Smoking before bed - Bad for you ?

[marijuana-kid]

Ok so before i experienced these problems , i was smoking weed for around 3 years, and haven't really noticed any side effects....
1st year - i smoked 3-5 times a week
2nd year - Smoked almost once everyday
3rd year (present) - Smoke anywhere from 3-5 times a day.

My mind remained clear, i didn't feel depressed, and i was pretty much feeling fine apart from the usual stoner apathy, laziness and lack if motivation after i smoke + I'm a teenager so i think thats pretty normal.
I also have mild OCD which has been with me even before i started smoking (smoking seems to relieve my symptoms)


However, over the last few months i have started to smoke right before bed and have noticed that my memory is slowly diminishing for some reason . Like sometimes (and i'm noticing it increasing) i actually cant remember what i did the day before , what people said to me , things i have to do , etc
I decided to look into this online, and found to my surprise that smoking weed before sleep prevents R.E.M sleep, which is bad because this is where your memories are formed , etc.

So i was wondering if me smoking before bed is really bad , or am i just being paranoid ?
Also if any other bluelighters do the same please share ideas etc .

Greatly appreciated .

 

[Chainer]

not really bad, just decreases your REM sleep so you'll need to sleep a bit longer to get the same quality of rest/regeneration.

If you find it a problem, it shouldn't take more than 28 days for a full detox.

You're memory IS diminished while under the effects of cannabis due to your hyppocampus being loaded with CB1/CB2 receptors, which are being constantly bound with electrical signals which turn chemical once bound from cannabis... during this time, short term memory is greatly effected as your post synapse is pretty busy either accepting calcium (or perhaps sodium and calcium in your synaptic cleft) or, for simplicity, cannabis chemicals. This effect happens because short term memory mostly occurs in the hyppocampus, so when you are flooding the synaptic lining with electrical signals that are getting you high, you've got less of a chance of short term memory action potential... basically...

also why you don't remember your dreams. there is plenty of threads on this already, try searching.

closed.