Why I started using CBD - My Story

I have never been a person to suffer from stress or anxiety. I have never been a laid back or relaxed person but I have never suffered with stress or anxiety. I have always had trouble sleeping though, but I got used to it. I used to take 3 paracetamols if I couldn't sleep which would send me right off!!

Just before the 2nd UK lockdown, start of November 2020, I was in the gym having one of my final workouts for a month and my partner came up to me with some bad news. His job was being made redundant and he has to interview for a more senior position in the company. If he didn't get it, he was jobless. Add this on top of the fact I am a self employed PT with barely 1/4 of my usual income for almost a year and it suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks.

I didn't feel like crying. I didn't feel like shouting. I just felt a sense of doom and nervousness like I have never felt before. Like an out-of-control feeling like my life was spiralling out of control in a downwards motion.

I posted a video of that final gym session on Instagram that evening and wrote a caption underneath about how I was feeling. I received a message from one of my connections asking if I had ever tried CBD, as that can help with feelings of anxiety. I replied no, I haven't and she sent me a link to amazon to some cheap CBD oil that she uses. I ordered it immediately and it arrived the next day.

The dosing instructions were to take one capsule in the morning and one in the evening before bed. The first few days I took 2 a day but found myself feeling quite nauseous in the morning. I reduced it to one capsule.

Over the next 2 weeks myself and my partner found the benefits of this addition to our diet incredible. We were sleeping deeply and I wasn't feeling half as stressed or anxious.

After finishing the first package I took a few days 'break' to see how I felt without taking them and sure enough the levels of stress and anxiety increased again. So I ordered another pack and the rest is history!!

Anyways that is enough for this part of the story - suffice to say that although those CBD capsules were a great starting point, I had no idea that there were far purer sources available and that I should really be checking for certain things before taking the product (batch number, manufacturing date, levels of THC and CBD etc.) Now I know which is why I ONLY use and recommend to my clients the Zilis Pure Spectrum CBD Oil - which you can order at ww.zilis.com/vanessaphoenix.

Watch out for more blogs on the science and research behind this company and their products. I will be sharing a lot more over the next few weeks!!