Posted by bleauberry on September 17, 2011, at 18:12:40
In reply to Zoloft for Anxiety and Dysthymia - Side effect?, posted by displaced9 on September 17, 2011, at 9:01:17
It's hard to tell where that uneasy feeling is coming from but my guess it is something to do with the meds....too high of a dose at this time, not on it long enough because sometimes it takes a few months to get fully adjusted, something unexplainably weird about the combination of meds in your biochemistry, or just as simple as the meds not being right for you. Any of those.
Since you try supportive supplements, my favorites in situations like yours include Lemon Balm, Passion Flower, Valerian, and Skullcap. Each one on its own is fairly calming and grounding but they work best when any 2 or 3 are combined. For me I usually try new herbs one a time first to get to know them and then it is easier to choose which ones to combine. I find Lemon Balm the most calming without sedation, and Skullcap the most calming with sedation. The other two are good complimentary additions to make the others work better in synergy in my own personal experience with them.
Funny you mentioned L-theanine because I took that once when I was having some anxiety from lexapro and the stuff gave me my first ever full blown panic attack. Had to take a zyprexa to knock it down or else a high dose of xanax. So I don't touch Le-theanine or green tea. Gaba I found somewhat calming, short term, but the only way I could get effect from it was to absorb it under my tongue. Ashwaganda really needs a long trial, several months, to see what it can do. It's a good plant but like most needs a good amount of time to do its thing. It's not really a calming or anti anxiety herb, but rather one that modulates the adrenal/cortical/adrenaline circuits over time. I found it made me mildly stimulated but calmed to the point of sluggishness and tiredness all at the same time, weird. It was a good sexual stimulant already kicking in after a few days.
Dosing with herbs is tricky because any of them could work great or not at all depending on the dose.
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