CBD for Seniors: 12 Things to Know When Trying CBD or Medicinal Cannabis to Ease Symptoms of Aging & Improve Brain Health

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CBD for Seniors – 12 Things to Know When Trying CBD or Medicinal Cannabis to Ease Symptoms of Aging & Improve Brain HealthYou’ve heard CBD is great for many of the conditions seniors face as they age, but you’re not sure where or how to start this new therapy from the highly stigmatized cannabis plant. How and why does CBD help seniors and people living with dementia? What is the difference between CBD and THC? Can I use too much? How do I know what cannabis product to use and what is my dose? Is CBD really legal? Do I have to smoke it?

These questions and more keep many seniors from finding relief from the symptoms of aging with CBD and medical cannabis, CBD for Seniors is a short primer to help guide you in trying CBD or other medical cannabis for you or your loved one.

In this short book, we’ve extracted the most essential information that we have learned over our ten-year journey using medicinal cannabis for people in relationship with dementia. When our education about Alzheimer’s and related dementias began in 2010, we were average working people thrust into family caregiving, and through that experience, we became fierce advocates and educators.

We learned so much, and saw so much, that it became our mission to improve the lives of those in relationship with dementia through care gap coaching and plant-based education. And in the Spring of 2020, we launched the Cannabis Helps Dementia podcast to tell the stories and explain the science of medicinal cannabis through interviews with doctors, researchers, clinicians, caregivers, and people living with dementia on how medicinal cannabis helps. AlzNotes: CBD for Seniors draws on our ten years of experience as well as the interviews we’ve conducted over two years of the podcast.

The hardest, best, worst, most rewarding, heartbreaking, inspiring thing we ever did was family caregiving when we walked with my mom through her journey with Alzheimer’s Disease for a decade. We found CBD and medicinal cannabis eased mom’s symptoms better than any other medicine available.

One of the first things we found out was that the U.S. Department of Health had held a patent on cannabis since 1998 specifically as “…neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease…” patent #6630507B1.

A simple Pub-Med search reveals study after study that cannabis eases the terrible symptoms of dementia better than anything else available on the market. A documentary called “The Scientist” shows that every nursing home in Israel uses medicinal cannabis for its elderly. Mainstream media sources show that there are a few facilities in Northern California and New York state that are also currently using full-spectrum cannabis oil with people living with dementia. Most State Departments of Health (36+) list Alzheimer’s Disease or other neurodegenerative diseases on their qualifying conditions for medical cannabis.

My mom had greater focus and interaction when she was medicated with cannabis: she laughed, smiled, and communicated with us. Cannabis helped mom have a carefree attitude about losing her mind, and it even soothed her death rattle at the end. Cannabis helped ease my mom’s symptoms from the moment we started using it, until her last breath. But only because we were willing and able to make sure she had it.

Disclaimer: We are not doctors or medical professionals of any kind, and nothing you read in this book should be considered medical advice. You should always consult with a knowledgeable medical professional, well trained as a cannabis clinician, for personal medical advice in using cannabis as medicine.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09RM2C2X6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (February 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 119 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8763664096
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.27 x 9 inches