Thread: marijuana before bed: LD aid

Just about everything you've said is true for me too. I use cannabis to help me sleep and I find that it not only helps me have lucid dreams but it doesn't affect my dream recall at atll!

It's astonishing how different the effects of weed are for different people. In the past 2.5 years I have made the exact opposite experiences; In periods of heavy consumption and using it as sleep aid I find zero entrances in my DD, while it explodes with amount and variety when i stop using it. In fact the only thing that really motivated me to stop using weed for some periods in the past was my interest in dreaming.

Originally Posted by blizzardesigns

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This may just be for me, but i think that the sole reason other people can't get dream recall while influenced by THC is because either:
A: they believe they can't get dream recall because other people told them THC makes it go away.
B: They're smoking some shwag.

I found this out completely on my own and before I knew it was a rather common phenomena, so A doesn't hold for me (nor does B LOL).

No judgement, just out of curiosity: Have you ever tried say a month without weed to compare the effects on your dream world (you say 2.5 years straight)?

I think marijuana has some great potential benefits for dreaming and beyond, but I don't want to advise for or against it, find out on your own whether it works for you or not. I just want to say one thing to you: Be careful when you make a connection between succes in something (in this case dreaming) and your intake of substances.

I think it would also depend whether or not you are smoking a sativa, indica, or hybrid strain. Id imagine you are using an indica dominant strain?

Where I notice MJ's influence most is in a reduced willpower/focus. I go to bed and just pass out instead of holding a intent, I'm too baked to manage it. I think I need to smoke closer to sleep though, I was smoking like 4 hours before sleep in an attempt to not ruin my dreams.

I have been clean for around a month now, and surprisingly my dream recall hasn't improved markedly on it's own like I thought it would. It seems MJ doesn't have the impact I thought it did.

Originally Posted by Nelzi

It's astonishing how different the effects of weed are for different people. In the past 2.5 years I have made the exact opposite experiences; In periods of heavy consumption and using it as sleep aid I find zero entrances in my DD, while it explodes with amount and variety when i stop using it. In fact the only thing that really motivated me to stop using weed for some periods in the past was my interest in dreaming.



I found this out completely on my own and before I knew it was a rather common phenomena, so A doesn't hold for me (nor does B LOL).

No judgement, just out of curiosity: Have you ever tried say a month without weed to compare the effects on your dream world (you say 2.5 years straight)?

I think marijuana has some great potential benefits for dreaming and beyond, but I don't want to advise for or against it, find out on your own whether it works for you or not. I just want to say one thing to you: Be careful when you make a connection between succes in something (in this case dreaming) and your intake of substances.

to each his own i guess, and yes Tbreaks for a few months are always nice. insomnia is fixed nicely too with use of it. I've noticed my dream recall improves profoundly when I travel anywhere and sleep in different places, i always have the most vivid/weird dreams on vacation

Originally Posted by OneUpBoy71

I think it would also depend whether or not you are smoking a sativa, indica, or hybrid strain. Id imagine you are using an indica dominant strain?

indica's are nice to fall asleep fast and have the full 5.5 hours of sleep before waking up. I feel sativas keep people up and cloud the mind too much.