ketamine and dream recall

[captaintom]

does anybody find that for up to two weeks after moderate to heavy ketamine use, dream recall is increased massively?

i certainly have, furthermore, the depth, complexity and on occasion lucidity of these dreams is also vastly increased. typically my post-k dreams involve highly realistic scenarios taking place in a range of enviroments, often much more coherently than average dreams. if anybody has any answers as to why this is then I'd love to know! likewise if anybody has any similar experiences they'd like to share

 

[mmhell]

I have never done K but I can speak to you from a purely "dream" sense.

From my understanding K disassociates mind and body.
Dreams disassociates mind from body.

I am not surprised that this has occurred.

One's mind since experiencing ketamine is now more in tune with a disassociative state.
This in turn leads to thinking more about dreams because dreaming separates mind and body. Kinda like natural k-holing(I think?)

Speaking from a neuralgic point of view,

Since K is a NMDA antagonist, there might be a little tiny teeny upregulation of NMDA receptors. NMDA receptors are involved in memory (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11732706), so if you have an upregulation you will find it easier to remember things like dreams. This of course is just a guess

edit:random sentence I meant to delete lol

 

[captaintom]

seems like a perfectly good explanation to me!