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Posted by SaraP on January 27, 2004, at 18:12:07
Hi All, new to this fabulous forum and need some advice. I recently ordered all this stuff online and now I am wondering what should not be taken with what. I have social anxiety, depression, and my anxiety gets much worse when PMSing. Here's what I've got (or is on the way)
Buspar, 5-htp, SJW, Valerian, Black Cohosh, Natural Progesterone, B6, B12 megadose, l-tyrosine, evening primrose, red clover, milk thistle, magnesium, calcium, folic acid, and a multi. I know, it's a little much and I certainly don't intend to take all of it at once or all the time. Right now I am taking the Buspar and 5-htp, and some of the more benign ones. I guess I'm worried about the l-tyrosine, the magnesium and the B's. (I'm not taking SJW anymore). Any help or guidance is truly appreciated!Sara
Posted by Wolf Dreamer on January 29, 2004, at 22:18:42
In reply to A Vast Array, posted by SaraP on January 27, 2004, at 18:12:07
Mixing some prescription medications with supplements is hazardous to your health. I don't remember which ones will make you sick, kill you, or just have parts of your body randomly burst into flames.
Is the 5-htp the stuff commonly sold in Europe with the inhibitor that keeps it from being released until it gets to the proper part of the brain, or the crappy junk they sell Americans that gets released too soon to matter or causes your head to explode from an overdose in the wrong area?
This is what I'm currently using:
Magnesium Taurate 400 mg
ActiSorb Potassium 99 mg
Complexed Phosphorus 200 mg
Chelated Zinc, 30 mg
boron
Biotin - 50mcg
Omega 3 fish oil 1000mg
CO Q 10 150mg
E 1000 IU
Selenium 200mcg
B12 1000mcg
Vitamin B complex
choline
vitamin k
blueberry leaf extract
Phosphatidyl Serine, 100 mg
Complexed Phosphorus, 200
Brain Energy
L-Glutamine 1000 mg
L-Theanine 60 veg caps,
Inositol, 100 capsules,
Evening Primrose Oil 1300 mg. 60 softgels
Passion Flower 100 cnt 350 mg
Valerian Nighttime
Pure Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid, 1000 mgThe last 10 or so I just got in the mail a few days ago.
Differant people have results with differant things, so I just keep trying everything.
Tryptophan worked well for a few days, which was great, then not after that unfortunately. So I don't take it anymore. I gave up on bacopa since that didn't have any effect on increasing my mental abilities. And ginseng did nothing for me, nor did ginko bilbo or whatever its called, which only works on people with certain memory loss problems, not the ones caused by anxiety.
My anxiety was caused by bullying. I haven't had depression in more than a decade though. What about you? Do you know the cause?
Posted by SaraP on January 30, 2004, at 7:27:03
In reply to Re: A Vast Array, posted by Wolf Dreamer on January 29, 2004, at 22:18:42
I guess I should say I have social anxiety, which is exasperated by the PMS.
Where do you get your vits from? Is puritan's reputable?
Posted by Wolf Dreamer on January 30, 2004, at 10:27:45
In reply to Re: A Vast Array, posted by SaraP on January 30, 2004, at 7:27:03
What part of socialization do you fear?
Personally I don't care what others think about me, having no insecurities, but a lot of people are afraid of being judged. Is it that type of social anxiety disorder, or do you fear being picked on, interupted, misunderstood, and/or argued with out of context?
Also, do you fear some aggressive man refusing to leave you alone, or anything like that?
vitanet is where I order most of mine, but I've shopped elsewhere. I go for the Douglas labs and Carlson brand names for things whenever possible, although I'm not sure why. Most brands have their own webpages, and you can see if they look professional. Most vendors sell many differant brands for each product, so it doesn't matter where you look, you'll find it.
Having plenty of food and water helps, and a safe home enviroment. Wait... that might not be for your type of anxiety... well, it helped me. I know the door is always locked, because I live alone now and no one can possible be leaving it unlike and thus making me vulnerable to crime.
Oh, I drink distilled water, since tap water is filled with all sorts of horrible things. I bought a kenwood water distiller from Sears for about $120 I think. It boils the water until it evaporates, then collects the steam and puts it in a differant container, leaving all metals and pollutants behind. I get all the minerals I need from pills, so don't worry about lossing them in the process. I also gave up sugar, and the sugar cravings died down after a time. I think I had candida problems making anxiety worse.
Posted by SaraP on January 30, 2004, at 17:27:01
In reply to Re: A Vast Array, posted by Wolf Dreamer on January 30, 2004, at 10:27:45
I don't like it when the focus is on me, or when unexpectedly I run into people I know. I could wing it and be fine, but I BLUSH! I get that stab of fight or flight feeling and then my face goes all red. I convince myself that no one notices, but every once in awhile someone says: why is your face all red? and then I get paranoid about it and think about it and it happens more. I don't get nervous about aggressive men, but attractive men, definately. The one man I fell in love with was the type of guy who was just always himself, never self conscience, and I felt very free to be that way when with him, he died though and I feel like I won't meet anyone that had that certain way of being. I really just want to be myself! On a very postive note: today I woke up with that very on edge feeling and thought oh man, all that money for all those pills and nothing is ever going to work and blah blah...I took the pills (doubled up on the buspar) and low and behold, no stabs of anxiety! Then I had to do the impossible for a Social Anxiety gal like me, I had to go across the street after work to my neighbors and thank him for snowplowing my driveway! I knew I had to do it last night and I was freaking out, but today i got hiome and went right over there and his wife let me in and they were very nice so I feel really good.
That distilled water sounds good, I'm going to look into that, the ole Brita is probably not cutting it!
Good for you about sugar! I have cut down alot, but I still need my chocolate at night, and plus I drink, which is sugar in another form, but I have that managed to a reasonable amount too, I just can't hang out with drinkers or it gets unmanagable! Which means I am alone 99% of the time. Doesn't bother me much, yet.
So you were bullied as a kid? And now you fear "bad men?" I remember when I was little, I used to think there were 2 fears: bad men, or ghosts. Mine was ghosts. Now I stay away from scary movies like the plague!
Posted by Wolf Dreamer on January 30, 2004, at 23:24:41
In reply to Re: A Vast Array, posted by SaraP on January 30, 2004, at 17:27:01
Does buspar eliminate anxiety, as I have read elsewhere, without the need for anything else?
I believe it is prescription only. Does anyone have any webpages I could order some online without having to see a doctor?
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Sugar and alcohol feed candida, which depletes the body of vitamin B etc. and cause us all to go insane.
When some people drink it reduces vitamin B and gaba or something or another. But if it isn't causing you ups and downs, then that might not affect you.
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