Is CBD oil as great as everyone is saying it is?

[Afternooninthepark]

Over the last few years I’ve been feeling crap. I have major anxiety, IBS and am perimenopausal.
My gp is not at all helpful and just offers me antidepressants at every visit.
Ive started to look online for something which may help me. So many people are singing the praises of CBD oil these days.
I’ve joined a couple of groups on Facebook and most people can not talk highly enough about this stuff.
However, whenever I post questions about it, my inbox is inundated with people trying to sell their own CBD products which kind of puts me off and makes me wonder if they are really using it or just selling the stuff and posting that it’s great just to make more sales?!
Has anyone tried it and has it helped at all.

It’s not stigma related to try a different way of treating mental health. The NHS itself is now linking natural remedies to be used in conjunction with more standard treatments as there has been proven benefits to some patients.

I’ve had severe depression for 15 years, and if I want to use CBD oil rather than a high dose of fluoxetine or venlafaxine that doesn’t mean I don’t believe in medication or I feel there is a stigma attached to it. CBD oil works, so why wouldn’t I use it? For some it doesn’t and that’s fine too.

My dh swears it's helping his arthritis - and tbh that's good enough fir me

Placemarking to pop back later

It definitely helps with my anxiety. I have used 2 different oils from CBD Shop Online UK. Both worked but one tasted much nicer than the other.

I started using CBD oil a few months ago to help with pain and insomnia.
I found it really beneficial. I use the liquid and just drop a few drops under my tongue an hour before bed. It tastes yuk, but it seems to do the trick.
You can only try it and see for yourself OP as what works for one person may not work for another.

Bumping this thread as had two shops open here with CBD recently- any more thoughts on this and if it has helped you?

There's a lot of info on you tube. I've just started with the lowest dose which I got from Holland Barrett and I feel better in that it's helped my joint and muscle stiffness.

I've also had a long term sinus infection which has improved and this is only in two days.

It hasn't ended the pain I'm experiencing though and I'm quite concerned over what's causing that, but it's early days.

I thought it was the THC which was the ingredient that had the medicinal properties. This is the stuff that you can only get prescribed or buy illegally.

@Crinkle77

I thought it was the THC which was the ingredient that had the medicinal properties. This is the stuff that you can only get prescribed or buy illegally.

THC is the psychoactive compound in cannabis, there are over 100 cannabinoids compounds most of which have medicinal properties in their isolated form but can be more effective when in their combined form i.e full spectrum. Its a bit like if you take iron supplement you should also take vit c to increase the absorption of the iron.

No, it does very little, far too diluted to have much effect.

It is an alternative method of treatment and you need to find the original brand of CBD oil which works properly. I was using CBD oil from RE.CBD brand and it was working well.

I used some times from seeds outside my house in the wild to gather some weed and make oil for myself.

If not using seeds properly and do oil without experience and guidance was from YouTube, believe me, you can harm yourselves. I work and don't have time to chat with bushes around my house. I buy from baeys.com/product/baeys-cbd-gummies/ and use them as often as I want and feel that I need them. They don't have drugs in them, but that Cannabidiol oil that makes effect on different parts of your organs. There is a chemical reaction inside your brain that reliefs many factors in peoples daily life. Migraine for example. Be very accurate and buy quality, don't do shazam.