Marijuana and Insomnia

I suffer insomnia I don't know exactly how well marijuana helps it used to put me to sleep all the time but over the years that effect has faded I suppose. I would think if you were seriously looking into this indica strains would be far better for such a thing than sativa strains.

Here http://www.medicalmarijuanablog.com/2006/10/insomnia-cure.html you can find a bunch of personal responses from many people on the subject.

Dude I was diagnosed with severe insomnia by my psychiatrist, I smoke weed all day and now I can finally sleep! Lol.

smoke 100% indica juicy fuit. =]

i have had sleep problems for last 7 years now 21 only average 4 hours of bad sleep if i dont smoke if i smoke i sleep 8 hours indicas is all i smoke for me it has the most medical relavence, and had back sugery so indicas help my pain mangment but sleeping pills made me drowsy during the day

you guys are lucky.i live in texas and i have some bug i dunno what it's called but i'm taking 3 antibiotic capsules another pill for some crap wit my stomach, and my last prescribed pill is to make me HunGRY!! wtf... i wish i lived in cali or somewhere else where marijuana is freaking legal!!!! Why can't they just face it and admit that this SH*T IS GOOD AND HEALTHY!! WHy the FUc* do i have to take medicine to get hungry!!!

Having suffered insomnia for more than 40 years, I can attest to the efficiency of Marijuana in assisting me to sleep, faster, and longer than any other sleep aid I have tried (and I have tried them all!) However, I could not say that I was 'cured' of that insomnia. I still need to medicate nightly in order to sleep well. I have found that a tincture works best for me, but that is an individual preference.

jasminechase said:

I read somewhere that insomnia can be prevented and possibly eventually cured by the use of medical marijuana....

Is this true?!





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shit dude it goes either way. its 7:38 AM for me in california and i still havent slept.... i have pretty bad insomnia. the only time i can sleep is if i smoke and if i dont smoke i dont sleep till 6 AM at the earliest.

could also be because i always wake up at 1 PM lol

At the home I work at a lot of the residents have that problem. They take so many drugs that the side effects gang up on them and force them to take other drugs for the side effects. I try to recommend to the doctors as many natural medicines as I can that cause fewer bad effects to occur. I have to give stuff like remeron and megace to people who get nauseous from other things so I understand your pain with your insomnia as, with my ADD, I suffer from it too. More indica heavily dominant hybrids are apparently the best and sativa will just keep you awake. About tolerance, cannabinoids don't cause dependence very easily and the reason for needing more is the CBD receptors that let you get high from marijuana undergo down regulation (I.e. they just become less sensitive to it, like insulin for a Type II diabetic.) If you are getting to the point where you notice you need more herb for the intended affect, take 1-4 days off and you will notice a marked increase in the effect. The undoing of down-regulation happens in a matter of days. Any residual cravings and side effects from long term use are much milder than most drugs and disappear in usually 30 or less.

Did you know that a lot of the OTC sleep aids are just Benadryl with different names and colorings? Benadryl does make you drowsy initially, but its sedative side effects go away quickly after about 1-2 weeks of consistent use. Most of them are that way, not just diphenhydramine. The prescription and OTC sleep aids cause me to feel drugged the rest of the day. I feel well rested and ready for a new day after I get some good sleeping weed and then every couple of weeks I stay off for a day or two and it keeps me taken care of with less than thimble sized amount of herb (Just enough to slow my mind down a bit). I tend to use a day when I don't have too much to do as my smokeless day so that if I can't sleep until 6am, it won't matter too much.

Sadly, it isn't legal, but it can be grown discreetly and a little can go a long way if you can do with just a push to the Land of Nod. If you need to smoke a 10-ton mallet everyday though, growing your own supply gets to be more intensive.

I think that Marijuana only works for insomnia on inexperienced users and you can not toke every night (like you would need to, because you need to fall asleep, everyday) and stay an inexperienced toker. I think the reason why it only works on less "seasoned" tokers is because at first being stoned can be a lot for your mind to take in. Marijuana expands the mind with such ease that new thoughts flow like crazy and that it will tire your mind out, called the "burnout".

I know I personally, a longtime, everyday toker, have suffered from insomnia since I can remember and that the only sure-fire cure for insomnia is booze, lots and lots of booze (I am DEFINATELY not condoning drinking alcohol to fall asleep as this is horribly dangerous, as i know).

I also know, for me anyways, that marijuana does not turn my mind off, so sleep is not an option. In fact, I think I do the majority of my thinking when I am stoned.

Marijuana is not classified a sedative or depressant, alcohol is though. The only reason why people experience a period of "tiredness" a while after toking is because they either mentally, physically or a little of the both, exhuasted themselves. After time you learn not to exhaust yourself, otherwise you could never function a whole day after a wake n' bake, lol.

any time i go in for an surgery on my eye the recovery would b impossible if it wasnt for weed!!! the stitches in my eye lid keep scraping and itchin my eye and make it very uncomfortable to move my eyes or blink so im like a god dam owl moving my head every which way!!.....

with weed all constant pain during the recovery can be nearly forgotten when i have a good spliff!!!!
completely safe as i do not use the pain killers given by the doctor just weed

lol plus im secretly delighted i know i have 2-3 weeks off school and i can smoke my brains out the cat flap lol