This post is sponsored by CTW and I recieved the product at no charge to me. Please accept this post as a review and not medical advice. As always, all opinions are my own.
As many of my readers probably know, I struggle with anxiety. Working with a therapist for two years certainly helped and I have a better understanding of how to deal with it. Not really to control, per say, but to recognize the signs, causes, and what helps make me feel better.
I’m not knocking anyone who uses medication to help with their own anxiety, but I am so sensitive to anything (just ask anyone who knows me what happens when I’m over-caffienated) that frankly the thought of taking medication for my mental health scares me. Big fan of sleepy time tea and Lofi Fruits Music over here.
When a dear family friend, Rick, reached out and asked if I’d like to test his company’s CBD products, I jumped at the chance. I’m in an extremely stressful season right now and my anxiety is so high that I’ve actually be sleepwalking, which I haven’t done since I was a kid. Between work picking up while my boss is out with a new grandbaby and my final weeks of grad school… there’s just a lot on my plate.
CBD doesn’t cause a high; Hemp-derived CBD oil is extracted from low-THC cannabis plants. This is the type of CBD sold over the counter in nutrition stores and supermarkets, added to lattes in cool coffee shops, and infused into luxe beauty products. Actually, one of my favorite coffee shops near work offers CBD as an add-in, and that’s why I decided to put my CTW hemp oil in my coffee.
It’s funny, my experience with CTW hemp oil is actually marked by the days I haven’t used it. While I didn’t feel different on days I put it in my morning coffee, my anxiety was way worse on days where I forgot. I know that I go in and out of these anxious times, and right now is markedly worse, but int he middle of the week when I met Dani for coffee before work instead of making my own… that was a day where I got so wrapped up in work I forgot to eat, where I was shaking by the time I got home, and when I sleepwalked. Saturday was the same. I had a work emergency first thing in the morning, skipped my coffee, and was pacing and freaking out. I’m not saying I’m now dependant on the CTW hemp oil, but I do think that it’s been extremely helpful during these crazy couple of weeks.
If you’d like to try it yourself, you can use my code CAR20 for 20% off the CTW collection!
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