#VIVID DREAMS FULL#

You everybody for the comments,they let me know I am not alone, I stopped weed a month ago after 50 years of two joints a day, think of how many houses I could have bought. They just keep trying to give me other medications that I wasn’t allowed to take because of regulations at my job. I’m considering seeing a shrink about it but I remember the last time I quit (for a job interview) and it didn’t help at all. I’m really freaked out and really want to use again just to make it all stop and to get real sleep. Just tonight I woke up 4 times now in 3 hours dreaming of my cat being invincible like wolverine and watching my brother get crushed by a trash truck and one about my kid being born looking like the alien from alien. It’s weird because I pass out every time my head hits a pillow during the day but at night it’s really difficult to finally fall asleep. It’s been 2 weeks since I quit and, Boy can I tell you, my dreams have turned into nothing but nightmares of kill or be killed scenarios, watching family members die horrific deaths, screaming in my sleep, night terrors, waking up in a pool of sweat (once I thought it was blood from dying in the dream). I treat it kind of like alcohol where I won’t get baked before work (don’t want to get someone killed) and do it responsibly at home on my own time (because it suppresses the traumatic ptsd moments I have regularly). I had to quit using weed to keep the bad thoughts away for 2 weeks because it’s against the rules for work etc. I deal with high amounts of PTSD due to my job as a Firefighter/EMT and the dead bodies I see on a regular basis. I’ve smoked weed multiple times a day (5-6 times per day) for over 15 years.

If you find yourself still struggling with poor quality sleep weeks to months after you’ve stopped using marijuana, just find comfort in the fact that this is still normal, and part of the process. Take comfort in knowing that withdrawal symptoms from marijuana are challenging but do not last forever.

#VIVID DREAMS FULL#

Vivid dreams can be unpleasant and may impact sleep quality, leaving you feeling drained even after a full night of sleep. The number of symptoms is significantly associated with the frequency and duration of marijuana use prior to quitting. Most heavy marijuana users experience at least one withdrawal symptom after quitting weed and many experience more than one symptom. Sleep studies of people in the first week of marijuana withdrawal have shown changes in almost every phase of sleep, including longer time to fall asleep, decreased total sleep time, poorer sleep efficiency, and, as mentioned, increased time in REM sleep ( Gates, Subst Abus, 2016 Garcia, Am J Addict, 2015). However, some former users report having vivid dreams for a year or more ( Livine, Drug Alc Depend, 2019). Vivid dreams typically begin a week after quitting and can last for a month before tapering off. Sleep difficulty is reported by about half of former marijuana who often report insomnia, vivid dreams, and night sweats. How common are vivid dreams in former heavy users? How long do they last? Increased REM sleep can result in longer and more intense dreams. REM rebound is characterized by an increase in REM sleep after periods of little REM sleep. When chronic marijuana users quit, their dreams can become more intense because of REM rebound. Because of this, many regular weed smokers don’t remember their dreams.

REM sleep is suppressed upon activation of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) ( Lovinger DM, Front Mol Neurosci., 2020). Studies have shown that acute exposure to marijuana suppresses REM sleep whereas it increases slow-wave or non-REM sleep. Approximately 80% of dreams happen during REM sleep. Among these cycles, one is known as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep whereas the others are known as non-REM sleep. To understand the reasons why, we need to understand sleep cycles first.ĭuring sleep, you go through four or five sleep cycles, each lasting for about 90 minutes.

When quitting weed after prolonged use, many former users report vivid and intense dreams. Why do vivid dreams occur after you quit weed? Sometimes, we wake up and have no idea that we’ve dreamed, while other times, we can recall our dreams because they were so intense. Our dreams can be scary, realistic, or even fantastical. While sleeping, the brain is quite active – dreaming.