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A drug's weird side effect lets people control their dreams

Your competent? doctor should have been all over this. With lucid dreaming you can see action observation of your own movements. I would do running.  The rest of the article is behind a paywall.

Your doctor should have been familiar with galantamine for a decade already

A drug's weird side effect lets people control their dreams

By Alice Klein

16 August 2018 , updated 17 August 2018A woman sleeping

An Alzheimer’s treatment boosts lucid dreaming

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Have you ever wanted to fly? A drug that helps people control their dreams could let you try it from the comfort of your own bed.

A small number of people naturally have lucid dreams, meaning they can recognise when they’re dreaming and steer the storyline they experience. Some others can learn to induce them using cognitive techniques.

The practice is most commonly used to pursue fantasies like flying, but it may also help to overcome fears and nightmares, says Benjamin Baird at …

Article amended on 17 August 2018

A description of galantamine side effects was added.

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