Magnesium supplements

One of the best things i have found as a natural sedative is cnamomile tea made from the flowers...nothing else in it.

As to magnesium, That's one of those things you do not want to take in pill form without a doctor's directive. However...for muscle cramps, pain, etc. a magnesium spray does the trick in moments.

So, magnesium spray will calm your muscles, and chamomile tea will calm the rest of you. This of course depends how bad your anxiety is!!!! Many of us had to start with meds for awhile. Hugs, Rachel

On the subject of natural supplements, have you heard of L theanine or Suntheanine? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine 

For some it is a Gods send while others don't notice a thing. For me personally it works wonders. It is an amino acid derived from green tea leaves. It has actual psychoactive properties to cross the blood brain barrier and is a major producer of gaba in the brain. it has no discernable side effects that I notice. 

Also B vitamins help as well as probiotics to keep the gut in balance. supposdly if your gastointestinal track is a mess, your brain chemisty is greatly affected. 

Hope this helps!

Black1492

There's a lot said here about magnesium, but I must repeat...PLEASE do not take a supplement (pill or capsule) for either magnesium or potassium until you check with your doctor.

Our pharmacists even ask if your doctor knows you are buying one of them. They would still sell to you as it is an over the counter thing, but they do advise people to be sure their doctor knows they are taking either.

i'm going to be really blunt here. Just because something is natural does not mean it is safe to take. Anyone remember St. John's Wart? Everybody was taking it. My stepfather almost died from taking it, because of its interaction with something else he was taking. I was the one who gave it to him.

This was back in the days you had to go to the library and actually read books. I practically lived there for a few months. Many of my clients would ask me for supplemet advice...I learned to refer them to their doctor. Often I could tell them why they should check, but from then on, I do not refer to a product without doing my homework. Even then, I will usually post the warnings.....like Chamomile tea should not be used if allergic to the ragweed family, or if pregnant.

At my clinic, I am REQUIRED to report any and every natural thing I want to take. I often get a no, and a clear explanation as to why.

When I was being interviewed for approval to take Havarti, the company representative spent 45 minutes of the phone with me, asking about everything I ate, drugs I was on, and especially what "natural" supplements I was on. I was forbidden one more day on two of them, as the interaction with the new drug would not be good. Other things, I could take, but it has to be a four hour span between them and the Havarti.

I remarked that it was a pretty thorough interview. He said being that particular is one of the reasons their success rate is 95% cure rate.

Does anyone remember when everyone was taking comfrey? Really our of demand now. Please, people, unless you are a drug interaction, or physiological interaction professional, don't just pick up a bottle and take it.

Well, I can't do any more that warn people. What anyone does is their choice and not mine. But it was my choice to tell what I know for a fact. And do remember, there is a reason we are told not to give our prescription meds to anyone else. Same is true of natural supplements. What heals you may harm someone else.

When giving someone a couple of asperin...if they are on cumadin (a heave duty blood thinner) those asperin could cause internal bleeding, or if they get a cut...no clotting happens.

Good health and wise choices to us all.

magnesium is a vital mineral for brain function but you don't need a lot you can take it in a homeopathic powder.