I Vaped CBD Every Night For 1 Week — Here's How It Affected My Sleep and A.M. Workouts

Before I explain how it felt to vape CBD for a week, I'll explain what you need and how to do it. I quickly learned that vaping CBD flower is a little more involved than just popping a CBD chocolate or sipping a CBD-infused beverage. You need to grind the flower first before putting it in the vaporizer, then you need to wait for the ground herb to heat up before you can inhale the vapor. The whole process takes a few minutes, but after a few nights I got used to it, and actually enjoyed the little before-bed ritual.

Although you can buy CBD flower anywhere, Shauntel Ludwig, DaVinci's director of sales and marketing said, "we recommend purchasing CBD flower from a certified, lab-tested source. You can check a brand's website for Certificates of Analysis (COA)." They sent me a brand they recommend called Secret Nature CBD, which offers almost 20 varieties of organic CBD flower — I tried the Frosted Kush ($40).

Aside from the CBD flower and a vaporizer, you'll also need an herb grinder to grind up the CBD flower. The photo shows how much you need to put in the grinder.

After grinding the CBD flower, open the vaporizer and carefully tap the grinder so the ground up CBD falls in. Gently use your fingertip to push it into the little hole you can see on the right. Close the lid and press the button five times — this heats up the moisture in the CBD flower, which creates the vapor that you inhale.

You can choose how hot you want it — I did medium heat — and once the lights stop blinking and it vibrates, you know it's ready. Then you press your lips against the end with the hole and suck in slowly. When you exhale, you'll see vapor come out. I did about three to five inhales, depending on how I felt.

What I like about vaping versus ingesting CBD (like a tincture or a gummy) is that you experience the effects right away. I immediately felt a very subtle sense of calmness, nothing overwhelming like when I vape marijuana. Subtle is the key word here.

I vaped about 20 minutes before getting in bed, read for a little bit, and then turned off the lights and snuggled under the covers. My body felt relaxed and ready to fall asleep, which happened very quickly — faster than it normally takes me to fall asleep. I slept well, but I don't have issues sleeping, so I didn't notice any difference.

Since I work out early in the morning between 5:30 and 9 a.m., I was curious to see how I'd feel after a night of vaping CBD. For comparison, when I've vaped marijuana before bed (which isn't very often; about once or twice a month), I've woken up a little groggy and slow-moving. But after vaping CBD, I felt as awake and energized as I normally feel, so my workouts were unaffected. I was still ready to kick ass at CrossFit, balance in yoga, and had endurance for runs.

Although I enjoyed the experience, I don't plan on vaping before bed every night. I will use it if I ever have trouble sleeping as it really did help me fall asleep faster, but it definitely won't be an every night kind of thing.

To be honest, I'm actually still a little nervous about the effects of vaping on my lungs and body, as I used to suffer from asthma in my 20s. But I'm also a very clean-cut person when it's comes to this kind of thing. I rarely drink (a few drinks a year, maybe), I've never smoked a cigarette in my life, and as I mentioned before, I use marijuana maybe once or twice a month, but that's only because it's now legal here in Vermont.

I will say that I preferred vaping CBD over ingesting it, so if you're looking for a faster result, and you enjoy vaping for the experience, I would definitley try it yourself.