The number one complaint during perimenopause and menopause is insomnia. When a woman goes to her doctor and asks for help, she is rarely if ever, told that cannabis may be the answer. But at least one of four women walk out of the office and march right over to a local cannabis dispensary to get some help.  Today’s guest, Ellen Scanlon, is the host of the hit podcast, How to Do the Pot, and she is going to help you figure out, How to Do the Pot ...and get some sleep. 

• How many women are consuming cannabis
• The difference between using cannabis for recreation as opposed to treating a medical condition
• Micro dosing
• Why 3rd party testing of products is so important
• Why REM sleep is so important
• Falling Asleep
• Staying Asleep
• Why cannabis is better for sleep than alcohol
• Dependency, tolerance, and addiction concerns
• Why it is better to use a tincture than smoking or vaping
• Specific doses to get started
• Possible “day after” symptoms and what to do about it
• CBN

• Wrap-up and Safety Concerns
  
  

For more information on this topic: 

Episode 9: Can Cannabis Help Your Sweats? Sleep? Sex?
Episode 22:  Dreaming of Sleep with Dr. Faubion

Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

To take my survey on cannabis use in menopause: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cannabismenopause

Ellen Scanlon


SLEEP EPISODES on How to Do the Pot 

Episode 192- Weed and Sleep: Reclaim your rest with Cannabis
Episode 193 Weed and sleep: Find Your Evening Ritual- Falling asleep
Episode 194 Weed and Sleep: The Key to Uninterrupted Nights-Staying asleep 
Episode 195 Weed and Sleep Avoiding Hangovers- or, how not to get into trouble

Ellen interviews Dr. Streicher about Menopause on Do the Pot

Episode 210: Menopause 101 and How Cannabis is Helping
Episode 211:  Menopause and Cannabis Research Explained

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy