Thread: Does marijuana significantly effect dream recall?

it ravages my chances of becoming lucid, or even remembering any dreams. i went from a daily user to once a week in order to lucid dream. thus far its been a worthwhile decision

and i've enjoyed some hashish this afternoon, so i have the best of both worlds right now

For some, marijuana helps get them into the world of lucidity. For others, it ruins their chances of becoming lucid, which is how it is with me. People are different, and if you are really interested, experiment with it, and see how it is with you..

I myself only got high once.... from 1968 to 1974.

Originally posted by Leo Volont
I myself only got high once.... from 1968 to 1974.

that mustve been some good cannabis

Originally posted by Leo Volont
I myself only got high once.... from 1968 to 1974.

Ahh...The late sixties and early seventies. Must've been a great time to live in.

cannabis reduces my recall to a bunch of disconnected fragments which are harder to remember because of their dissociation. If you burn out (and if you do you know what I mean) then try splitting up your sleep period. Even with heavy cannabis use i can recall normally if I take a 2-3 hour nap in the evening, then go back to bed about an hour afterwards.

Of course, the best way to find out is to simply try sleeping with and without having smoked the day of. I've never had recall problems last for more than a day so if you can go one day without getting high you should be able to find out.

Also, heavy use followed by quitting cold turkey can cause an effect called REM-backlash. Basically if you smoke all the time and then just stop, your dreams will be out of control for the next few days. Last week I slept all day after taking a break from smoking and I literally got lost in the dream world because my dream spanned 3 days and it was hyperreal (as real or more real than waking perception). That was freaking awesome.

I advise some herion, cokain, schrooms and some morfine (to get to sleep).

Sure to give you great dreams.

lol I think I wouldn't care to much. Don't to drugs for dreams. Do drugs for fun, do chocolate or B6 for dreams.

I think that tripping on weed once is a very enlightening exp that you can always remember. It's impossible to describe. I'm not a regular user, though, but I don't think there was a time I felt more liberated (except dreams, haha)

But remember that remembering dreams is different than remembering waking memories, so I believe they use different parts of the brain. You should even "feel" the memories coming from somewhere else when you compare them.

Originally posted by AirRick101
I think that tripping on weed once is a very enlightening exp that you can always remember. *It's impossible to describe.

you don't trip while smoking weed. and no, you can't always remember it actually.

Around here we only got yukon gold and white widow occasonally ships in. i am going to experiment with this to see the effectiveness of the best buds on Lucidity and Dream Recall. I also got another thing The drug in Benedryl Dyphenhydramine makes some really screwed up dreams and like you hear people talking to you and its all jiberish but you understand wat there tring to say, and wen you talk back you wake up then say the word....... you then remember every dream but ill check back to this topic in a week or two with my bud update.

I've noticed that marijuana doesn't really affect whether or not I'm able to remember my dreams or not. Sometimes I remember them as soon as I wake up, other times it takes me a little while - maybe a few hours to remember them. Other times I just don't remember them at all. I'm also a pretty regular marijuana smoker.

I know that it significantly effects my dream recall. I guess the short term memory thing explains it. Though, I have had lucid dreams even right after I smoke. For the most part, I never remember dreams when I smoke. I like it too much though, it's not hard for me to quit, but I'd rather be baked usually. There will be cycles where at a certain time in the month I'll be like "Yeah! Im gonna quit smoking, start meditating, and lucid dream!" then by the time I start making any progress my buddy is like "dude I got some really good weed" and Im done. Hahaha

You seem to be asking if short term memory is different from short term memory.

Secondly, lucid dreaming relies on clarity of mind. Another obvious answer.

Yeh same with me, have weak recall because of MJ, without it i start to improve my dream recall, but after i smoke it there's only a picture or unclear fragments on the rare ocasions where i remember something :/

I smoked ganja pretty regularly for 3 years (had a medical card for insomnia and anxiety). At first it didn't have an effect on my dreaming. After a while my dreams turned pretty nuts, like the most random series of events I could not ever imagine. After a couple years my dream recall started going BAD. It got to the point where I might remember a dream once every two weeks. Through the discovery of lucid dreaming and other things related to LD I decided to try and quit. I haven't smoked in 8 months and I can recall 2-3 dreams a night now. The vividness of dreams has returned and after having a few LD's I don't think I can ever go back to MJ, especially since it makes me feint now as well. No more insomnia or anxiety either, thanks to MJ or the power of mind and healing

Pot gets me to sleep superfast and I have perfect recall with it. Never had an LD with it, but I don't smoke that much.

Originally Posted by Khronos

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.

YES.

I've been a daily smoker for about 5 months now. I finally decided it was time for a t-break last Friday, which I ended up breaking on.. Saturday, and last night. I'm sticking to my word now though, I really wanna do it.

anyways

The first night I didn't smoke, for the first time in 5 months, I actually had a dream I could recall. I realize we dream everynight, but it's been soo many months since I have woken up and remembered a dream. It could be a coincidence, but I don't think so.

its a documented fact that smoking weed causes your melatonin levels to go through the roof, far more than what taking a few capsules of melatonin would do.

melatonin suppresses REM sleep, thus smoking suppresses dreaming. regular smoking even more so, your levels are gonna be all kinds of messed up.

it's unfortunate, cause i love to smoke.

I have recently quit from smoking weed. I smoked about a gram a day and the months before i quit about 2 grams. I have done that for about a year or so. In that time i couldn't remember a single dream. Now that i have quit smoking for about 2 weeks i start to remember dreams every night. So yes, i would say it does greatly affect your dream recall.

I've found that smoking earlier in the day doesn't have a significant effect on recall, as long as you're not high or drowsy from coming down from a high when you go to bed. Basically, if you're a chronic smoker who goes through an eighth or more in about 4 days, your dream recall is going to be shot. Otherwise, it's not that big of a deal.

The first time i smoked weed (only like a year ago) i didn't feel 'normal' for like 5 weeks afterwards. after that though my dream recall went back to normal and such. I don't remember that many of my dreams though which is always very dissapointing.
Shrooms on the other hand...

Here's a thread i made about one of my experiences with it. give it a look.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f44/thc-helping-wild-94682/

I'm a bit of a noob, only a couple of lucids so far, but i have been tryin to keep a continuous DJ and i smoke quite often, used to be everynight, now, like every other, for me if i smoke the night before, (usually 3-4 hours before i go to bed) i cant even remember my dream after waking, just complete blankness, but if i dont smoke at all, or early enough in the day, i am usually quite aware of everything in my dreams, which sometimes seems to last full days