Of course the 30mg of DXM taken after dark, then 40 minutes later 2/3-1 bowl of cannabis, might also be a strong part.
Let's say that a cake is more than one ingredient. A magical ratio exists, and a time for magick in the darkness. Never by the light of day, but only under the starlit sky by a small pyre of bones arranged in cones.
To the Devil one must pray, and that everyday. There is a secret to daily lucid dreaming, and the noble piracetam plays a key part.
Alone none of the actors are particularly exceptional, save of course the amazing but subtle effect of a daily high-dose piracetam regimen. Together in time like a good recipe they mitigate each others' deficits and co-multiply their strengths.
Besides that there is the magic of chancing upon a certain recipe, balanced in the right proportions. I could go into depth on how each ingredient effects the mix. Both DXM and piracetam are the clearing agents. They both sharpen the edges of the high, with of course a mild compromise in the sleepy, dreamy quality.
However, the small dose of DXM also adds its own dreaminess, and decreases several undesirable physiological changes induced by the cannabis: namely coughing, coldness, muscle tension and tremor. These changes are of particular use during the comeup or using high doses of cannabis, or while smoking in a cold environment (ie. outdoors at night).
As for dreaming, piracetam plays a key role by making dreams more vivid and notably, increasing recall of dreams the next day. However, it was never by itself the complete key to hyperreal dreaming in my case. The other half of the key is the
small dose of DXM. At higher doses DXM produces amnesia and prevents proper dreaming - not to mention its other 'trip' effects, which are not present to any identifiable degree at this dose. The range is about 15-30mg per 140lbs of bodyweight, or 0.24 - 0.47 mg/kg.
I can't say why this occurs and susceptibility to the effect may be very different between individuals.
One theory is that even at small doses DXM is a powerful drug and produces its characteristic withdrawal effects of excess clarity and psychosis, with the psychosis being only slight. The interesting thing is that due to timing effects, because the dose is taken just before bed, and because metabolism slows down during sleep, peak withdrawal effects occur during REM sleep.
Though washout psychosis is very small or even nonexistent with such a low dose, it may nonetheless effect REMcycle dreams because dreaming is very easily influenced by subtle elements of the brain's function which are altered by the agent. Waking consciousness is by comparison much more stable and difficult to alter.
Characteristic irregularity and unpredictability of vivid or lucid dreams is common. Piracetam is excellent for enhancing both normal dreaming and supernormal dreaming by means of common function elevation. However, the unusual element in my case was DXM, which in the dose noted produces the unusual effect of
consistent, nightly hi-vision dreams. Consistency is the key, and it is this effect which amazes me so much.
Edited by Isochroma, 01 August 2009 - 08:01 AM.
