIRD effects on me in the dream, feeling like a mild opiate mixed with a benzo/alcohol and a stimulant, all at once. I was not put off by the strange effects in the dream, and just rationalized it at the time. It was nothing like cocaine IRL, though, and I'd be pretty concerned if I actually did feel like that from using it IRL.
But the NUMBER ONE drug that shows up in my dreams (save for cannabis and tobacco)? It's definitely benzodiazepines of all types. I've dreamed of alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam, temazepam etc. basically any benzo I've used IRL. I used to be dependent on high doses of benzos, taking aprazolam, temazepam, and lorazepam daily. In addition, I find that I fucking love benzos, and have frequently used them recreationally (often combined, carefully, with a quantity of alcohol). Rarely do I have what I'd consider "enough" benzos IRL, however, and my dreams involving them must be a subconscious process telling me to seek out what gives me pleasure. When I have them, I wake up with a STRONG craving for benzos, and a vivid memory of having them in the dream.
For example, last night I dreamed that someone sold me a bottle of 180 0.5mg lorazepams. I remember not believing they were a real benzo at first, challenging the person to let me test-dose them. They didn't look right, I'm pretty sure lorazepam doesn't come in small pink circular pills. But damn did they work! Immediately after popping a few, I felt a very distinct benzo-feeling. It made no sense, it surely couldn't have metabolized and circulated mere seconds after dosing. But I was running on dream-logic.
I immediately bought them all, and spent the rest of the dream in a very screwed up state. I kept popping them, and subjective effects kept increasing and changing. It felt very real, and I actually thought I was awake - I even shared with friends because I thought it was real (I wouldn't share if I knew I was dreaming, lol).
Whenever I have a benzo-dream (my actual term for them), it always involves a high quantity of them, and real-feeling subjective effects.
My ex-girlfriend used to have them occasionally, too. My favourite one that she's had involved her waking up and starting her day (in the dream), only to miraculously find a butter/margarine container in the fridge that was FILLED to overflowing with alprazolam. Just tons of pink footballs staring up at her. Needless to say, she partied it up for a while, in the dream, and still subconsciously felt like she'd found the upon awakening, until she realized it'd been a dream and was let down by it.
When I look through my dream journal later, I'll try to find some of my best dream-experiences and post them. I'd love to hear anyone else's dreams about/involving drugs, please do post them if they're interesting enough.