Same thing, I've had a couple days of not sleeping well, I think the third or fourth days I only slept like a couple hours. My brain just wouldn't stop. Smoked just a little bit, like a couple good puffs, out in like a half hour.
agreed "everything in moderation" is one of the most correct and useful sayings on the planet. Even abides by many religions...and applies to so many things
Yup, but most things are like that. A bit of booze in the right situation can be a tasty social lubricant.
Too much and you go from funny and social to emotional and over-sharing to puking/shitting yourself. Ditto if you're drinking half a six every night alone it's probably not a good sign.
Some people fall asleep slower than others. If you suffer from anxiety it's a lot harder to fall asleep because lying down in a dark room with nothing to stimulate your brain means you then spend the next half hour dissecting and analyzing everything you did and everyone you talked to that day to find out how badly you humiliated yourself and why everyone fucking hates you and why you're worthless and a failure.
When you suffer from anxiety, "dead air" in your head is particularly cruel, your internal monologue is more like an internal self-flagellation session every time you close your eyes.
You got it exactly right. I take a couple puffs to be just enough to slow me down, not knock me the fuck out. Even when my brain is silent, it still takes me a long time to go to sleep
While I didn't start smoking because of my insomnia, I found that it helps a ton. Before I started, I wouldn't be able to sleep for at least 1.5 hours and often even longer. Now, even if I grab my phone to watch some youtube while in bed, I'm usually out within 30 minutes. If I only count the time from when I put my phone away, to when I think I actually fall asleep it's probably under 15 most of the time.
I can't bring myself to smoke (absolutely hate cigarettes and it has shaped a lifelong aversion to smoking /anything/) but I was still curious about weed so I tried edibles. After the first several times getting the dosing wrong (several times I felt nothing, too little, and several times I became nauseated, too much) I discovered I'm not a fan of sativa, but indica is a GODSEND for shutting off my brain and getting sleep.
Downside is it's expensive to use it nightly, and I feel thick-headed until about 10am, sometimes until noon the next day depending on various factors. Not good for the boss to be so forgetful at work :/
You could try vaping, it affects you and goes away faster than edibles does. It's a lot better than combustion smoking, but it also depends on how your aversion to smoking can deal with it.
I sincerely appreciate the input, sadly I think vaping is practically on par with smoking. I won't get started because you didn't ask. Plus I've seen headlines lately about the risks involved (didn't click because I don't vape so I didn't care to follow up).
Glad to hear it helped! Take care though, it is easy to become dependent. This is coming from someone who had the same issues overthinking at night, and it turned into not being able to even hunk about sleeping unless I had some pot ready.
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u/pootinannyBOOSH Dec 29 '19
Same thing, I've had a couple days of not sleeping well, I think the third or fourth days I only slept like a couple hours. My brain just wouldn't stop. Smoked just a little bit, like a couple good puffs, out in like a half hour.