I was a self proclaimed atheist for almost all of my 20s. As well as heavily medicated for anxiety and depression (even misdiagnosed as bipolar at one point), I thank the Great Awakening for bringing me back to God. “Pray without ceasing.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:17
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I worked in mental health and am a licensed professional for what that is worth these days, which I humbly believe is not much, but I can really recommend anyone struggling with the stress of job, fam, and the GA all at one time can try a panoply of OTC herbs and natural supplements for it:
Kava - natural anxiolytic more effective imho than the Rxs.
Melatonin - natural compound that knocks out insomnia without a benadryl hangover in the morning. Also extends telomeres, which are key to the scaffolding of longevity.
3 Rhodiola - a mood brightener that is gentle and proven in the med lit.
5-HCT
St. John's Wort - just don't take too much but add other components in this list.
Organic MCT Oil - powder or liquid.
Ashwaganda - a nootropic that goes where it is needed: pain relief, inflammation reduction, healing and mood.
Turmeric - same effects as ashwaganda but more anti-inflammatory, which has a role in moods.
Passion Flower - I even grow these and they are a lovely plant whose leaves and flowers are edible and long known to promote relaxation and positive mood.
Ginko - med lit shows role in brain health.
Cayenne - anti-inflammatory e.g. also in the brain.
General liquid vitamin/mineral supplement - I like Maryruth's Liquid Vitamins.
In my professional contact, most people with mood related diagnoses come to us after a terrible diet of junk and processed food for years, with ETOH and soda a food group. Cleaning up their diet is a huge task. Getting them to eat a veggie at all is a big deal. I feel most psych diagnoses are malnutrition related, and not a single MD I've known ever took nutrition. And the nutrition course I had to take was woefully inadequate to the task. God Bless, hope this is helpful!
In the Almighty name of Jesus Christ, I bind and rebuke the Spirits of anxiety, depression, fears and confusion and oppression and mental illness. I command you to leave the members of this GAW family and their family members! Leave Nd Do NOT return. I slam that door on you and cover it over in the Almighty, Holy and Precious BLOOD of JESUS.
Sister
Amen to your powerful prayer Juls! 🙌
I’ve tried kava, ashwaganda.. pretty much every natural thing which didn’t seem to help when I was anxious. Only natural supplements that work for me are full spectrum cbd tincture made from hemp. Magnesium “calm” seems to have an immediate effect as well.
My husband has done a lot of research into what could potentially cause stuff like this due to him being diagnosed with autism. We found anecdotes of people taking ivermectin/HCQ and finding relief from different psychological symptoms. The basic short version of it is that we are all full of parasites and affected by them differently and our diets that are typically high in sugar feed those parasites (which is why American diets seem to be so much different than everywhere else in the world and we have the highest population of people on meds).
In no way am I insinuating that this is a cure or that you should do this, only that if you are interested its worth a shot. Does he take zinc and vitamin D?
Do you know if he experienced any trauma or was he like that as an infant? I'm fascinated by stuff like this right now because I want to know what happened to us as a species and how much of it was caused by the people we are fighting. Like did germaphobia exist in ancient times?
I'm so sorry for what your son is having to suffer through. I hope somehow someway he is able to find relief someday.
As someone who was constantly accused by my mom in my teens of being in drugs I had never taken and diagnosed with Bipolar at 19, the many years following were spent wasting time on counselors, doctors and meds for bipolar and the seizure meds they also used for Bipolar. It wasn’t until I finally found a doctor who gave me natural herbs and referred me on to Naturpath when she retired and moved away. May I add to your list Vitamin D3, Valerian Root and Cod Liver Oil which along with much of your list helped and got me away from the synthetic prescription meds that gave me notta but horrible side effects, plus spending more time in God’s word and in prayer. The faith I’ve had since I was five is all that has kept me alive.
Valerian was the go to treatment for melancholy before allopathic medicines came around, there has never been very many studies done on this at all.
I would like to mention Kalonji, black seed oil. This is the oldest medicine we know about, its the universal panacea.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3642442/
And there is Shungite, a mineral with the internal structure of a molecule.
https://shungite-c60.com/what-is-shungite/
I hope this helps, blessings from another ex atheist to you.
Do you mean 5-HCT or 5-HTP?
5-htp