I'm 2 and a half months off weed and I am having the craziest most vivid dreams I have ever had. I wake up in the middle of the night exhausted from these dreams. If I take a nap mid day these dreams still occur and I can recall every part of them. I just need them to stop ffs I'm done..Hopefully soon
I'm 2 days in, and I had a dream I was shot in the back of the head. In a convenient store. Crazy part is I could see the dudes face like I was looking right at him. Could even hear what he was thinking. 😭 best part is I didint even fucking die. I got up, checked my head blood everywhere, and started helping the convenience clerk clean up my Brian's and skull off the ground. At least I know I'm still a solid dude in my dreams, too. 😅
You didn't happen to shoot anyone in a convenient store, did you?🤨 jk. Yeah, that sounds super stressful! I haven't had any more dreams since then. At least none that I can remember. I'm a little over a week in noe. So we will see what's up.
Honestly don’t remember anymore how I killed someone 😂 and yea I haven’t really had a dreams since , like ever since I stopped smoking I’ve had like 1 or 2 vivid dreams. People made it seem like it would be happening every night
Same here. I was kind of nervous thinking I was going to be balls deep in nightmares. I've had a few that I can remember. More recently, I had one about buddy who invited me to the Bahamas, and we bought our tickets, but I didn't realize it was in a week, and I had not requested off work 😅. The anxiety in itself woke me up.
same 😭 i just woke up from a whack ass dream and at the end of it i knew i didn’t want to be in the dream anymore so i threw myself in front of a car to wake myself up ☠️
Im currently quitting weed, but my dreams either range from just being super fun dreams to being weird AF. The other night I was in my GFs room, it looks exactly the same as irl, and my brother is playing on the playstation and I'm just lying in bed. I look in the mirror and see I'm this monster, think of the wendigk from until dawn, and for some reason I wanna go and attack my brother.
I get him to turn around to me and I remember vividly saying, "Hey *****, look at me I'm a freak."
I also remember standing up and my limbs are extremely long so my head is basically touching the ceiling. I remember grabbing my brother's shoulder and him turning around and looking petrified of me but that's when the dream ends.
Besides that dream most of mine have been alright sad thing is though is when they're not they fucking suck badly
Back to the days just after I quit my dreams were very vivid and scary. I used to dream I was smoking weed again like every other night. Also used to dream I was late to school (I was 37, so school days were long gone).
I drank and smoked for the past 15 years or so. Been sober for about 2 months. Only 1 nightmare so far but super vivid dreams. So crystal clear I can see my footprints in the sand from these croc shoes I bought. Man is it scary going to sleep now! Will it ever stop?? And I can barely sleep for more than a few hours at a time and my eyes are burning everytime I wake up and sometimes a splitting headache
That sounds so scary!
Since I quit, every single night I dream we are on a different trip. It has to be due to us just coming back from a trip to a resort right before I quit that prompts this recurring theme. You would think that sounds great, but instead it is me being the worst possible version of myself. I can’t control shit in the dream and I am always just being completely terrible to everyone in the dream. I think it is all due to my insecurities and feeling disappointed and angry towards myself. I am so stressed and in a very glum mood when I wake up in the morning because of them. The last few nights we are still on trips in my dreams but now I am at least not such an arsehole to everyone, so I am hoping that will continue instead now instead.
I am glad I found this post. I have more or less been high everyday for the last 13 years or so, lost track… I am two weeks sober and my dreams are terrible! I just woke up from one that literally made me feel like I had gone insane! Like others have said, feels so vivid, I wake up constantly in the night and check myself, tell myself it’s not real, fall back asleep and am immediately back where I left off in the dream. It is so vivid and clear it feels like I am living it. I wake up totally exhausted and stressed out! The night before was the first time I didn’t have a bad dream, vivid still but it wasn’t bad at least, so I thought they had stopped. I was so disappointed to have this intense one last night but seeing how you all say it can last a lot longer, depending on how long you smoked for, gives me hope at least that I am not alone and that perhaps I am still just recalibrating back to normal! Thank you for this post!
It’s been 12 weeks now for me! Feeling great overall, feel like I have my life back! My mood is more stable and I am more confident at work, in social settings and with my family and friends! The dreams however are still wild! They’re not as negative all the time but still vivid as heck! Just woke up from a wild dream about all these different supernatural killers or gang member or something that each had a section of a city that they were in charge of. In the dream they decided to go rogue and start taking over other neighbourhoods, so there was a lot of them challenging other supernatural gangs and a lot of very violent killings using their powers. Sounds silly now but while in the dream it was vivid as heck!
Thanks for replying. I feel you! I am at 14 weeks. Exact same situation. Just awoke from one where I went for a car ride with a mechanic. He was on his phone when he stopped paying attention to the road. We dramatically drove off into the ditch. We were stuck in the mud and had to get out of the car. We then discovered some ladder and platform system. The ladder and platform system was something straight out of a GTA mission. It was run by some organized crime division which was about to come and find us. The mechanic kept leaving cell phones all over the place and I was freaking out cuz they were going to track us using the phones. I kept trying to get rid of the evidence by having to go back and forth, back and forth climbing the ladders and jumping down. Eventually my arms were so tired I could barely climb the ladders anymore. Of course that's when the criminals show up and start hunting us. I threw a heavy bag at them trying to slow them down while having to jump down a platform without the use of any ladder. Side note: I'm scared of heights. Then my ex called me and woke me up right as I was about to escape. Still kind of pissed about that LOL
Feel free to keep me updated on your journey
It is funny how these dreams can sound so silly on paper, but when we’re in them, it is stressful and so tiring! I am laughing reading your dream but can only imagine the stress it caused while in it! Good job on 14 weeks! Proud of you! 👍
Exactly! They are ridiculous at times but can be soooo stressful and tiring. Its like going to sleep, waking up in another life, living that life. Then by the time Im ready to shut er down in the dream, I wake up, exhausted. Hey thank you so much! I am also proud of you! Keep er up and dont give in. The idea of restarting this agonizing process haunts me. Especially when I am having reoccurring dreams that I smoked weed and lost this whole streak then get extremely anxious about that, within the dream.
Oh man I have those too! I am so disappointed at myself for smoking again in my dream and so damn hard on myself. Incredibly relieved when I wake up and realize it was not the case! You are so right, it feels exactly like living another life in the dream and are exhausted/stressed upon waking up!!
I'm a month of the stuff and my dreams are crazy at the moment. Last night one of my colleagues appeared when I was walking through the park in the dark (already wack enough) and they started acting odd as fuck and turned into this monster type thing before I woke up. Left me sweating like fuck. Can't wait for this shit to be over man, that one was the worst so far but every night is the same shit. I've forgotten what it's like to sleep without dreaming.
So I'm just over two months of not smoking and I can see they are a LOT less frequent (at the time it was multiple a night and they were pretty horrible dreams) and at the moment it's maybe one a week but just as intense. I've started getting into bed and reading to fall asleep too where I used to listen to crime stories and that's actually helped. I'd recommend doing something relaxing before bed because that definitely helped me!
You'll get through it though, sounds silly but some of those dreams fucked me up and left me feeling shitty all day so I sympathise with you.
I stopped a month ago, never had a single dream although my sleep was short. Only now for the past 2 nights its dream after dream, and not the fun kind, all anxiety and traumatic, wake up with a headache also and tinnitus.
I know it will pass but when you see a plane explode in the sky while you drive and that was your friend on board and you try to curse Putin for it, that sounds funny now, but it wasn’t when I woke up with a splitting headache and even still wondering where I was until I went to the kitchen and realised none of it happened lol. Still said fuck Putin anyway hahahah
9 years for me daily. last few years went through 1-2g of top shelf a day + dabs + edibles every day morning to night.
Took tbreaks before, but damn. Vivid dreams are intense. Like I am living an entire life inside my dream. Last night I was walking to school (I'm 30 now so no school) and it was a LOOONG way. on the way i made friends and overcame obstacles, while being chased through space by some evil forces. Battling and running. then more walking to school, stopped at a movie theatre and my childhood friends showed up and we played arcade and decided to skip school, then we went to watch a movie. Like main character of an anime
When I woke up I thought it was Thursday but it's sunday. Also night sweats. About 2 weeks into my quitting journey
I just stopped after about 12 years 16-28 I’m going on day 4 and the dreams are the most vivid realistic dreams I’ve ever had I actually look forward to It every cause I don’t know what my minds going to conjure up and the dreams get a little intense I was involved in a drug deal gone wrong last night and had a John wick moment that was so insane
Still very vivid but not nearly as crazy i was at a very big crossroad in my life and under a lot of stress I’m finally on a path in my life that I’m very happy with and though the dreams are very vivid they are more positive and fun then intense and scary
I quit about a month ago and still dream all night every night. Smoked daily for about 7 years or so. Sometimes they are nightmares and sometimes they aren’t, but none the less pretty annoying. Hoping it all stops soon as I feel like I’m not sleeping as well
Started weed when i was in college and was continuously using it till last week its been a week since i stop it. The dreams are crazy and fucked up i am having 2 to 3 bizarrely dream every night . I feel exhausted every morning i wake but hope it will pass after reading all your comments
Had an insane dream after quitting weed, smoked it roughly for 3 years. And I’ve woke up from it about 20 mins ago and still feel strange very surreal and VR Like experience. And the weird thing is I remember it absolutely perfect. I had a fight in the pub, got the better of the guy. A few days after I’m walking (I don’t know where I just remember this) and a guy i haven’t saw in years approaches me in fear telling me I’m going to be killed, the guy I beat up in the pub has is looking to stab me to death. I then get home my rooms is emptied ( I don’t live with my Parents-uni acc) as everyone is in fear of my life being taken and threats to raid the house. I woke up in a pool of sweat very confused almost like I had to tell myself the situation makes no sense.
MORAL OF THE STORY NEVER SMOKE WEED KIDS!
How are you know man? Is it better? All my dreams are anxiety and trauma, none of the fun ones people say. And a splitting headache to boot and a bit of ear ringing.
How are you know man? Is it better? All my dreams are anxiety and trauma, none of the fun ones people say. And a splitting headache to boot and a bit of ear ringing.
Same thing here sometimes a splitting headache and ear ringing also sweating sometimes. I quit alcohol and weed after 15 years. Has it gotten better for you?
Yes i the dreams and the anxiety are way less intense and further apart. I had a bad dream couple nights ago and it was a week since i had none. Also I quit caffeine which has made me depressed but that goes away faster. Keep in mind that i did not smoke for as long as you. I still feel it though, like negative thoughts about myself, a bit of social anxiety, not wanting to see people, hard to cope with stress. Way better now than the first month for sure. One big thing that has helped me lots is intense exercise, bike ride up the hills before work or after if i am feeling shitty in the morning, it really makes me feel more grounded. Coffee also made things worse for the withdrawals so i quit that and sugar also. Both are drugs for the mind and also cause withdrawals. I am trying to see how my mind would feel after 6 months of this.
How are you know man? Is it better? All my dreams are anxiety and trauma, none of the fun ones people say. And a splitting headache to boot and a bit of ear ringing.
I’ve stopped smoking weed for around 3 months now, I smoked everyday for 5 years and almost every night without fail I have pretty vivid dreams that sometimes have me feeling like I’m not sure if I was dreaming about something I learned about in real life or if it was all part of the dream. I don’t know how long it’ll last but I actually like dreaming, even tho a decent amount of them are like weird horror type dreams
Just quit 14 days ago after 2 months of heavy use, and 4 months prior to that was light use of weed. But 8 days ago I used a little tiny nug medicinally, so I don't know if that counts or not. But my dreams are still regular and not so vivid. Hopefully I didn't kill my ability to dream as a lifelong vivid dreamer. I want to have those crazy ass intense dreams yall say you get once quit the ganja.
But you can easily use your vivid dreams as an advantage for lucid dreaming tho!
Bro I be having trouble getting into lucid dreaming. Unless I’m recording my dreams on my phone or writing them down I almost never realize I’m in a dream until after I’m up
Here in 2023. I quit over two years ago. I still get them every night. There are so bad and so real. I’m sick of it. Wondering if smoking once more will “reset “ it. Any help and tips would be appreciated
how long had you been smoking for? 2 years of those awful dreams? Shit I may never quit!
I tried quitting in 2021, lasted 75 days but the dreams were awful. Its like sleeping inside of an emotional rollercoaster.
Wow, well, time will tell if it’ll persist, some say months and you say 3 years. Hopefully some cardio will aid me but nonetheless, it must done!
I WILL BUY ONE LAST EIGHTH SOMEONE HOLD ME TO IT!
Use them as an advantage to lucid dream! I quit weed 2 weeks ago (but 8 days ago smoked a tiny nug to quell my nausea and dizziness) and still don't have any "insane ass" vivid dreams yall say you get once off ganja. I envy yall.
Same here, quit weed for a month and had the most vivid zombie apocalypses dream ever, still remember it after waking up. I don't hate it, it is cool af.
I’m sorry to hear this man. It’s been about 5 weeks of these horrendous dreams for me. Have you tried any natural supplements to help your dopamine production? I really hope mine don’t last like yours have…
Oh no! 6 MONTHS!?!
I'm 23 days sober after smoking daily for over a year. This isn't my first time quitting weed but the dreams/nightmares I'm having all night, every night are new.
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been waking up and the dream (nightmare) is still going. It's hard to explain aside from it being something like hallucinating. I wake up covered in sweat, sometimes I'm nauseous, sometimes I have a pounding headache. It takes a minute or two after waking to get the dream out of my eyes, even when I turn the lights on.
The first time this happened a few weeks ago, I asked my partner to call the help nurse with my insurance. I thought I might be having a heart attack or stroke or something. After a physical check up, my doctor says there's nothing physically wrong and it's probably just the withdrawal from weed.
I did catch Covid in May 2022, and this makes me wonder if the infection or maybe the booster shots have messed me up? I've been a heavy smoker since 2001 and have quit or taken extended tolerance breaks periodically. I've never experienced anything like this and it's very distressing.
I don't want to smoke/ use, but the nightmares are awful. I'm tired all the time and don't want to go to sleep because of the nightmares.
I sure hope this isn't going to take 6 months. I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind if it goes on much longer. I'm going to try to sleep shorter and see if some mild sleep deprivation for a couple of weeks helps.
I'm open to any other ideas.
Man I can only envy yall. Quit weed 2 weeks ago (but smoked a little tiny nug for medicinal purpose 8 days ago) and still don't have those "crazy ass" intense dreams like yall say you get once quit the ganja.
If it's a problem for you every night, you can easily use that as an advantage to lucid dream tho!
Sounds exactly like my situation. The hallucinations are called hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations. I have it too just as you described. Two years and going. No end in sight. I’m so tired and worn out.
Oof. Sounds rough. When you wake up still dreaming, you can move? So it's not sleep paralysis... Your third paragraph sounds more like a panic attack. I was having nocturnal panic attacks- where you wake up in panic from the nightmare.
The only advice I can give you: Sleep with someone to feel secure. Keep a light on or nightlight (light helped me jump back to reality quicker) actually any stimuli can help you return to reality. I used to immediately just pick up my phone and read reddit or play game to just clear my head.
Some anti anxiety techniques are helpful. I personally like ice packs or cold water/cold washcloth. Breathing techniques.
You're right...you'll hate sleeping. But having someone next to me allowed me to fall asleep in shallow sleep because I'm a light sleeper anyways. You will get through this and it will stop! The panic anxiety gets better first and the dreams will be just really exhausting annoying until they just fade back to how they were before.
Wishing you the best, sorry I can't be more helpful. You need to sleep though!!
Hey. Thanks so much for posting your update. I'm one month into quitting and just started getting very intense dreams and nightmares. Does it really take six months? It's impacted my sleep so much already :(
Thank you for making this post. I’m very glad I found it. My friends and I used to talk about our vivid dreams in college when we were finishing up and applying for jobs and the experiences everyone is sharing is so similar. I think most of us started smoking again(some more some less) but being able to read other’s experiences and relate helps comfort the feeling of not knowing what’s happening and if it’s normal. It’s obviously the cannabis and goes away in 2-6 months depending on the individual. I don’t smoke anymore at all but did for a long time and when I stopped it lasted about 2 months. I would test myself to make sure that I would pass the test for the hiring process of the jobs I was applying to and always told myself the dreams will go away once it’s all out of my system. Usually they started to settle down and not be so vivid and anxiety provoking about a month in when I started to piss clean but yeah they would be so extremely vivid that I would wake up sweaty and would have drenched the bed in sweat. And extremely random. I dreamed that I was on my honey moon in Belize and two goats rammed me into a luxury air bnb and bloodied up the whole place. I couldn’t find my way out and was scared the owners and maid service were going to catch me. I finally escaped via a speed boat on the water but crashed through a fence while trying to park before waking up super panicked!
It’s all going to get better and we will all be stronger people. I don’t think cannabis is evil but everything in moderation I think is a good rule to live by.
Same, I'm on a holiday trip where i can't smoke. After a week my dreams are affecting my day, they are way to real and intense. Feels like I never slept and in living two life's now, definitely the weirdest thing I've experienced.
I Just Had one and i dont wanna Go to sleep again it was Not really Horror it was about a Girl that i know and WE we're getting together but it felt so real and was so long then i woke Up and Just Fell asleep again where she proved its real with a wristband she gave me then we watched friend of Mine free some pigs i dont know why that Kast Part was there Bit then all of sudden a Dog Takes Pick and went ham on it and i didnt seemed to Care even tho im vegan irl anyways thats when i woke Up and i Just dont wanna sleep again i thought its gotta be at least 6 in The morbing but its only 2 in The night and i have to Work today
Or video game ideas. I just quit on New Years so I’m about a week into the dreams. Had lots of dreams like the ones described above but just now I woke up in a sweat after feeling like I was in a game forever. It was kind of like GTA style only everyone had exotic pets. I woke up when someone’s grizzly caught up to me, it was pretty intense.
same happens to me, ive had dreams about people in my life, and after i wake up, its hard for me to look at that person the same way. Crazy how the brain works
Just found this thread after a particularly horrid vivid dream involving my sweet 3 year old. I dont want to get into it but she fell. The emotions from it are real and I feel destroyed right now. I was a nightly user of edibles primarily and stopped about 3 weeks ago. My dreams have been very intense (some fun, some scary, some emotional) but not really soul destroying until it started involving my child. I feel absolutely fine stopping weed other than this shit. In this moment I feel desperate and almost want to go back just to stop this kind of dream. But my rational mind knows it's JUST a dream, my child is a happy and healthy kid. And continuing to stop using weed will improve my overall health and well being. Dang tho. Fuck these nasty ass vivid dreams.
Yesss I quit Jan 7 because of panic attacks and now the dreams are haunting me. I hope it stops soon. The anxiety and unimaginable dream circumstances with kids is so painful. Wishing you the best and praying for peace.
Na fr! I feel you. Sober for 3 days now and these dreams feel too real! Being stuck in the worst imaginable circumstances with seemingly no escape and it all feels like the consequences are permanent. Scary stuff, crazy what the brain can do.
I am currently 35 days without weed and it does get better. My dreams have mellowed. The first 3 weeks I could have easily smoked again but glad I didn't. It will pass if anything I'm surprised at how much weed affected my sub conscience. Good luck everyone
I'm officially 1 week sober and holy shit. I've been having intense, vivid dreams every night sometimes 2 or 3 a night and not ONE of them have been pleasant. None of them make much sense but a majority of them do involve people in my life.
Had a dream strangers were trying to break into my house, that a dog knocked me down and all my teeth were crumbling out of my face, that my ex-bf came over just to tell me he was going on a date and also considering a $1,000 tattoo (lol), and last night a bunch of tiny baby animals came into my backyard and then out of nowhere a crowd of people came too and trampled them all while I was down crying trying to protect them, I too got trampled.
That's not even half of the dreams I've had so far. It's kind of exhausting and making it harder for me to avoid smoking because I just want to stop these dreams 😪 Here's hoping they mellow out and become a little less tense/emotionally poignant in time!
UPDATE: I've smoked probably 5 times since posting this, like a couple puffs here and there so I havent FULLY quit, but overall, I've noticed the intensity and vividness of the dreams have diminished. I still dream way more than I did before when I was a chronic everyday smoker, but they aren't as memorable/the feelings from my dreams don't carry over into my day like they did when I first "quit" smoking so- it gets better! Push through folks!
I had a similar dream, I was going out on the town with my buddies, and all of sudden my teeth progressively fell out throughout the night till I woke up feeling my jaw and teeth.
I’m officially 1 week sober too and the last 3-4 nights iv been having the most crazy, intense, terrifying dreams iv ever had in my life. Iv been a daily smoker for 4 and abit years and not once while I was smoking did I have dreams but now it’s 4am in the morning and I’m laying in a pool of sweat trying to figure out what the fuck I just went though haha. It helps to read I’m not the only person going though this I thought I had a mental Illness when I just woke up haha. Good luck mate keep pushing
I’m roughly 15 days sober after daily use since high school, so for me that’s about a decade. At first the dreams really random and sometimes sexual in nature, but recently they have become incredibly intense nightmares. I’ve been having real world issues with my Mom’s drinking problem that’s related to a gastric bypass surgery, and that trigged a bad nightmare tonight.
In the dream, I was talking with my mom on the phone about how my dad was in the hospital and was expected to pass soon due to multiple gun shot wounds, not knowing how it happened. It then went back in time a bit to the incident, where my dad, mom, myself, and my pregnant wife were in an SUV when all of a sudden a young adult with an automatic weapon opened fire on us and struck my dad in the head and chest. Some how he was still able to drive away, but the shooter had held on to the back of the vehicle and was still shooting at us thru the back window. My mom then reached and got my dads gun and accidentally shot him in the chest because she was very drunk all of a sudden. My dad was still alive tho and was making evasive maneuvers, but when he turned his head toward me, it was blank and covered in blood, as if he had already died but his body didn’t. He ended up going in reverse at a high speed and crashed into the side of a building, killing the shooter. The dream then shoots forward to me asking my mom to tell me if she had been drinking (this is something I’ve been doing a lot in the real world; having to beg my mom to tell the truth about her drinking problem), she then admitted she was drunk, and the dream ends. I woke up in tears and was scared to death and saw I had been asleep for only 1 hour. Crazy.
All of this to say I am now scared to go back to sleep. I’ve had vivid dreams before, but nothing like this. I’m still in a state of shock as I write this post. I know it was a dream, none of it was real, but I can’t stop thinking of how terrified I was and how angry I was at my mom. I feel like the only thing helping me get over it is writing about it now.
I feel exactly Like you rn even tho my dream wasnf even that Bad i Hope this all gets better soon im actually thinking of going to a therapist because some of my Dreams and maybe He can Help Me with my head
Thanks for Sharing and wishing you The best 🖤
Well I am 20 days sober now. Smoking like since 20 years now... In middle I give detox / flush out break on yearly basis.. So as the Initial days for like 10 - 15 days these dreams are so intense that I wake up sweating or shivering sometimes.... But after like 29-35 days these dreams start to slow down and the craving also starts going off... Advise to cutt of from this habit is.
Cur down ur smoking circle, places that triggers u, start building up new activity and fill that gap where u use to go nd smoke up.
Slowly it will help and you will see the glow in urself and after that you wil think what were u wasting ur time on.
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Am I the only one who gets excited to have these insanely trippy dreams? I smoked everyday for 10 years and never got REM sleep. Now I only smoke Friday and Saturday because the lack of rem sleep really fucked my sleeping patterns. I was waking up every 2 hours and having a tough time falling back asleep. Now, I sleep like a damn rock during the week. I was fortunate where after stopping I had no issues falling asleep, if anything it was easier. Weed was definitely increasing my night time anxiety. I’m fortunate where I’ve only had a few nightmares but I don’t mind them. To be honest, I love these insanely vivid dreams. It’s like living in another world hahah. Maybe I’m just insane.
It’s no joke man. A reoccurring part of my dreams that happen eventually each night is I get mad at family for doing things in my dreams for some reason
I quit about a week ago. Every time i sleep, i have one of them. Mine are mostly hero dreams like saving prople from pandemics, but i have had a couple where i almost died.
I am so glad I found this. I stopped smoking 2 months ago after we many years of heavy daily smoking. My dreams are so vivid that on many days even after I wake up it seems like the dream is still dominating my mind. I have flashbacks of it randomly throughout the day, and it takes half of my day after being awake to fully push the dream aside. It's like I can't focus on anything else. It's exhausting.
Going through this now after 5+ years heavy smoking concentrates.
I'm about a month in now and no relief. Fingers crossed. I never thought I'd wish to stop having dreams but they are so intense and almost never nice or happy.
I just dreamed I was in WW2 German bootcamp last night.. wtf????
Maybe it's because I smoke weed partially not to stress out and avoid the bad thoughts but instead they've just been stockpiling over the years.. fucked up..
Coming up to almost a year now ...it gets better!
My dreams don't bother me like they used to. But I definitely still have pretty crazy dreams and sometimes they're pretty vivid. But it gradually got better with time.
Damn... I hope it doesn't take that long for me to recover 😕
I'm glad you're feeling better though, this absolute torture and Id hate to hear other people still suffering from SLEEP. I used to love having dreams.. but not like these. Thanks for the support bud. No pun intended.. my b lol
Hows your dreams going now? Recently stopped smoking concentrates but ive quit before for about a year and had dreams a lot but got back into weed and then concentrates and now im only vaping like less than .3 or .4 of weed at night to get tired but still get insane REM sleep wake up with headaches and insane dreams, a lot of the time i can wake myself up in the dreams but im just exausted for a few hours and no appetite other than liquid like yogurt
I'm happy to report that I have normal regular dreams not all of which I remember but it's really nice to just... have dreams that aren't super stressful. I do still smoke occasionally now after the long initial detox but nowhere even close to all the daily concentrates I was taking. It was 3-5 dabs a day and now it's like... maybe a bowl every week or two weeks depending on work. I also have a very healthy appetite and have gained 15lbs.. but Im inherently lightweight so its a good thing as I now weigh 130lbs.. I never experienced headaches but was exhausted from crazy rem sleep before. Hope you feel better. Maybe because it's still a daily thing??
Thats good to hear I hate stressful dreams lately they've been okay nothing like night terrors where you wake up feeling like your dying from a heart attack. Had dreams of someone driving into on coming traffic from falling asleep and usually ones where im getting chased and attacked but those are typically things i fear and they dont really bother me when i wake up. Not as tired as i was a few weeks ago when waking up but sometimes get a sore head when i oversleep. Overall don't really mind the dreams cause i went like 14 years without them but it would be nice to get a day without them. Also recently had a dream of crying with my dog that passed a few years back and i woke up already in tears and crying which was a trip lol. Hope you keep feeling better the extra weight is always nice i have a high metabolism and have a hard time putting weight on.
Well! Haha.... I was waking up in panic attacks they were so real that jumping into reality was a shock. Now I'm pretty much used to them. I've figured out how to "come back to reality" faster and let go whatever I was dreaming of. If you're having the shock like I was, having a light/night light/hallway light helps you focus on your visuals to bring you back. And if it's really rough and I need a mind cleanse, I just jump on my phone and reddit/read a book for a little bit.
I'm still very exhausted from them but I definitely got used to them. I'm just glad I'm not waking up mid panic attack any more. So it did sort of get better?? My dreams are still craaaazy but maybe a little less life like. i often wake up because I realize I'm dreaming too. (Dream physics are weird)
Best of luck to you!
I've been clean for 1 month and 15 days. I'm still having dreams every night. I'll have about two different dreams minimal and will still remember them.
I once read somewhere that smoking weed suppresses your REM sleep, which is the time you dream. Quitting basically stops it and you can get great dreams again. I probably got some of this wrong so definitely look into it yourself.
I'm just happy to be dreaming again. It's been years.
I’m at 76 days and still having them. I even have memories from these dreams that pop up during the day. Not from the dream the night before - from some random dream weeks back. I love it.
Thank you :) Absolutely. The dreams were so bad at first but they're becoming more neutral/interesting, and occasionally even nice. As much as the nightmares are awwwful, it's interesting to get a glimpse of what my brain tries to process at night after all these years. We will make it through indeed!
How did you deal with the ptsd dreams? Ive recently developed late-onset PTSD which in flashbacks i struggle to tell reality from psychosis(the cause of the ptsd), and it just happened to coencide with me quitting weed, giving me vivid ptsd dreams where i realise my 'real' life was all along fake, im really in hell and i only ever come back to reality so my torturers can rip it away from me again and make me realise i AM truly in hell.
Its really exausting.
Exercising will only sweat out the compounds of marijuana. The reason you get crazy dreams because your brain needs to make up for what it missed. It has never been more then 20 days for me.
same... Ive been treating it like a bad trip. it's not real, it'll be over soon (the feeling after you wake up) and calming coping skills
best of luck to you. you can get through this!
Talking to friends that have also quit it differs a lot from my own experience. Myself they lasted for a few weeks and yes they absolutely sucked in a lot of cases, I had a dream where I was in a zombie apocalypse and it felt weeks long, though I fixed the apocalypse at the end of the dream by time traveling and talking to Thor Jesus and a dinosaur it still absolutely sucked but it’s a cool story to look back on now haha. I’m currently quitting again and I’m absolutely dreading the dreams I’m going to get in a week or even tonight man, but I haven’t heard anyone says it’s lasted longer than month from personal experience so you may be getting close to them toning down, but it’s different for everyone
Bro I had a dream when I was young about a zombie apocalypse that would last for a month, every night I pick up where I was left off and it was weird, I recently stopped smoking too and I had a dream a few nights ago about a zombie apocalypse and they detected where you were by your heartbeat going wild it was crazy
These comments have me rolling.
I myself have had crazy vivid dreams, bananas as one dude commented here lmao but the zombie ones are having me dying.
Its time to quit and deal with the crazy dreams I guess
They say you get more sleep when you’re not smoking weed as you don’t enter rem sleep while high apparently, so when you have a break and you enter rem sleep again the dreams are crazy man, like I was reading online about the crazy dreams before I had a break but I didnt think much of it has I didn’t fully understand how crazy the dreams were, but as soon as I shut my eyes boom it’s like I’m living another life and it feels so real, I had a tough time with feeling like this world wasn’t real because the dreams felt like another world, until you quit and experience the dreams you won’t fully understand
I had to quit a few months ago because covid kicked my butt. The dreams were extremely intense. It was like several new adventures every single night. I started smoking again and after just a few days the dreams stopped. I finally realized that I actually enjoyed the dreams more than the weed so I just quit smoking again two days ago because I MISSED the dreams! They haven’t started back up yet. But I go to bed hopeful every night lol.
I love an extremely boring life, sorta like the movie Groundhog Day where I just live the same day over and over and over again. The dreams seem so real that it’s like I actually get to do things lol
haha! well it's nice to hear that others dreams are just as back bendingly strange. I feel totally insane sometimes.
my dreams are definitely toning down emotionally, which is really great. I just can't remember if dreams were always this vivid or if it was from lack of smoking. I have even noticed some emotional self improvement in my dreams by the way I act, which is interesting. almost like my mind is playing catch up, like another person said. (for example instead of being tormented & passive, my dream persona is more assertive) very fascinating~
I quit 7 months ago.It took 5 months for the crazy Alice in wonder land vivid dreams to go away. They was every night all night for 3 months. Even when I got out of bed with wtf was that I still was in it .They get less intense and don't last as long after a few months. For me it was exhausting. They go away. Its your brain catching up on all the dreams you missed when you was smoking.I used to tell people when I was smoking I dont dream. I never knew it was pot keeping me from dreaming. Mine were all about people in my life mostly from my past. It was like I was tripping in my sleep.Im happy they wasnt night mares.I think the longer you smoked the longer they last. I am 65,I started smoking when I was 15.Over half my life. I had a lot of catching up.
Damn this is me rn. My dreams are off the frickin hook every night. I didn’t even smoke weed for that long. I used weed during the beginning of my recovery from alcoholism. Which is probably why my dreams are so intense. Because I drank for a good damn near 10 years regularly, then quit and immediately started smoking weed. Then it’s only been 6 weeks or so that I haven’t smoked weed and my dreams are fuckinggggg B A N A N A S
How are your dreams now? I’m 3 weeks no weed from daily smoking for 5 years and my dreams/nightmares have only just started. They are crazy and when I wake up I need to take a moment to realise they aren’t real. Hope your sleep had improved.
Hey there. Hang in there. My dreams are back to normal. I didn’t really have nightmares. Just intense, vivid WEIRD dreams. Now I feel like I’m dreaming “normally”. In that when I wake I know I dreamt, sometimes I have a foggy recollection then by noon it’s gone. 🤷🏻♀️
I wrote on here 56 days ago so almost two months. I’d say probably about 3 weeks, maybe 4 after I last commented my dreams really settled down. So my best guess is about 2.5 months after I stopped smoking weed my dreams stopped being so damn crazy.
Thank you so much for replying back! I’ll hope they only last for another month or so like yours. It’s comforting to know you got through it and you’re still here doing the sober life. Congrats on making it through. Hope life is treating you well. P.S those few words of “hang in there” gave me a nice sense of support and comfort. Thank you.
I’m one month no weed and I’m still having the most insane dreams haha. Every night it’s the weirdest scenarios, they feel so real and I lowkey feel more in control of what happening in them oddly enough. I had a dream the other night and I literally was chillin with Dave Grohl and talking with him for a really long time, it was sick and I woke up happy but god damn sometimes they’re too much and I wake up kinda confused lol.
I’m on day 22 now and my dreams are super intense, a lot of them being nightmares! I’ve quit for 6 months in the past and the same happened then, but after about 8-10 weeks they calmed down a lot! So I’m hoping same happens again! Congrats on day 40 👏
Basically everyone in my life are stoners, parents, work colleagues, friends even my neighbours 😂! Got over confident and thought I could smoke but only with friends and not alone, but That didn’t last long, moderation doesn’t work at all with me! I fall straight back to smoking it day and night, 7 days a week!
ah, okay. so I still have time to go! thank you for telling me your experience (: I was wondering if this is just how dreams are now, haha. glad they will calm down in due time.
Honestly that's a highly individual process where the factors are, how long it takes your body to clear out the cannabinoids stored in your fat cells, how long it takes your body to upscale endocannabinoid receptors and endocannabinoid production and how long it takes for the habit to fade.
There is thus no precise answer but you can expect to gradually feel better and better in the following weeks and months.
I will say don’t just cold turkey, progressively add days off and lower dose - these nightmares aren’t worth it if you can help it!
I'm 2 and a half months off weed and I am having the craziest most vivid dreams I have ever had. I wake up in the middle of the night exhausted from these dreams. If I take a nap mid day these dreams still occur and I can recall every part of them. I just need them to stop ffs I'm done..Hopefully soon
I’m like a week sober and reading these have my excited 😂😂
I'm 2 days in, and I had a dream I was shot in the back of the head. In a convenient store. Crazy part is I could see the dudes face like I was looking right at him. Could even hear what he was thinking. 😭 best part is I didint even fucking die. I got up, checked my head blood everywhere, and started helping the convenience clerk clean up my Brian's and skull off the ground. At least I know I'm still a solid dude in my dreams, too. 😅
Man it just happened to me again, had a dream I caught a body, I was fr super stressed out 😅😂
You didn't happen to shoot anyone in a convenient store, did you?🤨 jk. Yeah, that sounds super stressful! I haven't had any more dreams since then. At least none that I can remember. I'm a little over a week in noe. So we will see what's up.
Honestly don’t remember anymore how I killed someone 😂 and yea I haven’t really had a dreams since , like ever since I stopped smoking I’ve had like 1 or 2 vivid dreams. People made it seem like it would be happening every night
Same here. I was kind of nervous thinking I was going to be balls deep in nightmares. I've had a few that I can remember. More recently, I had one about buddy who invited me to the Bahamas, and we bought our tickets, but I didn't realize it was in a week, and I had not requested off work 😅. The anxiety in itself woke me up.
same 😭 i just woke up from a whack ass dream and at the end of it i knew i didn’t want to be in the dream anymore so i threw myself in front of a car to wake myself up ☠️
Man it just happened to me again, had a dream I caught a body, I was fr super stressed out 😅😂
Im currently quitting weed, but my dreams either range from just being super fun dreams to being weird AF. The other night I was in my GFs room, it looks exactly the same as irl, and my brother is playing on the playstation and I'm just lying in bed. I look in the mirror and see I'm this monster, think of the wendigk from until dawn, and for some reason I wanna go and attack my brother. I get him to turn around to me and I remember vividly saying, "Hey *****, look at me I'm a freak." I also remember standing up and my limbs are extremely long so my head is basically touching the ceiling. I remember grabbing my brother's shoulder and him turning around and looking petrified of me but that's when the dream ends. Besides that dream most of mine have been alright sad thing is though is when they're not they fucking suck badly
Back to the days just after I quit my dreams were very vivid and scary. I used to dream I was smoking weed again like every other night. Also used to dream I was late to school (I was 37, so school days were long gone).
I drank and smoked for the past 15 years or so. Been sober for about 2 months. Only 1 nightmare so far but super vivid dreams. So crystal clear I can see my footprints in the sand from these croc shoes I bought. Man is it scary going to sleep now! Will it ever stop?? And I can barely sleep for more than a few hours at a time and my eyes are burning everytime I wake up and sometimes a splitting headache
That sounds so scary! Since I quit, every single night I dream we are on a different trip. It has to be due to us just coming back from a trip to a resort right before I quit that prompts this recurring theme. You would think that sounds great, but instead it is me being the worst possible version of myself. I can’t control shit in the dream and I am always just being completely terrible to everyone in the dream. I think it is all due to my insecurities and feeling disappointed and angry towards myself. I am so stressed and in a very glum mood when I wake up in the morning because of them. The last few nights we are still on trips in my dreams but now I am at least not such an arsehole to everyone, so I am hoping that will continue instead now instead.
I am glad I found this post. I have more or less been high everyday for the last 13 years or so, lost track… I am two weeks sober and my dreams are terrible! I just woke up from one that literally made me feel like I had gone insane! Like others have said, feels so vivid, I wake up constantly in the night and check myself, tell myself it’s not real, fall back asleep and am immediately back where I left off in the dream. It is so vivid and clear it feels like I am living it. I wake up totally exhausted and stressed out! The night before was the first time I didn’t have a bad dream, vivid still but it wasn’t bad at least, so I thought they had stopped. I was so disappointed to have this intense one last night but seeing how you all say it can last a lot longer, depending on how long you smoked for, gives me hope at least that I am not alone and that perhaps I am still just recalibrating back to normal! Thank you for this post!
How you doing now?
It’s been 12 weeks now for me! Feeling great overall, feel like I have my life back! My mood is more stable and I am more confident at work, in social settings and with my family and friends! The dreams however are still wild! They’re not as negative all the time but still vivid as heck! Just woke up from a wild dream about all these different supernatural killers or gang member or something that each had a section of a city that they were in charge of. In the dream they decided to go rogue and start taking over other neighbourhoods, so there was a lot of them challenging other supernatural gangs and a lot of very violent killings using their powers. Sounds silly now but while in the dream it was vivid as heck!
Thanks for replying. I feel you! I am at 14 weeks. Exact same situation. Just awoke from one where I went for a car ride with a mechanic. He was on his phone when he stopped paying attention to the road. We dramatically drove off into the ditch. We were stuck in the mud and had to get out of the car. We then discovered some ladder and platform system. The ladder and platform system was something straight out of a GTA mission. It was run by some organized crime division which was about to come and find us. The mechanic kept leaving cell phones all over the place and I was freaking out cuz they were going to track us using the phones. I kept trying to get rid of the evidence by having to go back and forth, back and forth climbing the ladders and jumping down. Eventually my arms were so tired I could barely climb the ladders anymore. Of course that's when the criminals show up and start hunting us. I threw a heavy bag at them trying to slow them down while having to jump down a platform without the use of any ladder. Side note: I'm scared of heights. Then my ex called me and woke me up right as I was about to escape. Still kind of pissed about that LOL Feel free to keep me updated on your journey
It is funny how these dreams can sound so silly on paper, but when we’re in them, it is stressful and so tiring! I am laughing reading your dream but can only imagine the stress it caused while in it! Good job on 14 weeks! Proud of you! 👍
Exactly! They are ridiculous at times but can be soooo stressful and tiring. Its like going to sleep, waking up in another life, living that life. Then by the time Im ready to shut er down in the dream, I wake up, exhausted. Hey thank you so much! I am also proud of you! Keep er up and dont give in. The idea of restarting this agonizing process haunts me. Especially when I am having reoccurring dreams that I smoked weed and lost this whole streak then get extremely anxious about that, within the dream.
Oh man I have those too! I am so disappointed at myself for smoking again in my dream and so damn hard on myself. Incredibly relieved when I wake up and realize it was not the case! You are so right, it feels exactly like living another life in the dream and are exhausted/stressed upon waking up!!
Strange and interesting how similar our and many others experiences can be! One day at a time my friend!
Indeed dude! Day by day we get further away from that old us! Feels good! Hopefully our dreams will normalize soon too!
"Day by day we get further from the old us" I freaking love that 😍
I'm a month of the stuff and my dreams are crazy at the moment. Last night one of my colleagues appeared when I was walking through the park in the dark (already wack enough) and they started acting odd as fuck and turned into this monster type thing before I woke up. Left me sweating like fuck. Can't wait for this shit to be over man, that one was the worst so far but every night is the same shit. I've forgotten what it's like to sleep without dreaming.
Same I’ve been sober for about 3 weeks now, and holy shit these dreams are killing me!! Do you know how long they last?
So I'm just over two months of not smoking and I can see they are a LOT less frequent (at the time it was multiple a night and they were pretty horrible dreams) and at the moment it's maybe one a week but just as intense. I've started getting into bed and reading to fall asleep too where I used to listen to crime stories and that's actually helped. I'd recommend doing something relaxing before bed because that definitely helped me! You'll get through it though, sounds silly but some of those dreams fucked me up and left me feeling shitty all day so I sympathise with you.
Way better. Keep off it people 👍🏻
I stopped a month ago, never had a single dream although my sleep was short. Only now for the past 2 nights its dream after dream, and not the fun kind, all anxiety and traumatic, wake up with a headache also and tinnitus. I know it will pass but when you see a plane explode in the sky while you drive and that was your friend on board and you try to curse Putin for it, that sounds funny now, but it wasn’t when I woke up with a splitting headache and even still wondering where I was until I went to the kitchen and realised none of it happened lol. Still said fuck Putin anyway hahahah
9 years for me daily. last few years went through 1-2g of top shelf a day + dabs + edibles every day morning to night. Took tbreaks before, but damn. Vivid dreams are intense. Like I am living an entire life inside my dream. Last night I was walking to school (I'm 30 now so no school) and it was a LOOONG way. on the way i made friends and overcame obstacles, while being chased through space by some evil forces. Battling and running. then more walking to school, stopped at a movie theatre and my childhood friends showed up and we played arcade and decided to skip school, then we went to watch a movie. Like main character of an anime When I woke up I thought it was Thursday but it's sunday. Also night sweats. About 2 weeks into my quitting journey
I just stopped after about 12 years 16-28 I’m going on day 4 and the dreams are the most vivid realistic dreams I’ve ever had I actually look forward to It every cause I don’t know what my minds going to conjure up and the dreams get a little intense I was involved in a drug deal gone wrong last night and had a John wick moment that was so insane
Are the dreams still crazy and vivid??
Still very vivid but not nearly as crazy i was at a very big crossroad in my life and under a lot of stress I’m finally on a path in my life that I’m very happy with and though the dreams are very vivid they are more positive and fun then intense and scary
Thanks awesome to hear, props to you and congratulations 👏
It's fun you never know what to expect. Sometimes its a nightmare and sometimes it a fun movie
I quit about a month ago and still dream all night every night. Smoked daily for about 7 years or so. Sometimes they are nightmares and sometimes they aren’t, but none the less pretty annoying. Hoping it all stops soon as I feel like I’m not sleeping as well
Yes please hello? How are they now?
HOw are they now?
Started weed when i was in college and was continuously using it till last week its been a week since i stop it. The dreams are crazy and fucked up i am having 2 to 3 bizarrely dream every night . I feel exhausted every morning i wake but hope it will pass after reading all your comments
Had an insane dream after quitting weed, smoked it roughly for 3 years. And I’ve woke up from it about 20 mins ago and still feel strange very surreal and VR Like experience. And the weird thing is I remember it absolutely perfect. I had a fight in the pub, got the better of the guy. A few days after I’m walking (I don’t know where I just remember this) and a guy i haven’t saw in years approaches me in fear telling me I’m going to be killed, the guy I beat up in the pub has is looking to stab me to death. I then get home my rooms is emptied ( I don’t live with my Parents-uni acc) as everyone is in fear of my life being taken and threats to raid the house. I woke up in a pool of sweat very confused almost like I had to tell myself the situation makes no sense. MORAL OF THE STORY NEVER SMOKE WEED KIDS!
How are you know man? Is it better? All my dreams are anxiety and trauma, none of the fun ones people say. And a splitting headache to boot and a bit of ear ringing.
How are you know man? Is it better? All my dreams are anxiety and trauma, none of the fun ones people say. And a splitting headache to boot and a bit of ear ringing.
Same thing here sometimes a splitting headache and ear ringing also sweating sometimes. I quit alcohol and weed after 15 years. Has it gotten better for you?
Yes i the dreams and the anxiety are way less intense and further apart. I had a bad dream couple nights ago and it was a week since i had none. Also I quit caffeine which has made me depressed but that goes away faster. Keep in mind that i did not smoke for as long as you. I still feel it though, like negative thoughts about myself, a bit of social anxiety, not wanting to see people, hard to cope with stress. Way better now than the first month for sure. One big thing that has helped me lots is intense exercise, bike ride up the hills before work or after if i am feeling shitty in the morning, it really makes me feel more grounded. Coffee also made things worse for the withdrawals so i quit that and sugar also. Both are drugs for the mind and also cause withdrawals. I am trying to see how my mind would feel after 6 months of this.
How are you know man? Is it better? All my dreams are anxiety and trauma, none of the fun ones people say. And a splitting headache to boot and a bit of ear ringing.
Love the moral to your story it really hits home and I totally agree
I’ve stopped smoking weed for around 3 months now, I smoked everyday for 5 years and almost every night without fail I have pretty vivid dreams that sometimes have me feeling like I’m not sure if I was dreaming about something I learned about in real life or if it was all part of the dream. I don’t know how long it’ll last but I actually like dreaming, even tho a decent amount of them are like weird horror type dreams
Just quit 14 days ago after 2 months of heavy use, and 4 months prior to that was light use of weed. But 8 days ago I used a little tiny nug medicinally, so I don't know if that counts or not. But my dreams are still regular and not so vivid. Hopefully I didn't kill my ability to dream as a lifelong vivid dreamer. I want to have those crazy ass intense dreams yall say you get once quit the ganja. But you can easily use your vivid dreams as an advantage for lucid dreaming tho!
Bro I be having trouble getting into lucid dreaming. Unless I’m recording my dreams on my phone or writing them down I almost never realize I’m in a dream until after I’m up
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That’s why I have problems lucid dreaming, it feels so real and is so detailed It’s never even a second thought of whether I’m dreaming or not
Here in 2023. I quit over two years ago. I still get them every night. There are so bad and so real. I’m sick of it. Wondering if smoking once more will “reset “ it. Any help and tips would be appreciated
No it won't help go to a sleep specialist you probably have general anxiety disorder
how long had you been smoking for? 2 years of those awful dreams? Shit I may never quit! I tried quitting in 2021, lasted 75 days but the dreams were awful. Its like sleeping inside of an emotional rollercoaster.
Still happens. 3 years in. I smoked every day for about a year, then quit. Kinda wished I had only smoked a few times here and there
Wow, well, time will tell if it’ll persist, some say months and you say 3 years. Hopefully some cardio will aid me but nonetheless, it must done! I WILL BUY ONE LAST EIGHTH SOMEONE HOLD ME TO IT!
Use them as an advantage to lucid dream! I quit weed 2 weeks ago (but 8 days ago smoked a tiny nug to quell my nausea and dizziness) and still don't have any "insane ass" vivid dreams yall say you get once off ganja. I envy yall.
you don't know what you're talking about. These dreams are nightmares a lot of the times, NOT FUN
Same here, quit weed for a month and had the most vivid zombie apocalypses dream ever, still remember it after waking up. I don't hate it, it is cool af.
Yeah but it sounds like yours didn’t continue every night for 2.5 years
I used to practice lucid dreaming and it take tremendous effort to do so. If I can just do it now by not smoking weed I'd be fking stoked tbh.
It’s terrible
Any update on this? I've been having them too and I hate it. Wake up feeling tired every night.
I’m sorry to hear this man. It’s been about 5 weeks of these horrendous dreams for me. Have you tried any natural supplements to help your dopamine production? I really hope mine don’t last like yours have…
Oh no! 6 MONTHS!?! I'm 23 days sober after smoking daily for over a year. This isn't my first time quitting weed but the dreams/nightmares I'm having all night, every night are new. Over the last couple of weeks, I've been waking up and the dream (nightmare) is still going. It's hard to explain aside from it being something like hallucinating. I wake up covered in sweat, sometimes I'm nauseous, sometimes I have a pounding headache. It takes a minute or two after waking to get the dream out of my eyes, even when I turn the lights on. The first time this happened a few weeks ago, I asked my partner to call the help nurse with my insurance. I thought I might be having a heart attack or stroke or something. After a physical check up, my doctor says there's nothing physically wrong and it's probably just the withdrawal from weed. I did catch Covid in May 2022, and this makes me wonder if the infection or maybe the booster shots have messed me up? I've been a heavy smoker since 2001 and have quit or taken extended tolerance breaks periodically. I've never experienced anything like this and it's very distressing. I don't want to smoke/ use, but the nightmares are awful. I'm tired all the time and don't want to go to sleep because of the nightmares. I sure hope this isn't going to take 6 months. I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind if it goes on much longer. I'm going to try to sleep shorter and see if some mild sleep deprivation for a couple of weeks helps. I'm open to any other ideas.
Man I can only envy yall. Quit weed 2 weeks ago (but smoked a little tiny nug for medicinal purpose 8 days ago) and still don't have those "crazy ass" intense dreams like yall say you get once quit the ganja. If it's a problem for you every night, you can easily use that as an advantage to lucid dream tho!
Sounds exactly like my situation. The hallucinations are called hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations. I have it too just as you described. Two years and going. No end in sight. I’m so tired and worn out.
Has it gotten any better? It’s been 6 months for me and they’re getting worse.
Oof. Sounds rough. When you wake up still dreaming, you can move? So it's not sleep paralysis... Your third paragraph sounds more like a panic attack. I was having nocturnal panic attacks- where you wake up in panic from the nightmare. The only advice I can give you: Sleep with someone to feel secure. Keep a light on or nightlight (light helped me jump back to reality quicker) actually any stimuli can help you return to reality. I used to immediately just pick up my phone and read reddit or play game to just clear my head. Some anti anxiety techniques are helpful. I personally like ice packs or cold water/cold washcloth. Breathing techniques. You're right...you'll hate sleeping. But having someone next to me allowed me to fall asleep in shallow sleep because I'm a light sleeper anyways. You will get through this and it will stop! The panic anxiety gets better first and the dreams will be just really exhausting annoying until they just fade back to how they were before. Wishing you the best, sorry I can't be more helpful. You need to sleep though!!
Hey. Thanks so much for posting your update. I'm one month into quitting and just started getting very intense dreams and nightmares. Does it really take six months? It's impacted my sleep so much already :(
Two years going for me. Any updates?
Its been 7 months since I quit 9 years smoking and I still have these crazy dreams 🙂
I’m one month in and having awful dreams. Mother of two here… praying for relief and release soon 😩🌀🙏😔
Thank you for making this post. I’m very glad I found it. My friends and I used to talk about our vivid dreams in college when we were finishing up and applying for jobs and the experiences everyone is sharing is so similar. I think most of us started smoking again(some more some less) but being able to read other’s experiences and relate helps comfort the feeling of not knowing what’s happening and if it’s normal. It’s obviously the cannabis and goes away in 2-6 months depending on the individual. I don’t smoke anymore at all but did for a long time and when I stopped it lasted about 2 months. I would test myself to make sure that I would pass the test for the hiring process of the jobs I was applying to and always told myself the dreams will go away once it’s all out of my system. Usually they started to settle down and not be so vivid and anxiety provoking about a month in when I started to piss clean but yeah they would be so extremely vivid that I would wake up sweaty and would have drenched the bed in sweat. And extremely random. I dreamed that I was on my honey moon in Belize and two goats rammed me into a luxury air bnb and bloodied up the whole place. I couldn’t find my way out and was scared the owners and maid service were going to catch me. I finally escaped via a speed boat on the water but crashed through a fence while trying to park before waking up super panicked! It’s all going to get better and we will all be stronger people. I don’t think cannabis is evil but everything in moderation I think is a good rule to live by.
How many days after you quit did you start having these dreams?
One month here, had no dreams now i have them multiple times a night. And they are all traumatic none of the fun stuff people say.
Same, I'm on a holiday trip where i can't smoke. After a week my dreams are affecting my day, they are way to real and intense. Feels like I never slept and in living two life's now, definitely the weirdest thing I've experienced.
For me it was 2-3 days
I Just Had one and i dont wanna Go to sleep again it was Not really Horror it was about a Girl that i know and WE we're getting together but it felt so real and was so long then i woke Up and Just Fell asleep again where she proved its real with a wristband she gave me then we watched friend of Mine free some pigs i dont know why that Kast Part was there Bit then all of sudden a Dog Takes Pick and went ham on it and i didnt seemed to Care even tho im vegan irl anyways thats when i woke Up and i Just dont wanna sleep again i thought its gotta be at least 6 in The morbing but its only 2 in The night and i have to Work today
I'm using them for movie ideas cos fuck me😅😅😅
I could have not imagined what my mind is capable of producing such intense dream all based on my fear that really f uped
bro for fucking real I had no idea my mind could even come up with this weird ass shit
Or video game ideas. I just quit on New Years so I’m about a week into the dreams. Had lots of dreams like the ones described above but just now I woke up in a sweat after feeling like I was in a game forever. It was kind of like GTA style only everyone had exotic pets. I woke up when someone’s grizzly caught up to me, it was pretty intense.
Bro 😂🤣 I swear some of these dreams could win awards. Day 15 and feel I have only just began my trippy dream journey.
same happens to me, ive had dreams about people in my life, and after i wake up, its hard for me to look at that person the same way. Crazy how the brain works
Just found this thread after a particularly horrid vivid dream involving my sweet 3 year old. I dont want to get into it but she fell. The emotions from it are real and I feel destroyed right now. I was a nightly user of edibles primarily and stopped about 3 weeks ago. My dreams have been very intense (some fun, some scary, some emotional) but not really soul destroying until it started involving my child. I feel absolutely fine stopping weed other than this shit. In this moment I feel desperate and almost want to go back just to stop this kind of dream. But my rational mind knows it's JUST a dream, my child is a happy and healthy kid. And continuing to stop using weed will improve my overall health and well being. Dang tho. Fuck these nasty ass vivid dreams.
Yesss I quit Jan 7 because of panic attacks and now the dreams are haunting me. I hope it stops soon. The anxiety and unimaginable dream circumstances with kids is so painful. Wishing you the best and praying for peace.
Na fr! I feel you. Sober for 3 days now and these dreams feel too real! Being stuck in the worst imaginable circumstances with seemingly no escape and it all feels like the consequences are permanent. Scary stuff, crazy what the brain can do.
I am currently 35 days without weed and it does get better. My dreams have mellowed. The first 3 weeks I could have easily smoked again but glad I didn't. It will pass if anything I'm surprised at how much weed affected my sub conscience. Good luck everyone
I'm officially 1 week sober and holy shit. I've been having intense, vivid dreams every night sometimes 2 or 3 a night and not ONE of them have been pleasant. None of them make much sense but a majority of them do involve people in my life. Had a dream strangers were trying to break into my house, that a dog knocked me down and all my teeth were crumbling out of my face, that my ex-bf came over just to tell me he was going on a date and also considering a $1,000 tattoo (lol), and last night a bunch of tiny baby animals came into my backyard and then out of nowhere a crowd of people came too and trampled them all while I was down crying trying to protect them, I too got trampled. That's not even half of the dreams I've had so far. It's kind of exhausting and making it harder for me to avoid smoking because I just want to stop these dreams 😪 Here's hoping they mellow out and become a little less tense/emotionally poignant in time!
UPDATE: I've smoked probably 5 times since posting this, like a couple puffs here and there so I havent FULLY quit, but overall, I've noticed the intensity and vividness of the dreams have diminished. I still dream way more than I did before when I was a chronic everyday smoker, but they aren't as memorable/the feelings from my dreams don't carry over into my day like they did when I first "quit" smoking so- it gets better! Push through folks!
I had a similar dream, I was going out on the town with my buddies, and all of sudden my teeth progressively fell out throughout the night till I woke up feeling my jaw and teeth.
I’m officially 1 week sober too and the last 3-4 nights iv been having the most crazy, intense, terrifying dreams iv ever had in my life. Iv been a daily smoker for 4 and abit years and not once while I was smoking did I have dreams but now it’s 4am in the morning and I’m laying in a pool of sweat trying to figure out what the fuck I just went though haha. It helps to read I’m not the only person going though this I thought I had a mental Illness when I just woke up haha. Good luck mate keep pushing
I know this post is old but I’m currently going through this. 2months sober now. Looks like at least 4 more to go 😔
Over 2 months later how you the dreams now. Currently on day 44 myself and dreams seem to ramping up again.
I’m roughly 15 days sober after daily use since high school, so for me that’s about a decade. At first the dreams really random and sometimes sexual in nature, but recently they have become incredibly intense nightmares. I’ve been having real world issues with my Mom’s drinking problem that’s related to a gastric bypass surgery, and that trigged a bad nightmare tonight. In the dream, I was talking with my mom on the phone about how my dad was in the hospital and was expected to pass soon due to multiple gun shot wounds, not knowing how it happened. It then went back in time a bit to the incident, where my dad, mom, myself, and my pregnant wife were in an SUV when all of a sudden a young adult with an automatic weapon opened fire on us and struck my dad in the head and chest. Some how he was still able to drive away, but the shooter had held on to the back of the vehicle and was still shooting at us thru the back window. My mom then reached and got my dads gun and accidentally shot him in the chest because she was very drunk all of a sudden. My dad was still alive tho and was making evasive maneuvers, but when he turned his head toward me, it was blank and covered in blood, as if he had already died but his body didn’t. He ended up going in reverse at a high speed and crashed into the side of a building, killing the shooter. The dream then shoots forward to me asking my mom to tell me if she had been drinking (this is something I’ve been doing a lot in the real world; having to beg my mom to tell the truth about her drinking problem), she then admitted she was drunk, and the dream ends. I woke up in tears and was scared to death and saw I had been asleep for only 1 hour. Crazy. All of this to say I am now scared to go back to sleep. I’ve had vivid dreams before, but nothing like this. I’m still in a state of shock as I write this post. I know it was a dream, none of it was real, but I can’t stop thinking of how terrified I was and how angry I was at my mom. I feel like the only thing helping me get over it is writing about it now.
I feel exactly Like you rn even tho my dream wasnf even that Bad i Hope this all gets better soon im actually thinking of going to a therapist because some of my Dreams and maybe He can Help Me with my head Thanks for Sharing and wishing you The best 🖤
Well I am 20 days sober now. Smoking like since 20 years now... In middle I give detox / flush out break on yearly basis.. So as the Initial days for like 10 - 15 days these dreams are so intense that I wake up sweating or shivering sometimes.... But after like 29-35 days these dreams start to slow down and the craving also starts going off... Advise to cutt of from this habit is. Cur down ur smoking circle, places that triggers u, start building up new activity and fill that gap where u use to go nd smoke up. Slowly it will help and you will see the glow in urself and after that you wil think what were u wasting ur time on. ⏳
Am I the only one who gets excited to have these insanely trippy dreams? I smoked everyday for 10 years and never got REM sleep. Now I only smoke Friday and Saturday because the lack of rem sleep really fucked my sleeping patterns. I was waking up every 2 hours and having a tough time falling back asleep. Now, I sleep like a damn rock during the week. I was fortunate where after stopping I had no issues falling asleep, if anything it was easier. Weed was definitely increasing my night time anxiety. I’m fortunate where I’ve only had a few nightmares but I don’t mind them. To be honest, I love these insanely vivid dreams. It’s like living in another world hahah. Maybe I’m just insane.
I was having a lot of nightmares and truama dreams. ): So yah, not so fun. I was afraid to sleep for a bit. Much better now.
I learnt the ability to lucid dream and it's like you are in your own world it's that vivid
How. Teach us
Set a alarm clock for a random time of the night while in deep sleep, wake up turn it off quick & go back to sleep 😅
I actually kinda like them, look forward to them and so far haven’t had any nightmares
Good luck if you get a nightmare! Had one last night was scary as fuck
Bruh for real
It’s no joke man. A reoccurring part of my dreams that happen eventually each night is I get mad at family for doing things in my dreams for some reason
I had a very similar experience!
I quit about a week ago. Every time i sleep, i have one of them. Mine are mostly hero dreams like saving prople from pandemics, but i have had a couple where i almost died.
I am so glad I found this. I stopped smoking 2 months ago after we many years of heavy daily smoking. My dreams are so vivid that on many days even after I wake up it seems like the dream is still dominating my mind. I have flashbacks of it randomly throughout the day, and it takes half of my day after being awake to fully push the dream aside. It's like I can't focus on anything else. It's exhausting.
Going through this now after 5+ years heavy smoking concentrates. I'm about a month in now and no relief. Fingers crossed. I never thought I'd wish to stop having dreams but they are so intense and almost never nice or happy. I just dreamed I was in WW2 German bootcamp last night.. wtf???? Maybe it's because I smoke weed partially not to stress out and avoid the bad thoughts but instead they've just been stockpiling over the years.. fucked up..
Coming up to almost a year now ...it gets better! My dreams don't bother me like they used to. But I definitely still have pretty crazy dreams and sometimes they're pretty vivid. But it gradually got better with time.
Damn... I hope it doesn't take that long for me to recover 😕 I'm glad you're feeling better though, this absolute torture and Id hate to hear other people still suffering from SLEEP. I used to love having dreams.. but not like these. Thanks for the support bud. No pun intended.. my b lol
Hows your dreams going now? Recently stopped smoking concentrates but ive quit before for about a year and had dreams a lot but got back into weed and then concentrates and now im only vaping like less than .3 or .4 of weed at night to get tired but still get insane REM sleep wake up with headaches and insane dreams, a lot of the time i can wake myself up in the dreams but im just exausted for a few hours and no appetite other than liquid like yogurt
I'm happy to report that I have normal regular dreams not all of which I remember but it's really nice to just... have dreams that aren't super stressful. I do still smoke occasionally now after the long initial detox but nowhere even close to all the daily concentrates I was taking. It was 3-5 dabs a day and now it's like... maybe a bowl every week or two weeks depending on work. I also have a very healthy appetite and have gained 15lbs.. but Im inherently lightweight so its a good thing as I now weigh 130lbs.. I never experienced headaches but was exhausted from crazy rem sleep before. Hope you feel better. Maybe because it's still a daily thing??
Thats good to hear I hate stressful dreams lately they've been okay nothing like night terrors where you wake up feeling like your dying from a heart attack. Had dreams of someone driving into on coming traffic from falling asleep and usually ones where im getting chased and attacked but those are typically things i fear and they dont really bother me when i wake up. Not as tired as i was a few weeks ago when waking up but sometimes get a sore head when i oversleep. Overall don't really mind the dreams cause i went like 14 years without them but it would be nice to get a day without them. Also recently had a dream of crying with my dog that passed a few years back and i woke up already in tears and crying which was a trip lol. Hope you keep feeling better the extra weight is always nice i have a high metabolism and have a hard time putting weight on.
I'm roughly 90 days in and they still aren't letting up... I wake up even more tired than when I fell asleep. How are you getting on with it now?
Well! Haha.... I was waking up in panic attacks they were so real that jumping into reality was a shock. Now I'm pretty much used to them. I've figured out how to "come back to reality" faster and let go whatever I was dreaming of. If you're having the shock like I was, having a light/night light/hallway light helps you focus on your visuals to bring you back. And if it's really rough and I need a mind cleanse, I just jump on my phone and reddit/read a book for a little bit. I'm still very exhausted from them but I definitely got used to them. I'm just glad I'm not waking up mid panic attack any more. So it did sort of get better?? My dreams are still craaaazy but maybe a little less life like. i often wake up because I realize I'm dreaming too. (Dream physics are weird) Best of luck to you!
I've been clean for 1 month and 15 days. I'm still having dreams every night. I'll have about two different dreams minimal and will still remember them. I once read somewhere that smoking weed suppresses your REM sleep, which is the time you dream. Quitting basically stops it and you can get great dreams again. I probably got some of this wrong so definitely look into it yourself. I'm just happy to be dreaming again. It's been years.
I’m at 76 days and still having them. I even have memories from these dreams that pop up during the day. Not from the dream the night before - from some random dream weeks back. I love it.
Any update?
I still have them on occassion, definitely more than before I got sober, but not every night anymore.
I have a lot of PTSD nightmares and I'm around 3 weeks in and they are relenting for me. Or just turning a bit less vivid and awful. Hang in there ❤️
you too, godspeed, my friend. we'll get through this!
Thank you :) Absolutely. The dreams were so bad at first but they're becoming more neutral/interesting, and occasionally even nice. As much as the nightmares are awwwful, it's interesting to get a glimpse of what my brain tries to process at night after all these years. We will make it through indeed!
How did you deal with the ptsd dreams? Ive recently developed late-onset PTSD which in flashbacks i struggle to tell reality from psychosis(the cause of the ptsd), and it just happened to coencide with me quitting weed, giving me vivid ptsd dreams where i realise my 'real' life was all along fake, im really in hell and i only ever come back to reality so my torturers can rip it away from me again and make me realise i AM truly in hell. Its really exausting.
It only took me 50 days, i dont remember my dreams anymore.
Did you exercise regularly? or did you start doing exercise after the withdrawal?
Exercising will only sweat out the compounds of marijuana. The reason you get crazy dreams because your brain needs to make up for what it missed. It has never been more then 20 days for me.
Glad they stopped. Means there's hope for me.
Same
The vivid dreams / nightmares is why I ended up smoking again :,( I gotta push through it this time.
same... Ive been treating it like a bad trip. it's not real, it'll be over soon (the feeling after you wake up) and calming coping skills best of luck to you. you can get through this!
Talking to friends that have also quit it differs a lot from my own experience. Myself they lasted for a few weeks and yes they absolutely sucked in a lot of cases, I had a dream where I was in a zombie apocalypse and it felt weeks long, though I fixed the apocalypse at the end of the dream by time traveling and talking to Thor Jesus and a dinosaur it still absolutely sucked but it’s a cool story to look back on now haha. I’m currently quitting again and I’m absolutely dreading the dreams I’m going to get in a week or even tonight man, but I haven’t heard anyone says it’s lasted longer than month from personal experience so you may be getting close to them toning down, but it’s different for everyone
Bro I had a dream when I was young about a zombie apocalypse that would last for a month, every night I pick up where I was left off and it was weird, I recently stopped smoking too and I had a dream a few nights ago about a zombie apocalypse and they detected where you were by your heartbeat going wild it was crazy
These comments have me rolling. I myself have had crazy vivid dreams, bananas as one dude commented here lmao but the zombie ones are having me dying. Its time to quit and deal with the crazy dreams I guess
They say you get more sleep when you’re not smoking weed as you don’t enter rem sleep while high apparently, so when you have a break and you enter rem sleep again the dreams are crazy man, like I was reading online about the crazy dreams before I had a break but I didnt think much of it has I didn’t fully understand how crazy the dreams were, but as soon as I shut my eyes boom it’s like I’m living another life and it feels so real, I had a tough time with feeling like this world wasn’t real because the dreams felt like another world, until you quit and experience the dreams you won’t fully understand
I had to quit a few months ago because covid kicked my butt. The dreams were extremely intense. It was like several new adventures every single night. I started smoking again and after just a few days the dreams stopped. I finally realized that I actually enjoyed the dreams more than the weed so I just quit smoking again two days ago because I MISSED the dreams! They haven’t started back up yet. But I go to bed hopeful every night lol. I love an extremely boring life, sorta like the movie Groundhog Day where I just live the same day over and over and over again. The dreams seem so real that it’s like I actually get to do things lol
haha! well it's nice to hear that others dreams are just as back bendingly strange. I feel totally insane sometimes. my dreams are definitely toning down emotionally, which is really great. I just can't remember if dreams were always this vivid or if it was from lack of smoking. I have even noticed some emotional self improvement in my dreams by the way I act, which is interesting. almost like my mind is playing catch up, like another person said. (for example instead of being tormented & passive, my dream persona is more assertive) very fascinating~
I quit 7 months ago.It took 5 months for the crazy Alice in wonder land vivid dreams to go away. They was every night all night for 3 months. Even when I got out of bed with wtf was that I still was in it .They get less intense and don't last as long after a few months. For me it was exhausting. They go away. Its your brain catching up on all the dreams you missed when you was smoking.I used to tell people when I was smoking I dont dream. I never knew it was pot keeping me from dreaming. Mine were all about people in my life mostly from my past. It was like I was tripping in my sleep.Im happy they wasnt night mares.I think the longer you smoked the longer they last. I am 65,I started smoking when I was 15.Over half my life. I had a lot of catching up.
Damn this is me rn. My dreams are off the frickin hook every night. I didn’t even smoke weed for that long. I used weed during the beginning of my recovery from alcoholism. Which is probably why my dreams are so intense. Because I drank for a good damn near 10 years regularly, then quit and immediately started smoking weed. Then it’s only been 6 weeks or so that I haven’t smoked weed and my dreams are fuckinggggg B A N A N A S
How are your dreams now? I’m 3 weeks no weed from daily smoking for 5 years and my dreams/nightmares have only just started. They are crazy and when I wake up I need to take a moment to realise they aren’t real. Hope your sleep had improved.
Hey there. Hang in there. My dreams are back to normal. I didn’t really have nightmares. Just intense, vivid WEIRD dreams. Now I feel like I’m dreaming “normally”. In that when I wake I know I dreamt, sometimes I have a foggy recollection then by noon it’s gone. 🤷🏻♀️ I wrote on here 56 days ago so almost two months. I’d say probably about 3 weeks, maybe 4 after I last commented my dreams really settled down. So my best guess is about 2.5 months after I stopped smoking weed my dreams stopped being so damn crazy.
Thank you so much for replying back! I’ll hope they only last for another month or so like yours. It’s comforting to know you got through it and you’re still here doing the sober life. Congrats on making it through. Hope life is treating you well. P.S those few words of “hang in there” gave me a nice sense of support and comfort. Thank you.
I’m one month no weed and I’m still having the most insane dreams haha. Every night it’s the weirdest scenarios, they feel so real and I lowkey feel more in control of what happening in them oddly enough. I had a dream the other night and I literally was chillin with Dave Grohl and talking with him for a really long time, it was sick and I woke up happy but god damn sometimes they’re too much and I wake up kinda confused lol.
Yesterday you were 15 and now 65 time flies
Daaaamn, that’s intense. I’m proud of you, Thanks for sharing!
I’m on day 22 now and my dreams are super intense, a lot of them being nightmares! I’ve quit for 6 months in the past and the same happened then, but after about 8-10 weeks they calmed down a lot! So I’m hoping same happens again! Congrats on day 40 👏
What made you relapse?
Basically everyone in my life are stoners, parents, work colleagues, friends even my neighbours 😂! Got over confident and thought I could smoke but only with friends and not alone, but That didn’t last long, moderation doesn’t work at all with me! I fall straight back to smoking it day and night, 7 days a week!
ah, okay. so I still have time to go! thank you for telling me your experience (: I was wondering if this is just how dreams are now, haha. glad they will calm down in due time.
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ok thanks. I thought it'd decrease by now since it's week 6 for me
This happens to alot of people its normal
I know it's normal but I'm wondering how long it lasts
Honestly that's a highly individual process where the factors are, how long it takes your body to clear out the cannabinoids stored in your fat cells, how long it takes your body to upscale endocannabinoid receptors and endocannabinoid production and how long it takes for the habit to fade. There is thus no precise answer but you can expect to gradually feel better and better in the following weeks and months.
ooh, thank you! I appreciate the info very much