# Help with vivid dreams...? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-vivid-dreams/279208 "2004-12-10T21:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aurelian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@aurelian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurelian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-vivid-dreams/279208/1 "2004-12-10T21:02:30Z")
It’s finals season, which means lots of reading, grading, writing and caffeine. When I do get to sleep, I’ve been having these really vivid dreams (not necessarily nightmares, but very intense and detailed) so when I wake up I feel really spacy and tired, as if I had barely rested. Has anyone else experienced something similar? Any suggestions for a better night’s sleep? Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-vivid-dreams/279208/2 "2004-12-10T21:13:57Z")
Oldies but goodies: excercise(as little as a 30 minute walk) no food 4 hours before bed accept a light snack warm shower keep the room where you sleep slightly cool get a fan or something for background noise eat some turkey (i kid you not) As far as why the dreams are so vivid I’ve found one fairly common reason is too much nicotine be it through a patch or sheesha or a cigarette. So also cut back on nicotine if you are injesting enough to effect your sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-vivid-dreams/279208/3 "2004-12-11T04:56:52Z")
This isn’t necessarily helpful advice, but maybe you’d want to write them down? Might make for fun reading sometime in the future.