Picture this: it’s a Thursday afternoon and you’re steadily working at the office, dealing with some 2:00pm fatigue like you always do. Around this time, you normally find yourself wishing you could just be at home in bed, falling asleep to the rhythm of your artificial noise maker. You make it home, greet the cat, cook dinner, watch some Netflix, and around 9:00pm or so you decide to call it quits. You’re too tired and you just need to go to bed.
However, as soon as you go through your nightly routine and clamber into bed, you can’t even fall asleep. You end up just sitting on your phone scrolling through social media while the hours roll by. Before you know it, it’s 3:00am and you haven’t gotten a lick of sleep. Is this a reality for you? It is for millions of Americans throughout the United States. Since many of us live rather sedentary lives, sometimes bodies have trouble feeling the same exhaustion that our minds do. This can cause us to lose sleep night after night. In fact, more than 35% of American adults have insomnia, according to a study done recently.
If you are one of those people, then you also are probably aware of how ineffective sleeping pills and other medications can be. However, have you ever thought about using marijuana for sleeping? The idea is not crazy. If you have ever used marijuana before, then you are likely familiar with how effective it can be as a sleep aid. Cannabis can help to calm your body and your mind, while allowing you to feel extremely comfortable in your bed and avoid all of that tossing and turning. In this article today, I am going to be talking about how marijuana can help you take back control of your sleep, and what specific cannabis strains may be the most helpful.
Since marijuana has not been legal for very long, at least, in proportion to other medications and drugs, we do not have a lot of medical research that explains certain effects it has on the human mind and body. However, we do know that the system in our body that deals with sleep and resting is heavily influenced by marijuana. Using THC and CBD from cannabis, medical experts hope that more Americans with insomnia can avoid using harmful medications that ultimately lead to addiction and worse sleep overall.
The truth about using marijuana as a sleep aid is that the type of strain you use matters. It is important to keep in mind that there are well over 700 different strains of cannabis, and each one has its own unique properties and effects. The most important part about picking a strain of marijuana, for any reason, is that it best suits your needs and current conditions. For better sleeping, most experts recommend a cannabis strain that offers a high amount of CBD, as well as indica based THC. If you are not familiar with cannabis strains and terms, this might sound weird to you. However, I can go ahead and recommend some of the best marijuana strains for helping you sleep at night so that you have to do the hard research yourself.
The first strain that I would recommend for helping you sleep at night is one called Gelato - and yes, this strain is just as delicious as it sounds! This strain of marijuana is also known as Larry Berry, and it yields a sweet fruit aroma and flavor that will leave you extremely satisfied. You will also find yourself incredibly relaxed and happy as you drift off to sleep.
