Cannabis as a sleep medicine.

Well guys, I'd say that if there's one way that I self medicate with marijuana is that I use it as a sleeping aide. All my life I have had a hard time sleeping, it's one of my oldest memories. When I started smoking though, I would get a completely full night's rest, and I realized how important it is to get a good night's sleep.

So now, even when I don't really have the time to stay up for a while and be high, I will usually just smoke a bowl before I go to bed. It seems to work pretty well, but what do you guys know about it? Are there any big drawbacks or concerns for this?

 

the only drawback i can come up with is not being able to enjoy yer high.... although the full night's sleep is totally awesome


Actually i find... If i go to sleep stoned... i wake up stoned... does that sound wierd?

 

ive heard that sleepin high can mess with like the RIM phase of sleeping or something but on a comedown its easy as hell to sleep

 

So would this mean that as long as you wait to come down after you smoke to go to sleep, that you're fine? Because I've smoked right before bed many times and I still seem to get a good rest.

And DarkSideoftheMoon, nah that doesn't sound weird, I get that a lot myself!

 

you mean REM, meaning rapid eye movement sleep. There are 4 sleep cycles, 1,2,3,4 and then u go into REM sleep. Baking before bed is cool, i always sleep really deeply when i go to bed stoned.

 

REM sleep, but yeah I've always wondered whether you go into REM sleep or not with weed. I've never been able to find anything saying either way.

 

yea, if i'm gonna use it as a sleep aid, i only need to smoke a small amount, maybe 3-4 hits, not too much. and i get a really nice sleep out of it.

 

I don't use it has a aid.. but I have been goin to bed stoned.. for the best 3-4 months.. and im fine.

 

Do you like Lord of the Flies darkside? haha But I doubt that smokin before bed would mess you up.

 

i think when ur drunk and on certain drugs, maybe all u don't go into REM sleep, i could be wrong though

 

im about 2 smoke before i hit the hay right now.

But just so u know u can become dependent on it just like a sleep medication.Iv done this for a long time and when i dont do it i find it hard 2 fall asleep

 

When you smoke Herb it causes your body to release large ammounts of melatonin, tens of times more than your body usually uses. Melatonin is essential to reaching the REM state while assleep. Your body can only make so much melatonin so if you smoke all day and the Herb makes your body produce all kindsa melatonin durrin the day you wont have enoughf resourses to make more for night time and you wont have enoughf to fall into REM and dream with while you sleep.

 

You could go to the drugstore and getcherself a li'l bottle of melatonin for before ya go to bed.

 

smoking may make you fall asleep but it does effect the REM stages and causes you not to get the right amount of sleep your body realy needs so smoking weed to sleep realy isnt the best idea i may work once in a while but if you do it every night it will give you more negitive effects then positive

 

Thats rite ! Even if you just smoke every day and not perticularly at night it can still affect your sleep. Just like you said, it interferes with REM sleep. Most daily Herb smokers dont get any REM sleep at night and therefore have no dreams. I think some heavy smokers get REM's intha daytime while their awake. Every once in a while if ya wanna dream ya could take some melatonin from the drug store. Mabey I'l take one tonight and have some dreams .

 

So what ways should I try and find to sleep? Because I have such a hard time sleeping and it's so important to get a full amount of regular rest.

So you can buy melatonin from the store? How well does that work? Can you give me some more details on that?

 

Well even though there addicting, if you really do have a problem with falling asleep you might need a prescription to sleeping pills, but it's better to find a way to become tired for sleep without any drugs. If you always use a drug to aid you in falling asleep, you will most likely become dependant on it, without it you probably won't fall asleep, or have a very hard time falling asleep.

 

i usually smoke a j before i sleep makes me sleep better

 

thats one of the main reasons why i take breaks so that i will have dreams

 

I just take the melatonin !