JQuinton comments on Open Thread, October 7 - October 12, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JQuinton 08 October 2013 12:49:40PM 1 point [-]

I was taking melatonin for a while, but I kept having these weird/disturbing dreams whenever I took it, so I stopped. Are melatonin induced nightmares common?

Comment author: gwern 08 October 2013 04:32:36PM 2 points [-]

More vivid dreams is common, and for some people the dreams are nightmares. (Not for me, though.)

Comment author: curiousepic 08 October 2013 06:22:38PM 2 points [-]

I did have more vivid and "weirder" dreams, especially in the morning (perhaps memory bias), and a handful of them were quite disturbing, far from my norm. But, this lessened after a couple of weeks of off and on use.

Comment author: hyporational 10 October 2013 03:56:54PM 1 point [-]

I've had melatonin quite a while and still have far weirder dreams than before starting. Last night, I dreamt of having a generalized epileptic seizure while conscious. Luckily I can shrug nightmares off easily these days.

Comment author: Nectanebo 09 October 2013 12:48:35PM 1 point [-]

This was also my experience.