Social anxiety medication kava
Common Questions and Answers about Social anxiety medication kava
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Kava works great for the ease of Xanax withdrawal. It relieves stress and anxiety caused from panic disorder and anxiety disorders caused from PTSD and other known issues. People that mention that Kava "destroys" your liver are incorrect. If you purchase legitimate Kava then you shouldn't worry about it doing any harmful effects to your body.
Run the second they feel bad on the medication. We have all done it at one point or another. Not wanting to allow the medication time to work because of the first side effects.
Right now I feel I can manage my anxiety without taking anything extra. When my anxiety becomes bothersome I drink Kava tea and take a hot bath. When I was suffering from debilitating panic disorder years ago, I took the lorezapam once or twice a day until the Paxil kicked in. My panic attacks this time around were benign compared to those of years ago. The 12.5mg of PaxilCR has done wonders for me.
valerian is one of the 2 most powerful natural herbs for anxiety,however I it can make you a little drowsey. another herb better suited for daytime is kava kava root.make sure you get agood standardized extract.(gaia herbs) are agood brand.it is said it may even increase concentration! look up more information on it yourself ......
I'm trying to come off citalapram 40mg and want to try kava kava as a replacement but can I take them together?
I have the same problem with my sex drive, nearly non existent, seems to be the norm on these tablets. Any help would be appreciated.
I suffer from social anxiety. I haven't gone to a doctor but I self diagnosed myself, I have textbook symptoms. I recently lost my job and have no medical insurance, so I can't really afford to visit a doctor right now. I do take Kava Kava and St. Johns Wort, which helps calm my nerves a little. I try to control my attacks before they start because I know what types of situations trigger them....work.....driving....speaking in public....large groups.....interviews....foreign situations..
None of us want to take medication, but for many, it has given us our life back. Anxiety is like any other medical condition requiring medication to control the symptoms. If you were told you had diabetes you wouldn't think twice about taking the necessary medication(s), anxiety is not different. You can try therapy which can be a lengthy process, and often the medication is needed during this time. You can safely wean off benzos under the guidance of your psychiatrist.
Depends on how severe the anxiety is. Kava is the closest herb probably to a benzo in effect. It comes in different forms. The traditional way to take it is a drink, which is how they use it in the islands where it's native. You can take it in a tea or alcohol tincture, but it tastes pretty awful. You can take the plain herb in a capsule. You can take the juice in a capsule. And you can take a standardized extract in a capsule, which is how most Americans use it.
Nor should you add anything to your current regime without the knowledge and consent of your doctor. As an example, the poster states that Kava Kava is good for anxiety and that may be very true, but it is totally contraindicated while taking Ativan. As is valerian, another very common herb known to help with anxiety.
The other word of caution is never attempt to wean yourself off any of these types of medication without the guidance of your medical doctor.
What i suggest first before you go on any type of medication, is to try some kava kava (health food store), low dose, like 45mg, and see how you feel on that. That may calm you down and make you feel at ease and is not a proscription, but you cannot stay on it forever. Also try excercising or meditation. Let me know how you are doing.
But trust me when I tell you that they do NOT help with anxiety. The only natural things you can try for that are Valerian root, and Kava root (a.k.a. Kava Kava). Valerian root should be purchased in capsules. Don't take the Valerian root on the same day you try the Kava. They should be takenon seperate days. Buy the Kava Kava in the form of tea. Try drinking it at night to see how it effects you (or if it effects you). Only buy organic Kava tea.
Virtually every pharmaceutical product potentially causes liver disease, so if anyone came up with financing to do all the animal testing FDA requires to approve a medication, kava would certainly pass the cost/benefit analysis FDA uses. But anything can be toxic to someone -- wheat is toxic to people with ciliac disease. So nothing is perfectly safe, and should be used with that in mind.
So I've just recently become open with my social anxiety. I remember being in middle school and thinking that something was horribly wrong with me. I would get so nervouse around people. My body would tremble, my voice would shake and I couldn't think clearly. I've become more comfortable with being uncomfortable, and yes I do notice that there are plenty of people that are shy, but I really hate the fact that my real personality can't show when I'm around people.
I managed health food stores for many years, but the anxiety problem started before that and so I was on medication. When the medication I was on started to get to be a problem, I decided to taper off and try to utilize my knowledge I had gained in natural medicine, but unfortunately had a rare reaction to stopping the medication and that was pretty much it for my mental and physical health. Just unlucky.
I have a presentation coming up next week, so I decided to go and seek medical help today. I went to my doctor and he diagnosed me with social anxiety. He said that the best treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy, but he prescribed me some medication to get me through this semester. He prescribed 10 mg propranolol (inderal) 3 times a day and an extra 10 mg inderal 1 hour before the presentation + 0.25 mg Xanax 1 hour before the presentation.
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