Holy Basil or any other suggestions for anxiety

Yes I’ve used it a lot when I had morning anxiety. My anxiety is more cortisol and stress based, and that’s what this is for. ...that’s where the difference might be among different people using it. It was rather calming without making me tired.

Some people like ashwagonda. Sometimes these can have opposite effects on some people so always try them with the smallest bottle possible.

So if your anxiety is more brain chemical based something like GABA might work better. And there is also small dose 5 mg lithium orotate.

Then there are other natural herbs that are just more or less light sedatives like lavender flower, passionflower ,valerian root extract. Some of these just lower anxiety some will actually make you tired it all depends on the person using it.

Highlands homeopathic remedies also have called calm and restful and nerve tonic.

I’ve used everything here at one point or another mostly during the past a few other ones too that I can’t even remember. Like I said how they work on you you pretty much have to try them.

here is a few suggestions from a thread we started on this some time ago

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Anxiety attack – helpful tips
my partner had raging anxiety attacks - we think from Lyme combined with Bartonella - a few things seemed to help. (i mentioned these in another thread but WBF suggested i start a new thread with them as so many people here suffer with anxiety).

1, L-theanine 200mg 2x a day as a preventative - available as tablets or powder

2, Pasque flower tincture - 10 drops per hour during episodes ( as per Buhner) - seemed to help take the edge off

3, lastly - an odd one - during an attack - lying on back on the floor with knees up and legs on bed and arms out to the sides calmed the attacks rapidly 8 out of 10 times - we were told to try this by a neurologist - something to do with autonomic dysfunction / low blood supply to the brain causing a fight or flight type reaction. we were both surprised when it worked!

(getting someone who is in the middle of a blinding rage - or utter panic - to do this is, of course, a challenge - i will let you imagine the stream of expletive the suggestion would often provoke - but i have to say that when we did it - it worked every single time)

feel free to add your own treatments or experiences below as this may become a larger list people can find via the search

the thread is here https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4244489

Post Edited (Garzie) : 1/15/2023 4:59:19 AM (GMT-8)

I have had terrible anxiety and in the past with panic attacks that left my central nervous system so revved up I would be up for 48+ hours without sleep and had spikes in my heart rate as high as 200 bpm. The bad panic attacks are now gone, I still get a kick up of anxiety when I hit the Bart and Babesia hard with natural herbs. Treating Babesia and Bart over time eliminated the panic attacks and lessed greatly my anxiety along with doing the following to activate the vagus nerve to do it's job and calm down the nervious system (all of these will considerably lessen your anxiety):

1) gargle water for 15 seconds repeatly (swallow the water after gargling) it activates the vagus nerve you'll know you will soon get noticeable relieve when you start belching.

2) 4-7-8 breathing, it helps to activate the vagus nerve (have to do it everyday to notice an effect over time):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fjYPC-k2k

3) EFT Tapping method, very good at activating the vagus nerve (the more you do this technique the more effective it gets, I could prevent a panic attack by tapping for 15 minutes straight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS5szJZ5AyM

I tried every supplement under the sun to lessen my anxiety during a panic attack or when my anxiety got bad, here are the supplements that really worked.

1) Take Calm Magnesium twice a day as directed after a few days you will notice a big difference:

https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Vitality-Calm-Drink-Supplement/dp/B000WVYB8Y/

2) Try Down-N-Out, it is my goto natural supplement when I feel the anxiety really substantially kick-up and I need relief quickly in order to function I just use 2-4 drops under the tongue (no more than a few drops is needed since it will make you go to sleep if you take more), and within 15 minutes I feel very calm. I must have tried 25+ supplements over the last 5 years before I found Down-N-Out which works better than any other supplement, it has the synergy of natural calming ingredients that calms the nervous system down quickly:

https://www.infowarsstore.com/down-n-out

3) Also I have come to discover that personally my anxiety is worse when I have a buildup of ammonia in my head due to herxing/die-off from Lyme, Bart, Babesia, etc. I found a tip-off of this is severe brain fog and having a difficult time concentrating. This supplement gets rid of the ammonia in the head fast:

https://www.amazon.com/Allergy-Research-Group-L-Ornithine-L-Aspartate-Powder/dp/B003FGROSW/

4) Also Burber/Pinella helps to get the toxins out of the brain which can lead to anxiety, so I take it everyday:

https://www.amazon.com/NutraMedix-Burbur-Pinella-Detox-Cleansing-Milliliters/dp/B01B65QJ9S/

5) This simple and easy to say prayer has also been helpful for me when I am out somewhere and anxiety kicks in, I always find relief:

"O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!"

I have had so many bad symptoms due to Lyme and the co-infections but the worst by far is anxiety it made me a virtual recluse for years very rarely leaving the house. But I am now the best I have been in a decade and I feel like I have my life back, Thanks be to God!

Good luck and don't give up you'll get back to good health, each day of suffering through this healing process is one step closer to being 100% healed.

Post Edited (battler) : 1/15/2023 11:55:13 AM (GMT-8)