Background info: 22yo, male, no allergies, fit, do exercise with heavy weights 3-4x/wk - have perfect blood pressure etc - overall very healthy
I have developed sleep maintenance insomnia (I can go to sleep but have trouble staying asleep and normally awake after 3-4 hours and can't go back to sleep for a few hours) and am unsure of the cause although I believe it may be cannabis-induced. It has happened all of a sudden and has gotten worse over time. The weird thing is throughout this period I have had a week or two at a time where I sleep normally and feel great. I have not done anything different for those two weeks. But it hasn't lasted. I never had sleep problems before even though I had a less healthy lifestyle than I do now. Also this isn't due to stress or anything like that at all. It happens no matter the environment whether it be my apartment by school or home or my uncle's house in Arizona (live in NJ).
I believe it is cannabis-induced because my symptoms really started showing up after I ate a brownie from Colorado that was pretty potent (medicinal grade). I took this while I was on a trip to Mexico and the sleeping issues started there. I then was able to get some Mexican strains of weed and that was also very strong and I smoked a good amount of that. This is in late August of last year.
The thing is I do not smoke really that often. I started two years ago and smoked maybe once a week or so in the summer and then during the school year not too often, maybe once or twice every few weeks. Nothing like everyday or anything like that. I mostly smoke regular blunts and the only thing out of the ordinary was that brownie and the Mexican weed. I assumed any effects would have worn off by now, but the coincidence of my problems starting and me taking the brownie are too much to ignore.
Last month in hopes of fixing things, I started taking Vitamin D 5k IU, cod liver oil for omega 3, vitamin k2, magnesium, probiotics, and just started a B vitamin complex because I know weed reduces B vitamins and those are needed to regular adrenals which is what I thought I had (adrenal fatigue). Now, I am not so sure after taking B vitamins for a couple of weeks.
I was able to get some samples of sleep supplements (GABA, melatonin, 5-htp, L-theanine, cortisol lowering herbs, etc). In the beginning, I had some good success with the GABA but only had a couple days' worth of supply. The insomnia slowly came back though after I finished it and started the other small supplies of supplements I had. The cortisol lowering supplements and the melatonin/5-htp/L-theanine didn't work too well.
Edited by Vincent Barone, 17 March 2016 - 03:21 PM.