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Self Anxiety Control
by newport1, May 23, 2007 12:00AM
Hello,
I am a male in the early twenties. Although I have never been clinically diagnosied with any form of anxieity or depression, I've never been tested nor evaulated for either.
I do realize and accept that fact I suffer from anxiety and possibly mild depression, my mother suffers from extreme depression and also mild anxiety (both clinically diagnosed many years ago, beyong my reconigtion. I also have an older sister who is autistic and sufers from anxiety as most special needs people do.
These symptons do not affect my daily life much, and often with will power I can overcome social related stress and mild depression such as worrying how insignificant future events will turn out. I know some stress and anexity is normal, but I do not approve much of modern medicine as I do not want my body to become self reliant on foreign chemicals.
I would like to know if there are any means of self treatment for anexiety and minor depression. I am aware excercise is a good stimuli but I'd like to find a more diverse selection of help. Also, are they're any dietary means of increasing/balancing the realease of chemicals which controls these sorts of things? :)
Thank you.
I am a male in the early twenties. Although I have never been clinically diagnosied with any form of anxieity or depression, I've never been tested nor evaulated for either.
I do realize and accept that fact I suffer from anxiety and possibly mild depression, my mother suffers from extreme depression and also mild anxiety (both clinically diagnosed many years ago, beyong my reconigtion. I also have an older sister who is autistic and sufers from anxiety as most special needs people do.
These symptons do not affect my daily life much, and often with will power I can overcome social related stress and mild depression such as worrying how insignificant future events will turn out. I know some stress and anexity is normal, but I do not approve much of modern medicine as I do not want my body to become self reliant on foreign chemicals.
I would like to know if there are any means of self treatment for anexiety and minor depression. I am aware excercise is a good stimuli but I'd like to find a more diverse selection of help. Also, are they're any dietary means of increasing/balancing the realease of chemicals which controls these sorts of things? :)
Thank you.
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http://www.anxiety-and-depression-solutions.com/articles/complementary_alternative_medicine/diet/diet.php
http://www.nativeremedies.com/articles/treating-depression.html
i believe a healthy diet in general is supposed to help, but i doubt it makes a noticeable difference. although, if you're eating right you'll probably feel good about it and healthy which may lessen health worries/anxiety anyway.
as far as your mild depression, have you ever heard of 5-HTP? it's a natural root extract that helps your serotonin reuptake. it's used for mild depression, and it's not a drug, so you might have some luck with that. i just started taking it daily about a week ago, but for insomnia not depression, so i don't really have any results to tell you about yet.
I think I will look into that herb. I am especially interested in wether or not the reabosrption claims are true and I'd be willing to try it. That maybe some of the cause of how I am as sometimes I feel like I unfortunately got some bad genes. No fault of my mother, who is a great woman but I do belive she has some nueral problems... apparently because like I said she has been treated for depression and anxiety since I was young, I believe the brunt of it was triggered by my sisters diagnosis, but also belive it was lingering and waiting to happen.
Thanks again.