Weighted Blanket

What Are the Benefits of Using a Weighted Blanket?

Weighted blankets increase the production of a feel-good chemical called serotonin and reduce the levels of stress hormones(cortisol) in the body. As a result, your mood improves. When you are in high spirits, there is a decent chance you will get a good night’s rest. Weighted blankets also enhance comfort and a sense of security, making you fall asleep fast.

What Conditions Can Weighted Blankets Help Ease?

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety and autism.

Who Shouldn’t Use a Weighted Blanket?

Asthma, claustrophobia, type 2 diabetes and low blood pressure sufferers.

What Is the Best Weight for A Weighted Blanket?

 The best weight for a weighted blanket heavily depends on your body size. In general, the right weighted blanket should weigh around 10 % of your body weight.

Can A Weighted Blanket Be Too Heavy?

Weighted blankets that weigh 35 pounds or more are considered too heavy.

Is It Safe to Sleep with A Weighted Blanket?

In most cases, it is safe to sleep with a weighted blanket. They can only cause inconveniences(suffocation)when they are over your head.

What Should People with Anxiety Look for In a Weighted Blanket?

Bult-in Aromatherapy that makes the weighted blankets more effective for stress, agitation or anxiety.

Are Weighted Blankets Worth the Price?

 One undisputed fact is that weighted blankets are not a go-to sleep aid. Due to this, I strongly feel they are not worth the price.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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