CBD oil for Neuropathy

Try this site to help get your “sweet spot” on dosing of CBD oil at cbdoilusers.com. I found this site most helpful and the site has some good information and resources for products.

Relieving neuropathy is a challenge. What I found this winter was sleeping with socks on and warmer fleece PJ bottoms and a blanket on the bed has greatly decreased my nighttime leg and foot cramps and neuropathy. I can honestly say I don’t feel any pain when I sleep and I sleep very well. If you search thru the numerous postings of our peers you’ll most likely find many suggestions that have and have not worked. I don’t recommend using CBD alone but use it with some THC for an improved effect. It’s trial and error and it took me about a year to find my sweet spot.

Benfotiamine alphalipoic acid grapeseed oil primrose oil and Lyrica have all helped me with the pins and needles. I’m just starting my research on whether to add cbd oil and whether to rub in or take internally. I’ve been trying to counteract the pins and needles for about 25 years now. All of the above have helped quite a bit but want to add cbd to the mix to see if I can get the pins and needles closer to 0%

In my experience with CBD, it, by itself doesn't work at all. I was approved for medical marijuana and use the oil that is mixed with CBD oil and that works far better. They have different strains and strengths so, if you are easily affected like I am, you would use the weakest strain or the one with less THC . It doesn't cause hallucinations or anything like that. They offer sativa, hybrid or indica. Sativa gives you more energy and is uplifting. Indica helps more with pain and sleep issues. I was just approved for the choice to use one with higher THC and that will help with sleep and pain. I'll repost after I use that. I'd just save your money when it comes to CBD alone.

Good afternoon @davidhpress .....and welcome to Connect. It is great to see that you will be researching options and sharing the efforts of your work with Connect members. That is such a great opportunity for folks to benefit from the knowledge acquired by other members with similar medical conditions.

My history with medical cannabis began about 10 years ago. We had one tiny "dispensary" and the young man was my teacher. I started with an Indica tincture. Sativa was a bit too strong at that point. When it came to a topical, his neighbor was growing cannabis in his backyard and making a very primitive topical. I was happy to be one of his testers.

At this point, I have found my sweet spots. I use topicals for the pins and needles although I am sure that the tinctures chime in. And you can find out more about the balm by Papa and Barkley, at http://www.papaandbarkley.com. I have both a 1:3 for acute pain and a 3:1 for chronic pain. My pain control is similar with tinctures.....1:1 CBD/THC for acute pain and 2:1 CBD/THC for comfortable sleep.

Please include Connect with the results of your research. As you might imagine.....hundreds of folks visit Connect to read and learn even though they choose not to post themselves. The CBD project site might also be helpful. http://www.projectCBD.org. Quite informative.

May you be free of suffering (pins and needles) and the causes of suffering.
Chris

Question on a slightly different subject, has anyone ever been able to speak to someone about and/or receive stem cell therapy and has it helped with neuropathy?

Hi @pjfrahm, There are some good discussions on the stem cell for neuropathy topic that you might want to scan through:

--- Does Stem Cell Therapy work for Neuropathy?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cell-therapy-for-neuropahy/
--- Mesynchymal Stem Cells to treat Neuropathy: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mesynchymal-stem-cells-to-treat-neuropathy/
--- Stem cell treatment for peripheral neuropathy - any good?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stem-cell-treatment-for-peripheral-neuropathy-any-good/

CBD oil alone does nothing for neuropathy, in my case. I was approved for medicinal marijuana for fibromyalgia and non-diabetic neuropathy and this helps far better than CBD oil will. I'd save your money and check with your pain specialist about referring you for medicinal. It doesn't cause hallucinations or side effects or counteract with prescriptions like many other pain meds do and it's not addictive. You can't overdose from it. I've been dealing with neck and back issues since around 1995 and neuropathy issues since around 2009. I've had low back fusion, adjacent segment surgery, cervical fusion, laminectomy decompressions on neck and back to name a few. My neuropathy didn't start until after my fusion in 2002 and it gradually got worse. I would really like to figure out if Mayo is doing anything with stem cell for neuropathy.

I agree with you, cannabis helps far better than medications. Like you said, it takes some tweaking to figure out your sweet spot and what helps most. I'm still working on that. I'd much rather use cannabis than be taking prescription meds the rest of my life.

I agree, did nothing for me either. Don