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Psychedelics, 5htp and dreaming

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What's the relationship? I've heard of taking 5htp with LSD, does it influence the trip? Is it safe? (Obviously taking it with DXM or any MAOI or SSRI would be dangerous, but I'm not clear on everything else.)

From my preliminary research, people tend to use 5htp to help with the hangover from MDMA, since it boosts serotonin. But that's just a theory at the moment. I wonder if it would do the same for LSD, and I intend to experiment with it. Perhaps it will also help me get to sleep after an acid trip.

My main interest with it is actually in lucid dreaming. My psychonautical focus of late has been to reach that state, and I had a lucid dream last night, which is pretty cool. I figure combining 5htp with Vitamin B6 before bed ought to make my dreams lengthier and more vivid, hence giving me more of a chance to realise I'm asleep.

Side topic: what do people think of the idea that using psychedelics makes you more likely to have a lucid dream? A friend of mine put this theory forward, based on his own experience.
 
Increased Serotonin increases the ability to dream as well as the quality and "detail" of the dream.

Having personally pursued lucid dreaming for a while, increased dreaming and dream recall, intensity, realism etc increases the likelyhood you might be able to initiate a lucid state.

So i guess psychedelics indirectly increase the chance of lucid dreaming by influencing the factors above.
 
In my experience I've found 5htp and Vitamin B6 (careful with B vitamins) greatly potentiate lucid dreaming.

As for psychedelics, I find LSD makes me feel too "electric" to really sleep well, I find it tends to be more of a twilight sleep.

Recently while trying to quit smoking I realized that nicotine patches greatly enhance lucid dreams. But if your looking for ways to lucid dream theres a world of supplements that are quite effective.
 
I just went to the chemist and discovered 5htp is prescription-only now in Australia. Same with melatonin, actually. Absolutely ridiculous.

So it's easier to get LSD than a benign sleep medication.

I'm especially pissed off because from what you guys said, it's exactly what I'm after. I'm going to have to get it some other way, maybe it's possible to order online...
 
That's ridiculous Melatonin and 5-htp are all over the US. I know they are just a couple clicks away online and usually cheaper than they in stores.

I don't see why they would do that. It seems unfair to ban neurotransmitter supplements and hormones.
 
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