Sleep + CBD Oil

Happy 4/20, folks!

Last year, I explored my affinity for cannabis-based skincare products.

In honor of today's holiday, I'm diving into another beloved weed-y product: CBD oil. I semi-regularly use the stuff as a sleep aid and, without sounding hyperbolic, IT IS MAGICAL. One dropper-full of oil gets me cozily sleepy. Two? I'm basically TKO until morning (in a good way). 

If anyone is concerned -- hi mom and dad lol -- I've discussed this self-prescribed sleep cure with my doctor, and he was comfortable with it.

For context: I am a TERRIBLE sleeper. Like, clinically and chronically bad. My disorderly sleep habits date back to sometime around 1996, after watching Leprechaun 2 at a friend's house. (Shout-out to childhood friends whose older siblings helped you rent age-inappropriate VHS tapes from Blockbuster.) I was immediately plagued with nightmares and general bedtime anxiety. It carried on for months. The problem was compounded a few years later, when I watched another scary movie that, frankly, still irks me to this day. My nervous system may never have fully recovered.

Fast-forward to Grown-Up Stef, who has a veritable arsenal of things keeping me up at night: a busy day ahead, bills, doctor's appointments, songs whose names escape me, work trips, replaying embarrassing moments on a loop, fucking CORONAVIRUS, etc. You get the idea. The practice of putting oneself to sleep (before you're collapsing from exhaustion) is foreign to me.

That changed when I starting shopping at the SQDC ;)

I've never felt stoned using CBD oil. Just very, very relaxed and pleasantly at-ease. It takes about an hour to kick-in -- perfect for reading in bed before your eyelids start feeling heavy and your mind gradually, blissfully slows down. Honestly, I can't remember a time when I slept so well. Even if I get up in the night, I fall back asleep effortlessly. For me, this is unbelievable.

  

If you live in Quebec, the SQDC has a TON of options in a variety of blends and potencies. I'm a big fan of this brand, but it seems like their line is being phased out of stores. I've also been trying out this one from Rmdy. (So far, so good.) Lastly, I just threw this little guy into my cart, based solely on its cute logo. 

Have you tried a good one? I'm all ears!