Does anyone know any good natural remedies that have helped anxiety?? I've been hoping that with eating well and some good exercise, I could beat it. I guess I'd probably be a lot worse without it, but I'm still tense. The strange thing is that I don't have anything in particular that I feel should cause me any stress but I feel anxious far too often.
What works for you?
The first natural approach is therapy with a psychologist, preferable one who specializes in anxiety disorders. There are many natural remedies that help some people and not others; an overview of these can be found in a book called Natural Highs by Hyla Cass, a psychiatrist at UCLA. There are also many other books by practitioners of natural medicine. Exercise, meditation, breathing exercises, visualizations, muscle relaxation, hypnosis are other techniques commonly tried.
I'm 33 weeks and having the same problem! I can't get comfortable for nothing. Sleep maybe 3 hrs and right back up. I don't want to dope up on meds, but ain't see a few ppl suggesting benadryl. Anyone have any natural remedies?
I do not know of any natural remedies to increase white blood counts.
I can understand your mother's wish to avoid meds and take natural remedies. My mother suffered from crippling rheumatoid arthritis for over 25 years and would have been overjoyed to find something that would help er besides the medications. (My mother had only RA and not Felty's Syndrome and not Hep C.)
However, your mother has 2 very serious diseases, Felty's Syndrome and Hepatitis C.
LOL
While there will be some folks who could answer your question on this forum, I would suggest you move it over to the Complementary Medicine Forum where they deal more with natural/herbal remedies. Paxiled or Joan are both extremely knowledgable about these and can give you an expert response.
I'm sure you'll get some advice here as well.
Please be careful about mixing herbal and pharmaceuticals until you know there is no interaction.
Anyone have any natural remedies I can use to get rid of a cold? I'm going crazy!
Hi, welcome the forum, sleep maintenance problems tend to be associated with stress, anxiety, or circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Insomnia may also be associated with sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea, periodic limb movements), medical conditions that cause pain, psychiatric diseases (e.g., anxiety, depression), or the use or withdrawal of alcohol, nicotine, or other substances.
My most helpful things:
1) Anti-inflamatory diet. Can't say enough good about this. No stabbing pain since the diet change. I have lost 10 lbs. and feel really good.
2) Pro-biotics. 40 bucks at a health food store. Re-introducing all the good bacteria that the anti-biotics destroyed along with the bad. I feel like it is restoreing my immune system.
3) Calcium Benzonite Clay. (or healing clay) also from a Health Food Store. Applied to the breast like a poltice. Draws the infection out.
Before I was diagnosed with Graves' I almost always used natural tinctures for any problem I had. I used a relaxing sleep tonic, a valerian and passionflower compound and I used it nightly with no side-effects/addiction...and it always worked great.
However, you should ALWAYS talk to a doctor about any supplements/vitamins/over the counter meds...whatever, when you are "mixing" medicines.
I certainly don't mean to be smug, but have you not consulted your doctor about your insomnia?
If you have tried all the "natural" remedies and your doctor has exhausted his supply of magic pills, then you may need to undergo a sleep study to find the cause of your sleeplessness.
I can relate.
The only one who can diagnose this is a physician, I think that's where iladvocate was going here. It can't be diagnosed on the web. As to your question about natural remedies, my area of expertise, if you suffer from anxiety, I wouldn't personally recommend rhodiola. It can be very stimulating and cause anxiety in people prone to anxiety. There are better adrenal supports out there, including eleuthero and ashwagandha for anxiety sufferers.
Hi I have been taking a 25mg of trazadone to help with sleep but I wanna try natural remedies like valarian root or magnesium. Can I take both natural remedies?
Any natural remedies for gas? It's not burping or coming out the other end, but it's just stuck in my stomach and since yesterday it's been very painful.
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