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Posted 3/24/2016 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
I have only tried out one medication for anxiety. Lexapro. I only took it for a few days but ended up giving up. The side effects were terrible. I felt like a zombie. I had such vivid/gory nightmares that I can still remember them in great detail months later. Severe burning pain in my brain/body.

I am still doing therapy and I think that it is helping.

I seem to go in spurts. I'll do really well for a month and then have a bad week. Monday it reared its ugly head again and has been hanging around since.

DH really wants me to try other medication. I am 150% against that. I don't ever want to feel that way again and I am terrified that a different drug will have similar side effects. I wish I could get him to understand how horrible that experience was for me.

What I am wondering is if any of you have had luck with natural remedies and if so, what?


Or..are there any things you avoid that seem to make your anxiety worse?

Thank you
Posted 3/24/2016 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
Cheri,

Here is a thread from a few days back on this subject.

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=3600652

You can also do a forum search for more info regarding supplements and natural remedies.

Wishing you the best in your search.:)

S.C.
Posted 3/24/2016 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks SC! I didn't even think to look on the search bar.
Posted 3/24/2016 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Cheri- I have resisted medication also. Too afraid to go down the path of trying a bunch and dealing with side effects. I have found taurine, magnesium, vitamin D and ribes nigrum to be helpful. I took ribes for a couple of years and it was really helpful. I still take magnesium, taurine and vitamin D along with a women's multivitamin.

Magnesium has calming properties and there is evidence that many of us are deficient in our diets. Good luck!!
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