RE: Herbal Medicine: Growing, Tincturing & Using Valerian | #ihaveanxietytoo Half-Way Wrap-Up
Real interesting @mountainjewel I'm gonna say it here #ihaveanxietytoo too.
I have had it for a long time along with my other health issues. Lol, sometimes it feels like telling a ridiculous saga of ailments but these things are for the sharing. Funnily enough, my anxiety is its least intense for a long time these last 2 years. I'm not sure what has changed, maybe not working a full time stress-fest of a job has had this effect. Or it could be trying to deal with a (physical) chronic illness hasn't left enough space in my psyche for those ruminations to propagate into full blown anxiety.
Anyway, Valarian sends me hyper, I remember from trying it for insomnia as a teenager and I was up all night lol. A friend of mine has tried CBD oil which has just been made available in the UK and says it's fantastic I might try that for my 'now happily mild' anxiety :-)
hey @raj808! thanks for stopping by and sharing. it's been quite healing for many of us to just say #ihaveanxietytoo, not matter where we are in our journey with it now. interesting that through your chronic illness journey your anxiety has become 'happily mild' :) i mentioned that a bit in the article, how valerian can wire ya up! haha luckily it works for me, but actually i tried it a CBD oil earlier this year and felt wired up! just going to further show that these herbal medicines interact with each of us differently and to start off experimenting with small doses. <3
It once helped me to more or less stop a panic-attack, I took a couple of strong valerian pills, and then I felt much better... Other times I have taken it and it has not helped much with insomnia for me (valerian pills)... I guess it is person to person and brand to brand... Etc...
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exactly! i think valerian - more than any of the other anxiety herbs i'll be sharing, has this mercurial effectiveness. as i stated in the article, worth trying though!
Yes, you are right! I could see how a combo of Lemon balm and Valerian could have a good synergic effect, since both are "GABAergic" and Lemon balm potentiates other "GABAergic" medicines... It would be cool to make a tincture out of those two combined... Okay @mountainjewel sorry for rambling on and on here, lol, see you later! =)
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