vivid dream

Etiology

• sleep fragmentation
• traumatic brain injury
• pharmaceuticals
  • donepezil
  • ketamine
  • efavirenz
  • clonidine (uncommon)
  • propranolol (uncommon)
• pharmaceutical herbs
  • Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort)

Clinical manifestations

• everything feels real & immersive
• no control over the dream

Differential diagnosis

• lucid dreaming
  • person realizes they are dreaming while asleep
  • person may have some control over the dream

More general terms

• dream