Re:Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Epidemic
by hemdrup on Thursday August 06, 2015 @05:19AM
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I have found keeping a routine of going to bed around 11 pm and waking up at 06:00. Results in highest creative performance. The time period from 06:00 to 10:00 is the magic hours :)
Re:Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Epidemic
by heed on Thursday August 06, 2015 @10:42AM
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The only thing I've found that reduces my intense dreaming is (believe it or not) cannabis use.
Re:Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Epidemic
by facetube on Thursday August 06, 2015 @03:24PM
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Not at all surprising; there's evidence that cannabis use suppresses REM sleep. Anecdotally, people who suddenly stop taking it after long periods of use tend to report unusually vivid dreams.
Re:Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Epidemic
by mhink on Thursday August 06, 2015 @04:12PM
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That's exactly what's happening with my girlfriend right now. She gave up cannabis after years of heavy smoking, and it seems like every morning she wakes up telling me about the intense, vivid dreams she had.
That said, while the quitting process has been quite difficult for her (irritability's through the roof- almost as bad as when I've tried to quit smoking cigarettes), she says she started feeling "better" almost immediately. Probably the best part (for both of us, haha) is that her natural appetite is coming back- and in fact, she's reporting that she's developing a taste for a lot of foods she previously didn't like because the flavor was too intense or the texture was too unusual. The only real explanation we can figure out is that the cannabis intensified culinary experiences to the point where she couldn't handle it, and so she just ended up avoiding a lot of types of food.
The brain is an interesting organ.
On the other hand, recently I started looking at ways to get rid of dreams... they're just too much if they happen every night.