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Has anyone had any experience with CBD for appetite loss.
My wife has had 2 strokes and one heart attack (with4 stents) and one CO2 poisoning event in the last 14 months. We had a peg tube put in for supplemental feeding but I am trying to get her to stop losing weight. She can swallow so she should be able to eat but she just isn’t hungry. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I thought I might try CBD but I want to be cautious. Our Doctor said to maybe try it but nobody around here has any experience with it. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, i personally haven’t tried cbd but thc yes. as commonly said thc gives the munchies and it does for me. now i know some people it doesnt but it usually makes people very hungry or at least a little bit of an apetite. it at least makes them relax a little.
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1 ReactionCBD gummies helped my father in law to get an appetite and eat. He was only given a half of a gummy and it worked. We suggested it and doctor said to try it. It was after he had had a heart attack and didn’t want to eat. Amount may depend on your wife’s size too. My FIL was 6’ but not heavy. We did 1/2 and seemed to work- also seem to help
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Thanks for the information.
My wife is down to 87 pounds from 120's. She is 70 years old and we hope to celebrate our 50th anniversary in June. I am willing to try anything at this point if it will help her. The most difficult thing in my life is watching my wife dwindle away and there is nothing I can do. I am the primary caregiver and refuse to put her in a nursing home where she is just waiting to die.
Thanks again for your information.
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Thank you also for the information. We live in SD where the restrictions on medical marijuana are cumbersome to say the least. I will give it a try. Anything that will help to put on some pounds would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again for the information.
We live in Texas, what we gave my FIL is a CBd gummy that is legal here- called a Delta 9( pretty sure)
Got it at a tobacco/vape shop.
I tried 1/2- It made me feel like I had a glass of wine and got munchies.
@kim9787 Yes ofc. I completly understand where u r coming from as a nurse and med aide. there r some good nursing homes out there but it is tough to find. that is a dangerously low weight a sim sure ur aware of. what r her doctors doing? have the suggested things like ensure drink for the morning to try to get some protein in?
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1 ReactionShe has a peg tube but the neurologist suggested that we do 16 oz of Jevitty 2 before bedtime. I was trying to get her to do it in the morning but then she was full all day and ate nothing by mouth. I had her up to 107 before Thanksgiving but when she fell and broke 4 ribs that was a real setback. Now we are trying the cbd gummy’s and she is actually eating but we do the Jevitty at night.