Cindy Curletti didn’t need a sleep tracker to tell her something was off. She felt it every morning.
Still, the numbers confirmed it. Night after night, her sleep scores hovered in the 50s and 60s. An 80 was rare. When it happened, it felt like luck, not a pattern. Most mornings started the same way—foggy, slow, and slightly disoriented. She would walk into a room and forget why she was there, or lose a word mid-sentence that should have come easily.
At first, it was easy to explain away. Maybe this was just part of getting older.
But the change hadn’t come all at once, and it hadn’t come out of nowhere.
In 2018, Cindy was in a car accident that left her with a concussion, whiplash, and a hip injury that eventually required surgery. Not long after, her sleep began to shift. Then came perimenopause and menopause, and what started as disrupted rest became a pattern. Waking up at 2 a.m. became routine.
Like many people trying to improve their sleep, Cindy worked through the usual options. Magnesium. Tea. Melatonin, until it stopped working. On harder nights, Benadryl, even though she knew how she would feel the next day.
Some of these helped her fall asleep. None of them helped her feel restored.
“They would knock me out,” she said, “but I didn’t wake up feeling better.”
By the time she came across Blue Sky sleep gels, she wasn’t actively looking for CBD. She had tried other brands before and didn’t see consistent results. Still, she brought them along on a trip, knowing that travel usually meant another rough night.
Instead, something shifted.
She describes that first night simply. She slept “like a dreamboat.”
It wasn’t about being knocked out or overly sedated. It felt more like the kind of sleep she remembered having before things changed. Even when she woke briefly in the early morning, her mind stayed quiet. She was able to fall back asleep without the usual spiral of thoughts.
Soon, the numbers began to reflect what she felt.
Her sleep scores moved into the 80s more consistently. One night reached a 94. More importantly, she began to wake up feeling rested. The grogginess she associated with other sleep aids wasn’t there.
As her sleep improved, other things began to shift as well.
The morning fog started to lift. The word-finding issues became less frequent. Her days felt more manageable, even with a full schedule that includes running a marketing agency, staying active, and keeping up with her five grandchildren.
Nothing else about her life had slowed down. She was just getting better sleep.
That’s the part she shares now.
She doesn’t push it on anyone. But when something makes a difference, she believes in talking about it. When people ask, she keeps it simple.
“Just try it.”
If they’re still unsure, she shows them the numbers. The 56s. The 94. And lets the story speak for itself.
