Does CBD oil help you with your depression and/or anxiety?

Hi Erika yes they do come from some very tough times. I’m glad to be able to help people with what I know has worked for me and will continue to do so as long as the help is wanted or needed. Thanks for checking in I appreciate it more then you know. Take care stay safe and happy holidays.

I have no advice even though I have these outbursts. I have been told these are caused by PTSD. I do know these outbursts are more frequent and severe when I find myself in situations that caused the PTSD. So this is input and not advice.

@parus Your insight is very valuable. Thank you for sharing that with all of us! I am curious. When you have an outburst, even though you have been told it is a result of PTSD, are you able to remind yourself of that, and feel better? How do you handle your emotions and reactions that come to the foreground?
Ginger

@gingerw I don't handle them in a healthy manner as I end up becoming destructive by destroying my own things as this does not harm others. I shatter and tear things then clean up the mess which helps me focus and calm back down. I know it may sound crazy but it works until the next blow-up. Found out today I need to go for another bladder biopsy and the hoops one navigates for this threw me into an outburst. The doctor won't do the biopsy under a local. the last sedation ended up with necrosis of my uvula. Not sure I can handle sedation with this fear dangling over me. He thinks it is scar tissue but wants to make sure. I think they are desperate for income.
Went off the original question. The surgery isn't scheduled until January 18. Have to go through a drive up swab thing at the pharmacy 2 days before. Overload for now.

Hello @parus,

I'm so sorry to hear of the upcoming surgery. I can understand that this is as you say, "overload for now."

Do you have any tools to deal with this sense of overload? I'm thinking of things like writing about your feelings and the original experience that brought about your PTSD.

Not meaning to be giving advice, just some thoughts.

@parus It sounds like you are destroying things instead of harming others. Safety of self and others is first. Right now how are you doing with feeling you can keep yourself safe and others safe around you?

What you are describing maybe intense emotional dysregulation.

Have you every heard of DBT or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy? DBT helps build emotional regulation from the ground up, meets often for both group and one-on-one, and many programs offer crisis calls 24/7 (or certain day hours) in the beginning. These programs are online due to COVID-19.

I have just finished tapering from 2 mg daily to 1.5 mg over the past month. The anxiety was rough until the last few days now I want to go down to 1 1/4 mg in the next few days when my order of full spectrum CBD oil arrives. ( it contain no thc) Need suggestions whether to start CBD oil in the morning or the evening?

Good question, Viking. Are you tapering off CBD oil or using CBD oil to taper off another drug?

I'm hoping that the CBD oil will help me taper off Ativan to zero over the next 2 months or so.

Vivking, you may be interested in these 2 related discussions:
- Using cbd to wean off Ativan https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/using-cbd-to-wean-off-ativan/
- Weaning Off of Ativan For Sleep https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/weening-off-of-ativan-for-sleep/