Anxiety medical cannabis treatment
At some point in their life, everyone will encounter feelings of anxiety, but for some this affects them on a daily basis. Those with anxiety disorders feel uneasy, worried, stressed or fearful to the point that it often impacts on their life, work, and relationships. There are a number of conventional treatments used to treat anxiety in the UK, but recently increasing numbers are turning to cannabis-based anxiety treatments.
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People in the UK have an anxiety disorder, and 18% of workers experience anxiety at work
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Of those registered by the UK’s largest observational medical cannabis study were treating anxiety in 2021.
58%
Reduction in anxiety and stress following cannabis use reported by medical cannabis patients in an online survey.
4 weeks
After 4 weeks, significant improvements in anxiety were reported in an open-label, phase 2 clinical trial using CBD.
Symptoms
Constantly feeling ‘on edge’
Difficulty concentrating
Dizziness
Fast or irregular heartbeat
Feeling sick
Irritability
Restlessness
Shortness of breath
Tiredness
Trembling
If you are suffering from any of these symptoms. Please speak with your GP to find out more.
Treatment options:
For people with anxiety, talking therapies like CBT, and lifestyle adaptations such as regularly exercising and cutting out caffeine, can be useful in helping you to learn how to cope with anxiety triggers, or reduce the chances of their onset. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) may also be prescribed.
Benzodiazepines
Duloxetine
Escitalopram
Paroxetine
Pregabalin
Sertraline
Venlafaxine
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A word from our specialist
"A significant proportion of adults struggle with anxiety disorders - generalised anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, OCD and Post traumatic stress disorder. Medication based treatments are not always effective and can cause significant side effects of their own. Talking treatments are not always readily available and don’t suit everyone. Medical cannabis is showing remarkable effectiveness in treating the symptoms of anxiety – sometimes helping people to relax and feel some relief from their symptoms for the first time in years!"
Dr. Vijay Delaffon
Psychiatry
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Can medical cannabis be used to treat anxiety?
In the UK, the two most common conditions treated with medical cannabis, or cannabis-based medicines, are pain and anxiety. For those with anxiety, medical cannabis treatments can be therapeutic or beneficial because of their effect on stress and anxiety responses.
Cannabis contains different chemical classes, some of which are cannabinoids like THC and CBD. Cannabinoids can interact with the brain’s serotonin production, which is responsible for balancing and stabilising mood, and have been shown to alter anxiety responses in a dose-dependent manner.
While it's generally well accepted that CBD has stress relieving, and mood-uplifting properties, THC has shown to improve anxiety at certain doses, while exacerbating it at high concentrations, which is why it is important cannabis treatments are monitored by healthcare professionals.
In the UK, GMC registered specialist doctors like those that work for Releaf can prescribe medical cannabis in a guided manner, tailoring the treatment to suit the individual - so each patient receives the most beneficial and effective care.