CBD Oil

[mw2530]

Has anyone tried CBD oil for either chronic insomnia or anxiety? Or for any other ailments? I've heard good things about it, but I am uncertain as to whether it is safe long term. Does anyone have experience using this product. Someone I know is a smoker but has not smoked in a week after starting to use CBD oil.

 

[Major Tom]

It's very effective and safe. I recommend it to anyone with anxiety, pain, or insomnia. It also is being studied as a cancer remedy, as it attacks cancer cells actively.

 

[BraidedPony]

I smoke a strain that is high CBD and low THC. It really helps me with anxiety and associated stomach and headaches.
For insomnia I smoke a high THC strain.

 

[Fino]

A friend takes CBD capsules and says it reduces his anxiety.

 

[VAW]

I smoke a strain that is high CBD and low THC. It really helps me with anxiety and associated stomach and headaches.
For insomnia I smoke a high THC strain.

Where do you get it? I heard most of the stuff you buy like online isn't good, you have to buy the more expensive stuff? Is that true?

 

[Progster]

Unlike other drugs, it is something that I am considering giving a go, if I can get hold of some (legalised for medical use where I live).

 

[TinyTownFamily]

I have purchased some liquid from Amazon a few times. I am trying it on myself with that thoughts of possibly trying it on my son with autism. I would like to see more studies on it before I give it to my son.

For myself, I do feel like it helps anxiety, sleeping, and chronic pain, but I have not found it to be something that is earth-shattering, but I am still trying it out. I haven't noticed anything negative yet.

 

[Pats]

It's very effective and safe. I recommend it to anyone with anxiety, pain, or insomnia. It also is being studied as a cancer remedy, as it attacks cancer cells actively.

Wouldn't CBD be in pot? I keep hearing that it attacks cancer cells but my cousin always smoked pot, got lung cancer still and it didn't prevent it or cure it? So I have to keep wondering about that part of it.

 

[Pats]

Funny this thread came up today. I spent a lot of time investigating CBD oil on line yesterday. The Mobic I take for arthritic pain, the Lexapro and welbutrin for depression. They all have long term effects, as all medications do and I'd really like to stop taking them and try the CBD oil. But in my checking it out, I see there's no way I can afford the CBD oil. We're looking at probably $100/month vs the maybe $20 for the prescription meds. I thought about coming on here for advice yesterday.

 

[VAW]

Wouldn't CBD be in pot? I keep hearing that it attacks cancer cells but my cousin always smoked pot, got lung cancer still and it didn't prevent it or cure it? So I have to keep wondering about that part of it.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing, my uncle always smoked and he died of bone marrow cancer. I think there are some cancers that it helps but maybe not all of them? I have heard it is good for anxiety and also for seizures

 

[Pats]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing, my uncle always smoked and he died of bone marrow cancer. I think there are some cancers that it helps but maybe not all of them? I have heard it is good for anxiety and also for seizures

I've heard that, too. I have to say, though, if it were legal I know I would buy it in some form. When we were in Denver, we went into a dispensary - had to. lol I brought home one little candy with pot in it. It's been here - not even sure why I had it. Yesterday I bit off just a tiny part of it. Was not enough to get high, I knew, but you know what? I didn't hurt as much and was able to do much more yesterday than I've been being able to do. And that was just a teeny tiny pinch of a 1 mg - so probably not even 1/10th of a mg. and it helped. I was amazed. I've got several more days that I can feel better. lol

 

[Judge]

Wouldn't CBD be in pot? I keep hearing that it attacks cancer cells but my cousin always smoked pot, got lung cancer still and it didn't prevent it or cure it? So I have to keep wondering about that part of it.

It appears that present advancements of the application of CBD and THC do not include prevention nor a cure, but do report slower tumor growth in "common" lung cancer. As with most complex medical conditions, "the devil being in the details" considering the case of your cousin.

"Around the same time, Harvard University scientists reported that THC slows tumor growth in common lung cancer and “significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread.” What’s more, like a heat-seeking missile, THC selectively targets and destroys tumor cells while leaving healthy cells unscathed. Conventional chemotherapy drugs, by contrast, are highly toxic; they indiscriminately damage the brain and body."

CBD, THC, and Cancer

 

[VAW]

I've heard that, too. I have to say, though, if it were legal I know I would buy it in some form. When we were in Denver, we went into a dispensary - had to. lol I brought home one little candy with pot in it. It's been here - not even sure why I had it. Yesterday I bit off just a tiny part of it. Was not enough to get high, I knew, but you know what? I didn't hurt as much and was able to do much more yesterday than I've been being able to do. And that was just a teeny tiny pinch of a 1 mg - so probably not even 1/10th of a mg. and it helped. I was amazed. I've got several more days that I can feel better. lol

lol I have heard that if you get the CBD oil to get it from a dispensary or a place that does that and not over the internet, but there are no places like that here where I live. I have some CBD oil I got from the health food store but I haven't found that to do anything.

 

[Major Tom]

Wouldn't CBD be in pot? I keep hearing that it attacks cancer cells but my cousin always smoked pot, got lung cancer still and it didn't prevent it or cure it? So I have to keep wondering about that part of it.

the difference is that it's eaten or applied topically, not smoked. An the oil is made from strains of cannabis, it has nothing to do with smoking though, or vaporizing. You orally ingest it.

 

[Loren]

I am, presently, taking CBD oil. It was, initially, recommended to me, by my doctor, who takes it. I take it for both, anxiety and relief from pain and inflammation, due to a physical injury. In regard to some of the inquiries and concerns mentioned, above; the high strains of the plant contain little, to no THC, which is the chemical in the plant that causes the psychoactive effect that people can experience, whether inhaled, ingested or by other means, and, indeed, as Major Tom mentioned, smoking it can lead to disease.

I am finding it to be, extremely, effective, in that, stimuli that can generally cause me to become anxious, has had far less of an effect on me, and, the pain I had been experiencing, has completely, subsided. The only drawback I have experienced, is; as of yesterday/ I have been feeling tired. One should not feel tired as the result of taking CBD oil, thus, I am hoping to sort it out, via adjusting the dose. I began taking it, six days, ago, both, orally and topically. Indeed, as others have mentioned, it is used to treat other conditions, as well, such as certain types of epileptic seizures, prevention and reversal of cancer cell growth, depression, psychosis, longevity, nerve pain, organ health, endocrine system functioning, the nervous system and more. My brother-in-law, no longer experiences insomnia or effects from insomnia, as the result of taking CBD oil, and, another family member has been utilizing it for anxiety, for several months, and has expressed that it has, in large part, changed the quality of his life.

I obtained mine by way of an initial, written recommendation made by my osteopath/general practitioner, of which I had to take to a specialist, who determined the dosage I would benefit from, and he ordered it from an online source. My family members purchase it at Erewhon Natural Foods, and their results appear to be similar or the same, or perhaps, better than mine, although, I have only, just begun taking it, so who knows what the future holds.

 

[china autie]

@Pats and @VAW

Pot also contains by-products from smoking it that may or may not be more carcinogenic than tobacco according to my old biology teacher who was biased.

[I have not researched the accuracy or inaccuracy of her statement because I do not care. I think pot should be legal. Just because I cannot use it does not mean that no one should].

My friend uses CBD as it is legal here and available in stores. She also uses another otc called Kraton but I do not know what it is. And she has a medical marijuana card.

She has a variety of medical ailments. Without the cbd oil, she would be unable to get out of bed due to severe physical pain, period.

What's better? That she is stoned all the time [from the marijuana] but able to walk outside, cook, shop for groceries?

Or that she is not high but so riddled with pain that she cannot function?

A compassionate society would do all it can to offer adequate pain relief.

In general, we are not a compassionate society.

 

[mw2530]

I'm guessing that CBD oil is similar to supplements in that it is not regulated so the quality of the product may var y from brand to brand. Also, my understanding is that the type of CBD oil you need is dependent on what ailment you are aiming to treat. I may go to a health foods store that I believe is selling it and have employees that can help find the right product. My only concern is no one really knows what the long term affects may be. There may not be many negative side effects in the short term, but I don't think we know about any potential long term. In any event, it seems to have less negative side effects than most prescription drugs. Prescriptions drugs have there place, but I think there are used too loosely by our medical system.

 

[Gracey]

I’ve tried the CBD oil at 15% strength.
0.02% thc

Available to buy over the counter, in a real, bricks and mortar shop in UK.

I found my appetite and slept at night for as long as the tiny bottle lasted.
(Glass dropper, drop oil under the tongue)
Sleep and food working wonders for better tolerance of anxiety and stabilising mood.

At £40 for a 10ml bottle (15%) too expensive to continue.

At 50% strength, at the time of my enquiry, it cost £130 per 15ml bottle.

I don’t vape the oil, don’t smoke weed, don’t currently use meds,
don’t hold a medical card to get this stuff on prescription, have little or no experience with illegal drugs.

An average Joe, experimenting with alternatives.

If I were to use it longer term, I’d imagine my tolerance level would increase ?
I’d need more and a greater strength to have any effect?

 

[Loren]

If I were to use it longer term, I’d imagine my tolerance level would increase ?
I’d need more and a greater strength to have any effect?

This was something I had, initially, wondered about, but have since learned that CBD, apparently, has a 'reverse tolerance' effect on the receptors associated with cannabis/CBD/THC intake, where-bye CBD increases receptor activity, and in turn, the ability to decrease one's dosage, over time.