Does marijuana significantly effect dream recall?

[SketchyTX04]

Smoking marijuana can cause some short term memory loss while the drug is active and up to three weeks after use (In my experience). How will this effect dream recall and, in the grand scheme of things, lucid dreaming?

[Turkeh]

Originally posted by SketchyTX04 How will this effect dream recall and, in the grand scheme of things, lucid dreaming? IMO if your getting wrecked every day you have no chance, however it’s not going to be too much of a problem if a couple of nights a week you smoke. Just bear in mind you are making things harder on yourself generally since smoking messes with your memory. Anyway im sure this has come up before so try doing a search if you want to know more. REMEMBER KIDS JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS :-D

[Howie]

It does indeed effect dream recall which would then ofcoarse effect Lucid dreaming. In some cases it can detur rcall up to 40 to 50% in some people.

[LucidApple]

Depends strongly on what specy u use. the silver haze specy witch only can get u high not stoned, works mostly on an other receptor then not hight species. also for that reason the silver haze works less good for anti pain or anti astma but gives often lds. Me but also some othere lucid dreamers i know did get from the haze species lds. Other more stoned effect giving species like white widdow to name one for example etc, kill your chance for a ld, so thats just the opposite. so it depends on what specy u got, the hazes work good for lds, rest decrease your chanses for dream recall and lds in most cases.

[sensi]

For me when i was a chronic herb smoker i didnt have very good dream recall. I smoked for maybe 10 years, morn noon and night so a bit extreme. In the grand scheme of things it dosnt seem to have affected my dreaming abilities now. I have not had a smoke for 3 years and dreams are just as clear as before i was a smoker. My dream recall is great and lucid dreaming sweet as. So for me when i smoked it wasnt too good but it dosnt seem to have affected me in the long term side of things. Peace sensi

[Johan]

Originally posted by LucidApple Depends strongly on what specy u use. the silver haze specy witch only can get u high not stoned, works mostly on an other receptor then not hight species. also for that reason the silver haze works less good for anti pain or anti astma but gives often lds. Me but also some othere lucid dreamers i know did get from the haze species lds. Other more stoned effect giving species like white widdow to name one for example etc, kill your chance for a ld, so thats just the opposite. so it depends on what specy u got, the hazes work good for lds, rest decrease your chanses for dream recall and lds in most cases. Indeed, every "brand" of weed destroys my dream memory, except Haze. And I did have spontaneous LD's after smoking Haze. It's not really special but I don't want weed to kill my recall so it's the only weed specie I use.

[CT]

andre hazes weed?

[Awaken]

Weed kills my recall completely - short term ONLY though. I can smoke 5 times a day for 3 weeks if I want, and the second or third night after stopping, the dreams are back to normal.

[LucidApple]

rofl CT u need to be dutch to understand that joke lol But its a good one!

[incubusfunkman]

I smoked some honey oil on top of blueberry chronic the other night and i had 4 LDs that night!!! i actaully balanced my chakrs system in one of my dreams, so i guess it depends on the person and type of mj. Peace

[morphogenesis]

for me it just takes practice remembering your dreams when under the influence of mj. it is like you start from scratch when you start smoking because of the altered state of consiousness but with practice you can remmber most of your dreams when high. in some cases it makes me fal asleep so quickly thta i am stil consious and thus induces a lucid dream.

[Soilent Green]

yeah... one of my few experiences with LDing involved smoking a bong right before bed. I guess it just depends on the person..

[OpheliaBlue]

Originally posted by LucidApple rofl CT u need to be dutch to understand that joke lol * * * CT IS Dutch...

[Floor]

Originally posted by OpheliaBlue+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(OpheliaBlue)</div> <!--QuoteBegin-LucidApple rofl CT u need to be dutch to understand that joke lol * * * CT IS Dutch...[/b] I'm pretty sure that's what he was getting at ....

[ThomasELEN]

Morphogenesis Wrote ...it just takes practice remembering your dreams when under the influence of mj. it is like you start from scratch when you start smoking because of the altered state of consiousness but with practice you can remmber most of your dreams when high.[/b] Dang Morphogenesis, I think you read my thoughts exactly. I smoke daily. Now, I'm able to recall all my dreams since I've been practicing it. For me, it's the caffeine that totally messes up my dream recall. I actually had my first Lucid Dream when I was stoned out my mind. It was also the same day that I saw "Waking Life" for the first time, so that could've been a bigger factor.

[Acid_Alex]

What does one mean by 'waking life'??? i have some ideas but as always can never be too sure.

[CT]

Originally posted by Acid_Alex What does one mean by 'waking life'??? i have some ideas but as always can never be too sure. Waking life is the title of a movie that involves around lucid dreams.

[Simonster]

Strangely enough, marijuana increases your blood levels of melatonin. Melatonin is well known for its effects on dreams. Hmmmm....

[Khronos]

Weed can do wonders... its a fact that when on weed you can strongly focus on one specific task (and only one), so if you have a passion for dreaming and smoke weed it will greatly effect the outcome of your LD. In most cases though, people just go stupid and shut down their dream recall.

[Supernova]

Weed can do wonders... its a fact that when on weed you can strongly focus on one specific task ...for a maximum of 20 seconds at a time. The exact effect on recall is effected by numerous factors. It varies from peron to person, strain to strain, and it also matters how long before seep you smoke. In my experience closer to bed means more difficult recall but a greater effect on dream content. You can learn to have good recall after smoking, it's just difficult.

[Acid_Alex]

lol the latter would be me Shut down and go stupid for a while .... it helps when ur brain is overactive.

[incubusfunkman]

weed, does in fact raise the melatonin level, witch makes you very tired, probly why your dreams arent as vivid, to tired,less alert acid alex: love your name/signature.

[Acid_Alex]

heh , thank you ...... no1 ever said that b4 .... The name comes from when i was working in a greengrocers with hippies an takin psychedelics etc. The Sig is from stairway to heaven ..... but its also a truth ive come to realise

[Santa]

I smoke occasionally and have found that my dream recall was not negatively effected. Sometimes I will have really vivid dreams the night after smoking. I think if you go to bed high it messes up your recall more.

[trickynishidake]

I have never had any luck with dream recall after smoking. Of course I don't think i have ever focused on trying to have a lucid dream.... usually i just conk out and that's it until morning. on the other hand i find it really hard to sleep during the most psychoactive part of the high cause my brain is going like 90 mph traffic.... I wonder what some relaxation and mental focus techniques would yield if I tried to sleep at that point.... interesting.... I only smoke occassionally so I will have to remember to try this and report back. My brother on the other hand is a heavy toker, I wil have to ask him about his dream recall. I wonder if he has ever tried to LD