Can CBD Really Help With Sleep?

Can CBD help you sleep better? As someone living with a chronic illness, I know how important it is to get good sleep. Sleep is when the body regenerates and rejuvenates itself. Sleep is also when our minds make sense of the day and prepares for the next one. Yet so many people struggle to get to sleep at night and even more struggle to stay asleep. This is a recipe for poor health. If you’re someone like me dealing with a chronic illness, or even just someone looking to stay healthy, you’re simply not living your best life if you’re not sleeping well.

Research has shown that CBD can help improve your sleep. One recent study published in 2019 looked at whether CBD could help with sleep and/or reduce anxiety. 72 subjects were given a daily capsule of 25mg of CBD and in the first month nearly 80% reported lower levels of anxiety and 67% reported better sleep. The lower levels of anxiety is particularly interesting with this study as generalized anxiety is closely linked to poor sleep.

This is great news for people who have trouble sleeping, especially those who’ve tried other methods without success.

How Does CBD Help With Sleep?

CBD interacts with our body’s own endocannabinoid system. Endocanabinoids are molecules produced by our bodies that interface with cannabinoid receptors just like CBD. One such endocannabinoid is called anandamide, known as the bliss molecule, and is widely known to affect bodily functions like sleep, anxiety and appetite.

Unfortunately, anandamide quickly degrades and leaves the body before we can get the full benefit from it. Amazingly, CBD has been shown to slow this process down significantly and lets anandamide stick around in our body and help us sleep better and worry less.

CBD has also been shown to promote the production of tryptophan in our bloodstream. Tryptophan is an amino acid that converts our own serotonin into melatonin, which of course is widely used as an aid for better sleep. This is yet another way CBD helps our bodies naturally produce the the chemicals it needs to fall and stay asleep.

So, Where Can I Find A Safe Supply Of CBD?

This is a great question. Not all CBD is created equally. There are fake CBD brands out there selling snake-oil, as well as dishonest distributors who don’t sell a clean product. Fortunately, there are brands like Pure Spectrum that sell 100% pure organic CBD oil and even provide 3rd party lab testing for each batch of CBD they produce.

You can take a look at their lineup of CBD oils here, but if you’re a light sleeper like me I highly recommend their higher-potency Black Label line of oils. Their 2500mg and 5000mg oils are particularly amazing. As an added bonus, you can use the coupon code ‘treatasthma’ at checkout to receive 10% off your entire order. You can use this coupon each time you make a purchase.