CBD oil didn’t work for me the last time I tried it… Sound familiar?

If you are taking CBD oil regularly but you’re not feeling the effects, you may be feeling a bit disappointed that you did all the research, spent the money, and got no results.

But don’t worry.

This article will explain 5 reasons why CBD oil may not work for you.

There’s likely a perfectly reasonable explanation for your problems with CBD. It could be you, or it could be the CBD. Either way, we will go through some common reasons why CBD oil hasn’t met your expectations.

Starting with…

1. Incorrect Dosage

This is a very common reason why CBD may not work for you. The good news though, is that it is easy to overcome.

CBD affects everyone differently, so the dosage will vary. When it comes to CBD, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Factors that attribute to the right dosage include age, height, weight, medical history, and even if you’re male or female.

When first starting out, start with a low, low dose and work your way up. This is because you can develop a tolerance to CBD if you take too much early on, leading you to believe that CBD is not working for you.

On the other hand, you may not be taking enough CBD. If you don’t supply your body with as much CBD as it needs, you won’t feel the effects.

Therefore, keep increasing the dose every few hours until it hits the spot. Then, simply increase it if you don’t feel any effects after the initial dose.

2. Didn’t Give CBD Enough Time To Kick In

This is another common reason why CBD oil may not work for you (check this link for a good summary). Some people expect the results immediately. In most cases, this isn’t going to happen. You need to wait enough time before the CBD acclimates to your system.

If you give up taking CBD oil after just a couple of weeks, it’s unlikely that CBD isn’t working either. Again, you probably haven’t given it enough time. In some people, it can take a long time until it kicks in.

As mentioned, everyone is different, so be patient and give it a few days, or even weeks if necessary, to see if it’s working out for you.

3. Medical Reasons

The third reason why CBD may not be working for you is due to a medical reason that you may or may not know about. There could be something going on in your system that is preventing the CBD from working its magic.

Here’s an example.

Imagine you have epilepsy and you’ve decided to take CBD oil because, after researching, you’ve seen it can reduce the severity and frequency of your seizures. However, after trying it for yourself, there have been no real changes at all. Check this super comprehensive article from Healthcare Weekly Magazine on CBD and epilepsy.

In this case, there is almost certainly something else contributing to the lack of results.

It’s vital that you have all the correct information about your health. Arrange to see your doctor and tell them that you’ve tried CBD, but it hasn’t worked, so you want to check on your wellbeing.

4. Unrealistic Expectations

Setting unrealistic expectations can cause huge disappointments with CBD that it doesn’t become a surprise to see people saying it isn’t working for them.

For example, to those without much knowledge of CBD, they think that because it’s derived from the marijuana plant, it gets you high. However, because they didn’t feel this effect, they presume that it is having the desired effect.

In this case, CBD does not have psychoactive properties, so you do not get high, meaning that any expectations set would fail.

Therefore, it’s not that CBD isn’t working – it’s that you are looking for the wrong effects.

When taking CBD, particularly for the first time, it’s very important to know exactly what it is and what it does. This enables you to set realistic expectations from the product so you can get the most out of it.

5. False Advertising

This is, perhaps, the most important reason why CBD oil may not be working for you of them all. In the CBD industry, purchasing from a knock-off brand promoting their brand and products from false advertising gives everyone, including the good ones, a bad rep.

Some CBD product manufactures may not be setting the same standards compared to others, meaning that the concentration of CBD or quality of the product will vary. For more on where the industry is heading, check out this forecast.

In other words, the product they sell is different from the one they claim to sell.

One of the reasons this happens is because of the lack of regulations. The FDA has not given CBD the green light yet, even though it has been legalized at the federal level in the 2018 Farm Bill.

In turn, since there is no one policing this, companies are not always truthful with their branding and packaging. Therefore, don’t just take them by their word. Look for any evidence that the CBD on sale has proof of contents.

For example, you can avoid this problem by only purchasing your CBD from retailers that conduct third-party testing on their products. This ensures that the seller is held accountable for their products.

Buying CBD oil due to false advertising could be the reason why it may not be working for you. In some cases, it may not contain any CBD at all, so how are you expected to feel its effects?

Therefore, ensure you know who you’re buying from before spending your hard-earned cash on the product.

The Bottom Line

These five reasons explain why CBD oil may not be working for you. Do your research so you know who you’re buying from, how much you should take, and how long to wait until you should be feeling the effects. If you have any doubts about if medical history will have an impact, always seek advice from your doctor before taking CBD.

“Is X the new smoking?” is a question we’ve all heard plenty of times in the last twelve years since the UK smoking ban came into effect. Tabloids and social media users, in particular like to apply it to anything judged to be excessively harmful to our health, which means ‘new smoking’ comparisons can range from being reasonably sensible to downright ludicrous – simply ‘sitting down for long periods’ being one notable example of the latter.

However, driving stands out amongst the reasonably sensible comparisons. Particulate matter and emissions are indeed harmful to our health, and with recent climate opinions changing, increasingly driving is any activity judged to be harmful to the health of those around us, too. So it’s easy to see why, according to research published by ethical car recycling company Scrap Car Network, as many as three in ten Britons are lying about their car driving habits.

Lots of that has been attributed to climate guilt, but like smokers, there are other common stigmas associated with driving, which might lead to the comparison. So what are those stigmas, and is there any truth to them?

Do drivers really hate cyclists?

It can be an easy conclusion to come to if you’ve ever spent any time traveling on two wheels, but it’s not necessarily accurate. Passing too closely, and other common bad driving habits can often be the result of simple misjudgments rather than deliberate carelessness.

In other words, many drivers who cyclists see as aggressive could just as easily be inexperienced, or normally competent drivers experiencing a lapse in judgment. It’s important to note that we’re not defending these aggressive driving behaviors at all – it’s just that the underlying causes aren’t always the same! (There’s even a suitable aphorism for this situation: Hanlon’s razor.)

Plus, it’s worth bearing in mind that lots of drivers are former or even current cyclists. Research says that experienced cyclists make better motorists – so not everyone will have it in for you if you’re on two wheels!

Owning a car makes you more inconsiderate

It’s difficult to not to be irritated by having to skirt round a vehicle parked straight onto the pavement or across two adjacent bays at the supermarket. And once you’re in a car, it’s easy to see how such behavior must become more tempting, especially since cars are more difficult to move (one way or another).

However, there’s no clear research that says simply owning a car makes you more inconsiderate, or encourages such behavior. Mainly, it’s just an outlet for it. In other words, – selfish people tend to be selfish whether they’re driving a car or not.

Besides, lots of people forget that cyclists can indeed park their bikes inconsiderately too, mostly by chaining their bikes to places they’re not supposed to be chained. It’s not as immediately noticeable for most people, but for those affected, it’s just as annoying!

Having a car can make you lazy

We’ll give you this one – when you’ve got your own personal motor, suddenly taking a walk to the shop for a few miles in the rain seems like less of a necessity and more of a perfectly avoidable bit of unpleasantness.

However, plenty of people would really struggle to live without their cars, with those in rural areas being prime examples. For many of them, the school run or the commute would be almost impossible. Not everyone’s cut out for walking a thirty-mile round trip each day (and that’s on the low end of the scale!).

Certain people with disabilities or life-limiting conditions would also struggle to adapt – for many of them, their car represents a form of freedom they might not otherwise have in their lives. This would be the case unless they got proper support coordination to get them the necessary aid to use a vehicle. And finally, of course, not all car owners are taken in by the siren song of that two-minute drive – which leads us onto…

Drivers don’t care about the environment

Actually, lots of drivers do, and increasingly so. It’s a fairly obvious myth when you think about it. After all, since it’s the most common form of personal transport available – and as we’ve just touched upon, for lots of people it might actually be the only one – it’s used by millions of people, and the climate change movement wouldn’t have nearly the global momentum it’s currently enjoying if it didn’t have the support of all those drivers across the world.

In fact, as evidenced by the increasing support for electric vehicles and other initiatives, there’s a growing number of drivers who’d love to become more environmentally friendly. (The question is what they’d be willing or able to sacrifice in order to do so, which is the current sticking point.)

Analysts believe Scrap Car Network’s own research supports this – three in ten of their respondents said that they’d been dishonest about their motoring habits. Of these, 73% of those drivers said that they lied about the number of journeys they made, while 63% didn’t tell the truth about their annual mileage. All of this may indicate the increasing level of guilt that many drivers have about their contribution to climate change.

So, while not all stigmas about drivers are true, it appears social pressure may well end up forcing them to change their ways. The question for climate scientists is: will enough of them change in time?