I have a problem with sleep, both getting to sleep and staying asleep.
This goes all the way back to when I was a kid. I would get night terrors, and even worse I would sleepwalk, and wake up somewhere different from when I fell asleep. Once I found myself in the treehouse, fifteen feet off the ground in the backyard, with no memory of climbing up there! My parents never took me to a doctor, because they didn’t want their kid on pills for his whole life, and I see their point of view about that. Now that I am an adult, I do self-medicate for my sleep troubles, mostly with cannabis indica. At first I did not know the differences between sativa and indica, and I spent a little time on the wrong tack! Sativa has an energizing effect for many people, and a much more clear-headed and focused high, which is not what I wanted. Indica, on the other hand, helps mellow me out and muddle my brain a bit. I like to smoke cannabis right before bed, to help me turn off my brain and drift off to sleep. Since discovering the right blend of cannabis indica, I have been sleeping better, for longer, and waking up much more rested. During the daytime I don’t tend to smoke much cannabis at all, I like to wait until late in the evening. Cannabis is great, it’s a lot of fun, but for me it’s far more important to use as medicine, and help me keep getting good rest.