I usually just take a 25 mg full spectrum softgel a day and sometimes use a half dropper from a 1000mg full spectrum oil under my tongue if I can’t sleep. I buy mine from a company called “Populum”. It’s a proven quality brand and I can’t say enough about making sure that you should check out the company you use because it’s estimated that about 80% of the companies selling it falls short of how much CBD is actually in their products and some don’t offer third party lab test results. I use Populum because they include the lab report with the product that you buy. They also give veterans a 45% discount.
Now some information about how to take it and how much. I would recommend that you start out with a full spectrum oil. They come in different concentrations. I would start out with their 250mg bottle and put a quarter or a third of the dropper under your tongue and leave it in your mouth for a few minutes so that it can be absorbed. Stay with that does for a week and see if it helps. I was in such distress both by sciatica pain and how it was effecting my heart that I used almost a full dropper under my tongue the very first time that I used it. The effects on my arrhythmias started soon after because I woke up 5 hours later with a normal rhythm for the first time in 20 years! That was back in 2017 when there wasn’t much information about the effects of CBD on arrhythmias, but the very first google search found an artificial from the NIH.gov dated July 2010 that talks about how given through an IV suppresses ischemia-induced cardiac arrhythmias and reduces the damage done to the heart tissue. That was enough for me to try it. My waking heart rate was always 150 bpm and more with lots of afib going on. It was absolutely driving me crazy and scared the heck out of me because I couldn’t tolerate what my Dr wanted to put me on. It was Amiodarone which is known to damage your organs the longer you have to take it. It had an immediate effect on both my kidneys and liver. I still have cyst on my kidneys thought to be caused by it. I never take it along with any other medications. I make sure that it’s been at least 4 hours. You should do a little google research about how and when to take it. You might find that it doesn’t take much but you shouldn’t exceed 25mg. I only started to take the capsules in the hopes that it would calm down my abdominal pain that began when my gallbladder was removed. One of the great things about using CBD for just about anything, missing a dose is no big deal like it is with most heart medications. I’m about to undergo an ERCP to address my biliary duct problems next Tuesday and my Dr at UTSW said to make sure that I keep taking my CBD except the morning of the procedure because they saw for themselves how my heart behaved when I agreed to stop taking it a week before the same procedure last year. They had to do an electro cardio conversion because of the atrial flutter that occurred. For me it’s been life changing not to hear my artificial valve clicking away and be able to leave the house without making sure that I’m close to a hospital or be afraid about leaving town and having to go to a hospital that hasn’t treated me before. If you order some CBD from Populum, mention that you spoke to me and that it’s your first order. Definitely tell them if you’re a veteran for the 45% discount. They might give you the discount for just being referred by me. It’s important that you take it under your tongue while you first get started. It avoids the liver and the absorption is quicker and more of it is actually absorbed. I hope that it helps you as much as it did me!