I finally got the answer to the question:

Will CBD derived from hemp (and not cannabis) help?

 

From the very start of my journey with cannabis, and as I have tried to help others find relief, one of the questions that I have dreaded most was when others, in states where cannabis is not yet legal would ask about hemp products.  I would often get asked if they would help. Being in a state where cannabis is legal, I had not tried any hemp products and so I had no way of answering that question.

 

I struggled to find anyone that would answer that question in a fashion that left me with any confidence that they knew what they were talking about.  I found that people were either cannabis supporters OR hemp supporters in regards to talking about CBD. But I failed to find a solid source that I felt I could believe when trying to find an answer for those that were asking.

 

Over the past months, as I have continued to find relief from the pain using cannabis, and as I begin to feel as my cognitive condition might be improving I have come to understand that it is the cannabinoids and terpenes found in the cannabis I am consuming that are helping me to feel better, helping me to heal.  

 

And so I began to answer the question:

 

Will CBD from hemp help me?

 

With this….

“Although I have not tried any hemp products, my understanding of the hemp plant and its similarities to cannabis in regards to cannabinoids and terpenes leads me to believe that it can only help!  To what extent, I don’t know, but I would absolutely incorporate it into my life.”

 

This past week, I meet some people that are in support of and are extremely knowledgeable about BOTH cannabis and hemp products.  I learned SO much!  I am kicking myself for not recording the whole thing but the good news is that they will be back and this time I will make SURE to have my shit together to record because there is so much to learn from each one of them and their personal journeys to healing their bodies!  One of the biggest takeaways was that CBD from hemp does have medicinal benefits!!!!  They confirmed that my assumptions were correct and explained a shit ton about the healing properties of CBD.

 

SO – for everyone that has followed my journey – that either is in a state where cannabis is not yet legal, or you just aren’t ready to go the whole cannabis route…

YES – HEMP DERIVED CBD HELPS!!!!

So go out and get some and start incorportating into your routine!

 

 

BUT THAT GOES WITH THE HUGE DISCLAIMER TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR HEMP COMES FROM:

 

As with ANYTHING you are going to put in your body –

 

  • KNOW WHERE it comes from]
  • KNOW HOW it was grown and how it was extracted
  • KNOW WHAT was used in each of the processes
  • KNOW WHAT it is mixed with

 

My new friends left me with a few “goodies” and I have been sucking down my CBD for the past week – and although I am about two weeks from done with my “trial” of it – I have actually noticed a few slight improvements. The biggest of which is that I have been putting it topically on my FEET just before bed.  Each night, irrelevant of how good or bad the pain is, as I lie still – waiting to drift off to sleep, I get these crazy electrical shocks zinging through my feet, it’s been like that for years.

For the past four nights  I have put the CBD on my feet and for the past four nights, I have been zing free!  That is big – because I can not remember the last time my almost asleep feet weren’t zinging! 

 

I will admit that I was the BIGGEST topical skeptic around – because my issues are just too much ALL over that I have always joked that I would have to first I would have to bath in it to notice relief or improvement and then buy stock in the company making the oil or lotion in order to be able to afford it.  BUT it seems I may stand corrected. I will keep trying it out and will let you know.

I’m really beginning to believe that small steps lead to big improvements!!!

 

I started out on this journey to find relief from the chronic pain – that’s it.  But looking back over the past 18 months – at how much I have improved, how much I have gained, how much I have achieved and how much I am looking forward to the future and I feel so incredibly lucky that I decided to take what I viewed as a “risk”  – to step away from the medications and drugs that the doctors recommended and try and more natural path and I look forward to sharing as I continue to meet people and learn!

 

My latest article for California Weed Blog this week talked about my first ever dab hit, what it was like when I consumed MORE cannabis AND my 6.2 mile hike!!!

 

CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!

 

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