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morbiddoctor

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i just started smoking about two weeks ago after a 2+(?) year break from the stuff. it was starting to give me problems and not be that enjoyable due to way too much crap going on in my life at the time. this is all after smoking for 5 or 6 years. lately, i try to go to sleep while still high/buzzed and it doesnt work that well. i lay there for hours, and when i sleep, its quite light but carry's me through the night (night person). lots of thoughts in my head too. im just wondering if anyone else has this problem and what to do about it. ive already resolved to not smoke before bed until i get a resolution to this dilemma.

any input will help.
 
Pot always helped me to sleep. I've been an insomniac since I was a small child. I take the supplement "SleepMD" before bed. It actually helps me sleep. I've been on prescription sleeping pills before and all they did was get me high. I can't get high on these and they put me to sleep in about 45 minutes. It's got random shit like melatonin and Valerian extract in it.

http://www.sleepmdhealth.com/
 
I don't know how it all works, I just know its not regulated by the FDA and it doesn't get my high like a benzo. When I tried to stay awake after taking it I actually found the effects to be uncomfortable so I just went to sleep. I had been reading a book and I realized I couldn't remember what I had just read, and none of the words made sense.
 
morbiddoctor said:
i try to go to sleep while still high/buzzed and it doesnt work that well. i lay there for hours
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I'd bet money that you're smoking a sativa strain. Try smoking a pure indica like Purple Kush or Afghani Kush. They prescribe those strains for insomnia for a reason. Sativas are always going to be energizing.
 
I used to have the same problem; laying in bed for hours just thinking and not being able to fall asleep. Now i take melatonin, a natural sleep hormone that you can buy at your local drug store. i usually take 20mg of the stuff and i fall asleep no problem
 
leiphos said:
I'd bet money that you're smoking a sativa strain. Try smoking a pure indica like Purple Kush or Afghani Kush. They prescribe those strains for insomnia for a reason. Sativas are always going to be energizing.
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thats what id say smoke indica, it always makes me tired, if you still have problems even after smoking indica take some Melatonin, its all natural and doesnt leave you drowsy in the morning
 
i used to take melatonin. i think i only had it for one bottle though. i might try that out.
i also dont usually know what im smoking. i just buy a bag. i know much more about psychedelics, just now getting back into weed.
 
chairmanma084 said:
take some ambien before smoking. i promise that'll knock you out, sativa or indica.
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I did that every night for about 6 months. Believe me, sleep was the farthest thing from my mind. I was more interested in talking to the fairies in my head.
 
i suffer from insomnia to some degree, weed helps but only if i smoke myself into far away land. if im not stoned enough it just keeps me awake thinking about everything just a bit too much to ever fall asleep.
 
weird. i cant sleep good without herb. its my anti insomnia drug long before melatonin or ambien.
 
OP you have a really weird reaction. I usually smoke a bong bowl before bed just about every night, it just puts me to sleep.
 
Dude, you're not weird and your reaction isn't either. Your head is just racing with trippy thoughts you can't relax your mind enough to fall asleep. I get this at times, one recent time after smoking two grams of good hash in twenty minutes then trying to sleep.

As people have said before, try some melatonin, preferably the 3mg sublingual ones( I believe 3mg is standard? The two brands I've taken were 3mg) and take two or three of them under our tongue. I've found only sublingual ones to be effective in this dose range as I've had to take up to three times that orally.

Of course you shouldn't make this part of your nightly sleep routine unless diagnosed with an underactive pineal gland with regards to melatonin production, but that is only really common among the aged.
 
Weed usually puts me to sleep also unless I'm someplace where I don't want to sleep. It takes a while after I smoke it. At first I get the racing thoughts and am wide awake but as time goes on I start feeling drowsy and eventually it puts me to sleep.

Same thing around here on weed. When it is available you never know what you are getting until you smoke some. Getting it is the biggest hurdle. You call and you drive and you talk to people until people who know you pull the shades and turn off the stereo when you pull up. After what seems an eternity you get a call from someone saying they have some. What you get is a bag of green stuff all mashed together. Forget grade or sativa or indica. Weed is weed and be happy you have some. Last weed I saw around here looked like someone just pulled the plants up and put them in bags. An ounce was about half bud and half stems and it went for $250.

Our state has the weed locked down tight. This past summer they were busting people for roaches. Not tickets mind you but handcuffs and holding cells just for having a roach on you. That's why I've recently started looking at some of the alternatives. Just tried some Spice products the other day. Pep Spice was pretty good, K Spice didn't do much. Just got some Killer Chronic legal bud to try tonight. Pretty expensive but good to have around for the occasional sleepless night.
 
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