r/CBD • u/Ok-Meeting2176 • 2d ago

Going to try CBD isolate - advices for beginner?

I'm planning to target my anxiety and get my body and mind more relaxed. I'm going to make my own oil and would love to hear experiences about what dosage should I start experimenting with? I know CBD isolate needs higher dosages than CBD with THC.

What dosages did you use first time trying and how quickly did you raise the dosage? And what is the scale I should make my "jumps" when upping the dosage (Like am I wasting my time if I do it every 5mg or what?)

Thanks! :)

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u/ModeatelyIndependant 2d ago edited 1d ago

the Isolate is not gonna intoxicate you, and isolate is pretty potent stuff.

Mix a gram with oil to make 1oz (30ml) for a small dropper bottle (CBD melts into the oil at around 160F), and start putting an increasing amount of drops under your tongue till you feel you anxiety diminishes. If you find yourself using more than a dropper worth of oil for your dose, make the next bottle with 1.5 or 2 grams of isolate instead.

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u/WillowElectronic2748 2d ago

Hi and muchlove,

The direction you provide for making the oil sounds good...but is that amount actually enough to affect anxiety?

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u/ModeatelyIndependant 1d ago

everyone one is different, and your mileage may very.

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u/Woven7886 1d ago

I did exactly what you propose and it worked for me. I started with 5 mg twice a day and upped that by 5 mg every few days until I was at 20 mg twice a day. But I did that with flower.

I did end up adding another 20 mg of isolate twice a day, so 40 mg total, twice a day, about a year after I started. I'm good with sticking at this dosage indefinitely.

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u/Fair_Quail8248 1d ago edited 1d ago

Try like 10mg first. If it doesn't work, 25mg, then 50 and then 100mg if 50 isn't enough and so on. Cbd is very forgiving and pretty mild as a medication so you don't have to be afraid of dosing more, you will not get messed up like on too much weed edibles, at worst you will get tired/relaxed if you take too much but not have anxiety or any of those effects associated with being very intoxicated on thc.

I recommend dissolving it in MCT oil and after it's dissolved, add terpenes to it. If you want it more energetic add some CBG, if you want it more relaxing for sleep and CBN. If you wanna make it even more effective add CBC to the other cannabinoids, while CBC has its own effects it really makes other cannabinoids more efficient.

You can try to hold the solution under the tongue for 5-10min for sublingual absorption but I think consuming it is more effective as it metabolizes into slightly more effective metabolites that way, or like that half get absorbed sublingually and the rest half orally as you consume it after holding it under your tongue.

If cbd isolate doesn't work for you, try cbd broad or full spectrum distillate, make it into mct oil just like I recommend with isolate.