Hi and welcome to this site - One more thing I'd like to add to this thread: praise yourself for any tiny bit of progress! For example, when you're able to eat a small amount of food, or when you are...
Hi there Scaredy Cat - Yes, I'm doing well thanks! And I'm glad you were able to give a good approval of L-Theanine on Yaffa's thread here, so that others can consider checking it out. Months ago,...
The Cortisol explanation makes sense. Also, using a mantra. For me, I think I read somewhere that upon waking, your blood sugar is low and that can add to some anxiety. So, on mornings when I feel...
All the above is good stuff! Breathing/CBT/exercise/good books/etc... Sometimes when I can tell I'm at the very start of anxiety taking off - it helps me best to think of 2 little nugget words:...
Everyone has their own "tried & true" supplements/vitamins that have worked for them after trial and error attempts. For me, it's Calcium-Magnesium, Cod Liver Oil (fish oil with Vitamin D), and my...
For what's it's worth, when I took Zoloft, it actually made my anxiety WORSE even after being on it for a whole month (it does list increased anxiety as one of the possible side effects) so I had to...
Hi Mary, all good advice above. I'd like to add something. My mother died from a cancerous brain tumor also, and for the longest time, I too had the worry that I might someday develop one since...
This past summer I was away from home (long story) and had not been taking my regular supplements, one of them being fish oil. Then, when I returned in September, I experienced major anxiety that...
Wolflover - we've ALL been there (& many of us ARE there right now). Please talk to us. it helps. Remember not to think into the future - the future is not a reality; look around yourself, RIGHT NOW,...
Hi Fugs, Yes, I definitely agree about OTHER suppressed emotions eventually affecting our bodies too! RE: green tea, I've read that the amino acid L Theanine actually helps to lessen the tea's...
I recently joined a book study group and we're reading a book on Budhist teachings (great for "be in the present" practice!) and the Budhist teacher who wrote the book talks about how fear/anxiety...
Thanks for the welcome, Scaredy Cat ;)...
what to google: L Theanine Anxiety...
Since I am new on this forum, I'm not sure if this book has been mentioned here or not. Someone recommended this to me a while back and I keep it by my bedside and read/re-read it often. It really...
Hi ELiot88 - others have given you great advice - I will only target your concern on eating. When I was in great anxiety for over a month (a while back) that was my greatest fear - not eating & maybe...
I work in the schools too (an SLP) and when I'm home, to guard against anxiety, I will try to follow a routine (like at a job!) A sort of time schedule for activities: calling...
Yes! I'm having that same trouble! I just joined this site today and I was just now looking around at where I should report this problem, and saw your posting. This is very annoying, because when I'm...
Hi folks - I'm new starting today. Before this year, I've experienced anxiety about 3 times in my life (I'm 56 now). But this year, I've had 3 episodes of it and more closer together. I tried Zoloft,...