marijuana use and dreams
 

Recently I have stopped using marijuana all the time. Around the same time that I stopped smoking 4-11 times a day, my dreams are becoming much MUCH more vivid and memorable. I have heard of this phenomenon, but only from one person.

Has anyone else ever had this experience? that is going from Chong-level pothead to casual weekly smoker and having a dramatic change in their ability to remeber dreams. Just curious.

btw, my dreams suck 9/10 times.

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wtf, 4-11 times a day? WOW.

i rarely remember my dreams and smoking weed didn't help. and not smoking weed hasn't helped. so i dunno.

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i've noticed this too. i never tend to remember dreams when i go to sleep high

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Remembering dreams, unless you are actually actively working on it, only happens when they are vivid and hit you at some level, even if you're not aware of that level. That happens a lot when there are changes in your life, routine or whatever, and your brain is processing those changes, with results in different dreams.

I think you may have a case of mistaken cause here. Not so much that smoking weed improved or whatever your dreams, but that the fact that your routine has changed created more vivid/weird dreams and since your brain is processing the different routine into your life/physiology or whatever, you have focused more on those dreams.

Also, I suppose, the fact that you no longer smoke all the time means that you are in an "altered" state from the one you know how to operate/live from, even if that altered state is normal for others, so perhaps that also helps you remember dreams. Not so much they changed, but since you are changing, you relate to them differently.

In other news, it's like 4 am so all I type is subject to [censored] detectors.

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This is 100% standard, documented, etc. I notice it after even one day of not smoking. Dreams are kind of fun, but usually just mean that I'm out of dope.

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i'm going through this as we speak. i quit in hopes of getting this new job i have had my eye on, but it looks like that's going on hold. so i'll be back on the pipe in no time, which is good because my dreams are freaky and i'd really just rather not remember them anyway.

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it didn't matter to me, I cut down a lot too (ray growing old sucks don't it) I recall my dreams just the same

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This is gonna sound like a joke response but, eat a couple tuna sandwiches right before bed and brace yourself for some of the wildest dreams you've ever had.

And yeah i've heard the dream thing about quitting cigs before, always seems quitting weed just makes people angry.

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This is gonna sound like a joke response but, eat a couple tuna sandwiches right before bed and brace yourself for some of the wildest dreams you've ever had.

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This is true for about any food high in protein.

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I quit smoking it 6 weeks ago. Almost immediately, the dreams became memorable. Before, I never remembered any of my dreams. So far, this has not been a good thing since my dreams have been borderline scary a lot of the time.

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I quit smoking when I went to Thailand for a couple weeks. Crazy vivid nightmare style wake up sweating dreams ensued.

This is a known phenomenon I remember reading about how this previously. Maybe try erowid or somewhere for more info.

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I've experienced this with pot and with cigarettes. When not smoking pot the dreams are just weird, when quitting cigarettes the dreams are about smoking cigarettes.

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I need to smoke a fatty just to fall asleep, otherwise I'll just lie in bed for hours. I'd rather have sleep than dreams that's for sure.

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I used to smoke very heavily, too, and when I quit I got vivid dreams for a while, soon goes away.

Also, I vividly remember my dreams for a few nights when I experience a change of environment, think that's standard.

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I've noticed this as well. Used to smoke quite heavily and for the longest time I rarely recalled any dreams at all. A few weeks after quitting the dreams came back again.

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I smoked way too much last week, now taking a breather, and am noticing this too. Not only are they more vivid, but they are also much weirder and scarier.

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wow i would have said OP was weird but after reading the responses I guess I'm the weird one.

I have a kick-ass awesome vivid dream pretty much every night but back when I smoked pot they were 10 times more intense to me. I used to sometimes smoke a little right before bed just so I WOULD have some intense dream.

I also remember it got to where I could smoke some pot and go to bed, then while still completely awake I would have very detailed (albeit black and white) hallucinations either in the dark (eyes open) or behind my eyelids.

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I used it pretty heavy for 18 months and then early this year stopped - (that's the way I am - why milk a habit over 10 years when I can burn out and go neurotic in 18 months - LOL) - when I messed with it, I didn't dream.

at least I really don't think I dreamed under the stuff - it's possible, and I know folks who think they do but get into the deep sleep from which it's hard to remember dreams, but ever since then even till now my recall of dreams is pretty good, which is surprising -

kinda makes you wonder whether you ever hit deep REM sleep - dunno. But it's been months and I still remember pretty well the one I had an hr ago when I woke up - Long term recall is fuzzy, but if I had written down a quick sentence summary, I'd have remembered them.

Last week I dreamed I was in Vegas, King Ghidorah was trashing the place and living in an underground parking stall at the IP, and no one noticed except me, and I thought he was Rodan - [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] - gotta love dreams.

RB

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I've had those hallucinations in the dark too... and those are definately way more scarier than my dreams. Ive slowed down from 3-4 smokes after work to 1 and I did notice I'm remembering more dreams than before. I'm quitting after next week. We'll see if the dreams get weirder/scarier.

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I need to smoke a fatty just to fall asleep, otherwise I'll just lie in bed for hours. I'd rather have sleep than dreams that's for sure.

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I find that when I go to bed blazed, it takes me forever to fall asleep, compared to when I'm straight.
In regards to OP, I NEVER dream if I'm high (or at least don't remember them) but do when I'm not...

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I know exactly what you mean, usually when I take a break of it the dreams I'll get will be really vivid, I can remember almost every detail. Not a good thing when you're mostly stressed out, taking effexor and having stone cold nightmares all the time.

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Is this because when you're high a lot you stop remembering your dreams or is it sort of a withdrawal symptom?

I never remember my dreams, high or not, but I'm kinda curious if I will if I don't smoke for a week.

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I think its because of the weed that I dont remember my dreams. I was never able to remember a lot of dreams... but at the very least some bits and pieces, but now its nothing. Until recently at least.

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Yes, I have experienced a considerable increase in dreams (or remembered dreams, anyway), after going from daily use to no use. When I used to smoke pot, I tended to smoke daily when I had it, but often would go without for a few weeks, so I experienced this repeatedly. I would also often have difficulty falling asleep the first night or two after stopping. Other than those two things, I never had anything you could call a "withdrawal symptom".

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Chronically, the use of THC becomes more of a tranquilzer than a mild halucinogenic. You are not going to have active dreams or be able to remember tham as well. I had the same experience back in the day.

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Recently I have stopped using marijuana all the time. Around the same time that I stopped smoking 4-11 times a day, my dreams are becoming much MUCH more vivid and memorable. I have heard of this phenomenon, but only from one person.

Has anyone else ever had this experience? that is going from Chong-level pothead to casual weekly smoker and having a dramatic change in their ability to remeber dreams. Just curious.

btw, my dreams suck 9/10 times.

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Same here. I just came back from a long vacation a few months ago and didn't smoke the entire trip. First time I'd gone an entire day without smoking in 6-7 years and it got me out of the stoner rut. Now I smoke once or twice a week, and remember my dreams almost every morning I wake up. I never remembered any dreams before now.