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Re:Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? by snazz on Sunday March 17, 2019 @12:17PM (#19414744)
I’ve sort of experienced the same thing—never quite to the same extent, but close. I wish there were some way to trigger this productive lucid dreaming, because it does feel very cool to wake up with a solution to something you were stumped on while awake.
Re:Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? by egypturnash on Sunday March 17, 2019 @01:32PM (#19415152)
If you reduce the problem to "some way to trigger lucid dreaming" there is a lot of information to be found on that subject. If you read a bunch of different guides you start to see a few common techniques.

I can't say I've gotten anywhere near the state of attaining lucid dreaming on a regular basis by applying them but there's been some interesting moments in my on-and-off attempts.

Re:Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? by bergerjac on Sunday March 17, 2019 @02:24PM (#19415449)
Here's an experiment.. ask a question, out-loud, with intent, immediately before a nap..
Re:Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? by newnewpdro on Sunday March 17, 2019 @04:37PM (#19416426)
There's a community of people online who employ dietary supplements to stimulate lucid dreaming.

I accidentally discovered it when taking Methylcobalamin B12 supplements. For the first week or so I'd lucid dream every morning for a few hours before fully waking up. It was quite interesting, but would cease happening if I continued taking the MB12. Only after stopping for a few weeks would they recur upon reintroducing the MB12.

There are more reliable supplements for stimulating lucid dreaming in particular, I'm pretty sure my MB12 experience is just a minor side effect. I've read it affects melatonin production, and I did find myself growing sleepy earlier and more consistently when taking it. I don't know if that's related to the lucid dreaming though.

Re:Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? by codazoda on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:26PM (#19417139)
I learned this when taking Vitamin E for an injury. I would have dreams that I remembered when I woke and that is unusual for me. I tried to buy vitamin E for the purpose, recently, and failed to reproduce the result.
Re:Can a Person Learn While Sleeping? by bbrian on Sunday March 17, 2019 @07:35PM (#19417506)
Codeine gave me sleep paralysis a few times.