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I've been a daily smoker for the last 4 years, I had to take some time off for a job and it's shocked me how my dreams have come back. I'm not planning on quitting but I'm probably going to try to stop daily usage. I'm curious how others feel about where they are with their weed usage and how it impacts them. I genuinely forgot what real powerful dreams were like and I ran a sleep study as a part of my university thesis and got to see firsthand how it impacts my REM sleep.

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[–] Colt420 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Personally, (daily user of cannabis, D8, thca, kratom, and couple drinks nightly for years) I've noticed a few things. I still have some (less than avg) memorable dreams using just cannabis or kratom. Since I started using D8 and thca I rarely have any dreams ever or at least ones I remember. If I do have a dream it usually has some kind of subconscious message and it's super wild and I actually feel I have superior dream control since.... Again personally I don't care if I'm having dreams other than the fact that I think my sleep quality is lower. Honestly sometimes I think I prefer to not have dreams because I used to have hyper realistic and borderline horror nightmares as the only types of dreams I had. Oh and since smoking D8/thca on the regular the length of my dreams is noticably shorter. Which is surprising when you realize dreams aren't typically that long any way so for me to notice this change certainly means something I would think.. I really wonder if any of these things might have some type of application for people with sleep paralysis. All that said, I wouldnt recommend D8/thca to most everyone as delta9-thc is much cleaner and for most people going to be way more ideal. The only reason I got into d8 and thca is because I'm pretty poor and it's harder to pay $10/g than 3-5/g..

[–] Colt420 1 points 2 years ago

Wanted to add my usage. Usually around 10-14g/wk or an oz/2wk give or take. Flower only usually thru either a pipe or bong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing, I didn't realize delta 8 was cheaper. Have you looked into medical? I was able to get a card super easily online for my super legitimate knee pain and it's wayyy cheaper.

[–] Colt420 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah however I'm not willing to jump into medical until firearm ownership gets treated like it does for alcoholics because it's bullshit you can carry at the bar while unable to stand and that's fine ig but smoke a joint and your the crazy one even though you don't hear about fights at dispensaries but there are always bar fights