Well, this is all very interesting..........but I don't want to jump to any conclusions yet.
For the past couple of months my cognitive function has been much worse than it has been at any time in the last 18 months. I've also been waking too early in the morning (about 5am) and not going back to sleep again, not getting out of bed until after 10am and have been desperate to have a couple of mugs of coffee in the morning to try to jolt myself into the day.
I've felt 'sedated' all the time, not quite as bad as on amitriptyline (if that means anything to you) but for brief periods of half an hour or so the sensation has lessened somewhat. I've spent less time on the forum, mostly because I'm finding it harder than usual to take information in.
I took my first tab of CB at about 7pm yesterday. By about 9 the sedated feeling lifted a bit. Didn't think anything of it because, as I mentioned, it does from time to time. I started listening to some music on YouTube and was having quite the little nostalgia trip back to the 80s, really listening to the music rather than it being something that was just on. I made myself go to bed shortly after midnight but would have loved to have stayed up longer.
So, I woke up this morning at about 5am, feeling crappy as usual but with the sense that I had slept well. Instead of resenting not being able to go back to sleep and the relentless movement of the clock I just lay there resting and accepting that I wouldn't go back to sleep again. Got up at around 9:30 and made myself a cup of coffee more out of habit than desperation. I had a light breakfast with a tab of CB and have felt more alert all day than I have for a while. I tried to read for a while but it just went straight in and out of my brain, and I couldn't manage more than five minutes, so no change there then.
I always feel like I'm battling fatigue and/or semi-consciousness but right now I'm pleasantly sleepy, which is rare as hen's teeth, very peaceful.
Of course, this may not be down to the CB at all. I could just have gee'd myself up today with all the excitement. We'll see.