alternative treatments for anxiety

[gabrielsmom]

Can someone tell me what vitamins, minerals etc... can help control anxiety?..

Thanks

[Kaiti]

Hey Joshua, I was wondering the same thing this morning. Anything I find I'll be sure to post.

Anyone else?

www.raysahelian.com/anxiety.html

Here's something. I hope it helps.......

[catatonic]

First and foremost -- magnesium. Good clinical track record, very safe, helps with so many other issues as well. Dose would be 6mg per pound of body weight.

Second, 5-htp. This will raise the brain's serotonin levels, the principle on which many prescription anti-depressants work.

Third, inositol. This is classified as a B-vitamin. Clinical studies on anxiety have safely given children as much as 100mg per pound of body weight but that's a lot of inositol. No reason you have to start quite that high!

[gabrielsmom]

Thank you very much guys.

Going out to buy magnesium and b-complex vitamins today. I don't know what 5-htp is so I will have to look into that.

Joshua

[Kaiti]

Good Luck, keep us updated on what helps

[catatonic]

Joshua,
Here is some information on 5-HTP to get you started. Can't recall if it contains dosage info...just in case, 100mg three times daily. 5-HTP increases serotonin production, the same principle utilized by prescription anti-depressants of the SSRI class (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors).
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