Question:
I've been suffering from anxiety, panic attacks and sometimes depression as
well for already three years (since my daughter was born...). I'm in therapy
and it helps to understand WHY I'm feeling so bad, but it doesn't help
me feeling phycically better. I've tried a lot of conventional medicines
(tranquilizers, antidepressants and beta blockers) but the side effects and
addictivity are worse than the help they offer.
Does any one as real good experience with any kind of alternative therapy/
drugs for my problem. I'm not able to live normally at the moment because of
the anxiety.
Answer:
Try to locate a copy of "The Anxiety Epidemic" by B.J. Sahley, Watercress
Press San Antonio, TX ($8.95). It's more about panic attacks than anxiety
really.
If you are a member of CompuServe, do a magazine/medical study search in
the Health Plus database on the subject of "GABA" and read up.
I, like you, suffered from weekly panic attacks for over five years and
was able to help myself (I hate to use the word cure) and put my panic
problems behind me.
Today my old Xanax bottle is busy gathering dust!
One remedy we are using in the wellbeing centre are related with the Schuesler salts but not in a potentised strenght but as a mineral
one of the minerals we found very helpful are Potassium phosphate and Magnesium Phosphate
There are obviously more factors involved but I can not say which
If you are interested I wil try to transmit our evaluation sheet which will give you a breakdown of questions
with the related deficiencies.
The concept we are working is that the lack of minerals and posible hereditary
factors has started off the imbalance of your body.
Also we use the astrological aspects of you date of birth in relation with Dr. Edward Bach Flower remeries
to do this evaluation is very difficult as it take your self to read trough a large list of multiple choice questions
I have seen a few times your postings on GABA but also have seen others on
this and `alt.support.anxiety-panic' newsgroups. One thing said about GABE is
that it can't be assimilated through the digestive system because it is
destroyed during digestion. Have you seen a serious study about it (confirming
that claim or rejecting it)?
Since GABA is a `natural' (produced by the brain) neuro-transmitter inhhibitor.
Does anyone know a mean to stimulate its synthesis in the brain: drug, mind
machine, etc...
