Douglas Bloch
Flashback Friday – CBD Oil for Anxiety : Miracle Cure or Hype?
In this Flashback Friday video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares his experience and research about how CBD is being used to treat anxiety, pain, and other conditions. Pure CBD oil is derived from the hemp plant and has no psychoactive properties
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foreign [Music] welcome to depression recovery Channel where each week we talk about practical tools and Copic strategies for healing from depression anxiety today is Flashback Friday a feature in which I republish one of my earlier videos you might not have seen that contains really important coping strategies that will help you attain a better mood now here's today's video well today's uh title of video is CBD oil for anxiety miracle cure or hype well before we find out of course we have to tell our joke and I was going to do one that I thought was pretty good but Jerry my videographer like this particular one so this is for all you history Buffs out there what do they call a history book about cars an autobiography we both like that all right so let's go to our our subject here which is anxiety and a while ago and maybe a year or so I did a publication of a video called which is worst depression or anxiety oh my God I mean they're both horrible aren't they but a lot of you chose anxiety and I can see why because when you're anxious severely anxious over time you become disabled you can't do your regular routines you can't go out meet with friends work and pretty soon you're not accomplishing anything and that can be very depressing and so anxiety often turns into depression however unlike depression where you can have antidepressants which you can take for a long period of time those of you who for whom they work anxiety medication is known as benzodiazepines are habit forming or can be and you can create dependence with them so as a result many psychiatrists these days are reluctant to prescribe them thus I became intrigued when some of my group members told me that they were using something called CBD oil to bring down their anxiety I thought well this is interesting so before I talk about my take on it I just wanted to give some basic definitions of what it is so CBD oil is a natural compound found in both the marijuana and the implants and because it contains less than 0.3 percent of THC which is the psychoactive component of marijuana you can't get high from it so unlike smoking pot when you take CBD oil you don't feel anything now the story behind CBD oil is quite interesting it first on the national scene in 2013 there was a six-year-old girl named Charlotte Fiji who lived in Colorado and she suffered from a rare form of epilepsy called rivet syndrome and uh she was having multiple seizures in fact 300 grand mal seizures a week it was eating up her brain the parents were desperate nobody knew what to do and then someone suggested using marijuana and because medical marijuana was legal in Colorado at the time they found a grower and they got a strain that was very high in CBD oil and very low in HC and they gave it to the girl the doctors were quite skeptical but sure enough the seizures stopped first for an hour then for a week and pretty soon the girl was healed so um now I think she's 11 she maybe only has two or three seizures a week and most of them in their sleep so this uh this strain of marijuana CBD was called Charlotte's Web and it's now famous and there's a bunch of Brothers in Colorado six of them who have developed a foundation where they give this away to people who need it and it's a wonderful thing they're doing because you know in a lot of places people can't afford it so good for good for Charlotte and good for Humanity that this substance was discovered the next question we're going to cover is how do you take CBD oil well it's taking my mouth and it comes in many many forms when I took it it was a tincture but you can also use pills chewable gels Vape cartridges cream on your skin and foods like chocolate that's how marijuana is often delivered too oh remember marijuana brownies anyway the amount and quality of CBD oil in these products can vary greatly so the next question I want to address is is CBD oil addictive well no not pure CBD but many of the products also have THC in them as a matter of fact and the research I've done talking to the pharmacies in Oregon and Washington they tell me that a ratio of nine Parts CBD to one part THC is very helpful because the THC potentiates or increases the power of the CBD oil now if you're taking something like that and there's THC you might be affected so the key is to know what you're taking and what percentage of CBD to THC it is but if you're just taking pure CBD oil derived from the hemp no addictive properties and again no soaks no psychoactive properties so the next question that comes up is what conditions can cbdl treat now if you remember it became famous or you know became used initially because it helped this girl with the seizure syndrome called her vet syndrome epilepsy and sure enough it's been researched there also uh for pain my brother takes it for pain inflammation Believe It or Not psychosis and also it helps people supposedly break the addiction to cigarettes and drugs like heroin methamphetamine cocaine because it relaxes uh the muscles and gets people the more a less anxious state so people are investigating CBD oil for a variety of conditions nothing definitive has come yet but I do know people who do take it for pain and a nurse I know who's quite involved in in the Alternative Care industry here in Oregon says that a lot of her patients take it for pain okay so now we finally get to the topic of the video or the main topic which is uh CBD oil and anxiety now when I first heard about this connection I thought to myself oh this makes sense because CBD oil is an anti-seizure medication as we saw in the case of Charlotte and Klonopin which is a benzo that I used to take it essentially saved my life doing one of my episodes is also an anti-seizure medication so Klonopin and anti-seizure medication helps with anxiety cbdl and anti-seizure medication should help with anxiety well here's the testimonial monial from one of my group members who first turned me on to it she said um I've been using cbdo early for a year now I've been experienced quite a lot of anxiety due to stressors in my life I was having a hard time sleeping I started to take a dropper full of bedtime and again if needed when I woke up too early in the morning the CBD oil greatly reduced my anxiety and had a nice side effect or side benefit of reducing joint pain as well I have never felt groggy in the morning after taking it I highly recommend CBD oil this is one person obviously work for now I want to bring up my particular case so in June of 2017 last year visiting my brother in New York who unfortunately uh has chronic pain by the way for any of you out there who are dealing with pain I'm going to be doing a video on depression and chronic pain because uh as you imagine that's a really bad combination anyway uh he was prescribed in New York medical marijuana is legal so he was prescribed this by his uh physician and he ordered this stuff on the internet but it had a strawberry he didn't like the taste it was 180 bucks I said wow that's a lot of money he said no you take it I'll get i'll get a different flavor so I took it home back to Oregon and one night I woke up in late in the morning or four in the morning as I often do with you know anxious discrimination my heart was beating rather rapidly and normally I just lie down there and breathe and try to calm myself down but this time I reached for the dropper you know put it under my tongue took about two drops and I started to notice that my heart rate went down uh slowed down and as my heart rate slowed down I felt more relaxed and my muscles were less tense and within about 10 minutes I was back to sleep so it really um took the edge off the anxiety and got me back asleep a lot quicker than I would have had if I hadn't had it so fortunately I haven't had very many of those Awakenings but when I do I have the the oil by my bedside to use in case it happens finally I talked with a worker to local uh Pharmacy here in Portland a medical marijuana Pharmacy and uh he mentioned to me that he's been using CBD oil to replace Xanax the anti-anxiety drug he says at night it helps him uh breathe more easily relax the muscles of his chest and as he breathes deeply ah he can relax more and go to sleep he also said that some of his customers have used it to minimize the brain zaps that come when you come off antidepressants and also that they have used CBD oil to minimize the withdrawal symptoms when people take opiates after an operation so it obviously has many many uses so now comes the sixty four thousand dollar question is how do you obtain CBD oil well first of good news if it just is derived from the hemp plant and has no THC as was the case with my my group member you can get it in any state in the country U.S except for Idaho Nebraska and South Dakota and they ban all marijuana even uh products coming from the hemp plant which which I said were not psychoactive so most of us can get CBD oil over the internet and various other places however if the CBD oil has uh some THC in it I mentioned that the THC helps to make it more effective then you can only get it in states where medical marijuana is illegal which I think is only four or five states so you're much more limited then but still the hemp derived CBD oil can be effective and you're much more likely to get that so in conclusion the purpose of this video was to describe my research and looking at the CBD oil as a treatment for anxiety and also for pain and I found that many people do use it effectively now this doesn't mean you should run out and get it or I'm advocating you do it you should probably check with your prescriber or your doctor to make sure it's not going to adversely interact with any medications you've been taking however I did call the pharmacy right before I shot this and they said it what they tell their customers as long as you don't take the CBD at the same time that you're taking your other drugs maybe wait you know two three hours then there shouldn't be a problem but again the final Authority is your physician this has been Douglas block I hope you found the information on this Flashback Friday video helpful if so please give it a like as likes draw more and more people to this Channel and hopefully some more subscribers uh you can also leave your comments in the comments section or email me douglasblock gmail.com if you do want to subscribe to this channel click on my photo in the closing credits you'll be taking them my subscribe page and if you click on the Bell to the right you'll be notified every time I do a new video or live chat and if you want to contribute to this channel become a patron simply click on the patreon image you'll be taken to my crowdfunding site and until next video I wish you the best in your mental health recovery thank you so much
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After many unsuccessful attempts with other brands, I finally found the brand you mentioned in your answer. Thanks for the good text and recommending just these CBD oils.
It made my sleep, Anxiety, depression wose, CBD is bad if you have any type of Heart Problem like Palpitations and Tchycardia
I will use Weedborn CBD products this time 🙂
Love ya Douglas!! ♥️♥️
It least with depression I have managed to survive and I can leave me home. I can't comment about anxiety I don't want it. I have enough on my plate coping with my burden. My problem is that I don't like a lot of people I think they are a waste of space. HELP!
Hi Douglas, As I told you recently, a month ago I came through Grade 3 (winds 165-224kph) severe tropical cyclone Gabrielle, which claimed lives and caused massive destruction here in Hawkes Bay, NZ. It was an event I never expected in my 71 years and yet it happened and I survived. Now my anxiety on a scale 1-10 is about 3, when it used to be 7-8, proof that we all have hidden resources we don’t even know about until they are tested and every challenge makes us stronger.
CBD helps a lot of people. For me it does next to nothing other than improving sleep quallity. However I can tell you what did work. Spirulina, the blue green algae supplement. It has tryptophan for your body to make serotonin and other neurotransmitters from (way more than turkey has) and I found several scientific papers explaining its antidepressant properties, kind of SSRI-like. It also has vitamin B12 and protein.
The story about cbd is amazing. It is natural and so helpful for many people without the side effects. Hope your doing well, Douglas!!🍀💛🍀💛🍀 ~~~~~>💓°•○☆💕
Edit: Mmm…chocolate brownies :))