Roxanne Benton has a store that sells tools and supplies to people in the aromatherapy industry, so when her teenage son Bevan was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago, Benton conferred with her close-knit group of friends about which oils they would suggest to help Bevan, in place of medicating him with pharmaceuticals. Their suggestions would eventually lead both mother and son on a transformative journey into the cannabis industry.<\/p>\n
When Bevan was in junior high school, his Tourette\u2019s kicked in with a vengeance. Combined with ADHD, Bevan was one unhappy kid.<\/p>\n
Bevan\u2019s doctor prescribed him Clonidine, a blood pressure medication, to \u201cchill him out a bit,\u201d Benton says.\u00a0It didn\u2019t do anything for his anxiety or to help him sleep. It certainly didn\u2019t do anything for his tics or \u201cglitches,\u201d as he and his mom called them.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing your son twitch uncontrollably with such force \u2014 tantamount to whiplash \u2014 is horrifying,\u201d says Benton. \u201cI would do anything for him, take any pain I could for him. That\u2019s what moms do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since Benton had been using essential oils in her health and wellness routines, as well as her business, for over six years, she was friends with one of the essential oil industry\u2019s leading chemists, John Taylor. He informed her about a CBD project he was working on in Kentucky<\/a>.<\/p>\n Naturally, Benton trusted her friend Taylor and considered the idea of allowing Bevan to try some CBD oil<\/a>. It took a few months, but in July 2016, Benton gave Bevan his first dose of CBD oil.<\/p>\n \u201cCBD was really helpful. That\u2019s for sure,\u201d says Bevan. \u201cThe\u00a0Clonidine\u00a0didn\u2019t help as much as it promised. It is a blood\u00a0pressure medication, but I was on it for Tourette\u2019s. After a\u00a0while, my body got used to it, and I needed more and more of it for it to work. As I grew older, I got worse and worse. I felt sluggish, and tired all the time. Now\u00a0I am completely medication free and just on CBD. The CBD helps my anxiety a lot. The day before a big test at school, I will take two drops of CBD, and I\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Benton says that it felt like she had her boy back, \u201cfor the first time in a very long time.\u201d She says he was still \u201cglitching,\u201d but not nearly as drastically.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In a phone interview years later, Bevan has a great sense of humor. He mimics an authentic-sounding Scottish accent, and says he wants to start a band, but his dysgraphia sometimes gets in the way of his guitar playing. He good-naturedly describes the trifecta of experiencing dysgraphia, in tandem with Tourette\u2019s and ADHD, \u201clike a Progressive bundle.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, CBD oil has been helping him manage those symptoms. After seeing him a few times once he began taking CBD oil, Bevan\u2019s therapist noticed that his demeanor had changed. He was paying more attention during his sessions, and he seemed to be more \u201cpresent,\u201d Benton says.<\/p>\n Benton hadn\u2019t mentioned to her son\u2019s therapist that he was taking CBD until the therapist remarked to her that her son was behaving differently.<\/p>\n \u201cI told him about the whole story about my friend, the manufacturer of CBD in Kentucky<\/a> and how we gave it to Bevan. His therapist said to keep it up!\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Benton was so happy with Bevan\u2019s progress \u2014 he is now 15 and a towering 6 feet tall \u2014 that she began to spread the news to her aromatherapy followers.<\/p>\n \u201cI already had a small audience, and they were thirsty for knowledge about how this misunderstood plant, this natural product, could help so many with widely varied issues. So, I did what I do best \u2013 dug into research and started offering it to my customers.\u201d<\/p>\n These days Benton is helping people realize that CBD is neither a snake oil nor a cure-all. \u201cAs I understand it, CBD mainly helps bring our bodies back to homeostasis<\/a>, so our bodies can work more efficiently,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong> do you use CBD oil?<\/p>\n The post Treating ADHD & Tourette\u2019s With CBD Oil<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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