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Medical marijuana for sleep disorders?

Sleep Health | Last Active: May 4 2:44am | Replies (33)
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@klrouse10

I started using mmj for chronic pain. I have had idiopathic hypersomnia my whole life. My mom had to drive to my house and wake me up for work everyday. Ten alarms wouldn’t do it. After a couple months on mmj for pain I noticed I was waking up on my own. On weekends I used to sleep 20+ hours. Now I pop up after 8 fully rested. Mmj has eliminated all IH symptoms for me.

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Erika | @erikas | Apr 21, 2021

@klrouse10 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, a place to give and get support.

Wow, what a success. May I ask if this is a common response to mmj?

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faycat | @faycat | Nov 2, 2022

Hi, I just found your post. My 20yr old son has idiopathic hypersomnia and like your mum I am waking him every morning. We are currently looking at medical cannabis for him. Can you tell me what you are on, is it CBD, THC or both ? Have you had any symptoms of the hypersomonia come back and are you still taking the cannabis? Sorry to throw so many questions at you but there is so little information out there with regard to cannabis and hypersomnia. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

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