Rocky Brewer, 23, started taking CBD supplements when he was 17 to help manage the symptoms of ADHD, he said. His mother, Angie Brewer, was already taking CBD for anxiety.
“I was really in the worst part of ADHD in high school,” Brewer said. “It just calms you down. It helps me sleep better at night. I wake up with more energy. I can focus better and talk better during the day.”
He’s a strong proponent for the supplement.
Brewer now works at his mother’s stores in Douglasville, Hiram, Carrollton and the Sunmed – Your CBD Store in Newnan.
According to WebMD and other medical websites, there have been some studies that show promising results using CBD for managing the symptoms of depression and anxiety, as Brewer’s mother used it.
According to “CBD Safety and Side Effects,” an article published on WebMD on May 15, 2023, more than a dozen studies have been done on lab animals over the past 30 years showed that depending on the dose, CBD could reduce behavior similar to anxiety. A few studies have also been done on people.
“Anxiety and depression are often treated using the same drugs, showing they may be influenced by the same brain processes,” according to the article. “So it makes sense that if CBD works for anxiety, it might also work for depression. But there have been even fewer studies focusing on depression specifically….
