How do you address sleep disturbance related to cessation of daily cannabis use?
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Psychiatry · University of Utah
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First of all, I think challenges with sleep and daily cannabis use are underappreciated. We often hear that individuals use cannabis to help them relax and fall asleep. I'm going to highlight findings from a recent review by Kaul et al., PMID 33580483. Similar to what our patients report, acute or short-term THC use has been shown to lengthen overall sleep length, shorten the time needed to fall asleep, increase N3 (phase 3 of NREM), but decrease REM sleep. As we all know, the challenge occurs w...
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