Posted by LOOPS on March 25, 2006, at 9:01:10
In reply to Re: Treating anxiety with other alternatives?, posted by Declan on March 21, 2006, at 15:51:11
Hi -
I have big ongoing problems with anxiety too. Right now I find the following most effective:
magnesium (glycinate at night, other form in day)
calcium (from dolomite - needs to balance magnesium - I never go above 1:1 Ca:Mg).I actually find too much magnesium makes me edgy, but once balanced with some calcium it's fine.
Holy Basil - see the other thread on this. I like how it makes me calmer but not sleepy.
At night - very strong valerian root extract, plus several passiflora pills. I take more than the recommended amount to get a stronger effect. I can also take valerian in the day and it doesn't make me sleepy, but seems to help with sleep at night. NOTE - I HAVE had a bad reaction to valerian when I was on st johns wort - it made me more agitated. Also, when I started taking it for sleep recently, it gave me horrid nightmares. This has gone now, and finally I am sleeping without meds.
Ginseng - a good brand balances me overall, a cheap brand either does nothing or makes me edgy.
Taurine - 1g every morning, to offset too much glycine in the magnesium glycinate.
Low-dose multi that has co-enzymes of the B vits, and not in big quantities (I have the same problem with large doses of B vits making my anxiety worse).
You might also want to look into taking fish oil WITH a GLA supplement like evening primrose oil or borage oil etc. I had some really good results with these - these days I just take the fish oil as I started getting side effects from too much GLA (depression, lack of motivation). However I still think it is the ratio that matters.
Loops
poster:LOOPS
thread:622022
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20060313/msgs/624439.html