Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
My doctor gave me a list of natural alternatives that you can take to help with anxiety/depression which I thought I'd share with you. (The first 3 you can't take with my medication, so I guess you need to check with your doctor first)
*St Johns Wort - as affective as SSRI's
*S adenosylmethionine (SAMe) - a naturally occurring amino acid 400-600mg
*5-hydroxy tryptophan - the immediate precursor of serotonin
*Phenylalanine - amino acid that elevates mood
*Tyrosine -
*Omega 3 fish oil
*selenium
*Tresos B (vitamin B)
*inositol
*exercise
*valarian - improves insomnia and calms
*Damiana - helps if anti depressants are having an affect on sex
*St Johns Wort - as affective as SSRI's
*S adenosylmethionine (SAMe) - a naturally occurring amino acid 400-600mg
*5-hydroxy tryptophan - the immediate precursor of serotonin
*Phenylalanine - amino acid that elevates mood
*Tyrosine -
*Omega 3 fish oil
*selenium
*Tresos B (vitamin B)
*inositol
*exercise
*valarian - improves insomnia and calms
*Damiana - helps if anti depressants are having an affect on sex
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
*Rhodiola Rosea
to the list.. what an awesome herb... 2007 was the best year of my life because of it.
Are you not taking it anymore?