An Unexpected Wonderful Experience I am a 68 years old male from the Netherlands and an almost lifetime sufferer from a whole array of anxiety disorders. In the past I used regular weed a couple of times but it didnt sit well with me, resulting in passing out on 3 occasions so I never touched it again for 20 years.
CBD
Limited data
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 2 corroborating sources
- 1 ROA with full dose ladder
- 27 combo interactions documented
- toxicity data (PsychonautWiki, PubChem)
- dose data not in PW/TripSit (unverifiable)
- dose ladder unverifiable and undisclosed — capped
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 2 corroborating sources
- 1 ROA with full dose ladder
- 27 combo interactions documented
- toxicity data (PsychonautWiki, PubChem)
- dose data not in PW/TripSit (unverifiable)
- dose ladder unverifiable and undisclosed — capped
Aliases: Cannabidiol
Summary
Cannabidiol (also known as CBD and Epidiolex®) is a naturally-occurring cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. It is one of some 113 identified cannabinoids in cannabis plants, accounting for up to 40% of the plant's extract. It does not possess the same psychoactivity as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is responsible for the euphoric and hallucinogenic aspects of cannabis, and is typically described as non-intoxicating.
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 5-15mg | 15-30mg | 30-60mg | 60mg+ |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Sources
Oral
Dose ladder — dose.wikiTolerance
Build-up
develops over weeks of regular use via CB1 receptor downregulation
Reset
2–4 weeks for most users; heavy users may need longer
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
3d
Half tolerance
21d
Baseline
~28d
Effects
Aggregated from 10 single-substance Erowid experience reports; 6 Erowid reports where another drug was taken too are left out
Each bar shows the share of analyzed reports whose text mentions that effect — a mention is not always a first-hand experience (fear of an effect or something witnessed can count). Mentions saying the effect did not happen are left out; that check reads keywords, so it can miss some. The shaded band on a bar, and the small range after its number, is the 95% interval: where the share could plausibly be with other reports of the same kind. Fewer reports, wider band. Tap or hover any number for details. The second value is the Bluelight extractor's per-effect confidence; a dash means the row is Erowid-derived, which has no confidence measurement.
Too few reports for bars: these effects come from 10 single-substance Erowid reports, and a bar is drawn only from 20 reports or more. With fewer, a percentage cannot tell a common effect from a rare one. Counts are shown instead. Why 20?
Effect glossary — · full glossary
Positive Effects 2
3 of 10
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3 of 10
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Adverse Effects 2
5 of 10
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4 of 10
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Also reported in combinations. In the 6 CBD reports where another drug was taken too, 0 mention hospital, emergency services or an overdose, 0 a seizure and 2 psychosis (too few reports for percentages). In the 10 single-substance reports: 1, 0 and 0. These are not in the figures above: they cannot be put down to CBD alone, and a mention is not always something that happened to the writer.
Combinations
Cross-Check CBD with another substanceCommunity Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, Bluelight, and Dose.wiki. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance. Tags summarise each author's own verdict — how reports are classified.
Erowid 8 reports 2 positive 2 neutral 4 cautionary visit
I got some nice brugmansia seeds. A friend in South American gave them to me, I was to gift them to an other friend in Spain, lets call her C. So C. insisted I keep the seeds since she already had plenty brugmansias. I just slipped them into the pocket of my shorts.
The last few weeks have been pretty tense. I've been trying to secure a work permit, but the paperwork has grown a lot more intensive since I last worked overseas and the timeframe to gather it all is a lot tighter than I would have liked.
Double-Blind Experiment with CBD Personal Background: I had never taken a CBD-only product before the events of this experience. I've used a variety of THC products in the past, occasionally in fairly extreme doses, and am very familiar with the effects of THC.
Longterm Usage I have suffered from anxiety and back pain since I was 18. I have tried every alternative medicine I could get my hands on. Kratom tends to make me sick after I consume more than 3,500 mg, and that dose doesnt do much for me. Passionflower doesnt seem to work. Kava did not help.
This was not my first time using CBD. I have tried a few different brands of CBD oil and never felt much. A few of my friends from colorado suggested I try this whole flower CBD oil. It was pretty expensive - like $150 for a bottle, but my friends swear by it so I figured I would give it a shot.
I have suffered from severe/chronic anxiety and depression for the past 15 years. While cognitive therapy and other methods have helped me to function with it, I haven't necessarily had relief (also my experience with psychiatrics has never been sustainable), so when I read about CBD I decided to try some.
At 32, I have had more than my fair share of panic attacks. Lately, I had been experiencing them every day. I was a long time alcoholic and opiate addict until my wife and I had our little boy. I got serious, sought treatment and am clean & sober to this day. The good part was that all my feelings came back.
Bluelight 2 threads 2 neutral visit
I ordered a CBD vape device and received it today (I live in the UK). I more often than not see this being "non-psychoactive". I've trying it a few times today, I can say with a fair amount of confidence that CBD is psychoactive, but not in the same way that cannabis on its own is.
0:00 - I squeeze 5 drops of 2.75% oil under my tongue and hold it there. Not sure if this is relevant but I very rarely take any kind of cannabinoids so my tolerance (if such a thing applies here) is literally as low as humanly possible.
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