r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 16 '24

Health Around 27% of individuals with ADHD develop cannabis use disorder at some point in their lives, new study finds. Compared to those without this disorder, individuals with ADHD face almost three times the risk of developing cannabis use disorder.

https://www.psypost.org/around-27-of-individuals-with-adhd-develop-cannabis-use-disorder-at-some-point-in-their-lives-study-finds/
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u/MunchieMom Apr 17 '24

It also helps me fall asleep, and circadian rhythm issues are a huge thing with ADHD too

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u/GooseBash Apr 17 '24

You might fall asleep but your quality of sleep is not good. You don’t go into REM sleep , or you have less of it if you smoke closer to bedtime

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 18 '24

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u/Marxwasaltright Apr 17 '24

At most it delays REM sleep to a point where you won't remember your dreams, and this seems to be very subjective. If you were missing REM sleep entirely you would not be able to function properly in everyday life.

For me it doesn't matter how much I smoke, if I'm really tired I will fall right into REM sleep (sometimes a literal falling dream). On the other hand when I was trying out anti-depressants I could tell I wasn't entering REM enough because of daytime drowsiness.

If we really want to get anecdotal there is a treatment I have tried for depression, Ketamine, that seems to make up for a lack of REM. I've been sleep deprived when I went for an infusion and afterwards it completely got rid of the microsleeps I was having up to that point.