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So lately ive been having some wicked nightmares. Night terrors actually and ive noticed that ive had them mostly after I smoke. Which is weird b/c ive never had this problem before. But ive actually been sort of afraid to sleep b/c there so intense and awful. Anyone else have this problem?
I dont really get nightmares. I have had a few in my life and they feel so real. I feel bad that you get them frequently. What happens if you havnt smoked for a couple of days and then sleep? Do you still get them. I know that most dreams occur during REM sleep, which is a lighter stage of sleeping but dont know if nightmares occur in this same stage. Weed should put you in a deeper stage of sleep causing you to dream less. If nightmares do occur in a deeper stage of sleep it could be a problem.
The only advise I give you is try to make sure you are in a good place mentally before you go to sleep. Listen to some chilled music and try not to think about anything that worries you. I usually find if I am thinking about something before bed, a lot of the time if features in my dream.
I agree^, listening to radio always gives me way better dreams than if I have the TV on or something.
EDIT: Sweet, just got post 1'666. :rasta:
yeah.... i'm literally plauged by nightmares...
about my brother, about my wife leaving me mostly... those two make up about 80% of my dreams (not nightmares... 80% of the time i dream of one of those two)
I'm in a similar situation to yourself. Lately I have had nightmares nearly every night for the past week or so. As Slip has said, they tend to be about possible real life situations. I have had one unrealistic nightmare though, it was about zombies.Quote:
Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
I get nightmares when I'm sick and when I'm stressed out. If I fall asleep high, I never get nightmares.
Reb, have you altered dosages or added in any new medications to your line-up, by any chance? You're on a combination of meds that can aggravate sleep disturbances like night terrors. I happened to catch those a few days ago in the medical area, I believe it was. That's very common, in fact. Next time you check in with your prescribing physician, let him/her know.
Yeah actually this happened to me with the med combo of Seroquel,Prozac, and Xanax.
sometimes I have bad nightmares
its usually during the week I watch scary movies or books
im relieved when i wake up
the movie called, Saw 3, gave me nightmares
as much as i hate scary things i really enjoy nightmares AFTER ive had them. not during them.
like one time i had a dream that there were spikes coming out of the ground, and everything was black or red and it was hot and lava was everywhere. and there were cottonballs stuck on the spikes! screeped me out in my dream for some reason but i think its a pretty funny thing when i look back on it.
I never sleep:stoned:
really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr HaZzMatT Esq.
how or why?
I get nightmares when I don't smoke or at least they're more memorable when I wake. Pretty vivid and actually relevant to reality, which makes them twice as frightening. Maybe it's a calling of some sort, reb?
ever scince i was forced to quit smokin i have and all of are of me gettin shot in the same way and it sucks cause i can feel it, i guess thats why i picture me die'n that way it sucks and i feel ya i hate to sleep now in the last month ive been shot 13 times in my dreams its gettin old lol
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Originally Posted by zino11
that reminds me of the dream i was having the night i got appendicitis. i had just gotten my nintendo wii and i was having a dream i was moving brick saround in the game and if i did it wrong the pain would get worse....needless to say i kept losing until i woke up and though "why am i still in pain!??!"
that really sucks reb, i totally know that feeling where you don't want to sleep b/c of your dreams. i don't dream often, but when i do it's usually crazy nightmares which in recent years have been increasingly more realistic. i've smoked before going to bed though and i haven't noticed any kind of dream afterward. usually dreams are a product of what are going on in your waking life. is everything okay?
Ever since i was like five, every once in a long while i would have this really wierd freaky ass recurring dream. Everything is white and i shift my view and see a parking meter and next to it leaning on the meter is this tiny little yellow bird thats all poofy and round and its flipping a coin like two face from batman does. ANd the bird is whistling a happy tune. Then outta nowhere this horrible gigantic thing which i cant describe explodes out of nowhere and makes the most horrible noise in the world and basically eats the universe. It is really freaky and i know the feeling of not wanting to go to sleep. I have insomnia sometimes after i have a series of nightmares. I just want so badly not to experience it again. Big time terror.
when i smoke i get really vivid dreams. you could call them nightmares but they are more like epic adventures where i am trying to survive or something and i really enjoy them for some reason. Also, when i smoke, sometimes i have a dream where i get in a fight and i punch like a pussy.
maybe playing peaceful or cheerful, music that you like, at a whisper volume and on the repeat setting, will help you sleep more peacefully.
I first got stoned in Germany a few years ago, and everytime i fall asleep high i wake up the next morning with a vague "feeling" that i had in germany. You know, by feeling i mean, you know when you have different times in your life and certain things remind you of those old times, and you just get this feeling like your nostalgic and miss those times, no matter if they were good times or bad.
Funny, I find that if I go to bed high in any way, I don't get dreams. Either that or it causes me to never remember them :jointsmile: But I really think it just brings less dreaming overall.
However, when I've either been highly stressed or really depressed, my dreams become very intense, happy, and numerous, which I enjoy. Unless I smoke before bed, of course.
Damn reb sounds bad hope it clears up bad dreams are ....well bad.....my life is constant fear and disipline.. always .....fear and disipline... I hope it clears up soon cause what little sleep we get is usualy important.....or else you go MAD.
i thought i was haveing nightmares every night, but i now realise that really is my wife next to me and not a monster lol.
seriuosly though i agree that if you go to sleep thinking of something good, you useally dream good, hope they dont last too long Reb.
Thanks everyone. Yeah birdgirl my meds havent changed but if this continues I might have to tell my psychiatrist about it. The dreams are usually about me dumping John and then missing him so badly I go insane. Like Im trying to call him (and lately in the dream in always pregnant....why? I dunno I know im not tho) and hes not there or he is and theres a new girl there. Which is insane cuz' we've never been better. We don't argue and he cant wit to get married. I think the more I fall in love with him the scarier the thought is of us being teared apart. OR sometimes its really insane dreams like zombies and horrible jurrasic park dreams or diseases like the plauge......crazy I know but at the time its intense! Oh well....I guess im gonna see how much longer this happens and then ill tell my psychiatrist on my next appointment when I get refills. THANKS EVERYONE!
weirddd, i think you know what to do about those zombies though
if i ever wake up from dreams, i\'m just usually really scared about opening my door and it being nothing...like all white with no end...idk im weird
ps. i put the cat picture thing on a lightpoll
^did you! hahah and how'd it turn out?
some old lady stared at it shakin her head at me. so much happened today wow
well youll have to tell me about it tommorow or whenever, I wanna hear. I would tonight but I already took my meds..im gettin' sleepy
im really tired too my whole body feels like aughuahauhugh, yeah like that.
and i drank about 2 hours ago and feel like shit now
yeahhh i took dxm today for the first
thats what you get for drinking haha jk :D
yeah haha, i was walkn home and i kept thinkin there were zombies crossing the street in front of me and id turn back and my friends were like wtf.
drinking sucks, imma stick to beers, beers are fine
reb... you should contact me on AIM, I know a lot about dreams and such. I had to battle a reoccuring night terror for many years of my childhood and early teens. Usually reoccuring nightmares/night terrors are a result of some unresolved subconcious anxiety, if you look into the symbols and themes within the dream you may realize deeper meanings of the dream, once the meaning is figured out and the issue is resolved, or at least faced by your concious, the nightmares go away 90% of the time... If you want to contact me to explain further details of the dream I'd be more than happy to help you, as i find dreams fascinating also :thumbsup:
I'd reccomend looking into a dream interpretation book or a dream symbols dictionary... I have a very good one that has helped me understand lots of my dreams.
reb, i deffinatly recommend ghosty as a dream dude.
we are talking right now on aim about a dream i had the other day. and its weird how cool this is. .....
Dreamz.
I m gonna have to take you up on that shit hun. I had another nightmare last night that I have once a week usually. Where my teeth fall out..it doesnt hurt tho...but its frighteningQuote:
Originally Posted by ghosty
have you been using nicotine patches, when i was quitting smoking those things gave me fucked up dreams, proper mental. then i heard about lucid dreaming and tried to control things in my dreams, i was getting good at it, till i didnt need the patches and so i didnt get anyway near the vividity of dreams.
look up lucid dreaming its mint
Nah I dont smoke cigs so I never needed the patch
i'll be sure to keep AIM online whenever im on the boards... teeth falling out is a common symbol, although i forget what exactly it means right nowQuote:
Originally Posted by rebgirl420
"3) Losing teeth may symbolize a feeling or fear of getting old or losing sexual attractiveness. Or they may represent a retreat to infancy, hence a refusal to face reality. It may also symbolize a new phase in your life."... im sure theres more meaning to the dream then that though, as i imagine thats only one deatail.:thumbsup:
if you can figure it out and post it here ill give you some major rep
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