Weird side-effect? Sudden extreme sleepiness.

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I don't want to put all odd occurrences down to MJ, but just wondered if anyone else has had this.

On Friday I went up a dose to 7.5mg (August starter). I've been lucky in not having significant side-effects so seem to be able to tolerate it quite well so far. I felt fine on Friday and Saturday morning.

Late on Saturday morning I went out for brunch, still feeling fine. I had a couple of poached eggs and a cup of tea, and as soon as I'd finished eating I was hit with this extreme sleepiness. I couldn't see straight and it was just this uncontrollable feeling that I was going to fall asleep at the table.

I asked DP to take me home. I couldn't drive and would have had trouble walking straight. As soon as I got home I went to bed and slept for a couple of hours. Since then I've been fine.

I know fatigue is a side effect, but this honestly felt like I'd been spiked or something. Does this sound familiar to anyone else?

I have been sleeping an extra two hours a night on average since I started!

at the beginning it was a struggle to stay up after 8pm - it eased off but when I started 5mg it came back. I am wrecked now and struggling to stay awake.

Are you having vivid dreams? Mine are excellent - blockbuster movie quality.

I have really vivid dreams, yes. I always have done, tbh, but they've got better. On Friday night I travelled back in time to stop the Lord Lucan murder.

😂 brilliant

I’ve always been a poor sleeper. This week in 5mg I’ve slept all night every night and needed a nap! Slept through the smoke alarm last night. My partner and kids can’t believe it!

What happened to me after a Covid jab. Exactly the same, I could hardly get home, I slept for four hours but after that I was fine.

I'm on the MJ jabs as well and don't have any exhaustion with it.

Quite a lot of people on MN have reported extreme tiredness when taking MJ. It's a fairly common side effect.

I jab on a Friday night and some Saturday nights I am absolutely wiped out, especially after going up a dose. I definitely nod off in front of the TV more often since taking MJ!
And whilst the vivid dreams eased off after a while (I started in March) since going up to 12.5mg last week they've definitely come back, but I'm also sleeping super well and the nights feel so much longer than they are... My 7 hours feels like 12 which is amazing!

I’m getting this, really sleepy then going into a proper deep sleep. I slept ten hours the other day and usually need about 5. And at the moment I’m doing 8 or 9 on average and then find myself sleepy if I relax. Like proper can’t keep my eyes open stuff,