weed

i have quit smoking weed before and noticed i had nightmares to the point that makes me very fearful of quitting again..i can go without it although the anxiety is very high..but i cannot handle nightmares,the images are very disturbing,,,has anyone else experienced this?

You know, I'm not sure, I never even thought to link the two. I know I got the worst nightmares when I was quitting cigarette smoking and had to use nicotine patches.

Hmm...this is interesting. I really need to take a long-term break from weed because I do feel like I should have it every day, otherwise the anxiety and such gets too severe for me to handle. But the downsides to continuing that I've seen are DEFINITELY memory slowing/loss, increasing social anxiety, and the financial problems that constantly buying it produces.

Let me know how it goes if you do it

island er..thanks for ur reply,,i was interupted earlier..the downside definately weighs more...i had some info given to me about 5 years ago,,i dont remember much that was on it but i remember reading about dreams...i am going to look up some info..i reposted this in the dream forum (just says "hi" in the intro)and got some info you may want to read about marijuanna...havent found anyone who has experienced the nightmares yet and i guess it doesnt really matter,,if i have to go through it again i will...but i was just so curious .. i mean the dreams are so vivid and more real..the few dreams i have now are usually duller in appearance...weird i know,,but its like watching an old vhs tape,kinda cloudy, compared to high definition tv,with technocolor,lol....hope your day is going well...yes you should quit(me too)

i forgot even posting this as i have been going through alot....i have not smoked marijuana in 2 1/2 months and within days i began dreaming again and remembering them..i used the marijuana as a self medication to deal with all the stress in my life..i am so happy i am not now..i left a very dangerous situation and i am suffering from ptsd but i am thinking much more clearly...dreams are our brains way with dealing and sorting out issues..i am on meds to help with the ptsd and that helps with the nightmares but i would much rather have them than still be smoking...i dont even miss using because i am learning so much about myself and now that i am out of the situation i was in i am not constantly around it...i feel good...and more alive than i have felt in a long time

The time I quit smoking weed, was the time I had a horrific experience with it. I hallucinated to the point of utter insanity. It was not laced and I wasn't on anything else. I think my anxiety while smoking and everything that was going on at the time made it so horrible. It was like a panic attack and felt (if I were to judge how a schizophrenic moment would feel) very schizophrenic. I had these crazy ideas that questioned my life to the scariest point.

From there on, my dreams were on a roller-coaster. From the anxiety and from my weed-induced breakdown, my mind had opened the lock to thoughts that belonged another dimension. I had no structure in the concept of life, and it was reflected in my dreams. Hopefully this is making sense to you.

I also have had doctors suggest I have PTSD - and I used to regularly self-medicate (instead of actually asking for some medication to help). By this, it intensified the situation because I was not working on trying to overcome some of PTSD's aspects.

I'm glad to hear you haven't smoked in a long time. It's been awhile for me too. Everything feels so much more real now.

It's been a long time sense I smoked weed but for me I had the dreams the day after I smoked. It seemed like the weed shut down my dreaming. I don't miss the weed at all, it slowed me down too much.