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Tory and Mikah talk about a few medicinal sleep aids before interpreting three dreams from listeners. Featuring: house boats, murder scenes, oceans, backpacks, and a number of apocalypses. Notes and links Medicinal Sleep Aids Ambien an oral sedative and a nonbenzodiazepine does not cause racism helps you fall asleep more quickly, but isn't intended to help you stay asleep a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonist, meaning it encourages production of GABA in the brain Ambien has some hypnotic side effects things you did on ambien - Reddit Ambien can cause dependence In very rare cases, Ambien has had some cognition-improving effect on individuals who have experienced brain damage. Antihistamines work by reducing or blocking histamines histamines are little chemicals created by your body that attach to histamine receptors on certain cells in your body histamine is created in the brain in histamine neurons. Histamine promotes wakefulness in the brain and is very effective at doing so. histamine acts on H1 receptors in the hypothalamus of the brain. antihistamines wiggle their way into the brain and keep histamine from connecting with those receptors, so your brain is like, "OK, time for sleeping now." newer, non-drowsy antihistamines affect the H2 receptors in the brain or don't cross the blood brain barrier at all. Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland in our brain. It’s referred to as “the sleep hormone.” Melatonin production is controlled by the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei this magical region of the brain in the hypothalamus is connected to our eyesight and there are photosensitive cells in the nuclei. it's responsible for regulating our 24-hour circadian rhythm. between the neurons and the hormones it activates, it uses about 20,000 neurons to keep our shit running like clockwork. Melatonin helps kick your Stage 1 sleep into gear. You start to feel less alert and want to go to sleep. Melatonin production changes with time. shorter periods of production in the summer, longer periods in winter melatonin production drops with age, too. Studies show that Melatonin is a great coach for our body’s natural sleep-wake cycles. it may also shorten the time it takes you to fall asleep it may also improve sleep quality and increase amount of sleep overall Scientists at Ontario’s University of Guelph found that in more than 71 percent of melatonin supplements, the amount of melatonin was more than 10 percent different from what the product label indicated. some products contained as much as 83 percent less melatonin than was on the label other products contained as much as 478 percent more melatonin than was on the label Rozerem a melatonin agonist, meaning it encourages production of melatonin in the brain the only prescription sleep medication not classified as a controlled substance most don’t get the groggy hangover feeling you can sometimes get from other prescription sleep aids OK for long-term use, unlike drugs like Ambien as a prescription medication, it's held to higher standards and regulated better than something like melatonin supplements Dreams Listener Tyler: A dream about a boat house, a giant wall of water, a bathroom murder scene, and prophecy. Listener Brian: A dream about a boat, backpack swimmers, a wedding, and an ever-encroaching ocean. Listener Brad: Many dreams about many (creative) apocalypses. Send in your dreams: email: dreams@lucid.show site: lucid.show Follow us on Twitter: @Lucid_Podcast Sources https://americanaddictioncenters.org/withdrawal-timelines-treatments/ambien/ https://www.medicinenet.com/benzodiazepines_sleep-inducing-oral/article.htm#formulations_of_benzodiazepines http://medicationguide.ambien.com http://www.psychiatrist.com/JCP/article/Pages/2004/v65n08/v65n0816.aspx https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657033/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120410030254/http://www.nps.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/59888/Zolpidem_position_statement_To_print.pdf https://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=248&sid=588181 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/magazine/can-ambien-wake-minimally-conscious.html https://www.helpguide.org/articles/sleep/sleeping-pills-and-natural-sleep-aids.htm http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20189012,00.html https://www.livescience.com/41999-antihistamines-drowsy-benadryl-allergies.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20851648 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24673474 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201709/how-melatonin-helps-you-sleep https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy-sleep/sleep-science/melatonin-for-sleep-does-it-work

Tory and Mikah explore the history of dreams in mythology before interpreting three dreams from listeners. Featuring: space, dead bodies, wizards, smart home tech, and drama club. Notes and links Dreams in Mythology Greek & Roman Mythology Oneiroi: Morpheus, Phobetor, and Phantasos Dreams are messages from the gods. Norse Mythology Dreams can predict the future. Dreams are messages from the gods. Dreams are a way to speak with mystical beings. Egyptian Mythology Egyptian dream dictionaries were among the first examples of dream interpretation. Dreams were sorted between good omens and bad omens. Hawaiian Mythology Dreams are "soul sleep," a time to communicate with one's ancestral guardians. Dreams can teach us songs, dances, cures for ailments, and provide us with guidance. Japanese Mythology The Baku is a mostly benevolent dream devourer shaped from a bear, elephant, and ox. It will eat away one's nightmares. Nightmares Nightmares aren't dark, spooky horses. Mares are a mythological fiend that rests on the chest of sleeping victims, suffocating them. Many, many languages have a word for nightmare that uses "mare" as its root. It was believed that sage, blessed amulets, the Baku, a dreamcatcher, a prayer, a worry doll, and more could ward off nightmares. Dreams Listener Markus: A dream about space, dead bodies, competence, and, perplexingly, a kitten in a fish bowl. Listener Brian: A dream about a whimsical wizard that loves to talk about smart home tech — particularly his smart trash can and smart sewing machine. Listener Wei: A dream about drama club, sponsorship, leadership, and anxiety. Send in your dreams: email: dreams@lucid.show site: lucid.show Follow us on Twitter: @Lucid_Podcast Sources Liberman, Anatoly (2005). Word Origins And How We Know Them. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-19-538707-0. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Norse Folklore, The Night Mare - Spangenhelm How Different Cultures Protect Themselves From Bad Dreams - Van Winkle's Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.633 ff. Via Wikipedia) Hesiod Theogony, 212. Via Wikipedia Ovid. Metamorphoses. Book XI, 641. Via Wikipedia Turville-Petre, E.O.G. 1964. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. p. 232. Via Norse Mythology Loebel-Fried, Caren. Hawaiian Legends of Dreams. University of Hawaii Press, 2005.

Tory and Mikah discuss environmental sleep disrupters (like artificial light and temperature) before interpreting three dreams from listeners. Notes and links Environmental Sleep Disrupters Light (particularly artificial light) Sound (but not white noise) Temperature (cool down your bedroom for better sleep) Bed mates (kick your partner or pet out of your bed; your body will thank you) Dreams Listener Tai: A dream about hiding dead bodies and trying to cover one's tracks. Listener Trinity: A dream about a dance on a frozen pond with a tentacled beast hiding beneath. Listener Shannon: A dream about crumbling teeth falling out of one's mouth. Send in your dreams: email: dreams@lucid.show site: lucid.show Follow us on Twitter: @Lucid_Podcast Sources Blue Light Has a Dark Side - Harvard Health Publishing How Sound Impacts Your Sleep Cycle - Amerisleep Are Noises Keeping You Awake? - National Sleep Foundation Burden of Disease from Environmental Noise, Quantification of Healthy Life Years Lost in Europe - World Health Organization Cool Temperature Alters Human Fat and Metabolism - National Institutes of Health teethfallingoutdream.org

Tory and Mikah discuss consumable sleep disrupters (like caffeine and spicy foods) before interpreting two dreams from listeners. Notes and links Consumable Sleep Disrupters Caffeine Alcohol Honorable Mentions Nicotine Chocolate Spicy, Fatty, and Sugary Foods Marijuana? Send in your dreams: email: dreams@lucid.show site: lucid.show Follow us on Twitter: @Lucid_Podcast Sources The Chemistry of Caffeine, Nicotine, and Sleep - Everyday Health How Caffeine Works - HowStuffWorks How alcohol affects the quality — and quantity — of sleep - National Sleep Foundation

Tory and Mikah explain the four stages of sleep (N1, N2, N3, and REM) and the sleep cycle before sharing their own dreams and trading dream interpretations. Notes and links Send in your dreams: • email: dreams@lucid.show • site: lucid.show Follow us on Twitter: @Lucid_Podcast Stages of sleep N1 (Stage 1) N2 (Stage 2) N3 (Stage 3) REM The sleep cycle N1 » N2 » N3 » N2 » N1 » REM Sources OpenStax, Psychology. OpenStax CNX. Feb 28, 2018 The history of sleep science - The Guardian Non-REM (NREM) sleep - HowSleepWorks REM sleep - HowSleepWorks What are brainwaves? - Symphonic Mind Stages of sleep - American Sleep Association Stages of sleep and sleep cycles - Tuck Sleep