Toboronottob12b suggested that I might take vitamin b6 and my dreams or remembering dreams would return. Last night, I had a dream I remembered! I dreamed that I got up and went to the bathroom (I did do that last night) and then I dreamed I went to my bed, got on the internet and ordered some good books off Amazon. I woke up and remembered this! I checked my emails and no emails from Amazon that I ordered any books from Amazon! It was all a dream! I did this afternoon order a book from Amazon. I was wide awake. I am taking vitamin b6 tonight before I sleep. I like getting dreams again that I remember. I feel as if my old self is returning a little at a time. Thank you toboronotto12b!
I’m glad they worked for you, but we don’t really know how important it might be in “not” remembering our dreams upon awakening . I only say this because as we become more conscious in the morning it’s natural for our dreams to increasingly fade farther away so it might be that we don’t remember them for a good reason in that the subconscious affect they have on us during the day may have a greater beneficial affect on our thinking then remembering them would have. They say we schizophrenics live our lives mostly in our dreams so by overriding the subconscious affects that naturally occur my be a good thing for us to do. Dream experts may know more about this than anyone else, but they probably just deal with normal people for the most part. I can remember mine even without the B6 vitamins, but they are said to be good for what ails us in any case. You should tell your doctor about any herbal products you might be using as well. We should research these things for ourselves, because a doctor would usually just be protecting their own jobs by saying we shouldn’t try new things with our medications. I will research something until I get at least three answers from different sources that have the same information about what I am researching. This is just my own disclaimer telling you this. Hey, I have to cover my own butt as well. lol. Always gotta look out for number one.
You are right about researching what you take and that doctors sometimes don’t think outside the box; although they need to do. It’s almost 130am edt and I have yet to fall asleep. I may not fall asleep and then I may get a few hours. I’m hungry; but, I don’t want to eat. I took the vitamin b6 for tonight. When, I bought the b6 I got an inspiration to purchase Vitamin B12. There may be something about vitamin defiencies in mental illness; particularly schizophrenia. I went to Walmart this afternoon and politely told this girl to move out of a handicapped parking space. There was no handicapped sticker in her car. I was there with my mother who uses a cane and has a handicapped sticker. I politely told her about the disabled Vietnam veterans like my late father. This woman called me every bad name in the book and came calling me stuff. I don’t what her problem was. My mother was afraid that sometime I would say something to someone sometime and anger that person so much; I would wind up in jail and she would refuse to bail me out! I went into Walmart and did my shopping like nothing ever happened. I did go over it in my brain a million times. I didn’t curse under my breath or in my mind because got in my way or anything. I just did my shopping and left. Then later my mother starting acting like I told you to do it my way about an incident that occurred. I did yell at her to shut up; but, I thought twice about saying something that she need to hear; but would only cause further arguments. I was on 9mg Invega; but, I quit taking it because of very scary side effects. I was waiting to see what happen tonight and they not to be so great. I will call my therapist Monday morning. There is nothing they can do about it over the weekend. He, I know, will tell me to call the nurse. However, when I talked to my therapist last week, I found out that the man who prescribed me Invega had left the clinic and the receptionist would call me in May to reschedule with another practioner. I had a July appt. This will be the fourth prescriber that I have had in six months time. I really really like my therapist; but, the med prescribers have got me a little concerned. Of course, I have had trouble with that side of the mental health business for centuries. I will discuss all of this with my therapist and see what he suggests. I do have an apt to see him Thursday am. The more I learn about this illness; the more I learn how utterly complex it is and how each treatment and therapy MUST be tailored to each individual. This is so very important to the health, well-being, and peace of mind to those of us who suffer so much. Also, It is not our fault! It is not self-inflicted!!!
I got a lot of information about vitamins and mineral supplements and their naturally occurring foods from a book titled The Real Vitamin and Mineral Book written by Shari Lieberman PhD along with Nancy Bruning. who mentions that If you take vitamin B12 you will need to supplement that with folic acid in the preferred form being Folate because there has to be a balance of those two B vitamins because of how they work together. She has her MA in Nutrition, Food Science and Dietetics from New York University. It is really well written. There are later editions may be by different titles now.