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Scared for my fiance, cbd questions

Mon, 08/01/2016 - 11:50
My fiancé has epilepsy and since turning 31 has been having more seizures he had gone 13 years without a seizure and recently had two in a month I'm very worried about him and he is scared as well he absolutely detested the medication when he was younger his mother actually took him off of it because it turned him into a zombie he would not be able to work if he was on that medicine I have fibromyalgia and PTSD and I can't work he is our Breadwinner in the home he enjoys working I stay home and take care of the family and work part-time we are interested in CBD oil we've both been taking a few drops every day even though I know a bunch of the country it's still illegal it has worked wonders for anxiety and he says he can definitely feel the difference and seeing as he does not have the money to pay for medications or the ability to use them because of how much of a zombie they turn it into this medication would be a savior for us however we have no idea how much you supposed to be taking from what I've read on the internet you should be having 200 milligrams a day if your epileptic but a bottle would only last one or two days if that's the case does anybody have any experience with those who could help me out I really need to find out how much she means and we are definitely making plans to move somewhere where we can get this prescribed we're both concerned for his life

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I have been using CBD since

Submitted by EpilepsyBabe on Mon, 2018-11-12 - 13:31
I have been using CBD since August when I finally gave up on seizure medicine. I have tried 10!  Even though it is scary at first taking it since there isn't really any research on it and no one knows what dose will work for them, it isn't any scarier than trying a new seizure medication. Especially if those medications make you sick or try to kill you. It took about a month and a half of taking CBD for it to start to help. I heard that it starts working after a certain amount of time unique to that person because CBD has to heal you endocannibinoid system before it can help anything else. So be patient. After that I didn't have a seizure for 4 weeks (normally I have 3-5 a week). I have realized that I am recovering from my seizures REALLY fast. I even had a grand mal and it only took about a day for me to recover, instead of weeks or months! I am still on my CBD journey because I don't really know what I'm doing (but no one does let's be honest). Check out my blog if you want to know more about my journey with doses and brands of seizure medicine. www.epilepsybabe.com I also have a YouTube channel, same name.

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