Drugs and Dreams

Former Member

If I'd been smoking a lot of weed one day, am I more likely to dream that night? Because I never dream, but I've been dreaming a lot of the past few days, and smoking a lot of weed too.

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I found that being a full time stoner killed off any ability my brain had to make dreams. But that was a good thing at the time.

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I don't know about you but i find i don't dream at all when i'm smoking all the time.

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i have always hgad very vivid dreams ...drugs or not.

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I get really vivid dreams if I've been smoking that day, especially if I go to bed still feeling really stoned. I think there's definitely a connection, well with me anyway.

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I don't know about getting stoned but i'm quite sure pills give me nightmares. Since i started taking them about a year ago ive had nightmares constantly apart from the two times i havent had any for afew weeks, and then they go away.
But i'm sure any mind altering drugs would have an effect on your dreams.

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I find I dont sleep very well at all if I go to bed stonned, so if your sleeping lightly then you are more likely to dream and more importantly remember that you have been dreaming.

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Originally posted by z0ma
I get really vivid dreams if I've been smoking that day, especially if I go to bed still feeling really stoned. I think there's definitely a connection, well with me anyway.

see that's exactly what I get, I think.

Former Member

I think my dreams have come back crazy this week since I haven't smoked a joint for a week today !

Pissed me off actually, I really wanted a smoke last night and couldn't get any, hahaha that hasn't happened in a LONG time !

Ah well, I'll have some sooooooooon, I'm just thinkin of the money at the moment, and how low my tolerance is dropping, day by day. lol.

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When i was a mad pillhead i never used to dream at all, just used to have that sleep paralysis shit...scary as fuck!

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Originally posted by Digital-Emotion
that sleep paralysis shit...scary as fuck!

What's that? Sorry, not too clever me

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Its a condition where your mind wakes up but your body is still in the sleep phase and you can not move.

It isnt strictly a side effect of drug use but some heavy drug users do seem to get it.

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Shit that does sound scary :shocking:

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Bongbudda summed it up pretty good!

It used to happen not once but several times a night!

each time like a fool i`d instinctively try and break out of it and wake up so would try and move and of course i couldnt so it always made me panic and my heart used to race up like mad like it was gonna blow any second! made me lay off the drugs...... for a week or 2

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One of my friends at school suffered from it after a horrific drug over dose when only about 11.

He would have massive trouble sleeping at all and would just meditate most nights rather than actual sleep.