Hello everyone!
After reading many of your posts I decided to join the forum..I suffer from panic and anxiety attacks also and am on Lorazepam. As someone said in an earlier post, it helps to calm me down but does not do too much for depression.
In my readings of the posts, many are on pharmacuticals,,hasn't anyone tried any number of alternative pills they have out there? I have to be honest and say I have tried a few, but none works at calming like Lorazepam,,,
My burning question is,,has anyone tried alternatives to drugs and have they helped you? From my readings on alternative sites, some people just rave about this or that alternative and for others it does nothing.
Can I get any feedback from some of you who have tried alternatives and they worked or didn't work for you.. I, myself am always looking for that alternative method that will work, because I don't want to spend the rest of my life on Lorazepam,,and also , you build up a tolerance, so at times you need a higher dosage than worked earlier,, Thanks
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QUOTE(Sharon @ May 16 2008, 08:07 AM) 
Hello everyone!
After reading many of your posts I decided to join the forum..I suffer from panic and anxiety attacks also and am on Lorazepam. As someone said in an earlier post, it helps to calm me down but does not do too much for depression.
In my readings of the posts, many are on pharmacuticals,,hasn't anyone tried any number of alternative pills they have out there? I have to be honest and say I have tried a few, but none works at calming like Lorazepam,,,
My burning question is,,has anyone tried alternatives to drugs and have they helped you? From my readings on alternative sites, some people just rave about this or that alternative and for others it does nothing.
Can I get any feedback from some of you who have tried alternatives and they worked or didn't work for you.. I, myself am always looking for that alternative method that will work, because I don't want to spend the rest of my life on Lorazepam,,and also , you build up a tolerance, so at times you need a higher dosage than worked earlier,, Thanks
After reading many of your posts I decided to join the forum..I suffer from panic and anxiety attacks also and am on Lorazepam. As someone said in an earlier post, it helps to calm me down but does not do too much for depression.
In my readings of the posts, many are on pharmacuticals,,hasn't anyone tried any number of alternative pills they have out there? I have to be honest and say I have tried a few, but none works at calming like Lorazepam,,,
My burning question is,,has anyone tried alternatives to drugs and have they helped you? From my readings on alternative sites, some people just rave about this or that alternative and for others it does nothing.
Can I get any feedback from some of you who have tried alternatives and they worked or didn't work for you.. I, myself am always looking for that alternative method that will work, because I don't want to spend the rest of my life on Lorazepam,,and also , you build up a tolerance, so at times you need a higher dosage than worked earlier,, Thanks
Hi Sharon,
I'm new to the forum, too. I suffer from anxiety and the occasional panic attack. I am on .5 Xanax and am weaning myself off. I have used an alternative to drugs for anxiety called Anxietol7 (google it). I was under extreme stress a few years ago and felt it wasn't helping me enough so I got on Xanax. Big mistake. Anyway you can check out the Anxietol7.
Also, there is an herbal preparation you can get at a health food/vitamin store called Ashwagandha; it's usually prepared with other herbs. The brand name I'm taking is made by Natural Factors and is called Stress-Relax Serenity Formula - www.naturalfactors.com This stuff is helping me a lot, along with walking as much as possible (good stress reducer) and deep, slow breathing. Most of us don't breathe right which causes all kinds of problems. Read the article on this website about yoga and deep breathing.
Before you take anything check with your doctor. Also you can't just stop taking lorazepam, you have to slowly wean off of it with the help of your doc or pharmacist. Same with Xanax and all of those wonder drugs. Dr. Heather Ashton has a website (I don't have the address) about schedules for gradually decreasing dosages of drugs so you can get off the junk without causing more symptoms. But your doc or pharmacist can also help, as I said. Dr. Ashton points out the importance of having no deadline for 'getting off' but always moving forward with the goal of taking zero prescribed pills for anxiety, etc. She says there is a high success rate...
Good luck. You're right. No one wants to be on this stuff forever!
Dianne
:rolleyes: sucess with valerian?Our son is 18 just graduated from high school. He has moderate ADD linked to learning disabilitiy linked to high success of social skills short term interst in employment =$ I am about to try Valerian Root. HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED RESULTS so that one can at least discuss there live style with the potenial of results. Thankyou Rohn ?
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