Trying to stop smoking pot but........I CAN"T SLEEP!

My problem is that, now that I'm not smoking it, it's like... when it gets late and I want to go to bed, I genuinely feel knackered, my eyelids are heavy, I goto bed, and I'm just laying there with my eyes closed the entire night.

It's like I'm quarter sleeping... I can't even call it half sleepin because I'm always thinking in my head "I CANT GET TO GODDAMN SLEEP".

Is there anything around the house that could knock me for six in the mean time...?

I know what all of you are saying, I'm going through the same thing. I used to smoke pretty heavily and I quit about 3.5 weeks ago. Since then I have not been able to sleep for more than 4-5 hours a night max. I've tried sleeping pills and they aren't working. I've joined a gym and started eating healthy and drinking a lot of water, still not sleeping(but I have lost a few pounds). The worst thing about this is not the total lack of energy but the horrible dreams I've been having(with or without the sleeping pills). About a 10 days into my sobriety I smoked once with a friend and got really sick, vomiting with a horrible head ache. It took a few days to feel better again. So far the only positive thing I have experienced is I am more productive, and feel less lazy. I really want to quit and am committed to it, but when is this hell going to end; when am I going to feel normal again?

man i cant sleep either, everytime i try and quit weed i end up starting up agian jsut so i can sleep. this time im going to rugh it out, im gonna get me some sleep md or becuase tylenl sleeping sh*t doesnt work. even if i do fall asleep i wake up easily (which is very uncomming for me usaly sleep like a rock) and ill lay in bed for hours eyes closed and still no sleep. Also i will not exercise in the past in doesnt help it only makes you crazy becuase it waste more energy. so im gonna relax everyday waste time becuase i feel liek c**p entil i can sleep agian. ive quite ciggs. perscription pills but cant quit weed lol not that weeds harder to quit but this lack of sleep thing really makes you go crazy

i still smoke pot . As much in fact if not more than ever.I hate getting high but i love being high.
I normally dont sleep for nights on end without a spliff and it disgusts me .
I have got stupider and also lazyer . Ive dropped out of college and cant get a job .
thing is , some people like to go home after a hard day to a cold beer , some like to go home to pot.
I do believe it's a gateway drug cos i know from years of experience .
This is the first time i ve ran ino sleeping trouble so well see how it goes shall we . Oh and before you blame pot make sure your certain because if you go running to your parents telling them you've smoked pot there not gonna be too chuffed .
Don't worry anyway kiddo

I've had insomnia since I was a teen and pot helped considerably to help me sleep. However, I went to the psychiatrist to get something to help me when I don't have any to assist in my slumber. She prescribed me trazodone, which has been a god send to me. It doesn't matter if I drink half a liter of coffee an hour before my bedtime (I don't recommend it), I'll still be out like a log within 45 minutes of taking it. They give it to cocaine addicts to help them sleep to give you a perspective on how well it works.

BUT before I'd recommend that to you, I'd say to try some natural alternatives first. I've had good results with quite a few different natural sleep aids. A combination of meletonin and valarian root is a good place to start, and you can get both for less than 12 bucks. It's a much more mellow drowsiness when compared to trazodone, but it still does the job. Other natural sleep aids I've tried and had success with is Passion Flower and/or Kava Kava extract. I especially like Kava Kava for the euphoria is creates when a moderate dose is taken. It seems to promote more lucid dreams and is good for relieving anxiety when taken in smaller doses. Take any of the above natural aids with a warm glass of milk and it should be enough to ease you to sleep.

I hope at least one of the above helps you out. Good luck! I know all too well the feeling of laying in bed for 4+ hours. Everybody deserves a good nights sleep! :-D

I'm 18 years old and have been smoking somewhat heavily for the past four years. I had to quit when I was pregnant at 16. For some reason I had no problem and the withdrawals didnt last long. Right after I had her I started smoking heavily for a year. Then my bf wanted us to quit due to money problems. So I did. I had the worst withdrawals ever. I couldnt eat or sleep. I was depressed & all I could think about was weed. I hated it. I was sober for only about a month and a half. Since February of 07 I have been smoking every day. The most I smoke is probably a joint throughout the day. I just need it to feel happy. When I'm not high I dont really feel the same about life. And I'm addicted to that "Euphoria" feeling.
Well we're having money troubles again so my bf wants us to quit again. He already did. It's like he has no problem at all with quitting.
But I just cant.
Even when I run out for a couple hours I freak out. It's just all I can think about. I know I really need help with this.
I dont want to be depressed.

Have you tried self hypnosis or meditation etc for better sleep? I would also recommend Neuro-programmer 2 Professional. It can be downloaded for free trial. It´s good too put your brainwaves in the right frequency before sleep I have noticed... Also a calming herbal tea can be good. Avoid the sleeping pills, then u can just as well keep on with the weed which most probably is better for your body.

Also, when u stop smoking, try to get out, do things, meet friends, something u wanted to do but couldn't because u were too high all the time before, something that makes u happy! You need to keep the chemical levels stable in your brain or they will just drop and make you feel like sh*t. I remember when I quit once before I really felt like sh*t, I was like dying. Then I just met some friends a couple of hours outside and I felt much better.

I don´t know if this happened to anyone, but I really don´t recommend alcohol as a solution to level up the chemical in the brain. I became an alcoholic because of this in a week. Then I kept on drinking 3-4 bottles of vodka a week, sometimes getting drunk enough to go buy more weed (and then I could stay off the alcohol). Gonna quit all smoking and drinking now. I am brainwashing myself to work out, eat greens, structure my life. Well... as long as I don´t touch that "next one"...

It ain't hard to stop - to not begin again is.

I'm 16 years old and its currently somewhere between 2 and 3 in the morning. A lot of my friends have recently quit smoking due to reasons. Probation, randoms UAs, truancy, and some just because others have. Me on the other hand have no urge to quit. Iv been smoking almost everyday for the past year and if I go a day without smoking (like today) I won't sleep that night. If I don't smoke the next day I just feel like sh*t. If I don't smoke the day after that my body is so tired I get even lazier then when I do smoke.and I think that's the longest iv ever gone. Iv almost lost my girlfriend because I lied to her and told her I quit but she found out I didn't. We've been together for more then a year and a half but without bud I don't feel complete. I'm so used to being high every minute of every day being sober doesn't feel right. Iv tried every sleeping pill I could find. I took 3 of my friends prescribed pills but I still wasn't able to sleep. I don't know what to do anymore. For the past month iv only been smoking at night. I bought a little and just kept it in my room to smoke so I could actually sleep at night but I can't do this anymore. I leave on a vacation in a week and I'm afraid I'm going to have the worst vacation of my life because there will be no chance of me smoking. I don't drink anymore and I went from smoking a pack a day of cigarettes to a pack about every month. I'm sick of letting this control my life but without it I don't feel complete. Like something is always missing. I need to find a way to sleep. If I could sleep at night this would be so much easier. Its literally the only reason I can't quit. School in 5 hours. Sweet. Maybe thatll make me tired enough to sleep..

i am 30 years old from the UK, i started smoking weed from the age of 14 i have been smoking it ever since, whenever i try to stop i always end up going back, the simple fact like a lot of you people have described mood swings lack of sleep and most importantly because it has been part of my life for so long, i see it as losing my best friend (a friend i can do without) i always come home from work and have a spliff, wanting a spliff is for me like someone going out for a cold beer to distress, but 1 turns to 2 and 3 right till i go to bed, in this process i feel i neglect myself my gorgeous little man and my beautiful wife who is very understanding... but how much can one take?????

I have got to the stage where i am ready to give up once and for all and reading all your comments on here are very encouraging and helpful knowing there is other people out there in the same boat as me, but wish none of us were in this situation..

Just before xmas 2008 i did go for hypnosis, as i see it as a mind laxative and had to start afresh... the main reason for me going was to deal with the sleep or rather the lack of sleep when wanting to stop smoking and also i experience stomach cramps and always going to the toilet like an IBS sufferer, not a pleasant experience.........

I have to say after the hypnosis, i was a bit skeptical about this working but was pleasantly surprised as that night i went to sleep and was absolutely fine after that i did not smoke for at least 4-5 weeks but then i got bored of not smoking....was doing all the usual stuff meeting friends working full time going to the gym structuring my life and trying to be healthy.. i did not think much of the weed as my hypnotist said the mistake most people make is by saying they are going to STOP but the sub conscious always goes the opposite way.. so i was on the lines of thinking i will smoke it after 4 weeks once on a saturday as a social basis just with friends... this worked well for a week or 2 but then back down the slippery slope..and smoking everyday again.#

Hope this little short experience can make things easier for you.. but most importantly if you remove something from your mind make sure you replace it with something or else you will leave this big hole in your mind and all you will think about is weed.... a lot of times i just liked cleaning scrubbing....mindless no brain cells required kind of thinking.,...

all the best
your friend

I'm goin throu the samething here its been 3 days since i smoked weed, i used 2 smoke all day every day even at work but my problem is i can't eat, can't sleep either and i feel like i have a huge gap in my life and the worse thing ever is i keep thinking about it and every time i see a movie that have ppl smoke weed in it i feel so weak and i really want to smoke.......... i'm really trying hard and i'm gonna keep goin until i good and ready... and i hope to keep it up

i know exactly what everyone in this forum is going through.. i want to offer up some advice and encouragement to those who truly wish to quit smoking. i have been a heavy smoker for nearly 5 years now.. smoking on a daily basis, with friends, without friends, before work, after school, before bed, after a meal, etc. it was a huge decision for me to quit smoking in august of 2008 because it had been the biggest part of my life for the past 4 years. i told myself in august that i was going to try a semester of college without smoking.. so i quit cold turkey. yes, the first few weeks were difficult. yes, i would reason with myself back and forth on why i should go out and just buy another gram. yes, i stayed up all nights staring at the ceiling.. but i got through the withdrawals because i had already made a promise to myself to quit. every time i wanted to go out and spend money on weed, i would transfer that money into a savings account and by the first month i had already saved nearly 300 dollars. the biggest reason that people fail to quit smoking weed is because they lack the true motivation to quit doing so. they dont quit because they are tired of the lifestyle. they quit because they are struggling with money, or feeling unfocused in school, or needing to quit a job... but what happens when you start making money again? or your grades are back up and your mind feels more clear? those urges to start smoking casually come back. you have to find deeper reasons to quit than just money or lack of motivation. you have to look at smoking weed as a chapter in your life that needs to come to an end. once you can get yourself into a mentality that is excited about living a life without weed, everything gets so much easier. i promise.

I'm about to fire up right now,but I feel wher you hits are coming from and trying to go; more power to you throwbacks.

you dudes need to chilll. i've been smoking daily for four years. i've stopped for a two weeks at a time before cause of school and i never felt depressed or anything. i was just bored! take this time that you actually have motivation to do sh*t you normally dont want to do and get that extra energy out of systems. GO FOR WALKS ahah

i smoked everyday for a year my perants sent me to wilderness and i was 5 months sober after that then i started smoking again, since then ive smoked every day again. im trying to quit but i feel like if i quit im just gonna start up again. i lie daily to my whole family and its killing me inside i have such a guilty consience i cant sleep.

Damn I wish i could sleep, every time i try i just think i wanna get high!!!!Its only the first night to, I wish it was legal then i wouldnt have to go throgh all the sh*t.