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Home Remedy for Anxiety
Has anyone ever heard of niacinamide? I have just read this: take 500mg to 2000mg of niacinamide(not niacin) a day! google it and you'll find more then I can tell you. i've been taking it for about a week and it seems to be helping quite a bit already. it works the same way as valium and similar drugs without the side effects(its not a sedative). many people claim it works better then prescription drugs. Its about $6 for a bottle of 100 500mg caps!!! it could take up to a few weeks so be patient.
A response back : "This was unbeliveably effective. Thank you"
Just curious about this. It seems the expert forum has always "reached its limit" so I can't ask the doctor. Thank you..
A response back : "This was unbeliveably effective. Thank you"
Just curious about this. It seems the expert forum has always "reached its limit" so I can't ask the doctor. Thank you..
No problem, and I encourage you to actually talk to the folks who really DO understand this stuff, medically speaking. As you can tell from reading the material here on the forum, NO one has a magic bullet, and that includes the doctors. If someone did, we wouldn't even be here.
The "cure," alas, comes from within because that is where the disorder comes from. It took me 40+ years to finally reach the exit -it was a combination of meds and aggressive therapy that did the job, over 8 years ago. My anxiety and panic started when I was 7 or 8.
The benefit of herbal remedies, meditation, books, programs, etc. is that they give you a way to actually take action. The possible problem is the notion that somehow any of these -or anything external at all, including prescription meds- will somehow effect a cure all on their own or by triggering some hidden switch in the brain. If what you have is a fairly mild case provoked mainly by specific situations, than the remedies may be enough. But if you experience a persistent or growing problem, additional symptoms, etc., then the time may have come to dig down into the root causes and take care of the problem at the source -your own collective experiences, concepts, coping mechanisms -etc. And that, my friend, is where the therapy comes in. In the end, the problem in the brain will be resolved BY the brain. And because the brain can be changed in the mere act of talking to it, the therapy can be effective.
Just a thought -but one which you will find validated again and again here on the forum.
Take care and stay with us.
The "cure," alas, comes from within because that is where the disorder comes from. It took me 40+ years to finally reach the exit -it was a combination of meds and aggressive therapy that did the job, over 8 years ago. My anxiety and panic started when I was 7 or 8.
The benefit of herbal remedies, meditation, books, programs, etc. is that they give you a way to actually take action. The possible problem is the notion that somehow any of these -or anything external at all, including prescription meds- will somehow effect a cure all on their own or by triggering some hidden switch in the brain. If what you have is a fairly mild case provoked mainly by specific situations, than the remedies may be enough. But if you experience a persistent or growing problem, additional symptoms, etc., then the time may have come to dig down into the root causes and take care of the problem at the source -your own collective experiences, concepts, coping mechanisms -etc. And that, my friend, is where the therapy comes in. In the end, the problem in the brain will be resolved BY the brain. And because the brain can be changed in the mere act of talking to it, the therapy can be effective.
Just a thought -but one which you will find validated again and again here on the forum.
Take care and stay with us.
Thank you. I know, I 'could' go see my doctor but am trying everything else I can first to combat this. I've always been able to in the past and just can't understand why I can't now. I've just worried about 2 seperate things now (health issues) back to back, that I can't get out of this horrible nervous state. In one way, I don't feel that I am 'that' bad but in another, I am going crazy because I can't shake this feeling of nervousness and anxiety that's with me 24/7. I won't be getting the above medicine as I agree with you, it will probably cause some other effect on me. I'm going with the meditation/breathing exercises, lavendar oil, chamomile tea, etc etc at the moment and just hoping this lets up. Take care and thanks again.
Jane Doe? I feel like I'm reading a toe tag.
Anyway, near as I can tell, the weak tendency of niacinamide to "mimic" valium IS a side effect as it is more often used to handle skin problems. I suppose it could be used as support for tapering, or some such, but I'm not even close to an expert.
But let's think about side effects for a moment. A "side" effect is simply an effect other than the one we want. They are not necessarily bad -they are just not what we wanted. Take aspirin (and call me in the morning): Take it for a headache. Intended effect: headache pain goes away. Side effect: blood gets thinner.
OK, now take aspirin to reduce heart attack risk. Intended effect: thinner blood. Side effect: tummy ache. (But hey! Your headache is gone!)
Let's try -chocolate! Take it for release of endorphins, but also get zits and constipation. (or is it the other way?)
You get the idea. Point being, if you have truly come across any substance which has only one effect and never any others -and the effect is a GOOD one, NOW you've got something. I doubt it.
OK, I admit, the doctor forums have a waiting line. But what about YOUR doctor?
Anyway, near as I can tell, the weak tendency of niacinamide to "mimic" valium IS a side effect as it is more often used to handle skin problems. I suppose it could be used as support for tapering, or some such, but I'm not even close to an expert.
But let's think about side effects for a moment. A "side" effect is simply an effect other than the one we want. They are not necessarily bad -they are just not what we wanted. Take aspirin (and call me in the morning): Take it for a headache. Intended effect: headache pain goes away. Side effect: blood gets thinner.
OK, now take aspirin to reduce heart attack risk. Intended effect: thinner blood. Side effect: tummy ache. (But hey! Your headache is gone!)
Let's try -chocolate! Take it for release of endorphins, but also get zits and constipation. (or is it the other way?)
You get the idea. Point being, if you have truly come across any substance which has only one effect and never any others -and the effect is a GOOD one, NOW you've got something. I doubt it.
OK, I admit, the doctor forums have a waiting line. But what about YOUR doctor?
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