Imagine, both your legs are tied with a hundred pounds dumbbells, attached to you in every single moment throughout your day, from dusk til dawn, you're forced to pull, drag, function, and even sleep in the same bed with that extra feeling of weight and burden, 200 pounds of pain, sorrow, anxiety – and depression. Because depression is not a singular moment in its core, it is not feeling a bit beaten down for an hour during the day, some days are easier, yes, others, a living nightmare, some mornings, you'd find your eyes pitch black, since you did not bother removing last night's mascara, you just didn't have the power and energy. They're a a power couple, depression and anxiety, non-identical twins, eternally connected, that depend on each other for survival, together they prosper on the energy and soul of their host, you. Friends and family can help alleviate those feelings and reduce them, but when these sentiments arrive during work hours, or at 5 AM in the morning, it is only you against these two, and they out match and outnumber you, two to one. The two are considered the epidemic of the 21th century, especially in the western world, and can even cause disability, the problem is not only these two conditions,

conventional medications can cause many side effects such as

• Decreased libido in men and women
• Dizziness, dry mouth, palpitations
• Headaches
• Tolerance and even addiction
• Stomach pain, digestive issues and diarrhea

It is no mere coincidence that millions of people consume cannabis to deal with anxiety, stress and traumatic experience throughout the world, CBD's effects are a contributing factor.

What evidence exists of CBD's potential in anxiety symptoms?

In rodents, a 2012 study in the University of Aberdeen, CBD delayed OCD patterns, other studies regarding depression, in both 2010 and 2016, support CBD's anti depression qualities, supporting the speculation that CBD. In humans, different doses of CBD in 2017 in Brazil, were found to aid at least 60 people with social anxiety, to overcome the fear of speaking in public in doses of 300 and 600 respectively, compared of placebo. Another study in the University of Southern Santa Katarina, was found that CBD aided the symptoms of PTSD.

This article summarizes 49 different articles regarding the effect CBD has on depression and anxiety. In conclusion, current research on rodents and humans alike showed CBD's qualities