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My 31 yr old son who suffers from anxiety, perseverative thoughts and autism has been on CBD tincture for past 5 months. He was on 5 different psychiatric medications prior to starting on CBD to control irritability, anxiety, aggression toward himself and others, perseverative thoughts ..With his psychiatrists advice regarding reducing the medications slowly, I have first removed Guanficine, then Clonazapam (clonipin) and am now weaning him off of Invega 9an atypical antipsychotic). His staff and myself have seen a big improvement ie less behaviors, less anxiety, better mood, no aggression, . He is doing better than he ever did on the 5 prescribed medications (poly pharmacy can be problematic because of long term side effects) . Currently he takes about 20 to 1 CBD tincture every 4 to 6 hours and about 2 to 3 times/day. He is currently taking Myriams Hope but also had success on Sweet Jayne, Care by Design. You can google these. Best to find a reputable company and consistent product but understand that product will vary a little because CBD is made from plants I also went to a nurse practitioner who specializes in CBD for psychiatric issues, seniors with alzheimers , pain and cancer issues to learn more about dosing , Rule of thumb, start slow and go slow in taking CBD to address anxiety. long term goal for my son is to have him off most psychiatric drugs because there are no side effects to CBD that we know of and also he is doing better than he ever did. this is a much better option. Only problem is cost, Medicare and Medicaid will not cover it all. Sad situation because the CBD has so far been more effective and is much less costly than the poly pharmacy he was taking. Also recommend taking daily data on target behaviors or issues you are hoping CBD will address e.g. restlessness, irritability, sleep, change in behaviors related to anxiety or depression. Happy Thanksgiving

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This is such wonderful news that your son is doing so well ! Thanks for sharing this information which helps and gives us hope. It would be great to get off rx meds and on CBD with professional guidance to bring about such wonderful changes!!

@stephanieann I’m so happy your son is doing better. That is great news. how many mg of cbd oil does your son take. How long before you started seeing results.

Hi Stephanie. I have a 16 year old with ASD On poly pharmacy including risperidone and abilify seroquel and epival. The only thing that is helping with his current aggression is ativan which of course is terrible. Anyway we are just starting Cbd without guidance although I am going to work on his pyschiatrist. So I am very happy to read your posts. I hope it is going well