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Does CBD oil help you with your depression and/or anxiety?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 12 1:38am | Replies (934)Comment receiving replies
I feel like the whole CBD industry is a bit like the old wild west. Anything goes. A lot more research is needed to evaluate, get some consistency and regulation in products . I am being pretty cautious of who I buy from , the good news is in the meantime, people like my son are getting helped . The bad news is that Medicare and Medicaid covers zero so can get very costly for someone on a low income who is disabled. However since the CBD seems so far to be more helpful in decreasing anxiety, irritability and aggression than the more heavy duty prescription medications like atpical antipyschotics and other meds that can cause liver damage etc with long term use, it is worth it. So far I have not heard about any side effects from CBD use when ingesting it. If anyone has any other information on this let me know.
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CBD is metabolized by the CYP450 enzyme in the liver. At higher dosages, it can affect the actions of other medications.
Be sure to advise your pharmacist and physician that he is taking CBD to avoid any issues.
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Regarding why I decided to try CBD on my son while he was on poly pharmacy. I was hoping to decrease the numerous medications he was on because they were not that effective and because of the possibility of long term sometimes irreversible side effects. Tardiv dyskinesia, weight gain, etc He still had meltdowns and , got very anxious with all the medications. . His profile of high intensity but low frequency behaviors is known to be difficult to treat with traditional psychiatric medications .
By using CBD, so far it has worked to be able to wean him off 2 medications and am now reducing a third medication while he continues to show slow progress in terms of having a more stable mood and no meltdowns in the past 5 months since he has been on it. I hope his progress will continue but am trying to let go of expectations since this is really a new treatment intervention .