Can CBD Oil Cause Headaches or Migraines?
Are you having headaches after taking CBD oil? Or worried how the CBD oil will affect your migraines and headaches? Everything you need to know about CBD oil and your headaches can be found here!
Here’s the summary: if CBD was likely to cause a headache, there would be more individual reports on the matter. While the hemp industry makes it difficult to determine the legality and safety of CBD products, it’s harder still to be able to assess individual reports back of the lack of reliability in products across the country.
Since it’s so hard to find individual reports, even though we believe there should be more than we’ve seen, we fall back on clinical trials and other points of evidence.
A comprehensive report published in 2017 on the safety and effects of cannabidiol touched on it causing appetite changes, weight gain, drowsiness, diarrhea, dry mouth, hypertension, lightheaded-ness, and the vascular relaxant properties we mentioned above. Nowhere in this well-compiled report does it mention headaches, though lightheaded-ness could be a symptom that leads some users to a headache.
So What Causes Headaches & Migraines?
CBD doesn’t appear to be the cause of headaches. Some people still seem to report that they developed the head pain specifically from CBD oil, so let’s look at the potential reasons for what may actually be causing the headache.
If Not CBD Oil, Then What Can Cause Headaches?
A headache is a vague word for a wide range of intensities and types of pains that could be going on in your old noggin. There are mildly aching headaches, tension or stress headaches, chronic migraines, and many other headaches in between. These could be the result from too much light exposure, not enough food or a bad diet, or even something more serious like a brain tumor.
We have no way of knowing for certain, but what if even a portion of the people that report headaches from using CBD oil were just about to get a headache anyway? Likewise, if you used CBD oil to feel relief from a certain discomfort, the headache may simply still be there even though CBD helped with the rest.
Any type of erroneous association could be the reason people are stating CBD oil gives them headaches even when there are no known reports, studies, or trials to confirm it.
The Most Common Cause Headaches: Cheap CBD Oil
The second reason your CBD oil may cause you headaches even when these products, in general, aren’t supposed to could just be that you have low-quality CBD oil. Every CBD rband is different, and more than you’d expect, like to cut corners and skimp on quality to make their products more cost-effective.
Since the CBD industry remains heavily unregulated, CBD oil can be found in a vast range of different qualities.
Easy ways to avoid brands that don’t focus on the quality of their products is to first look at the ingredients list for the product in-question. It should contain a minimal number of ingredients; the more there are in each product, the more likely they use bulking ingredients to make their products stretch.
Beware of cheap ingredients such as solvents as well, indicating a clear red flag that was most likely made during the extraction process.
You should also look at the lab results of a brand before you purchase their CBD.
A trustworthy CBD company, such as Envy CBD, will provide detailed Certificate of Analysis (COA) reports that indicate a comprehensive list of what exactly is contained in each product and what is not contained in it.
A product needs to not only verify that it is THC-free, but must also be free of pesticides, heavy metals, microbial contamination and any other contaminants that might otherwise prove a health risk upon consumption.
CBD products that are not tested consistently or that contain filler ingredients are often one of the root causes for giving people a headache. It’s not the CBD that is hurting you at this point, but rather, the other ingredients used to dilute the oil and make it less effective overall.
Stick with a brand that remains transparent with their process and their ingredients so you can stay confident that you’re consuming a high-quality hemp extract
This article was researched using these and other references:
- Cannabis Oil & Migraines or Headaches - Headache Journal
- Cannabis For Migraine Treatment - Science Direct
- The Short & Long Term Effects of Cannabis on Migraines & Headaches
James King
James is an experienced writer and legal cannabis advocate in Australia. He answers all the questions about business, legalisation and medicinal cannabis.
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