Dr. Michael Breus

That's the mental restoration.

So pushing all these things earlier in the daytime is always going to be better in the long run.

Now, I'm going to be honest with you.

There's one area that we haven't talked about, but I'm sure that your listeners are wondering about, which is cannabis, right?

So

We've talked about caffeine.

We've talked about alcohol.

Michael, what about cannabis?

Is cannabis a solution for me to sleep with?

So let's talk about it because I would argue possibly, but you have to be thoughtful once again.

It's all about how close to bedtime do you ingest the substance as to how long it has an effect and then the ability to affect your sleep.

So

When you look at cannabis in particular, here's the problem is THC, which is the active ingredient inside of cannabis that makes you feel all woozy and funky.

It increases heart rate and lowers REM sleep.

Those are two things that we don't want to have happen.

OK, but there's a constituent within cannabis called CBN.

So cannabis is made up of a lot of different things.

THC is one thing.

There's something called CBN.

which a lot of people may have heard about.