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It might be hard to believe if you have fairly normal dreams. I can easily believe it. My dreams are much stranger than that. The last vivid dream I had was of Anubis looking men emerging from eggs laid out in a grid. They clapped their hands chanting 'wolf men, wolf men, wolf men' while I had to fight their normal looking wolf pets.

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Any ideas what might be causing your.. imaginative dreams?

Cheese before bed? Art-house movies? Art-house substances?

No cheese before bed (I didn't know that was a thing) and I like watching strange films but it's not something I do often. I haven't used any interesting substances in a long time, just ranitidine for reflux.

Honestly, I don't know. I don't remember them not being like that. I still have some normal dreams, even the common ones like teeth falling out. But a large portion of my dreams have always been nonsense.

I’ve had some great dreams with taking b12 right before bed. Or waking up then going back to sleep + b12.

You sure it was b12? b6 is known to increase dream 'weirdness'. I ran a not so scientific trial 15 or so years ago with around 30 individuals where we kept dream logs and took various dosages of b6. Small amounts do have varying effects on people.

I really do not recommend high dosages over 50mg, peripheral neuropathy is not fun to have.

Yes, it’s the best b12 I could find.

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