Hi there I havent found anything natural that helps my anxiety and unfortunately dont know what 5-HTP is...But I can tell you I was so anxious but didnt want anything to strong so dr gave me KLONOPIN...Only 1mg and just take one a day...Really helped for a long time and really no bad side affects or so I thought...Now they dont work for me much at all and have to wean off carefully and feel weird and stuff...tried just stopping them and had seizures...had to go back on..So if you do find a natural anxiety med please let me know...I would love to try it...Good luck...Maybe someone else here can help us with ideas?? take care Hope you find for your trip!!

Hi Carly ,

Having been in a similar situation from time to time I was given something not natural but a fairly safe medication taken as dispensed and it was Valium or Zanax .

The only natural anti anxiety med I know of Jackie is exercise when I can and being outside in the fresh air and sunshine getting my vitamin D.

Good luck , make the trip :)

Cj

Anxiety comes with the MG package, unfortunately. Aside from exercise which keeps the "feel good" endorphins pumping, the only thing I know of is meditation. It's calming and gives you quiet time which we can all use from time to time.

I use Xanax, ONLY as needed with meditation and it is pretty good most of the time. Personally, I would never take anxiety medication on a daily basis because they are controlled substances AND highly addictive. Your body becomes quickly dependent on these types of medications, hence the seizure activity. So perhaps you can look into a book on meditation to help you handle the stress and anxiety and wean off of the medication gradually while doing so.

Sorry that I can't be of more help. I hope it (or something else) works for you. HUGS!
Angie

Hi Carly,
Good question. After having a tough last few weeks, I was also wondering if there was anything natural to help. I've heard that 5-HTP can help with relaxing and some people will take it before bed too, to help with rest. Think the problem is we don't want to feel less weak, just less anxiety. I was planning to talk to neuro at next appt but figure only suggestion will be another Rx.....no thank you.

Good luck,
Elle

htp 5 worked for my mg, also kava kava and happy campers and other anxiety herbs

I’ve used ASMR very successfully. It’s those utube videos that whisper. They have them specifically for anxiety and I found they worked well. I like the ones from someone called the water whispers.