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0 pointsthatcat2y ago0 comments

Has she tried cannabis? It prevents dream memory formation and can help with nightmares

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Not yet. It's not legal here yet, though recently it's softening up.

But we've talked about it, though mostly to reduce her anxiety. If it can help with nightmares as well, then would indeed be quite interesting.

MaxfordAndSons2y ago

+1 to this. As a long time cannabis user who is quite skeptical of many of the purported health benefits, this is one I’m not at all skeptical about. It’s actually just the other side of the coin of the degraded short/mid term memory that is a well known downside of habitual cannabis use. But as someone with frequent, vivid nightmares when I’m sober, I can attest that cannabis effectively blocks my ability to remember most dreams - which again is a mixed bag, as I enjoy recalling happy or neutral dream, but when I’m stressed being able to basically opt out of vivid nightmares is a huge boon.

conkeisterdoor2y ago

I'm also a long time cannabis user and can't remember dreams at all with THC in my system. I'll vape/smoke/eat edibles daily for weeks or months at a time, then stop cold turkey. A few days after I stop, my dreams become super clear and vivid, and I remember most of the dream in great detail for days. This happens almost every night for the next week or 2 after stopping. It always happens every time I stop. Been doing this for years and I always look forward to stopping cold turkey so I can have those super vivid dreams.

I really enjoy the experience, but granted, none of the dreams were nightmares. I wonder if this happens to other people, and how badly it could affect people who use cannabis to suppress recurring nightmares.

pdntspa2y ago

In my experience you need a pretty high tolerance and smoke pretty regularly for it to start preventing dreaming. When I intentionally reduced my tolerance to very low levels I started having dreams again.

vanattab2y ago

The reason you don't dream is it prevents the rem cycle. It might help in falling asleep but your sleep quality suffers.

whimsicalism2y ago

i mean if you are consuming daily in the evenings you will develop a high tolerance

swed4202y ago

As someone with a tolerance, I've learned that consuming too close to bedtime will cause me to have difficulty falling asleep, and also not enter REM sleep.

However, by consuming throughout the day on a daily basis but stopping by late afternoon or early evening, my sleep and dreaming is vastly improved.

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