Are you tired of being tired? CBD oil is the all-natural way to drift off to the most peaceful sleep of your life!

If you’ve found your way to this page, then you’re probably not sleeping that well. Science has shown that on average, you need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night to stay healthy. Anything less than that will damage your body both physically and mentally.

If you don’t sleep well, you’re likely to experience a lack of energy during the day, fatigue, lack of concentration, irritability – the list goes on and on… but – does CBD oil make you sleepy?

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• CBD oil for sleepless nights.

• How Does It Work

• the battle within YOU!

• CBD oil and night terrors

• CBD oil and night terrors

Introduction

Worrying studies into sleep patterns have found that over 30% of people in the US reported sleeping less than 7 hours a night. And in the UK, the situation is remarkably similar. Almost a quarter of people actually get less than 5 hours sleep a night!

So if you’re one of these people, don’t worry – you’re not alone!

For many people, poor quality sleep and insomnia leads to anxiety about sleeping and so the vicious cycle of poor sleep begins. With the current pandemic, we are seeing more and more worry or anxiety related sleep issues pop up. People are worried about their own and their family’s health, job security, and finances.

All of this has led to legions of people sleepwalking through their day like zombies, only to find that they can’t sleep when they need it most.

So what can be done about it?

CBD oil for sleepless nights.

CBD oil has exploded in popularity in recent years because of its amazing range of benefits. Some people take CBD for pain management, others for its anti-anxiety effects. But most importantly for this article and probably you, CBD oil has a proven ability to dramatically improve the quality of all-natural sleep.

The evidence for this isn’t just anecdotal, either. A review of scientific research on CBD’s effect on sleep found that it can be used to control insomnia and provide much-needed refreshing, deep REM sleep.

How Does It Work

As mentioned earlier, poor sleep quality in most people is often due to high levels of anxiety. This can be life worries or simply worrying about not sleeping.

When you take CBD, it has the effect of blocking the receptors in your brain that are associated with fear and anxiety. It also has the added bonus of helping your body better regulate cortisol levels. In case you didn’t know, cortisol is the hormone your body naturally produces specifically to make you feel stressed – thank your body!

The battle within YOU!

Think of it this way – there are two versions of your body at any given time:

One is way too chilled out to be good at anything. It doesn’t want to get up, go to work, take care of the kids or pay the bills. It feeds on sleep and sleep is all it wants to do. Relaxed yes, but functional – not in the least.

The other is a hyper-stressed crazy person. They want to get everything done immediately, all the time, and when they can’t, they freak out massively until the task is done. And to get you to do it, they make you feel like the world is on your shoulders and you can’t rest until you get it all done!

In reality, you need both types. But there has to be a balance. Neither can function properly on their own.

If you can’t sleep because you have a million worries buzzing around in your head, it’s because your little stress monster has taken full control and your relaxed side isn’t getting the sleep it needs to calm you back down.

CBD oil and night terrors

All the stress, anxiety, and worry can often mean that when you finally do get to sleep, you’re interrupted and ruined by nightmares or night terrors. There is no exact science on the meaning of dreams, but what is known is that increased levels of stress lead to an increased frequency of night terrors.

These often wake you up physically and mentally, leaving you unable to peacefully fall back to sleep.

Which CBD oil should I take for better sleep?

Taking any CBD oil will help your sleep. We always recommend starting with a small dose of a lower strength CBD to assess your tolerances and needs. Some people will find that they need a very small dose of low strength, while others may need more.

However, there are now sleep-specific CBD products available, such as our own CBD Sleep Solution.
This contains both CBD oil and melatonin.

Melatonin is another sleep hormone that your body naturally produces when it’s dark to regulate your sleep cycles. Basically, it tells your body that it’s time to sleep. When your sleep patterns are off, so is your body’s melatonin production usually.

By combining CBD and melatonin, you give your body the best possible chance to get your sleep patterns back on track.

The ascending cycle and a better morning!

By taking CBD oil, you are helping your body get its stress hormone levels back under control naturally. By helping to lower cortisol levels and block anxiety receptors, you can give your body’s relaxation systems a fighting chance.

All of this leads to easier and better quality sleep. And better quality sleep leads to a clearer mind and more energy to do the things you need to do to feel less stressed. Less stress also means a much lower chance of nightmares waking you up in the middle of the night and disrupting your sleep cycle.

And so begins the positive up cycle, instead of the negative down cycle!

Does taking CBD during the day make me tired?

Taking sleep specific CBD with melatonin will most likely make you tired, yes. However, this is due to the effect melatonin has on your brain, as described above.

For this reason, you should aim to take CBD Sleep Solution only before bed and not during the day. Even if you feel that it would help you to take a short power nap during the day, you should not take it.

Because melatonin is naturally produced when it’s dark (nighttime and time to sleep), you can throw off your body’s natural sleep cycle if you take it during the day.

You may have heard of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), where people become depressed or tired during the winter months when it is dark more often. This is because your body produces too much melatonin during the day when you should be awake and active. That’s the last thing you want when you’re trying to fix your already dysfunctional sleep habits!

However, by increasing your melatonin levels at night when you should be sleepy, you can help your body rebalance its own production cycles.

CBD alone, on the other hand, will not make you sleepy. In fact, people usually report feeling more alert and awake during the day when they take CBD alone. This is usually due to the better quality of sleep one experiences from taking it!

So if you’re ready to stop dreaming about better sleep and actually start dreaming, check out our range of CBD oils today!

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