Skip THC as a sleep aid, especially at night, because it may help you fall asleep faster but tends to suppress REM sleep and disrupt normal sleep architecture. Regular use can build tolerance, and stopping can trigger REM rebound with vivid dreams plus withdrawal-related insomnia.
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“Alcohol-- alcohol and marijuana are well known to induce states that are pseudo sleep-like, especially when people fall asleep after having consumed alcohol or THC, one of the active components in marijuana. Alcohol, THC, and most things like them, meaning things that increase serotonin or GABA, are going to disrupt the pattern of sleep.”
Andrew Huberman · Understand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget | Huberman Lab Essentials · Dec 12, 2024 · 32:20 · YouTube ↗