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InezPerez

710d

Other than meds does anyone Know of any treatments that might help?

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    • InezPerez

      705d

      Thanks everyone for their honesty ;) 🙏

    • InezPerez

      705d

      Thanks everyone for their honesty ;) 🙏

    • SJP

      709d

      DBT and CBT are hugely helpful! Also, pixelthoughts.co is a great website meditation. Tons of great, free apps for music/sounds or meditations, as well as YouTube. I like watching sand storytelling art for my anxiety 😊.

    • Woo

      709d

      I do a lot of holistic remedies as I can take most medications. First, caffeine and alcohol can spike anxiety. ESPECIALLY on an empty stomach. So I drink very little and if I do, I make sure I eat something first. It’s important to take magnesium supplements to restore proper levels in your system. Anxiety can deplete them and make you feel off. There’s adrenal support supplements you can put in your water as well. I carry sour candies for sudden attacks. I ice my vagus nerve daily. (Which is just putting an ice pack on your chest area for 15-20 minutes a day.) and practice meditation and yoga. The honest guys on YouTube are very good for meditation and yoga with Adriene is good for yoga. I do my 7 non-negotiable a day to help: icing the vagus nerve, meditation, half my body weight in ounces of water (prolonged dehydration can contribute to anxiety and depression), make my bed and pick up trash from the day before, (it’s good to have one small chore that make you feel productive even if you don’t really do anything for that day) a walk or movement of some kind, (I have a few options that I like to choose from. Dance videos, walking, skating, yoga), taking supplements, and eating all my meals! It’s a little extra work if you can’t/don’t want medication but very worth it once you find what works for you!

      • Johnj

        709d

        @Woo thank you vert helpful

    • Aliandale

      710d

      I've been prescribed everything for anxiety and nothing really helped I'm trying to stay away from like the Xanax type meds yes they worked but I've had a past addiction problem and it's not worth it for me but I take ashwagandha by goli I chew 4 gummies a day and I've been doing really well maybe this can help you also 😊

      • InezPerez

        705d

        @Aliandale oh wow, same. Our stories sound very much the same. But yeah, Benzos scare me , they work, but they scare the living daylights out of me.

      • MISHY

        710d

        @Aliandale hi! Do they work? I got some Ashwaghanda but they made me have side effects maybe it was high dose. I was taking 350mg. I have bad anxiety and stress from catching COVID a few months ago .

        • Aliandale

          708d

          @MISHY I've been taking 600 mg a day and they work great for me but yeah the side effects will go away its worth it!

        • Johnj

          710d

          @MISHY i feel the same way after having covid its terrible , and doctors have no clue .. i had a mild case but the long term anxiety i feel and stress os unbearable

      • Johnj

        710d

        @Aliandale just started them 🙏🏻🙏🏻.. how fast do they work?

    • vickielove

      710d

      I'm on Celexa and Buspar

      • InezPerez

        710d

        @vickielove how do you like celexa?

    • Johnj

      710d

      🙏🏻🙏🏻.. i need to know also

      • InezPerez

        710d

        @Johnj what treatment are you doing now ?

        • Johnj

          710d

          @InezPerez just cognitive therapy no meds i have a fear of meds

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