Posted by sregan on September 15, 2006, at 15:41:19
In reply to Any kind of herbal thing like xanax?, posted by woolav on August 28, 2006, at 14:00:38
I tried at one time to come up with a supplement version of Xanax. The closest for me (everyone is a little different) is Theanine. A good 100mg shot and it brings me down a degree. For all the supplements I've tried it has the most sudden and noticable effect.
Theoretically anything that might increase GABA should help...like taking GABA, putting aside the argument of it crossing the blood-brain barrier, or L-Glutamine (a precursor of GABA). Valerian, like theanine, is described as a GABA agonist.
I take Klonopin before bed and I get more bang for the buck if I take GABA and/or L-Glutimate with it especially GABA. I had hoped I could lower my Klonopin (similar to Xanax) dosage by using GABA. Hasn't been the case but I haven't tried that hard.
Shawn
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