Men's Health October 18, 2018
Instead of endlessly ruminating on these hypothetical scenarios, I tested whether CBD supplements could help me relax and take my stress level down a notch. CBD, or Cannabidiol, is one of roughly 100 chemical compounds called cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant — and unlike its brother THC, it doesn't get you high. Among its many purported health benefits, researchers are studying whether CBD could be a viable treatment for a variety of ailments including anxiety.
The bottom line
Although the CBD tablets didn't work wonders for me, that's not to say that they can't help with anxiety. Anecdotally, many people on Reddit report feeling more relaxed and less anxious after taking CBD supplements.
But Dr. Margaret Haney, professor of neurobiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, warns that science doesn't yet support these claims.
"We’re in the infancy of cannabis science," she told MensHealth.com. When it comes to claims that CBD can help with pain, sleep, or anxiety, Haney warns that we're still waiting on the hard science. "As a society we’ve jumped very far ahead of our use of CBD. We don’t have any of the data, and we really struggle to understand where and how it’s doing anything."
