The best part of using CBD for insomnia is that, unlike most prescription sleep aids, CBD doesn’t cause a rebound effect when you stop using it. If you take a break from a prescription medication, your sleep disorder may temporarily become worse than it was before you began using the medication.
With study after study suggesting that CBD can be useful in supporting the body’s ability to maintain a natural sleep-wake cycle, there is no question that CBD is worth trying as a remedy for sleeplessness. The real question is, out of the many products available, how do you choose the best CBD for insomnia? We presented our recommendation at the beginning of the article. If you’d like to research further, though, we’ll offer some suggestions.
Before buying any CBD product, you should learn as much as possible about the growing conditions for the hemp used to make the extract. Hemp draws heavy metals, radiation and pesticides from the soil in which it is grown. We suggest using CBD sourced from domestic hemp whenever possible. Top-quality CBD hemp is a labor-intensive crop, but it grows well under a wide variety of conditions. It doesn’t require pesticides or industrial fertilizers, so there’s no need to pay a premium price for CBD extracted from organic hemp.
We also suggest looking at the terpene profile of a CBD product before buying it. Terpenes are phytochemicals that occur naturally in plants such as hemp, and some terpenes are known to benefit those with anxiety or sleep disturbances. A full-spectrum hemp extract will contain the terpenes from the original plant, but it may also contain trace THC.
If you’re concerned that a trace amount of THC could cause you to fail a drug test, you should buy a CBD product made from THC-free CBD isolate instead. Some companies add terpenes to their isolate-based CBD oils. As mentioned at the top of the article, BioMD+ is one of those companies.
We believe that a CBD product with added or naturally occurring terpenes may provide the most benefit for those with insomnia and other sleep disorders.
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I am extremely happy with how effective CBD oil has been at curing my insomnia. I take 100 mg before bed each night and it allows me to sleep through the entire night and not wake up groggy and tired like traditional sleep medications. Big pharma is never going to win this battle. It's a shame it took until 2018 for this to become legal, shame on the government for cheating the people this long!