# 05-Aug-2005 How do you have lucid dreams?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/05-aug-2005-how-do-you-have-lucid-dreams/335522 "2005-12-14T01:26:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clayton\_jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_jones)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/05-aug-2005-how-do-you-have-lucid-dreams/335522/1 "2005-12-14T01:26:49Z")

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05-Aug-2005 How do you have lucid dreams?

This little bit of info may help people have lucid dreams.

I tried to quit smoking once… okay, 17 times… during one of those many occasions, i used a nicotine patch. I read the instructions and did what it said. The only that I forgot to do was take it off before bedtime. That night, I had the wildest and most vivid dreams I have ever had. I thought I could even control everything that happened during that crazy night. Most dreams are almost like a written story and you are just following along. This “story” was mine and I could do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Flying like superman. Supersonic speed. I dreamt that I flew Darth Vaders winged aircraft from The Return of the Jedi.

The next morning I awoke… dog tired. My mind was running at full speed all night and I just couldn’t get out of bed. I wanted to go back to sleep but I couldn’t. While I was taking a shower, I couldn’t get over the dreams I had that night. I realized while scrubbing that I didn’t take my nicotine patch off. When I got out of the shower I read the instructions and it said on the box: **May cause lucid dreams!** That’s definetely what I had. Lucid. I had a word for it.

I started smoking again and I did try the patch again. I had Saturday off so I went to bed with my patch on again. Again it happened. Vivid dreams. Lucid dreams.

I highly recommend trying it. Maybe half of one. Wild Wild Wild.

Clayton Jones

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/05-aug-2005-how-do-you-have-lucid-dreams/335522/2 "2005-12-14T14:31:49Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, clayton.

A link to the online column is appreciated. Providing one can be as simple as pasting the URL into your post, making sure to leave a blank space on either side of it. Like so: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050506.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050506.html)