Any advice for super high anxiety and some depression?

You may have too much cortisol. In that case look up ashwaganda I have heard its an herb that balances your cortisol etc . Have you been checked for mold exposure ? There is a urine test your doc can order as well as the salivary cortisol.

Balanced my cortisol, sex hormones, and thyroid. Got off all the antidepressants but Wellbutrin, and am treating Lyme with abx. I take vitamin D3 5000 mg. 2000 mg daily of fish oil (started at 3000). I take GABA 3-4 x a day (a supp called StressArrest), and magnesium at night.

The lingering depression has been helped a lot by L-Tyrosine. I realized when I switched from a thyroid supplement that had Tyrosine, I got depressed. When I added it back, it cleared up. So we added Vital Nutrients’ “B Vitamins + Tyrosine” and it’s been good for me.

I’ve also kept my “food and mood” diary and found what foods trigger my anxiety and mood swings. Eating peanuts daily (like PB with my Mepron) actually makes me depressed! As soon as I stop the peanuts, the sun shines again. It’s crazy.

For the Babesia flare ups when I’m in utter panic, my doc prescribed Xanax but I haven’t take it yet. Pharmaceuticals have been so bad to me, I cant bring myself to do them again.

I HAVE taken hydroxyzine (Atarax) which is like benedryl with panic meds. It helps but makes me lightheaded and foggy in the morning so I don’t like to take it unless it’s an emergency.

FWIW, I put some lavender oil on a tissue and put it on my pillow or hold it while I fall asleep. Don’t know if it helps, but it doesn’t hurt.

astroman said...

Girlie said...

eldonkey said...
Thanks for the replies. Don’t think I’m abnormal or cortisola, would that have shown up on a regular blood test? Lithium orotate, where does one get this and holy basil? Been to the ER a coupe of times and I believe they tested my thyroid and it seemed normal. Also what does face flushing niacin mean? I have the liquid form been swishing in my mouth and swallowing a little a 3 times a day.

Cortisol would not show up on a regular blood test...it would have to be ordered.

For total cortisol I did the 24 hour urine collection...and mine was high.

I repeated it a few months later and it was in range.

To know how your cortisol levels are throughout the day, you should do the 4 pt saliva test.
It will measure your cortisol levels at 4 different times of the day (via spit) and then you can see if you're in range.

ZRT Labs does it.

You can purchase Holy Basil online - some health food stores will have it, too. It's a supplement, not a pharmaceutical.
I think you should be able to purchase lithium orotate online as well.

Frank ,
you asked about where to get the cortisol test. Girlie described it. Goggle ZRT labs, its direct or though a LLMD. Its the best basic one for the money, $150, others cost even more. Direct - they send your the kit with four or more test tubes that you spit into every 6 hours or so, then you send it back following their shipping directions and packaging.

Note : Ashwagonda can sometimes agitate some people (rev up or insomnia). Holy basil never does, might even make you a little sleepy, not much though. You might need to try both. Both are less than $15 each.

All good advice. I made a mistake this week I think. I popped a xanax once on Sunday night and once last night.. It calmed me down quite a bit and made me feel normal. Call it impulsivity or pressure from my pharamacist heavy family, but I tried lexapro last night. It was prescribed by a non LLMD a while back but I never started it, until last night. I woke up at 6 am for work and was completely jacked up and alert. So much so that I had an abnormally fast heart beat episode for about 30 seconds while I was in the shower. This is the symptom that triggered the brain fog and my "not feeling normal" since September. I don't know what this means, but I don't plan on trying that again. I am sorry, I should have tried some of the holy basil or other things first. I will wait a few days for this to clear out of my system before trying something new. Any thoughts on what the anti depressants do to folks with these bugs that are battling depression? Is this heart thing an odd occurrence?

L-theanine is good for anxiety and magnesium is as well. There is a product called natural calm that has magnesium citrate in it and you just mix it in your water and drink it. You just want to make sure you take it away from your abx.

I also take a lot of epsom salt baths and take activated charcoal at night before bed sometimes to help with detox. I just ordered some modified citrus pectin as I had an HLA gene test done and I apparently have the gene that makes it difficult for me to detox lyme and mold bacteria.