It’s been almost a year since my kids and I started using CBD oil (hemp oil which does not contain THC). Read my first post on CBD oil HERE. I started taking the oil for my severe panic attacks, but as you can see from these photos, it’s done so much more than just cure my panic attacks.
In the two years before taking CBD oil I couldn’t be on my feet working for more than 15 minutes before having back pain. The longer I stood and worked, the worse my back hurt. I tried everything, including handfuls of Curcumin, and when that did nothing I tried taking many Motrin. But nothing helped at all. My husband starting having to do everything for me.
Turns out the puffiness in my face and body was inflammation, and it was causing me terrible back pain as well.
Within a couple of weeks of taking CBD oil my back pain was gone. The puffiness that you see in my face above took a little while longer to go away, maybe a month of daily use. (I take about 4 pumps a day of a the most absorbable brand you can buy.) It was such an unexpected (and welcome) surprise! What I thought was extra weight was actually inflammation.
And of course now 🎼 I can fly, I can fly, I can flyyyyy 🎼 (as Peter Pan says), with ZERO panic attacks 😉
Kissing my hemp (CBD) oil on the plane.
What’s more—I’ve been glutened twice in the past few months, and I was out of the supplement that I usually take (by the dozen) when I’m glutened. So I figured I’d take a bunch of CBD oil and just see if it did anything. Now, when I get glutened I immediately look 6 months pregnant, and the pain is horrible. Both times I’ve been glutened recently I took about 8 pumps of the oil over the course of about 5 minutes, and I could feel the relief beginning right away. No joke—my belly was flat again and the pain was gone within an hour. My husband was amazed! But this pain and bloating usually comes back, and continues for days. However, the past two times I got glutened and took the oil the pain and bloating did not return. Pretty incredible!
You might also be wondering why our kids are using the oil. Well, for one reason, the particular brand of oil we use increases the absorption of nutrients, guards against toxins, and encourages detoxification.
Also, Ginger has been struggling with food intolerances and since taking the hemp oil she has been able to add back about half of the foods that she wasn’t tolerating: like gluten-free grains, and eggs used as ingredients (not on their own). Also, when something she eats makes her bloated and causes her pain (like nightshades) then she takes the oil, and just like me when I’m glutened, her pain and bloating goes away very quickly. She’s been more happy and content, probably because she’s not in pain anymore!
Zoe takes the oil to help regulate her mood (she’s 15) and to sleep. She’s also complained less about pain (from dancing and growing) since taking the oil.
Ashley takes the oil for all of the same reasons as her sisters and I (food intolerances, mood swings), and like me her face has also slimmed down. We all noticed Ashley’s face slimming down within a week of her beginning the oil—the inflammation went away faster for her than it did for me.
When I look at all of the progress my girls and I have made, the oil seems like a small price to pay. And when I read about scientific studies on CBD oil and breast cancer I think that the oil is even more valuable than we realize. I plan on always using this supplement for me and my girls. I’m incredibly grateful to have found it. 🙂
Lots of love!
♥, Kelly
