Posted by BetweenDreams81 on March 22, 2011, at 13:44:21
In reply to Re: Gotta love swings...new herbals/supps..., posted by morgan miller on March 22, 2011, at 11:26:29
Hey Morgan,
Haven't tried holy basil yet, but it is in formulation of the Himalaya StressCare. There were a lot of good things said about it. I'm so on the fence about the stimulation vs. calming...I kinda need both, cause I do get a case of the blahs very very easily...though, I'm guessing most of that has to do with lack of a good sleep schedule...which right now, is almost impossible with the way I work. But, I have pretty distinct distraction factors (off charts ADD) so thought a stimulant might not be a bad thing...especially if I can safely up the effectiveness of lithium by augmenting it with lithium orotate. But do you think that is kind of playing with fire? I do at the same time need the calmingaspect of "something" cause the alprazolam is not holding as well as it was. i went from 0.25 mg to 0.5 mg...and I will admit since being on lithium, if I take the lithium and 0.5 mg alprazolam in the AM I am pretty good for a while, but the last few days have had much less effect and had to take a second dose. I do not want to keep upping the xanax, and I'll talk about it thoroughly with my pdoc once I get home in 3-4 weeks...but til then?!?...I need something that will hold it.
I do have to look for formulations without St. Johns Wort cause apparently it reduces serum levels of the benzos by half. I'll check out the New Chapter multi...that sounds interesting. B6 in the past has been a good one for me in high doses (ie: 600+ mg of the regular vit/day) and was curious to see if the P5P was any different, but I can get it 100 mg formula.
The therapy sessions sound like a good idea, but I am only here for another 10 days or so, and then I travel for another 10 days before I get home again, so...yes, closer to being able to get talk therapy...which is definitely an issue (you've nailed it on the head).
BTW...babblemail me (I tried babble mailing you and it didn't work). I'm going to be in DC area for a few days very soon. If you want to try the MagnaWave therapy, let me know.
Thanks for your response ;o)
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