When to Take CBD for Sleep

When to Take CBD for Sleep

This is not an article about whether CBD can help you sleep, we touch on that (as much as we’re legally and morally allowed to) here. Instead, this article is about when to take CBD for sleep. 

As such, this is an article for those who have already decided to give CBD a go in terms of assisting with sleep patterns, whether that is helping you get to sleep, helping you stay asleep, relieving restlessness in the night, or any other potential reason you may want to try CBD. 

So, as a disclaimer, if you have not made a decision to try CBD for sleep, this article is not here to convince you, this is not what we do. That decisions is yours and yours alone. 

If you have made that choice, however, then feel free to read on. 

Is Sleep Really That Important?

Okay, so you’re probably not asking that question, but many of us still underestimate how important sleep actually is. 

Sleep isn’t only important for energy, but also for your mood, for your mental health, for your physical health, and for basically every bodily function you have, so if you’re not sleeping well, changing something to try and help that is of the utmost importance. 

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Should I Take CBD Before Bed? 

Here’s a point I get to rant about a phrase that has always annoyed me when it comes to anything that you use to help sleep; “take before bed”. 

I mean, cool and everything, but when? Before bed is basically any time from the second you get out of bed to the second you climb (or leap, or stagger, depending on the evening you’re having) back into it again. 

Now, I grant that it is logical that it means towards the time you go to bed, but what time? Many will tell you that CBD is best taken before bed, but what most will not explain is that this doesn’t mean directly before you go to sleep. 

Depending on how you take your CBD oil, it can take anything from five minutes to an hour for any effects to start being felt. 

You want to be feeling the CBD before you go to bed, so that if it does help you to sleep, it does so quickly, instead of you lying there waiting for it to hit you. 

This is a problem not only due to frustration in general, but because of the impact that frustration can have. One of the biggest issues of insomnia is the vicious cycle of the annoyance you feel from not being able to sleep making it harder to sleep. 

Therefore, if you are irritated at not having fallen asleep yet, then anything you may be using to help you sleep could be less effective. 

So When Should I Take CBD for Sleep? 

You’re right, we haven’t really answered the question yet, sorry about that, we got caught up in all that information above. 

So, let’s give the firmest answer we can. 

While advice is different and anecdotal evidence also varies, and the time can also change depending on how you are taking your CBD, the general rule of thumb we work with is that you should take CBD around one hour before you go to bed. 

This time is set for CBD oil which, whether taken sublingually or ingested directly (it’s more bioavailable the first way) should be doing its thing within an hour of taking it. 

As stated above, we are not here to tell you whether this will help you sleep, there’s certainly anecdotal evidence and some logic to back it up, and the research is being carried out, but an official scientific statement on the matter is probably a way off. 

Do you use CBD to help you sleep? How long ‘before bed’ do you take it? Let us know in the comments below.

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Disclaimer:

The products we sell do not have proven health benefits. While research is being carried out, these products are not, and should not, be considered to be medical products. 

Any information we give in these articles is taken from scientific research, but should not be considered as a statement of fact. Links and information included in these articles do not reflect the opinion of Plant & Hemp. Any link to scientific studies is for information only, and not intended as a proof of any specific fact, or to validate any specific opinion. 

We are simply bringing you the information needed to make an informed decision on what you want to use CBD for, and what you are comfortable using our products for. 

CBD products should not be used as a replacement for any prescribed medication.