![]() ![]() So this indicates the supplements are still effective. People often ask me the question: " Are you still taking these anti-anxiety supplements, and are they still working?" The answer is yes: they are still working well, even after three years, and in fact if I stop taking these supplements, although there are no withdrawal symptoms as such, I notice that my anxiety soon returns, within days. So these anti-anxiety supplements may also help people eliminate the "wired" state of ME/CFS. I certainly find that I never feel wired when I take these anti-anxiety supplements. ![]() Feeling wired (as in "wired but tired") may be a mild version of anxiety, or be related to anxiety. I have the impression that the "wired" feeling in ME/CFS patients is related to anxiety. Note that this thread is an update and advancement on my older anti-anxiety thread here: Non-Standard Anti-Anxiety Treatment, where I detail the mechanism by which I think brain inflammation may cause anxiety. I observed that that N-acetyl-glucosamine dramatically reduced my sinus inflammation, and so this may be the mechanism by which N-acetyl-glucosamine eliminates anxiety symptoms.Īnother consideration is that these 3 supplements are all useful for irritable bowel syndrome (which I have), and it may be that their anti-inflammatory action in the gut helps lower overall body inflammation, which can help lower brain inflammation.īy reducing the inflammation causing your anxiety symptoms, you are treating the very source of anxiety, biochemical speaking. Perhaps inflammatory cytokines in the sinuses spill over into the brain (the brain is situated just next to the sinuses), precipitating brain inflammation, which in turn leads to the anxiety symptoms. My theory is that in some people, sinus inflammation may be a prime factor causing anxiety symptoms. On a similar note: on days when my sinusitis was worse, my anxiety levels would shoot up. So the anti-inflammatory properties of these supplements may be the mechanism by which they eliminate anxiety. ![]() Recent research has shown that brain inflammation can cause many mental symptoms, including anxiety symptoms, depression, ADHD, and many others. They are all anti-inflammatories, and they may work by reducing inflammation in the brain. ![]() It is not entirely clear why these 3 supplements work so well for me. Note that NAG either works very well (in around 50% of people), or it does not work at all (in the other 50% of people).Īnti-Anxiety Effects - Mechanism of Action Most of these supplements should start working within two hours or so of taking them if you don't feel the benefits within a few hours, then they are probably not going to work for you. This anti-anxiety protocol worked very well to eliminate the mental tension. Note that generalized anxiety disorder involves mental tension and/or worry in my case, there was no worry, just severe mental tension. OK, I still have chronic fatigue syndrome, but ditching the anxiety is a great improvement. So it is quite amazing that just by taking these 3 supplements together, I have pretty much eliminated my anxiety disorder symptoms. My anxiety was so severe that on bad days it would often border on mild psychosis. So don't buy curcumin thinking it is turmeric they are not the same. Turmeric is not to be confused with curcumin (turmeric contains curcumin, but turmeric has many other active ingredients, including: ar-turmerone, demethoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, atlantone, and zingiberone I suspect the ar-turmerone in turmeric may have the main anti-anxiety effect, as ar-turmerone is thought to reduce microglial activation). 1000 mg equates to just under one level teaspoon of powder. This herb can be bought cheaply as turmeric powder for cooking.
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