Has anyone tried CBD for Alzheimer's

Sowji

Hello, 

I am new to this forum. My mother, 74 yrs old had an early onset of Alz. She also has Aphasia which makes it hard for her  to communicate clearly. She has depression and hallucinations. She is taking Quetipin, Memantin, meds for hypertension and thyroid. I have heard that CBD apparently helps people with dementia by reducing their anxiety and in some cases slowing down progression. Does anyone have any experience as such with CBD? 

Thank you. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Pmatt

My mother is 84. About 2 years ago she started to ask to go home and she already was home. She became demanding at times. One time she left the house to go home. My son suggested trying the chewables. They do contain THC not CBD. I had read that THC triggers the same part of the brain that the Aricept does. Aricept is what they prescribe for Alzheimer’s.We had tried Aricept but it made her very dizzy and wobbly.I checked with her doctor to see if it would be OK to try the gummies and she said to try it. We gave her 2 Chewables at 5 mg each. That same day and from that day forward she no longer became anxious and asking to go home. I couldn’t believe it. I would run it by her Doctor but I did a lot of research on it before this and if you go online there was a story about a dementia patient who was a former Holocaust survivor and he was having awful hallucinations that he was still in the holocaust. His family tried it and I’m not sure if they gave him the chewables or baked it in a brownie but it stopped his hallucinations. They are doing research on it over in the UK. It really helped my mother so it may be worth a shot.

Rescue mom

My personal experience is that CBD did nothing. Others thought it helped with anxiety. I am pretty certain there is no evidence showing it slows disease progression, if that was true it would be sold out and everyone would do it.

THC is a whole different thing. In my state you need a doctors Rx for that.

My concern with CBD is that it’s basically unregulated, and we consumers have no way to know, really, what’s in the bottle. (It probably won’t hurt, but how much good?) Some testers have found some brands are 99.9 percent olive oil, for example. You have to trust labels, brand names, etc. when you choose one. And well-known brands tend to get expensive. 

All that said, I did try it. The results seem to vary widely as far as helping or not.

Lafmore

We tried CBD with my sister. It did seem to help a bit with her anxiety, although just "taking something for anxiety" helped in itself. Sometimes she would say she was less anxious almost immediately, so I'm not sure it was 100% due to the CBD. For us, she started not liking taking it- the texture and taste, so eventually we set it aside. We never tried THC- it seemed counter intuitive to hallucinations and delusions, but it was interesting to read the other people's experience with it. It might be worth a try if you can get it where you live. My sister would have continued if she could have had it as gummies!

Sowji

Thank you for your reply. If I may ask which state are you in? Did you need a prescription to get the product? Any suggestions for brand name for TCH?  The 5 mg / twice a day dosage was prescribed by the doctor?

Pmatt

Massachusetts. Available legally to anyone 21 and older. Not prescribed by a doctor. You can get a medical marijuana card which helps price esp taxes. We couldn’t do that because my mom no longer has a valid ID. 20 gummies cost about 30.  I just ran it by her doctor before giving it to her.   She said whatever works for her (and it did).