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Natural/herbal remedies for anxiety - do any of them actually work?

Kate Kestrel

Hello everyone,

Before I go ahead and potentially waste money on products that don’t work - has anyone tried any herbal/natural remedies for anxiety that actually work? In the past I’ve tried a few but never found they made any difference. I can’t take anti-depressants as I experience terrible side effects to them - so need to try something else. 

Has anyone had any success with things like Valerian and Passiflora etc? That kind of thing? 

I don’t want to make the mistake of wasting money I can ill afford to lose just because I’m at the end of my tether and desperate for anything that might work. 

And for anyone else who is struggling with anxiety - sending best wishes to you because it’s so hard isn’t it? Really tough when it’s bad. 

thanks 

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  • in reply to Jenny Butterfly

    It's data I thought ought to be shared if people are going to experiment.

    I've seen some people get uncomfortably stoned, and require some gentle supervision for an hour or two, through not knowing this.

  • in reply to I Sperg

    Yes, sometimes I find it even slower, so I allow for that.  Too many will think, "Oh.  It's not working.  I need to take some more" and then regret it later on. 

    I did experiment with melting down fruit pastilles and gums in the microwave, adding some oil, then pouring them into a mould.  Very sticky and messy but the best fruit pastilles I ever had! 

  • in reply to Shardovan

    Cannabis taken by mouth is slow to be absorbed.

    When I eat the recreational version in opal fruits / starburst remanufactured sweets, it takes 20 mins to feel the first effects and two hours later is about "peak" experience.

    Apparently it's absorbed as it leaves the stomach, mainly.

  • in reply to Kate Kestrel

    I've just been through that in recent weeks too - initially trying a hybrid version (CBD Gold Edition), then one that was more aimed at relaxation, but whatever initial effect I though I was getting seems to have subsumed by my uncanny knack of becoming resistant way earlier than I'd like. And, as you say, it's costly. 

    I'm at my wits' end with intense anxiety this week, and am very sorry to hear that you are struggling with this too Kate, I've just ordered the CBD capsules via CBD Bros website, as they're a little cheaper and maybe the delivery system would work better for me? I found that drops under the tongue thing to be a bit weird - I'd end up underdosing or overdosing, with little sense of a difference either way. 

    I've been trying Lion's Mane mushroom capsules too, after seeing a thread on here, but apart from some vivid dreams and nightmares I can't detect much going on from those.