Just about a month after citing William Domhoff that dreams aren't really so bizarre most of the time, I'm back with news that dreams can be really bizarre, such as dating dinosaurs and messing with Wild Bill Hickock. The catch is that you have to be on a new anti-smoking drug called Chantix which blocks nicotine receptors. See http://health.coloradosprings.com/fullStory.jsp?id=5482
If Beth doesn't want to hear any more such dreams, she'd better ban users of it from her classroom. Pfizer, which is on the verge of a massive campaign to promote Chantix, coyly warns the drug may be accompanied by "changes in dreaming". What, you expected accurate information from a drug company? BTW, I seem to recall a TIPSter a long way back reporting that when he went on an earlier anti-smoking drug, he also experienced vivid dreaming. Was it Zyban (aka that atypical anti-depressive Wellbutrin)? Perhaps it's not the drug but the quitting that's responsible. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
