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Cannabis and sleep
Not exactly grow talk, but didn’t fit anywhere else.
I have been smoking for about 25 years, more or less chronically.
For the last 10 I have been using it as a sleeping aid. All fine.Now for various reasons, my life is changing and I would like to kick the habit of smoking just before hitting the sack, if possible. Maybe my insomnia won’t see that through anyway.
But problem is, since I got so used to getting high before bed I definitely can’t sleep without smoking now. I know it is a common withdrawal symtom, and I dealt with it earlier in my life from time to time, but I wasn’t smoking as much then and it was OK after a couple of sleepless nights.
Now it’s annoying to go on a work trip or whatever and just not being able
to sleep if not smoking. I’m in deep prohibition land so it’s not always
so easy either.I started to google around and all the info you get is how bad cannabis REALLY is and you should absolutely stop it altogether right now because here’s how it ACTUALLY screws up your sleep – and life! And there’s no way you can have a healthy weed-relationship and a healthy sleep pattern.
That’s not even close to what I want. But maybe I’m asking for too much.
When I’m listening to the pod, the guys are talking about tolerance breaks for example. Me I can’t do that, because I can’t sleep without it.Now I vape during the day a few times and in the evening i smoke one joint and then another one before bed time.
I would like to be able to continue vaping during the day and like maybe smoke a joint in the evening a couple of hours before hitting the sack and be able to sleep. And be able to not smoke a day and be able to sleep.
My guess it’s all rituals and what you get your brain used to. I guess I have to bite the bullet and ween off the night smoke and create new habits and a new pattern will form.
Chronic smokers: If you don’t smoke at all one day, can you sleep at night then?
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I just take edibles with me if I’m travelling and can’t smoke or vape. At least then I can get a good sleep.
The first few nights off it will give me crazy dreams and restless sleep but I think that’s pretty normal.
Maybe try CBD, melatonin, earplugs or a combination of those or something else.
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Yeah, I have been completely free from dreams for many years.
When I took naps during the day I sometimes had dreams.First week or two not smoking was pretty intense and vivid dreaming.
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Edibles is an idea. I’m not very experienced with that. Since I’m in prohibition land, it is less common. The times I’ve eaten things I’ve been high like for two days. Although very sleepy most of the time. Of course, we never really considered the forthcoming days back then. Just ate them if we got them. lol
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I was once like you sir. Usually i fall asleep fine. Then about 2.5 hrs later im wide awake followed by hours of fruitless tossing and turning, staring at the ceiling thinking of how tired and miserable ill feel tomorrow at work. Alarm goes off and im bummed out the whole day. If I did zonk back out, it never felt beneficial. So now during a tolerance break I lean into it. I just get up and get productive. I get to go hunting, fishing, exercise, frame out a basement bathroom, wander a city I’m staying in for work, or even respond to a random interwebs post at 4:17 am on a Wednesday. Great part is I never feel miserable at work because im no longer focused on a negative. typically i fall back into a somewhat normal sleep pattern after a week or so. It may only work for me so grain of salt and Good luck. I’m off to the garage to sandblast some parts for a 74′ cl 350 scrambler I’m restoring at 4:29am
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Thanks bud,
At the time I posted I got really sick. Pneumonia got me bad and it was a total bummer to smoke, obviously. Not to mention, the high fever wasn’t really tying the high together.
I was already fucked, and freed from work, so i bit the bullet. Not smoking anything for five weeks now, hoo-ya!I got a nice tolerance break and I feel good. I can now go to sleep and I’m sleeping without smoking. Today I’m having my first toke for five weeks. Let´s see if I can create new routines to keep toking and not be using it as a sleeping aid.
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The best way to fall asleep is to pretend that you’re asleep.
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That’s why I eat the edibles.
Stops the dreams
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Take a high quality magnesium supplement, just like the plant you need it. Not being able to sleep is a sign of magnesium deficiency.
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Funny, I thought it was due to pain. Can’t sleep more than 3 hours at a time.
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