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Using CBD oil to help taper off anxiety & depression meds?

Posted by tundra @tundra, Apr 14, 2018

I am currently in tolerance taking 30mg a day of Serepax (Oxazepam). I want to get off the benzo and realize I have to taper after 15 years of being on it. Has anyone used CBD oil minus the THC to taper off benzo's?

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 28, 2019
In reply to @lioness "@merpreb I have used Hemp oil and the seeds I put in my smoothie also on..." + (show)
@lioness

@merpreb I have used Hemp oil and the seeds I put in my smoothie also on skin Didn't realize out of 1 little plant there is so much and many uses Thanks

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@lioness- Where do you get your hemp seeds?

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kimba | @kimba | Jan 28, 2019
In reply to @lioness "@merpreb thanks ,very informative Im starting with a new rheumatologist and will talk to him I,ve..." + (show)
@lioness

@merpreb thanks ,very informative Im starting with a new rheumatologist and will talk to him I,ve tried all the known meds for fibromyalgia known help Im med. sensitive .

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Hello, my niece was diagnosed with RA also and she is a pharmacist and knows the side effect to the medicine for RA is so bad for your organs, so she went to a holistic doctor. She is only 32 and was in such pain. Now that she is seeing Dr.Susan (holistic doctor) and on certain vitamins she is doing great! She also uses CBD oils and they are working great!

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 28, 2019

@kimba- Good morning. Yes, CBD oil seems to be beneficial for a lot of people in a lot of different ways. Thank you for sharing your story. It must be very difficult to see your niece in pain.

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kimba | @kimba | Jan 28, 2019

Yes, she was to the point of being bedridden for days, now she is back for herself and doing great!

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Lisa Lucier | @lisalucier | Jan 28, 2019
In reply to @kimba "Hello, my niece was diagnosed with RA also and she is a pharmacist and knows the..." + (show)
@kimba

Hello, my niece was diagnosed with RA also and she is a pharmacist and knows the side effect to the medicine for RA is so bad for your organs, so she went to a holistic doctor. She is only 32 and was in such pain. Now that she is seeing Dr.Susan (holistic doctor) and on certain vitamins she is doing great! She also uses CBD oils and they are working great!

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HI, @kimba - your niece's experience might be something you'd also want to post about in this Connect discussion about rheumatoid arthritis, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/rheumatoid-arthritis-ra-introduce-yourself-and-meet-others.

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Lisa Lucier | @lisalucier | Jan 28, 2019
In reply to @stephanieann "Hi, Re getting off anti psychotic medication and other meds My son has been using CBD..." + (show)
@stephanieann

Hi,
Re getting off anti psychotic medication and other meds
My son has been using CBD tincture for the past 6 months and has been weaned off of Guanficine and Clonopin and is doing better than he was when taking those drugs. Has anyone had experience weaning off of an atypical antipsychotic in conjunction with using CBD. After dong some research on the internet getting off an anti psychotic may be much harder I understand CBD has been effective with some in getting off anti psychotic mds. . Any guidance advice comments appreciated or perhaps Mayo has another site that addresses this?? Thanks

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HI, @stephanieann - what I'd suggest would be to start a new discussion specifically on the antipsychotic medication you'd like to taper off of in the Mental Health group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/mental-health/. Click on the gray "Start a discussion" box to begin. I think others would benefit from this discussion, as well.

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 28, 2019
In reply to @merpreb "@lioness- Where do you get your hemp seeds?" + (show)
@merpreb

@lioness- Where do you get your hemp seeds?

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@merpreb Hope your having a good day. I think I bought them from Vitacost Usually buy from them

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 28, 2019

@lioness - I just saw them on there! Lol. How do you judge how much to use along with the oil? I'm having a good day. Are you?

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lioness | @lioness | Jan 28, 2019
In reply to @merpreb "@lioness - I just saw them on there! Lol. How do you judge how much to..." + (show)
@merpreb

@lioness - I just saw them on there! Lol. How do you judge how much to use along with the oil? I'm having a good day. Are you?

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@merpreb Good question but as I understand the seeds are different for the cbd oil as the oil is from the flowers but seeds are whole not exposed to CO pressing ,not right word but know what I mean

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swimjay | @swimjay | Feb 26, 2019
In reply to @gettingbetter75 "Hi etranger, How is your taper going? I've been slowly tapering for about 1year from 3mg..." + (show)
@gettingbetter75

Hi etranger,

How is your taper going? I've been slowly tapering for about 1year from 3mg Clonazepam (it's also been about 8 years at this level although I have been taking Clonazepam for about 20yrs total using 2mg as a maintenance dose) and have been steady for the last 6months or so at 1.5mg. I'm quite proud of that. Because I've noticed that I feel sharper and better without the higher doses of Clonazepam, I've decided to further taper down to 1.0mg last week with the help of CBD capsules (from Aurora). It has helped tremendously with both tapering and withdrawal symptoms. I'd like to know how your journey has been as we are both tapering from the same drug. Are you still taking CBD to help with your taper?

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Something I'm wondering about, re using CBD to help with tapering off (in my case) Clonazepam -- CBD inhibits the activity of the Cytochrome P450 enzyme group in the liver, which ordinarily metabolizes away the benzos and many other drugs after they've been in the body for a while. So, when CBD is present, many drugs persist in the body longer, and have more effect, than they would without CBD present. The benzos are listed as one of the drug classes with which CBD interacts in this way -- so couldn't they be potentiating the benzos, making them last longer in the system, and have more effect, than they would otherwise? (Grapefruit is another, more widely known Cytochrome P450 inhibitor, which is why we don't eat grapefruit when taking tetracycline, for example).
Does anyone have any idea how significant this would be for the use of CBD to help with weaning off Clonazepam?

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