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i suffer from panic disorder & was placed on lorazepam for the anxiety & panic attacks, but its not helping at all. I am not depressed, so the psychiatrist decided not to put me on any antidepressant. i have a very weak systems against drugs & cant handle them well, and this drug is absolutely draining me. My anxiety causes me be lightheaded/drowsy & even with this drug i am actually more nervous & dizzy. Does anyone know good alternatives, I AM DESPERATE PLEASE….
Natural treatment for anxiety:
Calcium 2000 mg daily – a natural tranquilizer
Magnesium 600 mg daily – relieves tension, spasms, tics
B-1 50mg 3 times daily – has a calming effect on the nerves.
B-6 50mg 3 times daily – important in the production of certain brain chemicals.
Zinc- 50 mg daily – can have a calming effect
Chromium Picolinate – 200 mcg. daily – Chromium deficiency can produce symptoms of anxiety.
And Bach’s Rescue Remedy is always good to have on hand for attacks.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 2:59 am
you can try drinking infusion of Anise or Tilia or chamomile or peppermint but anise is the strongest if u make a concentrated infusion of it it will work also there is the pills of ginseng which will calm u while nervous it really works
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March 2nd, 2010 at 3:21 am
I have been told to try Bachs Rescue Remedy, I have been told it comes in various forms but one is a spray that you put on your tongue and it calms you down very quickly. Can be used on adults, children and animals! Totally safe.
I am going to give it a go – think you should too! Hope this helps x
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March 2nd, 2010 at 4:05 am
I read somewhere that lavender oil is supposed to be good for calming maybe you could try this? I bought some from Boots to try on my son and it seems to calm him down.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 4:47 am
Dear plum: Please hang in there i think i can help you. I take an herbal anxiety treatment called Panicyl that works very well. I have both anxity and depression too and, like you, cannot take the drugs since they make me too sick.
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personal experience
http://www.panicyl.com
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:24 am
ST Johns wart? Have you had yourself checked for diabetes?
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March 2nd, 2010 at 5:45 am
Natural treatment for anxiety:
Calcium 2000 mg daily – a natural tranquilizer
Magnesium 600 mg daily – relieves tension, spasms, tics
B-1 50mg 3 times daily – has a calming effect on the nerves.
B-6 50mg 3 times daily – important in the production of certain brain chemicals.
Zinc- 50 mg daily – can have a calming effect
Chromium Picolinate – 200 mcg. daily – Chromium deficiency can produce symptoms of anxiety.
And Bach’s Rescue Remedy is always good to have on hand for attacks.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 6:02 am
A beta blocker would help you – ask your doctor for some propranolol.
Passiflora helps with anxiety.
Valerian is good
A combined magnesium/calcium supplement.
Vitamin B complex
Cut out ALL caffeine – even in tea – this helped me a lot
Please ask your doctor for the propranolol though – it’s an excellent drug and isn’t addictive.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 6:21 am
There are absolutely NO herbs that will successfully treat this problem. You apparently are on too low a dose of the medication, or have not taken it properly, or have not taken it long enough for it to really begin to help.
It’s strange that you attribute light-headedness and drowsiness to anxiety – those are not symptoms of anxiety. I would strongly urge you to return to the prescribing physician for a re-evaluation. There well may be something else going on here. Good luck.
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Forty-five years of professional clinical practice
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:37 am
NIACINAMIDE!!!!!!
I was prescribed XANAX, but I didn’t want to get hooked. This stuff is a MIRACLE. It’s also really cheap. No side effects at all. It helped me so much. I needed 2 a day. 3 on stressful days. It works for daily anxiety. Rescue remedy is ok. Not that special. Made me sleepy…i think it was the brandy it’s kept in. Valerian can help some during an attack, but it will make you a bit sleepy. The Niacinamide is the best thing you can naturally do. Puritan’s Pride has good prices on it. 5htp for the depression.
Also, don’t let your blood sugar drop a lot. I’d get attacks if I wouldn’t eat as low blood sugar triggers adrenaline.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 7:24 am
Try Bach rescue remedy
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March 2nd, 2010 at 8:14 am
I tried st.johns wort it performed miracles in 10 days.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 8:46 am
There are no vouchsafed (FDA approved) herbal remedies for treating anxiety. Kava is touted as the main one, but it is liver toxic. Pub Med sources for this are listed below.
You may try a lower dose of the lorazapam. The the more unpleasant side effects may be because of the particular antidepressant. Some, like Effexor, can cause jitteriness at first. Other drugs that act on norepinephrine receptors will do this, too. You may need to just try a different anti-depressant, or just stick to the lorazapam. It is normal to feel weak and kind of out of it when taking a benzodiazapene (lorazapam/ativan, clonazapam/klonopin, diazapam/valium, et al). It may also just take time to get a kind of tolerance for the drug.
Remember that herbs are drugs, but their active ingredients are untested in any real clinical fashion (most of the time; there are some exceptions like kava and st. john’s wort) for saftey or efficacy but also you don’t know how much of a dose of the active drug you are getting. It’s all chemicals anyway, and the ones that have a physiological effect are called drugs.
So do talk with your psychiatrist and let him or her know what is going on. Please do not take Kava because it is potentially harmful and its effects are so mild they are barely noticeable (from my own personal experience with anxiety and panic, I tried kava… it sucked and now I find out later it might’ve damaged my liver! How rude!).
Best wishes to you. I have to deal with anxiety and panic as well. Xanax works fairly well for me when things get too rough. I’m considering adjusting my dose of Celexa to see if that helps reduce the panic and anxiety attacks (w/ dr’s approval, of course).
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19192130?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18930106?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18322868?ordinalpos=6&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18055189?ordinalpos=10&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
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