A short conversational excerpt from a YouTube video in which Ben Greenfield and Andrew discuss substances that impair REM sleep and sleep quality. Ben states that THC (commonly used in edibles) reduces sleep latency but decreases REM sleep by roughly 10–15%, leading to less dreaming and reduced memory/emotional processing; he also names diazepam as another REM-suppressing agent.
Approximately 10–15% (Ben Greenfield's statement).
You know what's interesting Andrew is you know that the two things that a lot of people I'll give you a more precise clue supplement with or take prior to sleep that absolutely crushes your REM sleep cycles thus crushing your ability to do learning process, emotional processing, memory consolidation, etc. You know what the two things are? I'm on the edge of my seat. Okay number one thc. A lot of people use these edibles now prior to sleep. Really they decrease your sleep latency. They cause you to fall asleep very quickly. Your sleep architecture if you do use a wearable or something like that to track sleep REM sleep drops by like 10 to 15% and this is why people who use THC rich cannabis prior to sleep report less dreaming because they actually are dreaming less. The other one is diazepam so if.
You think about your day starts when you go to bed as opposed to when you wake up. That's the frame shift that helped me.
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