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CAN CBD REALLY
HELP ME
It’s fair to say this
is one of the most
frequently asked
questions among
CBD newcomers.
So, I decided to give
it one more go.
sleep?
I have had trouble sleeping all
my adult life. Countless nights of
either trying in vain to get to sleep
or waking up every 20 minutes.
Sometimes, when I’m really lucky,
it’s both.
If you can think of an insomnia
‘remedy,’ I will almost certainly have
tried it. Lavender, melatonin, a warm
bath, exercise, limiting screen time.
Nothing helped.
Prescription drugs are the only
things that have any effect, but they
are only a short-term solution.
I tried CBD isolate gummies a
couple of years ago. I started with
one 10mg dose on the first night,
eventually progressing to 50mg. But
frustratingly, it didn’t seem to work.
I’ve since found out why this may
have been the case. CBD is biphasic.
According a Portuguese study
published in the journal European
Psychiatry, low doses of CBD may
actually increase stimulation and
alertness in some people. I needed to
take a higher, sedating dose.
With that in mind I decided to have
another crack at getting some
much-needed rest.
This time I opted for a full-spectrum
tincture in the hope that the so-
called ‘entourage effect’ from the
other cannabinoids might help.
Acting on advice, I took around
80mg spread across three doses
taken throughout the day, the final
one just before bed. This way, the
CBD could build up in my system.
The first night it had absolutely no
effect at all. It took about an hour
for me to drop off and I woke up
multiple times. But as the week
progressed, I found that the quality
of sleep improved significantly.
While I still couldn’t fall asleep as
quickly as I’d like to, I was waking up
less frequently throughout the night.
And crucially, I woke up feeling as
refreshed as anyone can before 7am.
Has full-spectrum CBD cured my
insomnia? Maybe, or maybe not.
But this experience has given me
hope that I may have finally found an
ally in my quest for rest.