Thread: Terrible Dream Recall

Originally Posted by Boots4210

Hi everyone, I've known about the process of lucid dreaming for a while but have only started trying it myself recently. One of the problems that i've come across is that I aparantly have terrible dream recall. Right now I can probably remember one dream every like 4 or 5 nights. This is really starting to irritate me becuase I have this more or less blank dream journal. I've also heard conflicting information about going to bed after smoking pot. I've heard more stuff saying that it affects lucid dreaming negatively which sucks because I'm usually stoned every night before I go to bed. Any suggestions on either the topic of dream recall or going to bed stoned would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot
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have you tried vitamin B6?

Welcome to the forum, Boots!

Sorry to hear about your sub-par recall, but I'm sure your smoking before bed has everything to do with the problem. Unfortunately there's no way around it - you'll have to give up smoking before bed - or just have bad recall. Because probably anything we could tell you about helping to improve recall wouldn't do anything unless the pot wasn't a factor anymore.

Sorry I couldn't give you a happier answer than that. Good luck!

Marijuana effects both of the neurotransmittors serotonin and norepinephrine which both effect sleep and dreaming, so marijuana is definatly an issue when it comes to dreaming.

I smoked pot daily on and off for 20 years. 7 years is my longest (and last) abuse. I stopped 3 years ago and the dreams flooded in, ending my drought.

My older brother smoked for 35 years daily. He thought he didn’t dream. He quit 9 months ago. Same result.

Still smoke once in a while (3-4 times a year) though and get dreamless nights (unrecalled dreams) for a few days when I do.

So, I would reserve pot for special occasions (much more fun that way IMHO).

Hi and welcome to the forum .

Smoking pot will ruin your recall each night if you smoke before bed. The only way to get your recall back will be by stop smoking it altogether or atleast cut down on it.