Sleep Apnea: The Things Cannabis Can Do

According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, “sleep apnea is an involuntary cessation of breathing that occurs while the patient is asleep”. You should also know that “there are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed. Of the three, obstructive sleep apnea, often called OSA for short, is the most common”. Still, “despite the difference in the root cause of each type, in all three, people with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times during the night and often for a minute or longer”. And if this wasn’t enough, “in most cases the sleeper is unaware of these breath stoppages because they don’t trigger a full awakening”. It certainly doesn’t sound like the funniest syndrome to experience, especially if we consider that it can cause heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, and depression, just to mention a few wonderful consequences.

And what about the symptoms? The National Sleep Foundation indicates they include chronic snoring and a wide rage of gifts like “sleeplessness and a wide range of other symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, depression, irritability, sexual dysfunction, learning and memory difficulties, and falling asleep while at work, on the phone, or driving”. As I said, not exactly a beautiful thing to deal with.

No worries, cannabis can help.

A recent study has in fact confirmed that THC has the power to mitigate apnea and make upper airway muscles stronger. And the results are visibile after only three weeks. These findings mirror those of an older study, carried out in 2003 by a group of researchers of the University of Illinois, which indicated cannabinoids can act against sleep-related apnea. One little note: both studies were carried out using injections of synthetic THC, and we are therefore unable to confirm whether or not smoking pot can actually help those who suffer from sleep apnea.

This said, nothing should stop you from making your own “experiments”. In fact, cannabis is completely harmless, especially if you buy good quality weed on http://greenhouseseeds.nl/, and you can easily enjoy by yourself the many benefits only marijuana brings to your life. There is no risk. And if you suffer from sleep apnea, before using dangerous drugs or questionable treatments, you should really try some cannabis first. Give it a go. It will certainly help you relax, you will sleep better and, looking at the results of the studies mentioned above, you could very well solve your problem.

Good luck!