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Questions About CBD oil.

Jenniferswe
Jenniferswe

With Bipolar 2, I also have a lot of anxiety.  I'm taking meds. but it doesn't seem to do as much as it used to.  My Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner suggested 3 different meds.  We could switch and gave me a list of them and said to research them and pick the one I would like to try.  I don't remember what 2 of them were but one was Latuda.  I remember people complaining about that one on here.  All 3 of these meds were very expensive.  It doesn't look like those will be an option.  I'm not sure if they work on anxiety.  It was mostly for depression which seems to go hand and hand with anxiety.


I need something because this depression and anxiety is to painful and I'm really tired of dealing with it for so many years.  I keep hearing about reading about how.  CBD treats anxiety.  I live in Oregon so there are cannabis shops near where I live.


Should I consult a Dr. before I try CBD oil or can I try this on my own?  Are the many types of CBD oil?  How much do shop employees know about the products ?


I'm just researching different treatment options.

OlderCPer
OlderCPer
Its kind of worth pointing out that Maui hasn't been under constant care of a Psychiatrist or on constant medication for her Mental Illness. She also has a lot of other Medical Illnesses that require other medications that can change the efficacy of CBD....your changing the chemical reactions when you add Physical Illness Medications and Psychiatric Medications then adding CBD to try and control one aspect or the other. Maui also used THC which changes things completely.

Sorry, I thought it was important to point that out.
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
I wonder why this thread, originally posted in January 2020, then pulled up by a spammer in April has been pulled up yet again by someone who joined DS over a year ago and had previously only posted once in Depression in September 2019?
OlderCPer
OlderCPer
Good question, I've never seen the user Fozzters131 around here before that I can recall....
SensitiveHoboLady
SensitiveHoboLady
I’ve never tried Cbd oil solely bc it seemed like cult craze status to me and my goodness is it expensive!

Whatever works though, in good judgement.
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
ah well, I see that Fozzters131 has now come back, edited the reply to include a spam link to sell Cbd oil.

So that reply is about to be removed and they will be banned soon.

I expect we will hve more, certain subjects attract spammers.
Maui1992
Maui1992
wow, I can't believe that! They are messing with people's mental health.
Thank you, OlderCPer, for clarifying my post. I'm sorry I make things unclear, and I'm glad you clarified because I don't want people to misunderstand that could give them the wrong impression. I was on THC for medical reasons. I want to go off of it because it can worsen mental illnesses over time. I'm going through too much right now to go off now, but I'm on a very low dose. However, I've been adding some CBD recently, and it is what I want to switch to. But, I will talk to my psychiatrist about this in our next appointment in 3 weeks. I would be so lost without you guys! Thank you!
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
Maui, they don't care. They are all over infertility, erectile dysfunction etc. Anywhere where people are desperate. Luckily we don't get so many targetted spammers here, but as soon as certain subjects are mentioned, they turn up. I remember starting a thread warning about a specific product years ago and the spammers turned up on that too.
OlderCPer
OlderCPer
Generally if a post has a hyperlink in it....they're just trying to sell crap....and they don't care how sick or desperate anyone is that they target.
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