Then, I had a panic attack at work. I went back to see my GP to ask about natural remedies and again she suggested medication. She thought it would be "life changing" for me. I was so tired from the constant anxiety. So very, very tired. I had been waiting for the penny to drop, for my brain to snap out of it. And it suddenly occurred to me how ridiculous it was to not even try medication. It's not addictive, and doesn't change your personality. But even though I had decided to do this, I was still nervous.
My friend who had started taking medication almost a year before was blunt about her experience of the first couple of weeks.
My sense of self-worth was zero, I found it very hard to see the positive in anything and I cried a lot. I didn't want to be left alone - and certainly didn't feel fit to be left alone with my children. Dr David Hughes is a psychiatrist with Wesley Mission. He says that patients feel side effects in the first few weeks as the chemicals in their brains adjust. In the first weeks as you take medication these chemical systems serotonin, noradrenaline and dopamine are coming into alignment, ultimately leading to an improvement in symptoms, but while this adjustment is taking place you can experience side effects like headaches, nausea and jitteriness for the first few weeks as your brain gets used to the new normal".
And boy, did I want to be normal. I wanted it enough to push through whatever those few weeks would be. My GP knew me well enough to know I'd need support through this time. She eased me into it with small doses, she gave me her mobile, and we scheduled appointments so that every fortnight I was tag teaming between her and my counsellor. I also told my family, my parents and my husband.
It was important that those closest to me knew what was going on. In those first few weeks I was hyper-vigilant, trying to see if it was working. Wondering if the anxiety I was feeling was the usual anxiety, or medication-based.
I was convinced that I would be the only person it wouldn't work for, one of the few statistics where it all went horribly wrong. Before I started medication, anxiety was my normal state of being. These chemicals are responsible for creating a desirable state of the brain altogether. With well-placed bio-hacks, you can take your mood to the new level. Here are the best supplements that act as natural remedies to overcome depression, anxiety, and stress and, as a result, make you relaxed and happy.
Your body makes 5-HTP from the amino acid tryptophan but can sometimes struggle with converting it all the way into that happy chemical. Supplementing with 5-HTP — which readily crosses the blood-brain-barrier to where you need it most — is the easiest way to support balanced levels of the mood-lifting neurotransmitter serotonin organically.
Sunshine manufacture vitamin D in our body- those dwelling in nudist colonies may produce enough vitamin D. This amino acid goes in your brain as a building block to increase the neurotransmitters epinephrine, dopamine, and norepinephrine to boosts your mood. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are needed for responding to stress. L-tyrosine helps you stay cool in stressful situations and reduces negative mental effects. It is also believed to enhance cognitive performance in stressful situations.
Glutathione helps to detox and protecting your cells from the inflammation that triggers oxidative stress. Our brain is vulnerable to oxidative stress- oxidative stress plays a big role in psychiatric disorders.
Theanine — the amino acid derivative also found in green tea triggers the release of gamma-aminobutyric acid. Or is happiness about contentment? Great relationships with friends? Feeling fulfilled at work?
We just want to get to a point where we can get out of bed, go to work, or not feel filled with despair, or anger, or numbness. For a lot of people, their focus is on home improvement.
When you have depression, you just want to get your house to have walls and a roof. It barely qualifies as a home.
Antidepressants are a way to get the walls to stick together. Sometimes, sure. Before antidepressants I was a mess.
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