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

I know someone who has smoked the most potent stuff everyday for 15 years. Like 3-5 bonghits everyday for 15 years. He works out like an athlete and he had little problem quitting but his sleep cycle doomed. Taking melatonin to  sleep helps a little but it has been over 2 months now and the lack of sleep has taking quite a negative effect. I hope his sleep habits return to normal. Weird dreams are normal when quitting but sleep deprivation is not healthy and sometimes you just need to do what you need to do to sleep. Hes not giving up but if he does, I know he did it to sleep. 

Thank you all for posting a reply, I myself recently quit smoking cannabis and tobacco.  Although I don't perceive myself having any cravings, as i've been very set on quitting, I too am not falling to sleep.  I was excited at first.  First night without smoking, felt proud, living up to my commitment, plus I felt wrecked, ready for bed............................Two hours later, no sleep, just spent the entire time staring at the inside of my eye lids.  I even almost smoked again just so I could go to sleep, but now i'm just saying f**k It!  If i'm tired for work tomorrow, or i'm groggy, then this must be what I owe my body for all the time I spent with Zol (apparently that's what they call it here).  Right now, the only hope i've got is that soon, one day, i'll fall the f**k to sleep!  It does feel strange though, and it's been a while since i've felt this sober, and now it's like just knowing i've got work tomorrow is enough to give me anxiety and worry about not sleeping.  So what am I doing, blogging at 1:30 in the morning.  If this experience is doing anything for me, it's making me despise weed that much more.  If it had been beneficial for me, or if I had needed it, that'd be one thing.  But this is a sign that my body and mind now have some healing and restarting to do.  

I started out a j a day. Less then a year later it's the only way I would go to sleep. I think it may be because your body gets dependent on using green to go to sleep rather then naturally. Im at this point of time where only good exotic puts me to sleep. And I have to smoke like 2 gs from a bong. Js don't do anything now. Also first day without and no sleep at all

I've been smoking weed for 25 years now and I am having a very hard time with this. Its been 3 days and i feel like im going to rip someones head off. It makes me crazy when i think about all that money i take away from my family to buy it but I dont really want to quit. I just know its something i have to do. My wife doesnt even want to be around me when im out of weed.. my temper is short.. I cant eat.. i cant sleep.. im depressed .. Im just not the same person everyone knows not stoned.. im having a hard time dealing with myself too WTF I need help :(

I'm 20 and for the last year and a half to 2 years I've been smoking away most of the days, I usually kept sober throughout the day and it wasn't until around 7 o'clock in the evening that I would start to blaze up. This went on for about a year and a half. I then moved to the city for 2months where i had no access to weed, even though I knew it was floating around everywhere, I knew noone and that helped my quitting so much easier because I had no access. I liked that fact because I felt good being sober and finally was focusing on important things, rather the wasting my time and life being high. I made a big mistake coming home. First thing I did was get in contact with my old friends who smoked everyday aswell, so I was soon back into my old habits. Except this time i was smoking from the time I woke up in the morning, till the time I went to sleep at night ! creating an even worse habit then before. This went on for around 5 months. Im just at the point where I'm thinking about life so much and have realized I don't want this involved and I'm so sick of sneaking around. ( my own family and gf don't even know and it's been going on for two years! I was very careful, and I really do feel guilty). So I decided to quit last night and everyone was right here, no sleep, feeling nauseous all the time and ive never felt so unable in my life, I do know the next 3 days are going to really test me, but I'm sticking to this because I've done it before and it is easy to quit!.. But it's also easy to start back up again, which is why I'm completely isolating myself from it, by deleting dealers numbers and fb, literally leaving me no option but to stay sober. And I don't care what anyone else says, weed is addictive and it really does f**k you over in the long run, anyone who deneys this is delusional, it's obvious. But yeah, I would suggest valerian root, that has worked well for me in the past, taking 2-3 tablets though, other then that melatonin but these days you need a prescription for it. This thread helped me get a good state of mind happening so thanks for the advice and sharing experiences! stay strong people :) and remember, quitting is the best thing u can do, you will realize this after day 3 once u start feeling normal again. Peace

Its the habbit you are craving and the nicotin.it will take time , I had the same problem, Do some exercise.3 weeks before I stopped thinking about the weed.

Going through the no sleep no appetite thing again. I've quit before and know exactly what I'm in store for. I'm on day 2 of sobriety and needless to say the birds are chirping and I have to be at work in two hours. I am Moody like a woman on her period. All I had to eat today was half a sandwich. The good news? It only lasts a week give or take a couple days. I've been reading replies and I'm a little worried about some of you considering sleeping pills or anxiety meds. DONT. DONT. DONT. I thought the same thing years ago when I couldn't sleep. I was prescribed Xanax. At first I thought it was a miracle drug as I fell asleep within an hour of taking it. Long story short I kept taking it at night for sleep. Once a couple months passed I thought I was in the clear so I stopped the Xanax. WOW. And I thought weed "withdrawals" were bad. Quitting weed is a walk in the park compared to Xanax. Physical Wihdrawls, insomnia, aches, cold sweats, panic attacks that lasted for, I sh*t you not, two full months. In fact, you can literally die from anti anxiety Med withdrawal. Anyways, don't get frustrated about the sleep thing. It will pass soon. Taking pills is just going to open up a whole new can of worms that is 10x harder to beat. I used to curse the world and get very frustrated when I quit weed couldn't sleep for days. I lay here sleepless and depressed as I type I still smile knowing I've been through worse and it does pass. You are much stronger than you feel right now. Grit your teeth, cry, pray, punch something. Let yourself go through hell. Its short lived and you come out of it stronger and wiser.

Ive been a heavy smoker for about 7 years now. I have quite cold turkey a few times my longest attempt was 1 month. That obviously didnt work and I have still been smoking. I have really cut down my smoking to only before bed and when I try and not smoke I cant sleep at all, I end up messing up at work and always on edge and snapping at people. I am a lot more irritable and anxious. My job requires a lot of patience and steadiness of the hand. And when I dont get a good nights sleep all that goes to hell. I have recently stopped for 1 week and the only thing that has helped is me being on xanax. HAHA to beat one evil with another. Im screwed and know it but at least im giving my lungs a break. I really need to take up meditation or something cause I just have an "oral fixation" and have to pop or puff on something!

I'm 19, I smoked weed for 4 years roughly. In the first 2 years, basically all day every day, with some breaks periodically through out on trips and such. Never had a hard time sleeping then (the days I didn't smoke). But for the last two years, I only smoked in the evening... and A LOT. Bong tokes out the hizzang man... probably go through an 8th every few days. Sometimes two. I quit May 1st, because I wanted to. I realized it's time for change and being a 'stoner' is something I never wanted to assess or adopt my whole life, but when you smoke you just become it to some extent you know (stoner eyes, laugh, etc [frikkin' stereotypes! lol]). Anyway, the first week wasn't that bad. But I noticed it increasingly got harder, and took longer to fall asleep. The last few nights I have had SUCH BAD INSOMNIA. It's the only symptom I have from quitting. I laid in bed from 4am (I'm a musician and normally stayed up late making beats) and could not sleep!.... I woke up and told my mom 'cause she was getting ready for work (I'm open with my parents and they know I'm quitting) and she told me to take 2 melatonin. I'm normally against that stuff but I WAS DESPERATE and like 'holy sh*t why can't I sleep this is screwed'. It worked and I felt it overtake me and slowly I managed to sleep. The next night, in fear that I would probably/obviously have insomnia again, I just had 1 melatonin before bed at 3am, 'cause I had two the night before at 6am and figured all I needed was one... Not the case. Tossed and turned... for an hour, got another melatonin, tossed and turned, had another melatonin. Surpassing the dose of only 1-2 a night (had 3). I slept, but only for a few hours 'cause my dad woke me up.. -.-" My sleep was not as good as the first night with melatonin (Maybe cause I took three far apart). Anyway, the next day my head/pineal gland (which controls melatonin) I swear, just felt weird, it would be slightly tingly feeling sometimes. So last night, I refused to take any melatonin, I wanna come out of it naturally... No more putting in natural hormones into my brain... 'cause it prevents its ability to make it naturally every time you take one. I did not sleep at all, I even went to bed earlier, and am regulating my sleeping patterns now to sun/set. I went to bed at 11pm... and I SWEAR I did not sleep AT ALL.... I would get sharp stabbing pains in my eyes when it felt like I would maybe dose off (a couple times both nights, even happens in the past sometimes while smoking weed)... But I'm 99% sure I didn't sleep at all. Crawled outta bed at 10am and had work at 11am. Grabbed a venti coffee with 2 espresso shots and I think that gave me the energy to go through out... But I swear I'm running on adrenaline or something... SHOULDN'T I BE TIRED AS f**k?! Ugh... frustrating... but not everything in life is easy (especially quittin' sh*t!). After work I went on a run with a bud for half an hour, I haven't even excersized in a while and I hope it helps; I hear it does. Anyway, drinking four cups (recommended dose) of chamomile tea before bed tonight, aiming for 10pm/11pm latest. I'm happy I don't have to worry about work tomorrow and have the day off. Life's a changin', time to get a grasp and stop being distracted by weed every night... I've always known I wanted to just be a temporary user, no way in hell I'm smokin' dope my whole life. I'm much more spiritual and capable than that... PRO LIFE! lol
Still smokin' ciggies and drink coffee through out the day though... Anyway, wish me luck all, and good luck to everyone else. You are not alone (no sh*t)!

For the first two weeks try ciggarettes even tough they are bad it helps alot cuz when you want weed go smoke a cig and after awhile you can stop .i just get angry without weed and cigs calm you down just to take the edge off from the withdrawl exercise is also good its good for you and it occupies your time so you dont crave the bud.Good luck

I have been Smoping pot  sence I was 15..Im 27 and I am a very angey person when i am sobber.. Everthing bothers me..Im just a better person  when i take what i can get from pot. I dont have a problem sleeping..I sleep very heavy.And i cant eat alot when I stoped . I stoped eating meat  when i stoped smoking weed for 21 days that is a record for me.Its the longest time iv went with out smoking weed. IM bored when i dont smoke. Cleaning and getting stones is the best. I still donr eat meat even when im stoned its just nasty to me now.

 

The way that I got over this last time, was I smoked legal highs such as "Black Mamba" and "Herb". Sent me straight to sleep like a joint usually does, and when you wake up in the morning it'll feel like you've come out of a crappy dream and back into beautiful reality. This is obviously after the weed has been flushed out of your system. So smoke these legal highs for 2-3-4 weeks however long you need them for, and walah. Thank me later guys.

I am 28 and have been smoking since I was 15, heavily since I was 16 or 17.  I can tell you from my experience, weed can be quite addictive.  It's different for everybody, just like any substance.  I have quit a few times, for up to 4 or 5 months,and my life situation would improve dramatically,  but have always ended up going back to it, usually from slipping up once when hanging out with friends who were smoking. After one toke, it doesn't take long to go back to smoking all day, every day. Like many of you, I often feel that I have thrown away 10 years of my life smoking weed, falling way behind my peers, not advancing in life, not really having any girlfriends, and missing out on activities and breaking promises because I was getting high.  I see peers from high school who have done amazing things with their lives, have great jobs, getting married and having kids, and I still feel like I'm at square one, starting out in life.  Weed has even done psychological damage to me, creating anxiety and depression problems, sometimes causing intense panic attacks when I smoke, thinking I'm having a heart attack.  I've even gone through phases where I would think I had some terrible disease, wake up in the middle of the night freaking out, my heart tripping out.  Despite this, my dependence on weed has been so much that I would continue smoking and tough out the adverse effects. Well, now I've moved to a new state where I don't have any weed contacts and am doing OK not smoking.  I have a job with good growth potential, feel like I'm actually heading somewhere, and am investing in new relationships.  I am starting to feel committed to not smoking and see myself moving to a new chapter of my life where weed is no longer a part of it and I can start to catch up with others my age who have made better choices than me.  While I'm nervous about getting into a situation where others are smoking and succumbing to the temptation, I feel like I'm learning to avoid those type of people and hang out with people going in a different direction.  Not a diss on smokers, but an awareness of where I am in my life. Like many of you, I'm struggling mightily to sleep, don't have much of an appetite, and my mind feels like it is all over the place.  Its very helpful to read all of your comments and gain reassurance that this is part of moving away from weed and that is a big change for my mind and body, it will take time to adjust.  The dreams are definitely intense, I hardly ever had dreams while I was smoking, at least that I could remember.  I think it will be important to remember this time later to help keep me away from returning to weed in the future, knowing how hard and long the process of quitting will be all over again.  I also think it becomes harder and more lengthy of a process the older you get, because your brain becomes more and more hard-wired to being dependent on weed, and has a hard time losing that chemical addition.  So for youngsters out there, the earlier you quit, the better!  If you think weed is causing you problems now, it will only get worse, and you will lose more of your life to doing nothing and being stagnant. In some ways, seeing how much I've fallen behind in life and how much work I have to catch up is overwhelming and makes me want to just say f**k it and keep getting high, but I just can't do that anymore.  Life is too short, especially the joy of youth, I don't want to waste it getting high all day any more.  Honestly, it seems like I've been in a 10-year relationship with Mary Jane and its time for us to go our separate ways and see other people.  Thanks for all the support and sharing, good luck everyone!  We'll need it!

Im 22 been smoking every day for the past 2 years and enough is enough!!! Once it was fun, inspired me to write amazing music , now it's a debilitating habit and It's holding me back in all aspects of my life, I can't think at work why? Cause I'm super tired I was up all night smokin / watching stupid cartoons. I'm on 3 days clean from green and it's 2.45am but I can beat it, thanks all who commented to this before me as reading it gave me strength, all whom are in the same boots as us a google this page YOU CAN DO IT !

its the same with me ive smoked for atleast 8 months strate but ive smoked for 4 and a half years and when i run out of weed i cant sleep for the 3 weeks i get like 3 hours and thats it but for 3 weeks i have to roam around all day and night just to get some sleep