How Marijuana Completely Changes Your Sleep

I'm a retired Army NCO with severe PTSD, anxiety, depression, TBI, insomnia, and pain from getting blown up in Iraq. THC has pretty much fixed every problem and gotten me off some high dose pharmaceuticals, especially opioids.

I started doing drugs since my teenage, got addicted to heroin. Spent my whole life fighting heroin addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

I quit smoking weed and slept better after about a month. Lost a lot of weight and had a ton more energy. My stress was reduced which as well I always thought it was helping with it. If you have been smoking for years and want to quit cut back and only do it on weekends, then once a week then every other. I found was the best way to stop.

Started smoking cannabis daily at 18. Tried repeatedly to quit during the 40+ years of daily use but couldn’t get past the withdrawal symptoms for more than a few weeks. At 64 now and have stuck it out cold turkey for 90 days and counting. Best I’ve ever felt in years. Dreaming again and sleep cycle has increased to 7+ hours a night. Cannabis helped during the rough patches but glad to be able to handle it on my “own”. Newly subscribed. Thanks for the great content.

This video is 100% accurate. If I quit THC for a week or two my dreams come rushing back explosively. It's incredible how lucid and frequent they become every single night for almost a month straight.

Great video! Take a break guys! I am 27 and have been smoking daily since 18. Everytime I take a break for a couple months, the overall quality of my life increases. Sleep, conversations, and motivation is much much better. Your body holds thc for as long as 90 days. But within a couple of weeks of not smoking the brain fogginess goes away. I get that it’s very difficult to quit or take a break, but it is most definitely necessary. Discipline yourself. Find a hobby like going to the gym, or something healthy along those lines. I hope this helps some of you(:

I smoked for 20+ years and I quit about 4 1/2 years ago, I’m 38 now. I had to quit due to severe paranoia. I had three weeks of extremely bad withdrawals, which at one point I ended up visiting the ER. Even over four years later, I still struggle with sleep. Most of the time I just lay in bed until three or four in the morning. I’ve tried just about everything, but I always end up having side effects so at the end of the day nothing has been worth it, But being free from something I felt I could not live without is very rewarding and has changed my life completely. I always support people quitting, but only if it’s stopping you from being successful in life or in some cases, stopping you from being present in the lives of your friends and family. I’d rather people smoke weed than drink alcohol or do other drugs.

I stopped consuming THC three weeks ago, and I went from a solid 7-8 hours a night to about 5-6 hours a night. I'm having very lucid dreams now. I'm sticking with it for three months, then I'll reevaluate. I miss it a lot. Thanks for the video.

I’ve been a heavy THC smoker for about 20 years. A few years ago, I moved to Texas and took a break from smoking. I almost never dream normally, in Texas however, I was dreaming, like A LOT, and my brain decided it wanted to relive my most painful memories while I dreamt. After a little under a year, I moved away, started smoking again and almost completely stopped dreaming This is the first time I have ever heard of a study backing my personal experience. Thank you, ASAP.

As a male with PTSD, this was been wayyy better for me than other prescription drugs like Quetiapine and SSRI's etc.

Heavy smoker since 17, with some breaks here and there. Largest was 50 days or so. I’m 8 days sober and threw everything away. Had my first intensely crazy nightmare last night. Let’s go!!! I’m 36 now

Loved this channel for years. This was a video i clicked for my own sake. Thanks for covering it

I smoked (almost) every day all day with few exceptions since I was 16. I am 22 now. I quit in August, now it is mid-October 2023. I have never felt better. It was ruining my REM sleep, my ability to be clear, focused, I was anxious, and I never was fulfilled with life other than wanting to smoke. Best decision I’ve ever made 😊

You're exactly correct about dreams. When I regularly use, my dreams stop. I actually started a tolerance break last weekend and my dreams started to come back a couple nights ago. Happens every time like clockwork.

The amounts of dreams you have when you quit is crazy! I'm almost 1 month without weed and still having a bunch of psychedelic dreams per night (not in a good way)

I am a bad sleeper, with a lot of dreams, since i was a child. Weed helps me to sleep, without dreaming non stop, so i can get more and better sleep, but the weed hangover at the next day negate that.

As someone who suffers from insomnia and almost daily nightmares when I finally fall asleep, THC helps me so much. I sleep and don't have any nightmares. I do develop a tolerance, which is why I usually take a 10 day break every month or so. For me personally, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. I've heard from veterans who suffer from night terrors that THC is an incredible solution for them, as well.

After being a daily smoker for over 3 years I quit a couple months ago for my pregnancy, and I was actually convinced my hormones were causing my dreams because I had never had so many dreams that I could remember so vividly in my life. Really interesting to learn this is the actual reason

After quitting pot, I’ve notice that I am able to dream again. When smoking I felt like I had no dreams. It makes me feel great knowing that I’m relying on my own endorphins and nice not to depend on smoking at all!

As someone with night terrors instead of dreams; I see this as an absolute win