I smoke cannabis flower almost every day. On some nights I dream but not every night and these dreams are usually not particularly intense or memorable. If I abruptly quit smoking, in 2 or 3 months, I start having bizarre, realistic, vivid but usually pleasant dreams that gain in intensity the cleaner I get. Some of these dreams are lucid dreams and they are often sexual in nature, which is always a delight. When I'm dreaming about sex, it feels more real in my dream than the real thing does. When I start smoking every day again the dreams decrease in realism and frequency until I get back to "normal".
I also want to add that I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine. It helps but isn't a cure. When I had a sleep study done, my REM latency was 330 minutes which is very severe. My REM AHI (the number of times I stopped breathing during REM sleep per hour) was over 100, which is extremely high. I wasn't actually in REM for an hour but the machine calculated the time I was in REM with the number of apneas I had when I was in REM and calculate how many apneas I would have had had I actually been in REM sleep for an hour. I would think since the CPAP machine was preventing me from having as many apneas and I would be able to spend more time dreaming because I wouldn't be getting woke up every 45 seconds and A defective throat structure coupled with shitty but handsome DNA ensures that I am never going to father any children. I had 77 obstructive apneas that night and 21 central apneas. An obstructive apnea is when the throat is malformed and the flaps that are supposed to relax tense up and block off the passageway from the mouth/nose to the lungs. This blockage is breached when the sufferer coughs or performs another action that unblocks the passageway. A central apnea is basically when you forget to breathe. Some brains have a quirk that causes the brain to fail to send the BREATHE signal to the lungs and they therefore stop breathing. I don't know if the 21 central apneas I had that night should concern me or not.
I also want to add that I take 10mg of Ambien and 10mg of melatonin right before I go to bed. I don't usually have much trouble getting to sleep as long as I have my Ambien. Without it I'm a zombie. I've taken Ambien for about 10 years now (I know, I know, don't use sleeping pills for long periods of time. I am probably addicted to Ambien and will probably have to take it for the rest of my life but it is the only thing that allows me to sleep. So the Ambien might have an influence on dreams as well.
What are some of your experiences with dreaming while stoned?
I also want to add that I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine. It helps but isn't a cure. When I had a sleep study done, my REM latency was 330 minutes which is very severe. My REM AHI (the number of times I stopped breathing during REM sleep per hour) was over 100, which is extremely high. I wasn't actually in REM for an hour but the machine calculated the time I was in REM with the number of apneas I had when I was in REM and calculate how many apneas I would have had had I actually been in REM sleep for an hour. I would think since the CPAP machine was preventing me from having as many apneas and I would be able to spend more time dreaming because I wouldn't be getting woke up every 45 seconds and A defective throat structure coupled with shitty but handsome DNA ensures that I am never going to father any children. I had 77 obstructive apneas that night and 21 central apneas. An obstructive apnea is when the throat is malformed and the flaps that are supposed to relax tense up and block off the passageway from the mouth/nose to the lungs. This blockage is breached when the sufferer coughs or performs another action that unblocks the passageway. A central apnea is basically when you forget to breathe. Some brains have a quirk that causes the brain to fail to send the BREATHE signal to the lungs and they therefore stop breathing. I don't know if the 21 central apneas I had that night should concern me or not.
I also want to add that I take 10mg of Ambien and 10mg of melatonin right before I go to bed. I don't usually have much trouble getting to sleep as long as I have my Ambien. Without it I'm a zombie. I've taken Ambien for about 10 years now (I know, I know, don't use sleeping pills for long periods of time. I am probably addicted to Ambien and will probably have to take it for the rest of my life but it is the only thing that allows me to sleep. So the Ambien might have an influence on dreams as well.
What are some of your experiences with dreaming while stoned?
