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Re: Supplements for Anxiety, Brain Function

Posted by bleauberry on February 7, 2012, at 17:05:51

In reply to Supplements for Anxiety, Brain Function, posted by papillon2 on January 31, 2012, at 23:19:14

Those are good supplements you are taking, but very low doses. For example in cases of anxiety, the niacin should be niacinamide....not nitotinamide and not niacin. It is specific for GABA receptors and anxiety, but the dose is much much higher regardless of which version of niacin you take. Folic acid at 300....recent medical studies are using doses in the 2000 to 5000 range. Yeah, you heard me right. I take 800 every time I eat. If you have ever had a blood test to see if you are deficient in vitamin D, and you were, 1000 per day is not going to help much. Ten times that much will.

Ok, on to supplements for anxiety:

Lemon Balm
Skullcap
Passionflower
Valerian Root
GABA
Glycine
Rhodiola Rosea

Considering your meds, I would favor rhodiola because it is specific for both depression and anxiety and blends well with most meds for most people.

The herbs above are usually combined, 2 or 3 at a time, after singular trials to see how each feels on its own. The synergistic action of multiple plants works much better than just one. GABA and glycine happen to go well with magnesium and you already have that on board.

> Hi guys,
>
> My psychiatrist refuses to prescribe anything other than anti-psychotics for anxiety so I am looking into the supplement route. If there is something that will also help with my brain that would be brilliant as my thinking skills and memory are shot by depression.
>
> I already do therapy/CBT/DBT but this is a constant unnerving feeling that is really uncomfortable and distressing. I'm crawling out of my skin. I can't THINK my way out of it, just try to freaking put up with it without doing anything stupid and I'm sick of it. </rant>
>
> Any suggestions? It's important that whatever I take does not mess with the following meds:
> - Nortriptyline 100mg
> - Lamictal 200mg
> - Yaz (Drospirenone/Ethinyl Estradiol)
> - Aspirin 100mg
>
> I currently take the following supplements:
> - Vitamin B Complex (B1 50mg, B2 30mg, Nicotinamide 100mg, B5 45.8mg, B6 50mg, B12 50µg, Biotin 50µg, Choline bitartrate 50mg, Inositol 50mg, Folic acid 300µg)
> - Fish Oil capsules, combined daily intake of EPA 703.4mg and DHA 496.6mg
> - Vitamin D 1000IU
> - Calcium 600mg (also containing Cholecalciferol 10mcg (400IU Vit D3), Magnesium 50mg, Zinc 7.5mg, Copper 1mg, Manganese 1.8mg)
>
> Thank you for reading.
> Papillon


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