How can i stop smoking everyday ...............please help.....=)

IXOYE said:

My dear I am so sorry to hear about your too-much-to-dream problem, I am also that way and hate it!
Please remember that when you quit smoking your dreams seem more intense and frequent at first but hold on! This too will pass after a couple of weeks. THC effects our short term memory so it's not that we don't dream, but that we don't remember them. And when we quit it's like a memory booster and we remember all the little details in our dreams. As mentioned this will subside but the meantime is a b*tch. The best thing is to have some ambient noise while you sleep (a fan, talk radio [music is a stimulant], nature sounds soundtrack) and a lamp within reach. If you wake up from a nightmare hit the light and try to "snap out of it." Try to focus on the subject on the radio or possibly even fall asleep to the t.v. - t.v. has certain wavelengths that can put you into a sort of trance. Before falling alseep run a nice fantasy through your head (don't take that sexually riu!), think good thoughts and think them over-and-ver until you fall asleep. Tell yourself "I am going to dream about puppies and marigols (or whatever) tonight." Then imagine puppies and marigolds (or whatever) until you fall asleep. Eventually you will find that you can program your dreams. But it takes work and time, like anything worth doing. Hope it helps.

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Makes alot of sense , i dont think i have ever tried sleeping with a radio on i may also try that thnanks for your comments .....

For those who have been constructive and come up with soloutions for me to try , again i thank you ........Tincture's are not an option as i cant touch alcohol, i like the keeping a tv or radio or lamp on idea, plus vapourisers and stuff , again thank you all........

to all those who wished to start a row,piss take or act all beefy , lick my gonads =D

Medibles from cannabutter, like brownies, are easy to prepare and really help people get deep sleep. Acts as a muscle relaxer/body buzz and that influences your overall relaxation and well-being. take about 1.5 hours before bed. I've read about gel capsules w/ coconut butter, but have yet to try.

I respect your desire to get away from cannabis but it is actually prescribed for people dealing w/ PTS. Perhaps if it is used moderately, and efficiently, it can continue to help some but not be the solution. Honestly, I haven't made it past day 10 of abstaining- when the dreams really start kicking my ass. Thank yourself for staying off alcohol, it only exaggerates damn near everything.

Kava-Kava is a herbal supplement that when mixed into tea has a sedative effect. I believe that it acts as a muscle relaxer. Soothing before sleep. And -of course- exercise helps all us mammals stay mellow and fit.

Peace

bloomfields said:

correct yes , and thankyou altho i dont no what TBI is ?

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Traumatic Brain Injury

choempi said:

Traumatic Brain Injury

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Oh, ain't that about a bitch?! Yikes. Thinking about this shit really puts the "Poor Pitiful Me" voices that wander through my head sometimes in check. STFU, self-pity. I suffer from seizures so while I can't fully empathize, I can testify to Neuro problems being a real burden. I can also testify to the fact that Tweed helps with it. The doctor doesn't like to hear that, but too bad for her.

I don't know if it will help the original poster, but it's helped for me. I've suffered some pretty traumatic abuse in my life and the way I deal with a lot of the demons is by facing them head on. I write. I write a story of what happened. I don't intend for anyone to read it, but putting it into words, my own words, in chronological order, makes myself face it and remember it. I've spent most of my life pushing it out of my head....trying not to remember...trying not to face it. It really screwed with me and my interpersonal relationships. Still does. The pain of what happened will never go away. The more you try to ignore it, it'll stay there. Like the onions guy said above, it comes out when you don't want it to. I look at it like a big schoolyard bully that follows you around. It stays there behind you, poking and prodding whenever it sees fit. When I turned around and faced it......gave it a reality by acknowledging it, it becomes less of a burden. When you face it, call it out, and take away it's power, it helps.

I hope you find some peace, my friend.

abe supercro said:

Medibles from cannabutter, like brownies, are easy to prepare and really help people get deep sleep. Acts as a muscle relaxer/body buzz and that influences your overall relaxation and well-being. take about 1.5 hours before bed. I've read about gel capsules w/ coconut butter, but have yet to try.

I respect your desire to get away from cannabis but it is actually prescribed for people dealing w/ PTS. Perhaps if it is used moderately, and efficiently, it can continue to help some but not be the solution. Honestly, I haven't made it past day 10 of abstaining- when the dreams really start kicking my ass. Thank yourself for staying off alcohol, it only exaggerates damn near everything.

Kava-Kava is a herbal supplement that when mixed into tea has a sedative effect. I believe that it acts as a muscle relaxer. Soothing before sleep. And -of course- exercise helps all us mammals stay mellow and fit.

Peace

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im looking into the stuff you have said abe , thankyou =)

choempi said:

Traumatic Brain Injury

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got it, sorry for my ignorance ...

rambler420 said:

I don't know if it will help the original poster, but it's helped for me. I've suffered some pretty traumatic abuse in my life and the way I deal with a lot of the demons is by facing them head on. I write. I write a story of what happened. I don't intend for anyone to read it, but putting it into words, my own words, in chronological order, makes myself face it and remember it. I've spent most of my life pushing it out of my head....trying not to remember...trying not to face it. It really screwed with me and my interpersonal relationships. Still does. The pain of what happened will never go away. The more you try to ignore it, it'll stay there. Like the onions guy said above, it comes out when you don't want it to. I look at it like a big schoolyard bully that follows you around. It stays there behind you, poking and prodding whenever it sees fit. When I turned around and faced it......gave it a reality by acknowledging it, it becomes less of a burden. When you face it, call it out, and take away it's power, it helps.

I hope you find some peace, my friend.

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Thanks rambler alot of what you say makes sense, its kinda tough, like i was out for count for 2 weeks in a coma, when i came round all and everyone were not as lucky , no details but you get the picture, i think your right, facing it would more than likely improve in the long term, right now i dont think i could, i didnt smoke last night at all, i really tried , my son got no sleep and i drenched him in sweat , i took pills perscribed to me by my doc,they didnt work, they never do even double dosed, i know weed is not a long term answer , but nothing else works, i have had alot of suggestions that i am going to try , thanks again =)

easy solution.... u dont hahaha

Not a pretty picture I'm getting. I can't imagine it. Good luck, man.

i've quit smoking pot, drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes for two and 3 years at a time. it's one week of bad vibes, loss of appettitte and sleep after that it gets easy...

PTSD can't be cured by therapy. Therapy can help a person deal with it and make a big difference, but PTSD is the result of permanent changes in the brain. It is induced by a psychological experience but once it happens the damage has a physiological basis. AFAIK this is irreversible. Essentially it's an incurable (not progressive) nerve disease and like any other incurable condition, it may require lifetime medication.

I don't think there is a way out that doesn't involve some kind of medication. It's a question of finding the right medication. The one that gives you the most relief for the least cost.

As someone who has spent many years trying to find the right balance of psychiatric medication all I can tell you is it's not easy. The doctors' understanding of the brain is very limited. Most of the drugs they use are not well understood and everybody's brain is different.

Sleep disorders are a serious matter. I know this too from personal experience. Chronic lack of sleep can cause serious mental and physical deterioration. Like many others here, I use MJ to help with this. Apart from MJ, the only drug that I've found effective is Trazadone, a failed anti depressant that is now prescribed as a sleeping pill.

If it's mainly a matter of getting to sleep, not staying asleep, then sex or masturbation can help.

Good luck man.

I was like you man. I used to TRIP when I ran out of weed. I never thought I was addicted but I couldn't go a day without smoking. The only thing that helped me was getting locked up for 4 days in jail. When I accepted the fact that I was in jail and there was NO WAY I was gonna get high, my mentality somehow changed. After that I've been able to deal with not smoking everyday., and I even take breaks every once in a while to relax my lungs.
It's all mental man. When you don't have weed, don't romanticize smoke meaning don't hang out on RIU all day-don't hang out with people when they're smoking-don't watch weed or drug movies.

hey Bloomfields , i feel ya man ! I dont know to say about another way to help you to get a good sleep....only option is cannabis of course, and it will be nice to talk to the therphy about the problem...I wont take any pills nothing but cannabis only....maybe you can read some books or workouts that will tire ya easy and hit the pillow you re out...Hopefully you will find the answer soon

develop a drinking problem! That should take your mind off of smoking

I have PTSD as well,due to the iraq invasion.i cant ever sleep and have been dealing with this issue since 2003.I have been through over nearly 100 psycotropic drugs.seroquill,prozac,geodin,trazadone,xanex,valume,celixa,colonopin just to say a few.I also had a bought with alchoholizm and illegal drugs such as heroin.All the medication,drugs and alchohol began to take a toll on my liver,my enzymes were elivated for about three years.One day i just quit,all of it,all at one time,with treatment of course but i was still suffering from PTSD.Then i began smoking.everything turned around, i can now go to wal-mart without having a frigging melt down,i am also going to colledge now witch could not have happened a few years ago due to anxiety that i would feel when i was around people.for me mj has been a savior,im not saying those meds wont work they just didnt for me,they completely changed who i was.I have friends that the meds worked well for,that just wasnt the case with me.PTSD will never go away,so we just have to learn how to manage our lives dealing with it.talking about the trauma and being around others with the same disease helped me tremendesly and i wish you luck on your journey,be patient just like growing mj,nothing happens overnight!!