Boyfriend Smokes Pot Before Sleeping,says It Stops Nitemarès Posted: 12-17-07 16:45pm
My boyfriends been back from the military
for a almost 2years. He never went to the
shrink because he.s too stubborn and
proud. So ever since he.s had nitemarès.
When I first met him he wouldn't stay over
because he was embarrased that I would
look at him weird cause he talks in his
sleep and twitches and sometimes shakes.
For the past 2months he.ll take a few hit
of marijuana before going to sleep, not
enough to get him stoned but just enough
were he.s sleepy. I did notice such a
dramatic change in his sleep. I'm happy
cause he wasn't talking, crying out,
thrashing etc. He sleeps like a rock and
wakes up refreshed and full of energy
cause he can finally sleep well. But for
the past 3 days I asked him not to smoke
cause I was getting worried.
And the nightmares came back, the crying,
the hard twitching, and shaking his nightmare got
soo bad once, he was on his side and I had
to hug him from behind and try to drag him
out verbally from the dream he was having.
I think he was dreaming from when he was
on the battlefield cause he was groaning
orders and calling out his fallen buddies
names :'(
He told me yesterday that he.s thinking of
finally going to the shrink and I'm glad.
Is it wrong that I want him to smoke just
so these horrible nitemarès can go away
for a while? Anybody going thru this with
there guys or girls? Any tips?
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jessamyn
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Posted: 12-17-07 16:54pm
why not try a sleeping pill over drugs??
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ladyT02
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Posted: 12-17-07 17:05pm
The military doctor he used to see was a
bad idea due to his disability.a chemical
in it would worsten the pain and he would
become addicted to it. His pain is so bad
the doc said vicoden doesn't even work for
him anymore. My boyfriend doesn't want to
take pulls cause he doesn't want to get
addicted
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Posted: 12-17-07 17:06pm
pot does help you sleep
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Posted: 12-26-07 14:05pm
Has he seen anyone for PTSD?
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Posted: 04-27-08 20:14pm
sorry if im replying a couple of months
late but he does have PTSD. theres been a
few times where we have gone to the
grocery store like costco or some huge
megamart and he freaks out. cold sweats,
edgy, on the defensive, white knuckles
cause hes gripping something so tightly. i
asked him the first time it happened and
he said its cause he saw someone that
looked middle eastern(im not saying it in
an offensive way) but he freaked out and i
had to leave my cart in the store so we
could leave. its only happened twice in
the past year and a half that we,ve been
together. but hes sleeping a little better
now, he tried to avoid crowded situations
and anything thats war related like movies
or games.
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Posted: 04-27-08 20:15pm
sorry if im replying a couple of months
late but he does have PTSD. theres been a
few times where we have gone to the
grocery store like costco or some huge
megamart and he freaks out. cold sweats,
edgy, on the defensive, white knuckles
cause hes gripping something so tightly. i
asked him the first time it happened and
he said its cause he saw someone that
looked middle eastern(im not saying it in
an offensive way) but he freaked out and i
had to leave my cart in the store so we
could leave. its only happened twice in
the past year and a half that we,ve been
together. but hes sleeping a little better
now, he tried to avoid crowded situations
and anything thats war related like movies
or games.
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Posted: 04-28-08 19:03pm
I hope your boyfriend is seeing a
psychiatrist for ptsd. This is such a
debilitating disorder. He really needs
some professional intervention. I hope he
is sleeping better. He could try something
like benadryl. Benadryl is an
antihistimine and is nonaddictive and
causes drowsiness.
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LET HIM SMOKE Posted: 05-14-08 02:17am
just let the guy smoke some pot. if he's
not getting stoned good for him. and if
he's doing it to sleep GOOD FOR HIM. and
any marijuana has like NO harmful
chemicals in it. its SOOO MUCH safer than
any unnatural chemically based pill he
could swallow. UGH. why would you stop him
from smoking if he slept better? thats the
dumbest thing ive ever heard.
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his nightmare got
soo bad once, he was on his side and I had
to hug him from behind and try to drag him
out verbally from the dream he was having.
I think he was dreaming from when he was
on the battlefield cause he was groaning
orders and calling out his fallen buddies
names :'(
