# Doctor's medications and vivid dreams **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955 "2013-09-16T07:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/1 "2013-09-16T07:21:25Z")
I went to Wikapedia and discovered that topral (Generic metaprolol) causes vivid dreams. I experienced those dreams years ago on “nicotine patch”. I get them nightly now. also causes inability to have sex. sure I’m not a stroke victim due to the drug, but > [@](#): > > c’mon man I thought I was a PTSD patient from my job. The doctor went to another hospital btw. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/2 "2013-09-16T07:32:23Z")
Are you posting on drugs right now? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/3 "2013-09-16T12:34:25Z")
Aren’t we all, or… ? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/4 "2013-09-16T13:04:01Z")
{ **smee goan** wakes up, crawls out of bed and says to self,“Whoa, I dreamed last night that I wrote a biting critique of the pharmacy and medical care industry. Then I published it at a very prestigious on-line site where it was revered by millions” } ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/5 "2013-09-16T13:54:31Z")
Like the OP’s username though. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/6 "2013-09-16T13:55:00Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > { **smee goan** wakes up, crawls out of bed and says to self,“Whoa, I dreamed last night that I wrote a biting critique of the pharmacy and medical care industry. Then I published it at a very prestigious on-line site where it was revered by millions” } { “If only I could remember the site… something about giraffes?” } ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/7 "2013-09-16T13:59:39Z")
pass the bong. ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/8 "2013-09-16T14:23:04Z")
My wifey in a nursing home and ever see that hand shaking side affect? I know she gets vicaden sometimes for pain. But again she’s vertical- well in a wheelchair. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/9 "2013-09-16T14:38:48Z")
I’m probably going to go to my grave wondering why he put “c’mon man” in a quote box. ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/10 "2013-09-16T16:01:56Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m probably going to go to my grave wondering why he put “c’mon man” in a quote box. How does he have the necessary 'puter smarts to manually enter the quote box [/] but not the communication smarts to say more than that… ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/11 "2013-09-16T18:32:11Z")
I dig vivid dreams. They’re extremely intense and seem so real that once I wake up I have to lay there a while and think about if what I just experienced was real or a dream. They are a multitude more intense than the average dream or nightmare. I first had them about 9 years ago when I went to India and had to take anti-malaria pills. The pharmacist told me “these cause vivid dreams”. I said “what does that mean?” He snickered and said “you’ll find out!” I enjoyed them so much that now a couple times a month I take 600mg of [B6](http://lucidallnight.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/how-to-make-a-dream-more-vivid-the-true-b6-story/) before bed. The dreams are absolutely insane! What a ride!!!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/12 "2013-09-16T18:35:51Z")
Last night I had a really vivid dream that I was eight years old again and somehow got signed up for the neighborhood Butt’s Up tournament. Remember Butt’s Up? A game I hadn’t thought about in close to 20 years. I woke up and thought, “man, what a crazy dream! How strange it is that memories from so long ago can trickle up from one’s subconscious!” Then I turned over and saw a fresh tennis-ball-sized bruise on my left ass cheek[!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW7Op86ox9g) True story. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/13 "2013-09-16T18:42:26Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I dig vivid dreams. They’re extremely intense and seem so real that once I wake up I have to lay there a while and think about if what I just experienced was real or a dream. They are a multitude more intense than the average dream or nightmare.(snip) I know. I used to have hypnagogic hallucinations before my sleep apnea was treated. I really miss them. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/14 "2013-09-16T18:46:57Z")
If only there was a recreational drug that caused vivid/lucid dreaming, I’d be vegetative encephalapods that hang from branches while my fifth grade teacher recites poetry (except it’s not actually my fifth grade teacher, but Jon Stewart). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/15 "2013-09-16T18:49:53Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I dig vivid dreams. Yeah, unless they’re about _not_ having sex. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/16 "2013-09-16T20:16:48Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > If only there was a recreational drug that caused vivid/lucid dreaming. There is, and it’s not even a drug. It’s vitamin B6. YMMV but it takes about 200-600 mg. It isn’t something you can do every night as too much B6 built up in the body can cause nerve damage. But my research shows doing it twice a month doesn’t cause problems. I am not a doctor, this is not medical advice. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/17 "2013-09-16T20:31:33Z")
…and then PKBites was there and he kept talking about the alphabet and things that weren’t doctors. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/18 "2013-09-16T20:35:24Z")
I didn’t notice vivid dreams as a side effect at all. It does do wonders for my blood pressure and fast heart rate though. Nice not to feel like a humming bird on crack. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/19 "2013-09-17T11:45:14Z")
I know what you mean. You know something is weird when you’re chasing Hitler off the front lawn while yelling “He invented the accordion!” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955/20 "2013-09-17T12:04:47Z")
I’m all hopped up on goofballs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-medications-and-vivid-dreams/668955.md?page=2)