I don't recall having any dreams since the dating-Richard-Madden one Sunday night, but it's entirely possible that after that one my subconscious said "my work here is done; see you after I get back from vacation."

Good job disarming Nicole Kidman. She's pretty fierce. Also she survived Tom Cruise, so we know she has those mad skills.

She was back to red hair, too. And not entirely sane, obvs. But yeah, that was one thing I focused on in all the flowered pjs and gun play, was the one little slice of white cheese (cheddar? Swiss? Mozzie? Emmenthaler?) on the white plate.

My brain was obviously testing: how long can you hold out without food. Who's going to try for the cheese first. Who's willing to share it? Why is she leaving cheese at all, since she's obviously planning for both of you to starve?

I was glad to wake up, it was getting bizzare.

How are our SoCal-istas today? Is everyone okay?

I went and got some cbd oil for both me and the dogs. The lady in the store assured me it would not show up on drug tests and told me it might take a week to notice any difference.

Anyone have anecdotal experience to share?

I've been taking CBD oil for my knees. It's made a significant difference in pain levels. However, when I over did it and tried upping the CBD dose to compensate, my anxiety levels went up. So it's something I need to be careful with.

msbelle, it helps with my anxiety, although not quite as well as Ativan does. But it does have a noticeable calming effect. I take gel capsules, not oil or a tincture.

I've started using Lord Jones CBD cream when my back gets sore, and I'm amazed at how well it works to get rid of the pain. Tim uses it for arthritis pain in his elbow, and he says it dials his pain WAY down.

I take CBD gummies; for me, it's had a huge effect on pain/inflammation and a noticeable effect on anxiety -- not enough to keep me from flipping out in my head altogether if there's something specific I'm fixating on, but enough to chill out a lot of the free-floating stuff-buzzing-around-that-I-can't-even-place-what-I'm-being-anxious-about-now thoughts. Anecdotal, but certainly worth a try. I read something the other day (and can't find it now) reporting on a study that indicated that lowish doses are good for anxiety but raising the dose beyond a certain point made it worse, which matches what Calli experience -- so start with a little and play with your dose from there.

Utah "approved" medicinal marijuana and they're leisurely discussing how things will be available. CBD is supposed to be available, but I'm worried if there's casual observation of those locations like there sometimes is at the state liquor stores. The Mormon Church really detests allowing liquor and "drugs" to be available without strict control.

CBD isn't supposed to be available in Ohio except at medical marijuana dispensaries (and there are just a handful of those), but I've heard that there are some stores selling it anyway. But it is legal to sell in Kentucky, and I can drive to Kentucky in like ten minutes, so I've been thinking about trying it.