Your Best Steps to Quelling Anxiety
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Aug-19-2011
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For 20.0 million adults in the U.S., anxiety isn’t just a passing feeling. It is recurring and life-altering. When someone has chronic anxiety that can be triggered by stress, they have a disorder. One of the body’s ways to manage stress is to become anxious. This is believed to help you cope with the situation.
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For 20.0 million adults in the U.S., anxiety isn’t just a passing feeling. It is recurring and life-altering. When someone has chronic anxiety that can be triggered by stress, they have a disorder. One of the body’s ways to manage stress is to become anxious. This is believed to help you cope with the situation.
If anxiety persists, you may have a disorder. If you have irrational fears about any number of things, your anxiety may have taken the leap from a symptom to a disorder requiring medical attention. They include social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder. You can have more than one.
It’s been found that most people with anxiety disorders and panic attacks actually use complementary and alternative medicines to control symptoms more than mainstream drugs.
Valerian
This is the king of soothing herbs. For anxiety, it may bind itself to brain receptors and release its sedating effect. It is thought to calm nerves, balance mood swings and reduce stressful situations. You can drink valerian-root tea many times a day or opt for supplements of between 600 milligrams (mg) and 1,200 mg three times a day.
5-HTP
This popular supplement is used by the body to make serotonin, which controls, among other things, mood. Best known for treating depression, 5-HTP may be useful for anxiety. It’s beaten placebo in studies and come close to the effects of actual anxiety medication. A typical dose is 100 mg to 300 mg three times a day.
Inositol
This is a B vitamin that’s useful for anxiety that triggers panic attacks. It’s advisable to speak to your doctor about this possibility, as the doses that are needed are rather high. Studies have used 4 grams (g) all the way to 18 g a day.
Multivitamins
Strangely enough, a simple multivitamin–mineral supplement has been found to reduce anxiety. It can also reduce how a person views a stressful situation.
Passionflower
Hailing from the same soothing herbal family as valerian root, passionflower has long been used as a mild sedative. Drinking three cups of passionflower tea (with real dried leaves) a day could reduce anxiety, particularly in those with generalized anxiety disorder.
Magnesium–hawthorn
Combining this mineral and herb together is a common anxiety remedy in France these days. One three-month study found that 150 mg of both magnesium and hawthorn (two times a day) relieved anxiety better than placebo. The particular focus was generalized anxiety disorder.21
St. John’s Wort & Black Cohosh
St. John’s wort and black cohosh appear to be the most useful natural remedies in alleviating mood and anxiety changes during menopause.22
Alternative Therapies
Outside the realm of supplements, many therapies could help reduce one’s anxiety and ability to cope with stress. Those that have been found to be successful include acupuncture, massage, meditation, yoga, guided imagery, aromatherapy and biofeedback.
Other
Early evidence shows that the following supplements can be helpful and are worth a try for those who are searching for an anxiety cure: melatonin, lemon balm, gotu kola, European skullcap, linden, sage, chamomile, hops and flaxseed oil. Take as directed.
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