The prescription arrived so fast on Monday 17th. So that was the day to start my new prescription and see if this can help. How you take them is done like this.

Day 1-3

Start the CBD oil as prescribed by your clinician.

Put the oil under your tongue and leave it there for as long as it comfortable (it should be absorbed in up to 10 minutes), the aim is allowing the oil to be absorbed by the lining of your mouth. It is ok if you swallow some of the oil.

Keep the dose as it is prescribed by your clinician. Don’t change the dose until agreed with your clinician.

Take the oils with or after food. This will help absorb the cannabis. You will absorb four times the amount when taken with food as you would on an empty stomach

Day 4-7
Start the THC oil as agreed with your clinician. It is usually started between 0.05-0.1ml at night if you have never had it before and may be higher if you have had cannabis in the past.

Increasing the dose
Increase the dose by the amount recommended by your clinician. Usually 0.05-0.1ml every 3-5 days.

If you don’t have side-effects and aren’t feeling the positive impact on your symptoms continue to increase the dose.

If you experience mild side-effects, keep the dose the same, and wait until the side-effects go away.

Continue to increase the dose until you start to experience relief from your symptoms. Hold at that dose.

As you get used to the oils try spreading the dose throughout the day. This may help control your symptoms better. Try taking 0.05 or 0.1ml earlier in the day and check its effect before increasing the dose in the day.

Some people find taking the oils twice enough to control their symptoms. However, some find that taking the oils three or four times a day suits them best.

So that’s been the plan of action, so how did I get on?

MONDAY 0.2ml Adven oil (EMC1) full spectrum 50mg CBD, <4mg THC/ml 10ml bottle. first thing in the Morning. I went to a couple of shops, but that was all I could do painwise. Back home retreated to the hot water bottle. Though I didn’t expect a miracle. I also had my Etoricoxib and Tramadol as usual. 0.2ml in the Evening, hopefully this will make me sleep better? That would be a bonus for sure. Had a gippy tummy though, could be a side effect.

TUESDAY I did not sleep well at all, so today it’s the same dose 0.2ml first thing after food. Belly ache pretty much 30mins later but it does settle after a bit. Evening dose is the same 0.2ml and it does help relax me, and make me tired. However we were up super early so it could be due to that. Used same Etorocoxib, and Tramadol. Terrible night sleep but coughing and pulled my painful hip.

WEDNESDAY As before the dose is the same, but after today we add more. Hoping I don’t have a dodgy tummy every morning, and it settles down once I’m more tolerant to it. 0.2ml Using a hot water bottle so so much lately. It’s helping in a relaxing way, but not touching pain at all so far, but early days and lowest dose. Usual Etoricoxib and Tramadol.

THURSDAY Slept marginally better but it’s due to a cough rather than anything else. I was finally less steroid injection hot flushy last night. Today it’s 0.2ml of the first oil Adven oil (EMC1) full spectrum 50mg CBD, <4mg THC/ml. Hip is super painful as I’ve pulled it. Tonight we add the second oil but only 0.05ml Adven Oil [FS]: 20mg/ml THC [EMT2] (10 ml). Will this help sleep and pain, or just sleep? Stupid was loads better today and last night I wasn’t drowning in sweat. Corner turned.

FRIDAY Still not sleeping well, but it is due to coughing and nothing to do with pain or the cannabis at least. Stomach is 100% better now. 0.2ml Emc1 oil in the morning still. Then tea time it’s 0.2ml emc1 oil, and bedtime it’s 0.05ml of emt2 oil. Had a sleepy day all day on and off, but that’s purely from not sleeping at all, for so many nights. Feeling a poorly week is probably not the best week to judge how things work ??

SATURDAY finally slept so much better, makes all the difference. Took the 0.2ml oil in the morning, added the 0.05ml in the afternoon. Must have helped as I found myself pottering around the house tidying up!! (This never happens by choice) at tea time I had 0.2ml oil and just before bed another 0.05ml oil. Think this works better so far??

SUNDAY I swear I woke up straighter, but more of a spring in my step. Still have horrendous back pain before the morning dose though. Let’s see if it can lift that too. 0.2ml as usual, then afternoon I had 0.05ml like yesterday, tea time 0.2ml and bedtime the last 0.05ml to finish. Definitely felt better and sleeping a bit better now.

After 7 days has it helped pain? Honestly no not entirely, however I have felt better after increasing a morning dose as well as bedtime one helped. So next week I might try morning afternoon and bedtime. I get more out of the THC emt2 20% than I do out of the CBD emc1 50mg/4%. So I wouldn’t buy that again if I can choose. Rather put my money into the THC one.