if you have trouble sleeping at night you have plenty of company nearly 80% of people say they have trouble sleeping at least once a week well now some people are turning to CBD a compound in cannabis that won't get you high to get some Z's but is it safe does it work here's consumer reporter Marilyn Moritz Steph Davis is a professional mountain climber so she really needs a good night's sleep but like a lot of people Steph was tossing and turning I was just in this phase where I wouldn't fall asleep right away and then I would wake up at like 3:00 in the morning I feel like why am i awake so a friend recommended she try CBD I took him for a couple weeks and then said hey wow you know I've had really good sleeps in this time period CBD or cannabidiol is a compound that is found in both hemp and marijuana and it doesn't make you high it's recently exploded in popularity because of its potential to treat health problems like pain anxiety and perhaps sleep we don't have a ton of research on CBD and insomnia but the research that we have suggests that CBD may reduce a person's anxiety and possibly reduce pain relieving one or both of those could help a person get to sleep and stay as but how do you know if CBD is right for you do you suffer from chronic insomnia before you turn into CBD it's actually time to make an appointment with your physician he or she can help you with a more proven therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy which helps focus on behaviors that can improve your sleep if you still want to try CBD be sure to ask to see the product certificate of analysis that shows how that product performed on Tess and talk to your doctor especially if you take other meds because CBD could interact with them Marylyn more its case at 12 News
