Vivid dreams

[Lania]

Greetings fellow vaping Canadians! I’m more of a lurker/reader on this forum and the abundance of information and friendly peeps is amazing!

I’ve been analogue free for 4 months (yay!). I had tried to quit smoking in the past – unsuccessfully – which included going on the patch. When I was on the patch, I had vivid dreams which is one of the known side effects.

When I was smoking, I was a light smoker (still an addict!) and didn’t smoke much during the evening/before going to bed. I am now an anologue free happy vaping girl....I vape more in the evening than I smoked. Would that be the reason for the vivid dreams? I sometimes feel like I’m not getting a good night’s sleep because of the vivid dreams. Anybody else experience this? Cheers to all

 

[VapesAlot]

explaine those dreams lol

 

[TrueNorthist]

You didn't by any chance go the Zyban route did you? That crap will really mess with your brain and takes years to end.

 

[Switched]

Greetings fellow vaping Canadians! I’m more of a lurker/reader on this forum and the abundance of information and friendly peeps is amazing!

I’ve been analogue free for 4 months (yay!). I had tried to quit smoking in the past – unsuccessfully – which included going on the patch. When I was on the patch, I had vivid dreams which is one of the known side effects.

When I was smoking, I was a light smoker (still an addict!) and didn’t smoke much during the evening/before going to bed. I am now an anologue free happy vaping girl....I vape more in the evening than I smoked. Would that be the reason for the vivid dreams? I sometimes feel like I’m not getting a good night’s sleep because of the vivid dreams. Anybody else experience this? Cheers to all

Perfectly normal

 

[TrueNorthist]

A thought just occurred. Ciggs apparently contain MAO inhibitors among other psychotropic drugs, so stopping smoking likely alters ones brain chemistry which will lead to some wild dreams no doubt. I haven't had any beyond the usual, but have always had vivid dreams anyway.

 

[Lania]

Sorry Justin - no xrated dreams so far TrueNorthist, I did try Zyban many years ago but the vivid dreams stopped when I started smoking again after the unsuccessful Zyban attempt.

 

[Switched]

Pure nic without CO will cause this, no different than being on the patch = that is why they said take it off prior to going to bed.

 

[Lania]

Makes sense Switched. Oh well... small price to pay for being analogue free!

 

[sinn98]

That's funny because I had a unusually vivid dream this morning and that never happens! I woke up wondering if it has to do with quitting smoking. I've only been vaping/not smoking for 2 weeks now...

I skimmed over this guide but no mention of vivid dreams to be found

 

[Lania]

Congrats on your 2 weeks of not smoking sinn98! Glad to hear I'm not alone in the land of vivid dreams!

 

[sam.8]

Very cool to see so many ottawa people lately!!

 

[seantex]

I love those kinda dreams/ I really like the ones where you figure out you are dreaming and go do crazy stuff like fly cause you know its an open arena. funnnnn!

 

[Lania]

Ha ha seantex! Yeah those are great! For the most part, the vivid dreams are at least are good/ok dreams - not nightmares - not sure I could deal with those lol

 

[SteamBoat]

Very cool to see so many ottawa people lately!!

Almost have enough for a nice fun vaping ride on OC Transpo.

 

[Nikkita6]

Greetings fellow vaping Canadians! I’m more of a lurker/reader on this forum and the abundance of information and friendly peeps is amazing!

I’ve been analogue free for 4 months (yay!). I had tried to quit smoking in the past – unsuccessfully – which included going on the patch. When I was on the patch, I had vivid dreams which is one of the known side effects.

When I was smoking, I was a light smoker (still an addict!) and didn’t smoke much during the evening/before going to bed. I am now an anologue free happy vaping girl....I vape more in the evening than I smoked. Would that be the reason for the vivid dreams? I sometimes feel like I’m not getting a good night’s sleep because of the vivid dreams. Anybody else experience this? Cheers to all

Ya know ... it's funny you mention this because lately I have been having a lot more vivid dreams than is usual for me ... never thought there was any vape connection though ... but who knows?

Oh and congratulations to you for being analog free

 

[Lori68]

I occasionally get some vivid dreams but not enough to have ever related it to vaping. I've been completely smoke free and vaping for almost a year now, and I chain vape my head off with 18mg juice. Maybe its just a chemical reaction to your whole entire system detoxing from the nasty crap you once inhaled with cigarettes.

The more I think about this subject I actually remember I've had some horrible vivid dreams when I smoked, but anything I dream now is either fun, pleasant or just normal but never nightmarish.

 

[zer0ith]

I use to get those vivid dreams when I wore a patch to bed. That and the morning cravings were why it failed for me.

Oddly enough though I use to get the same vivid dreams whenever I would wear a watch to bed as a child.

 

[Cobber]

The dreams I had on the patch (unsuccessful first attempt to quit analogs) were enough to get a person addicted to the patch. It was awesome and now I can't even watch marching bands without a long coat

 

[Ms. Creant]

I've dreamt about things that I only dreamed about before <-that was supposed to have made sense. Yes, extra vivid 3d with surround sound since I started vaping. I've always had vivid dreams but now even moreso and I do hit the torch fairly hard before bed.

 

[sweetmeat]

I think I've always had vivid dreams so I'm not sure it's related to vaping for me.

Last night I dreamt I was in high school again and me and another girl were sneaking into a back room to drink some dijon flavored vodka and when I looked at athe bottle up close it had tiny shrimp floating in it. I had another one where I came home to a kitten that looked really strange, it's face was pinched and it's eyes were really close together. It kept jumping and spinning in the air and slamming itself into the wall, lol. I love having vivid dreams as long as they're not scary.

Are your dreams causing you to wake up? You mentioned that you weren't sleeping well? Maybe you can try vaping a lower nic level in the evening if thats the case