Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 843857

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valerian

Posted by manic666 on August 3, 2008, at 4:23:55

manic here , you no im comeing of cymbalta, well the only help i have is with herb supplements,because of the atian addiction, well ihave tried a few, taurine made me sweat like a buffalo on heat,magnesium dont no does that take a while.niacin no go.valerian stinks but ok how many can i take in 24 hours i will take as many as i can to help the withdrawl.i read somwhere a lady tried to overdose on 9000 mg woke up in hospital next day got up an went home, im not saying im looking to take that just the maximum safe dose.thanks guys.ps i wonder what she thought when she woke in hospital had breakfast an went home. give me some help hear guys manic666

 

Re: valerian » manic666

Posted by bleauberry on August 3, 2008, at 19:50:17

In reply to valerian, posted by manic666 on August 3, 2008, at 4:23:55

The best way to use the calming herbs is in combination. These are synergistic with each other...Valerian, Passionflower, Skullcap. I've tried them all when I needed them for the same purpose you do right now. Valerian was ok, but was the weakest. After getting familiar with each alone, I found smaller doses of them mixed together was a more complete well-rounded relief.

Another one that was also good was Lemon Balm, but it made me feel cold so I used the others without it.

 

Re: valerian

Posted by manic666 on August 4, 2008, at 3:01:08

In reply to Re: valerian » manic666, posted by bleauberry on August 3, 2008, at 19:50:17

> The best way to use the calming herbs is in combination. These are synergistic with each other...Valerian, Passionflower, Skullcap. I've tried them all when I needed them for the same purpose you do right now. Valerian was ok, but was the weakest. After getting familiar with each alone, I found smaller doses of them mixed together was a more complete well-rounded relief.
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> Another one that was also good was Lemon Balm, but it made me feel cold so I used the others without it. Thanks my friend could you tell me how many mg when just on valerium can i take all day.i dont want to get out of control .

 

Re: valerian

Posted by manic666 on August 4, 2008, at 7:26:25

In reply to valerian, posted by manic666 on August 3, 2008, at 4:23:55

thanks i will try them all .Valerian how many mg can you take a day i read in some cases you can go really high but how high.i would eat the blee=ing plant if it did me good.thanks manic666

 

Re: valerian

Posted by bleauberry on August 4, 2008, at 20:57:13

In reply to Re: valerian, posted by manic666 on August 4, 2008, at 7:26:25

I don't know what an upper dose range is. Just keep in mind that it is working in a way similar to a benzo. Not exactly the same, but the same circuits anyway. What I'm getting at is that at some point in the future you will need to get off or at least lower the doses of Valerian, so you don't want to be way up there. That's why I think a combination of several things in moderate doses is a safer and probably more effective way to go, thinking about now and thinking about down the road a couple months from now.

Just check out the doses recommended on a few different brands of Valerian. That's a good rough guide. I might go a little higher but not much. There are studies on Valerian, so you could go to pubmed.com and do a search on them and see what doses they used.

> thanks i will try them all .Valerian how many mg can you take a day i read in some cases you can go really high but how high.i would eat the blee=ing plant if it did me good.thanks manic666

 

Re: valerian » manic666

Posted by yxibow on August 5, 2008, at 1:34:56

In reply to valerian, posted by manic666 on August 3, 2008, at 4:23:55

> manic here , you no im comeing of cymbalta, well the only help i have is with herb supplements,because of the atian addiction, well ihave tried a few, taurine made me sweat like a buffalo on heat,magnesium dont no does that take a while.niacin no go.valerian stinks but ok how many can i take in 24 hours i will take as many as i can to help the withdrawl.i read somwhere a lady tried to overdose on 9000 mg woke up in hospital next day got up an went home, im not saying im looking to take that just the maximum safe dose.thanks guys.ps i wonder what she thought when she woke in hospital had breakfast an went home. give me some help hear guys manic666

Remember that valerian root has many active constituents and just like all herbal products, there's no "milligram" amount that will determine a desired outcome because different companies use different methods of extraction, some mix them with other adulterants (herbs) in a "variety" combination thought to promote a particular effect in their mind.


Personally, with herbal products if I am going to use them I research on their active constituent and then see how much is actually listed on the bottle, as often they don't list amounts but things like "20:1" and other methods of extraction.


Also valerian tends to be fairly weak -- and yes, probably mostly benign. Myself, if I take a dose that is going to do anything I end up with a nauseated stomach the next day. But not everyone gets nausea from it -- it depends.


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