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Is it possible to still have lucids or good dream recall if you smoke marijuana daily? I'm not talking about before you sleep, but like in the morning-afternoon hours and at the very least being 3-4 hours sober before you go to bed.
I've been drunk on days and sobered up during the night before I went to sleep and had a lucid AND a very memorable non lucid on the same night, so I was wondering if weed would be similar?
First of all do a simple search on this topic before making your own thread, we've covered it countless times here at DV.
Secondly, alcohol has a tendency to cause vivid dreams but marijuana for most people reduces their lucid dreams. I haven't smoked in 2 weeks today. And I believe my recall has improved since then. If you really wanna lucid dream quit marijuana for like a week or two. See if it changes anything. On the upside you save money and you'll get even higher the next time.
i'm aware of all the threads about marijuana. i don't think you understood my question right.
does smoking marijuana once kill your recall for a long time, or does it only kill your recall when you're still high from it?
Just when you are still under the effects for the most part. I had my one and only lucid after taking a tolerance break . I usually smoke 10-30 mins before bed it helps me sleep
I don't really have a break in dream recall, I think I dream better, more stable. Probably because I'm not a deep sleeper but then again I don't really know except that weed doesn't really effect my dream recall or at least not much.
You all can say what you want about marijuana and lucid dreaming, but just take a look at KingYoshi, the guy is high all day long and he still had like 5 LDs a week or something like that.
It all depends on your awareness. Some people may note a lack of short term memory when they're high, but with some awareness, you'd remember. This is from personal experience. As rynkrt3 said, KingYoshi does smoke and has a good number of LDs a week, and he practices ADA. But also from my personal experience, my dream recall is higher since I've stopped and the dreams are just much easier to remember and less fragmented. I have had lucids after a day of smoking though.
LDing is about being aware and drugs take awareness away from you, so it would only hurt your chances. Once you are outa the side effects of the drug your dreams will be fine.
so technically, if i smoked today and sobered down for about 4 hours, weed would have no affect on my recall tonight right?
and wow, KingYoshi is my idol for lucid dreaming :P
honestly, i really don't think weed has anything to do with recall, just believe that you will remember your dreams/have a lucid, and it'll work. don't doubt your subconscious by saying weed will mess up your recall, because it actually might not and your subconscious already will stop trying to attempt a lucid or a dream.Quote:
Originally Posted by crispizzle
i can put this to bed......
i joined last thursday, i have had 2 WILD and both were after waking in the morning staying awake for around an hour and smoking a joint inbetween.
very short LD's but as i say i joined last thursday and did not practice before then. weed does not make you less aware and in some cases can make u more aware (side affects of paranoia, like most things its all in the head and can be controlled)
if king yoshi likes a toke as much as me he will know what im saying! ;)
lol thanks for all the replies, i'll probably experiment with it soon :p
i'm just asking because before, i used to smoke everyday and i would never remember my dreams, and that was before i even tried to remember them. maybe now that i'm trying, it'll be different.
heres how it works for me: Whenever I smoke, its usually late at night. So, I'd be going to bed high as fuck around 2:30 AM and waking up at like 12:30 PM. So i would be extremely exhausted and not feel like remembering last nights dreams. For your particular situation if you say you are smoking during the day, then you should be fine, as long as you aren't going into a trance every so often and losing your awareness of your surroundings like I do...
I don't smoke often anymore (once every week or two) but I never noticed a big difference as long as I was still consciously trying to remember my dreams. I usually smoked right before bed and still had good recall. I also used to smoke then lay down and listen to Nine Inch Nails and have some pretty crazy visualizations while still half awake.