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Posted 11/10/2018 3:25 PM (GMT -7)
I was thinkjng about taking some CBD oil for the first time today. I have a few questions and wondering if it would be alright as i take a .5 mg of xanax at night to help with me sleep as i have severe insomnia. Im not thinking about mixing them, i was talking about taking the CBD oil around 4 or 5 and if im unable to fall asleep take the piece of xanax at like 10:30 or 11. Anybody on here have any experience with this? Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Posted 11/11/2018 8:16 AM (GMT -7)
Hi

I would suggest that the best person to speak to would be your pharmacist as they will know if there is any interactions with other meds you are taking.

Hibee
Posted 11/11/2018 7:38 PM (GMT -7)
I agree.


Likely there would be no issue, especially as commercial CBD oils do not contain enough PPM to have much more than a mild sedative effect...but to be safe, yes...your pharmacist could tell you with certainty.

S.C.
Posted 11/11/2018 8:55 PM (GMT -7)
Hi,
My doctor recently suggested I might consider CBD oil for chronic pain. I also take Alprazolam which is the same as xanax but made by someone else. He didn't seem concerned about any interaction BUT he wanted me to try it topically first to see if it helped or caused any problems. I would talk to the doctor who prescribed your xanax and see what he/she thinks about the idea. I'm not going to ingest any CBD oil until I see what happens topically and then discuss it again with my doctor.

Chutz
Posted 11/12/2018 6:51 AM (GMT -7)
Since they do not work on the same receptors there should not be an issue...However Xanax and all benzos are poor choices for sleep - they disrupt the most critical sleep stages that can increase anxiety and other health problems in the long run
Posted 11/12/2018 12:12 PM (GMT -7)
James9393 how can it cause more anxiety? Reason i ask is cause i think i just may be experiencing that and what other health problems could it cause? I was just gonna do it for a week or two. Didnt want to get dependent on it.
Posted 11/13/2018 3:45 PM (GMT -7)
Impala,

Making it through all of the stages of sleep (1-4 + REM) are critical. Each stage serves a particular purpose we're not 100% sure about, but we know they're all important. As an example, they've done studies where depriving REM sleep alone has significant effects on the processing of painful stimuli.

Disrupted sleep can contribute to many other health issues such as hypertension, certain metabolic diseases, and other pathologies. A paper titled "Medications for the Treatment of Sleep Disorders: An Overview" from Fagel et al in 2001 lists benzodiazepines (which includes Xanax, Ativan, and others) as REM "suppressors". To quote the paper directly, "Benzodiazepines are rapid eye movement (REM) sleep–suppressant medications, and withdrawal often results in episodes of increased REM sleep (REM sleep rebound). REM sleep is known to have a role in learning and memory consolidation." However, common consensus in research is that short-term usage of benzos as sleep aids can be better for some people than a hard-core sleep aid like Ambien.

If you're curious, the paper can be found here. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC181172/
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