How to relearn dealing with stress?

Now that my body is in not right, how do I learn to deal with stressfull situations or times in a different way? Every time I get really stress during a day,the next day I wake up horrible,everything hurts, foggy, low stamina. I Try to do my best not to stress when things happen different of what I planned or want, but its difficult because I Have been like this for a long time. I have done meditation and relaxation sometimes and it helps, others not. Some days without other reason other than fast pulse my body is with this nervous feeling and I think that adds up. I do detox,but I need help on how to relearn coping skills? Thanks for any advice

I remember last year when I reacted to everything with nervousness. A door would slam and I would jump, someone would raise their voice and I would jump. It's a wonder I have any skin left. The smallest of things would produce a stress response in my body. I literally would not even turn on the tv sometimes because I did not want to be upset or stressed. I was also getting to the point of not wanting to leave the house. It's like my whole sensory awareness turned on me.

So what did I do? My nutritionist started me on a combo of B vitamins, especially B5. I worked up to 1500 mg of B5. I decreased as time went on. Also magnesium. Often we are low on magnesium and b vitamins. Our bodies heavily depend on magnesium. You can try the Calm brand.

I also tried a meditation class. The meditation class helped a little but I found that those were just not for me.

Acupuncture also helped me. I did that for about 5 months.

Secondly, to all of the above what I found helped me was getting away from toxic people and situations. I had to literally tell people, I'm sorry but I cannot handle much These days. I think firstly we have to support our bodies from a nutritional standpoint. If we don't all of the meditation and everything else is not going to work. Some of these physical stressful responses can also be from a lack of minerals and nutrients.

When I find myself getting a little anxious or stressed, I detox because it's normally related to a herx. Or I watch a favorite show and wait for it to pass. However, thankfully, that has gotten extremely better.

mibella -

Stress is a tough one when your body is messed up. I've posted your same question many times in the past for new ideas.

I used to be able to have a bazillion things going on and was a weekly competitive endurance athlete on top of it.

De-stressing though meditation or just being in nature is helpful, but it doesn't work during immediate stressful situations when you cant meditate, like at work or similar times. As previously;y mentioned Holy Basil is great. I need to find the HB tea though! A Dr recommended the B vitamin Niacin for immediate calmness. The down side is the Niacin that works to calm you has a short 5 min flushed face feeling.

Valerian and Lavender work to, but make me sleepy - cant do that at work. Good before bed though. Work is difficult. So many "real jobs" are stressful with high expectations / or stressful toxic people.

I make a "to do list" so I dont have to remember it- way less mental load. But I had to learn to be "lazy" with some days if I cant do the list, which means other days (with more calm energy) I did more. Letting things pile up is stressful itself, so continuous procrastination should be avoided.

If I feel like eating a lot - I go nuts on salad. I have discovered a huge salad with everything (takes time to make it) and some grilled chicken strips on it is a very satisfying while still a very healthy meal. And I feel great the next day. It my new replacement for Pizza, which is obviously not to good for you.

Thyroid health has a lot to do with stress coping to. Just remember "in range" but on the low side of it will still result in low thyroid symptoms.

Wish acupuncture was not so expensive, I never tried it for anything due to the cost. High expenditures can cause stress to, always hated the big LLMD bill.

Post Edited (astroman) : 7/2/2016 10:37:43 AM (GMT-6)

When I have a very stressful day, I try to sleep. When I wake up, I feel better.