My experience with galantamine
I recently got back into lucid dreaming about 4 weeks ago and have taken galantamine four times. My dose is 8 mg and since i live in the US, i can order it off amazon which i did. It was like 43$ for 60 capsules so not bad.
My strategy goes like this - wake up 4.5 hours into sleep, take it then instantly go back to sleep. The problem was my anxiety + excitement and fear of the unknown caused me to be extremely nervous and worried when taking it which probably diminished the results. Last night was my fourth try - i woke up, took it and stayed awake for 15 minutes give or take and fell asleep. I instantly woke up into a dream where I wasn’t exactly lucid, but was aware and conscious enough to get the urge to do a reality check (reality checks are not in my day to day and really never do them, so maybe I was already partially lucid) and I was dreaming.
A few things I noticed
- as far as side effects go I’ll I get is a mild headache which dissipates as the day goes on
- the dreams are incredibly more vivid and I tend to remember more and the dreams are more realistic.
- I tend to be doing more common tasks like swimming in a pool, in the shower, walking my dog, etc in galantamine dreams rather than doing exotic crazy activities like in normal dreams, does anyone else experience this?
Posted Jul 13, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC