CBD Oil for PTSD?

[New]

My husband has been asking me to try this and I finally told him I would if he got it but I guess I should check with my Doctor first.

I don’t like marijuana (I tried it over 20 years ago in high school and hated it) so I’m really paranoid to try anything like that.

He says it’s legal and there is a place somewhere near our home that sells all sorts of CBD stuff but I’ve never discussed it with anyone that has PTSD since I don’t share that.

I have really bad panic attacks and stay hyper vigilant a lot. Does anyone have experience with it helping that?

 

[shatter eyes]

From my experiencd the weed from high school was knock yo ass where my legs go am sooo fkn high stoner stuff. High in THC.

The CBD weed and products depending on THC to CBD ratio should not get you high or paranoid. However, to be on the safe side see if there are LOW THC indica products. You can some indica gummies. It will take about 40min to 3hrs to kick in so becareful not to eat them like candy it can overdose.

Hemp has CBD and you can order from Amazoon.

Note that everyone responds differently and my doc tells me Start Low and Go Slow.

Have you tried cold cold water on wrists and neck? Its the TIP skill from DBT i learned and it calmed me down so I dont have to habitualize using weed.

 

[New]

From my experiencd the weed from high school was knock yo ass where my legs go am sooo fkn high stoner stuff. High in THC.

The CBD weed and products depending on THC to CBD ratio should not get you high or paranoid. However, to be on the safe side see if there are LOW THC indica products. You can some indica gummies. It will take about 40min to 3hrs to kick in so becareful not to eat them like candy it can overdose.

Hemp has CBD and you can order from Amazoon.

Note that everyone responds differently and my doc tells me Start Low and Go Slow.

Have you tried cold cold water on wrists and neck? Its the TIP skill from DBT i learned and it calmed me down so I dont have to habitualize using weed.

Thank you so much! And I will try the cold water as well.

 

[EveHarrington]

Now I’m wondering if I had a bad batch that mistakenly had thc in it.

 

[New]

Now I’m wondering if I had a bad batch that mistakenly had thc in it.

What was your experience?

 

[EveHarrington]

What was your experience?

Anxiety from hell. Very agitated.

It was a CBD balm. I threw it in the trash. I don’t remember the brand. My ex bought it for me.

 

[Spacefish]

Yesterday I tried Tilray CBD 100 (no THC) and had one drop ... and yesterday was a day from hell, anxiety/panic through the roof, dissociation, irritable and shaky.

I'm not chemically tolerant, (tried Sertraline 12.5mg and that was a NO go) I'm on Moclobemide 75mg and that's as high as I can get it.

Think I might try the CBD 25 and hope that helps.

 

[EveHarrington]

Yesterday I tried Tilray CBD 100 (no THC) and had one drop ... and yesterday was a day from hell, anxiety/panic through the roof, dissociation, irritable and shaky.

Thank you for your reply. I was thinking there was something wrong with me for having this kind of reaction since everyone else seems to say it’s the greatest stuff ever.

 

[Spacefish]

I know people on it - both with bad PTSD, depression, anxiety etc. One person is on 25mg taking an almost microdose and she has had huge relief from her Fibromyalgia, PTSD and mood, sleep for 6 hours v waking every 1-2hrs. The other is using the 100mg and she said she is sleeping through, anxiety is down, mood is better ... for her it is a big bang on her budget but the positive is worth finding the money for.

I'm in NZ so legally/medically we're still limited with what we can get. I know that for me I'm really sensitive for chemicals of any kind, so starting in the micro range is likely the best option - and there is some good information coming through anecdotally and in writing about positives for PTSD in this area, maybe it is just getting the right one - much like how psychs have to figure that out with meds.

 

[joeylittle]

Yesterday I tried Tilray CBD 100 (no THC) and had one drop ... and yesterday was a day from hell, anxiety/panic through the roof, dissociation, irritable and shaky.

From what I've read, it's incredibly difficult to guarantee there are no trace amounts of THC left behind (when the CBD is being derived from organic matter, instead of reproduced synthetically). So it seems logical that one could be ultra-sensitive, and a trace amount of THC is all it would take to create problems.

 

[Spacefish]

From what I've read, it's incredibly difficult to guarantee there are no trace amounts of THC left behind (when the CBD is being derived from organic matter, instead of reproduced synthetically). So it seems logical that one could be ultra-sensitive, and a trace amount of THC is all it would take to create problems.

I have been having the odd puff of mj on the side and I could never quite have "just enough" to not get high ... which would set off anxiety etc but nothing like the CBD. So for sleep after that I'd take .5mg Lorazapam to counter-act. However, with the CBD, it has been 24 hours and I'm still a bit of a mess. I ended up taking 1mg of Lorazapam to settle and sleep. It feels very different from the mj THC experiences which are usually gone well before morning.

The other factor here too is the Moclobemide. I wonder if the CBD is potentising this - as when I have tried to increase from 75mg (which is a pretty low dose) to 2x 75mg per day I get quite similar reactions.

It could be the same for @EveHarrington - everyone is different - so maybe it is the CBD integrating with the pharmaceuticals, maybe it is the type of CBD product ... maybe it is the trace THC.

 

[EveHarrington]

Hemp has CBD and you can order from Amazoon.

Word to the wise, DON’T read the q&a section on these products as they seem to have a lot of misinformation......there are people posting answers that say no hemp products on Amazon have any CBD whatsoever, but based on the description of the oils, this isn’t true, ie there are full spectrum oils for sale which means that the oil does have CBD in it.

I’m guessing that the sellers don’t reply to questions as if they do, the product will be banned from Amazon due to their no CBD oil rule.

That is, I think the Amazon rule is no products that specifically say “CBD oil”, but there is the loophole that hemp products are allowed.

Make sense?

I’m still trying to figure out the lingo myself.