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Aspirin Dreams

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JimenyRickets

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I recently hurt my knee, so I have been taking aspirin to ease the pain. I noticed that I was having extremely vivid dreams and that my dream recall improved greatly. I thought this could just be a coincidence, but when I stopped taking the aspirin, my dreams returned to normal.

I mentioned this to a friend who says he has also had really intense dreams while taking aspirin. Has anyone else noticed this, or could anyone offer a possible explanation for this phenomenon?

(The only active ingredient in the pills I was taking is acetylsalicylic acid)
 
It don't think that is it, because my dreams were significantly more vivid than before I had even hurt my knee. Also the injury was not significant at all.
 
Other than that, it makes no sense.
There is no scientific evedence that shows asprin enhances dreams at all.

I'd say placebo is a major factor here.LOL
 
^Why do you rebut thease peoples opinion?

I don't see any reason why aspirin would help one remember dreams better (rarefied blood -> better flow though brain?), but I'll try it tonight ;)
 
I'm not saying that this guy's explanation is credible in any way. I'm only providing another example of someone who has noticed a possible correlation between aspirin and dreaming.
 
Does it really matter? If you don't like it, stop taking aspirin. If you want to be in less pain, take the aspirin. It's as simple as that. And to be honest it is more than likely not caused by the aspirin, it is probably something in your life (stress, emotional problems, other drugs, etc..), or it is purely a placebo effect because since you had weird dreams the first night (which is more than likely totally unrelated), when you go to sleep you think about having another weird dream because you know you took aspirin again and think it will cause the same effect. Placebo.
 
You can make yourself have dreams of a specific theme by thinking about it? I'd love that ability.
 
Bob Loblaw said:
You can make yourself have dreams of a specific theme by thinking about it? I'd love that ability.
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Yes you actually can. It's called lucid dreaming, where you are aware that you are dreaming and you can actually control how your dream goes (I have achieved it several times, but it is very hard). And what I was trying to say was since he had a weird dream on aspiring the first time, every time he takes it again he is going to think about whether or not he is going to have a weird dream, and may subconsciously even think about it, and could have an effect on the outcome of his dream. If i think about something enough before I fall asleep, my dream (if I have one) will most of the time have a similar theme. But that is just my theory, don't really care if you agree with it or not. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
 
I didn't make the connection between the dreams and the aspirin until after the second night of dreaming. And it doesn't really matter at all, I'm just curious.
 
The willow has always been known as a tree of dreaming and enchantment, and it was associated in Celtic legend with poets and with spells of fascination and binding. <---- Hippie talk but interesting, related Hippie talk at that =D

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the OP's claims. Sure, there might not be any scientific evidence to support it, but there'd only be some if they were actively seeking out this to prove or disprove it.
I'm not saying he's correct, I'm not saying he's completely wrong. But just because nobody knows anything about it doesn't mean you can just dismiss it at the drop of an internet hat :)

I'll give this a try at some point when my knees fuck up again OP ;)
 
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