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Speaking from personal experience: after a brutal round of antibiotics to kill a pathogen in my gut, I still had terrible issues — I believe from inflammation f
by moistly 5y ago
Speaking from personal experience: after a brutal round of antibiotics to kill a pathogen in my gut, I still had terrible issues — I believe from inflammation feeding into itself. A few weeks of pure CBD + probiotics has brought immense relief; I have since been able to drop the CBD; I will continue with a round of different probiotics to maximize the variety of gut microbes. I am finally, after several years of gut hell, optimistic that I’m going to get healthy.
Edit: the CBD had the immediate effect of reducing peristalsis. Also made me fog-brained and sleepy, but I feel that was an acceptable side-effect for the limited time I’d be on it.
- thatcat 5y agoWhat was the dose of CBD you found effective?
- moistly 5y agoI went for complete overkill and chowed down 30mg/capsule for a week, then melted them into oil & made brownies so that I could halve and quarter the dose. Did that for another couple of weeks. If anything, it seemed too effective at slowing peristalsis and the pain had largely gone away, so I stopped using the CBD but kept on with the probiotic pills (but taking them at a double dose because I figure it doubles the chance that they’ll make it past my stomach.) I’ll finish by taking a different probiotic pill with a different spectrum of bacteria et al. That plus my from-scratch diet should seed & support a replenished gut biota.