How often do you experience intense dreams?

[Amazoniac]

Just curious to know, because a lot of people here consume a lot of liquid calories and intense intestinal microbial activity seems to correlate with intense dreams.

 

[Giraffe]

None of the boxes seem to fit ...

A few days in a year is normal for me.

I started Peating a couple of weeks ago. Got once very intense dreams for two or three days in a row. Now I have sound sleep. To fall asleep is the tricky part though.

 

[Zachs]

Every night, mostly.

 

[Brian]

In my experience there are two different types of intense dreams. The mostly unpleasant kind that leaves you feeling like you hardly slept. I assume these are mostly caused by high cortisol and serotonin, from poor bowel transit, extremely spicy food before bed and other factors.

The other type is pleasant and you wake up feeling refreshed even if it feels like you were dreaming most of the night. I have these kind of dreams when everything is running well and I also notice they tend to happen on days that I take a few mg of DHEA.

 

[Greg says]

A good dose of vitamin B6 before bed creates amazingly real dreams.

 

[tara]

In my experience there are two different types of intense dreams. The mostly unpleasant kind that leaves you feeling like you hardly slept. I assume these are mostly caused by high cortisol and serotonin, from poor bowel transit, extremely spicy food before bed and other factors.

The other type is pleasant and you wake up feeling refreshed even if it feels like you were dreaming most of the night. I have these kind of dreams when everything is running well and I also notice they tend to happen on days that I take a few mg of DHEA.

This is me too, except I've never supplemented DHEA.
I have the nightmares very seldom - 1-2/year?
The enjoyable dreams probably a few times a week.

 

[bornamachine]

My wife and I noticed intense dreams if we eat pistachios some time before bed.

 

[docall18]

post 100868 My wife and I noticed intense dreams if we eat pistachios some time before bed.

Pistachios are v. high in B6.
http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/foods-high-in-vitamin-B6.php

 

[InChristAlone]

I hadn't had any intense dreams particularly the nightmare kind in a few weeks, then I ate a bunch of dried mangoes and a few bananas and last night I had a bad dream Definitely too much serotonin.

 

[SonOfEurope]

Sex dreams are amazing.