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06-19-2010, 09:19 PM | #1 |
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High Strung - natural remedies?
I am TERRIBLY high strung. . . .
I use the following but would like something to mellow me out. . . I have had more than one friend recommend a glass of wine - which I am not against at all but would like other options that I can take regularly . *rescue remedy *nux vomica (homeopathic rescue remedy) *chamomile * I can't think of anything else. . . . so what do you do to mellow out. . . besides drink alcohol which again I am not against; however, I'd like something I can use a hair more often than I am comfortable with alcohol
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06-19-2010, 10:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
Do you take cal/mag?
I see you take Nux. Have you considered seeing a homeopathic doctor?
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06-19-2010, 10:52 PM | #4 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
Theanine, taurine, GABA and inositol are the first things that come to mind besides what has already been mentioned.
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06-20-2010, 10:27 AM | #5 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
Green tea is very good because of the theanine levels so mayb decaff green tea?
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06-20-2010, 11:15 AM | #6 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
First of all,
I am only high strung in certain stressful situations. I want to avoid alcohol too, because alcoholism runs in my family. So I am for other responses. What is nux vomica, and do you take all that stuff at the same time? I'm looking for something to take with me when we fly soon.
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06-20-2010, 08:51 PM | #7 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
Nux xomica is a homeopathic remedy. That would be taken on it's own if it's not mixed into a remedy with others. You can put the drop into water or dissolve pellets under your tongue. That's one of the remedies my psychiatrist had me take. It has a lot of uses.
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06-20-2010, 08:56 PM | #8 | |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
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06-20-2010, 09:05 PM | #9 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
I get mine from my doctor but also bought it from a health food store. Vitamin Shoppe carries Boiron brand homeopathics and they have it. It's like $7 for a tube of pellets (my doc calls the little balls 'globs')
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06-20-2010, 09:21 PM | #10 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
Butterfly...the one thing to remember is that homeopathic remedies are very personal. What might work for Jodi's nerves might not work for yours... You both would have a different symptom picture and thus a different remedy for what seems like the same thing. www.abchomeopathy.com is a good place to enter your symptoms to see what the correct remedy would likely be. A lot of things really need a professional homeopathic dr though.
Jodi..Not sure. Sweetpeasmommy mentions good things.. Dh is also very high strung.... would love to be able to find something that mellowed him a little. He is also told a lot to have a drink...LOL |
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06-21-2010, 05:02 PM | #11 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
I drink caffeine intentionally as I am ADHD . . . . plus off caffeine I am MORE high strung scary thought to those of you who know me IRL I'm sure
Great thoughts. . . .are any of these instantaneous -- like emergency situations where I feel myself totally losing it because of my high strung tendencies. . . I also take rescue remedy in emergencies when I am flipping out I have considered a homeopath but it's SO low on the list and we are in the process of recovering from dh being unemployed for 8 months. WHen we are, we need the younger two to get IgG allergy tested if the DE cleanse doesn't eliminate the rest of their symptoms. . . . after that *maybe* I can see a homeopath Sadly, I am SO much more mellow than when I was on gluten and I am still crazy high strung . . . how did I manage before being gf I do not know
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06-21-2010, 05:16 PM | #12 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
COuld you have an overactive thyroid? I've heard that people whose thyroid was overactive could feel kind of wound up.
I do drink some caffeine, but maybe average 1 cup of coffee every other day. Maybe that's still too much for me? I know that when its time for me to fly, I'll have to cut back altogether. It's a shame too since coffee is like a comfort to me. I was reading about that nux vomica and I don't think it's for me. Rescue Remedy seems to work well for me. I need to stock up. Can one take RR and other low stress natural type things together? For example, valerian I've heard helps ease anxiety. Can I take both RR and valerian together? Sorry to hijack your thread. I'm just too.
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06-21-2010, 05:20 PM | #13 | |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
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I actually think I need to be more regular on cal/mag and take my b complex instead of forgetting I think it's mostly my ADHD that makes me super high strung. . . .
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06-21-2010, 08:13 PM | #14 |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
I'm going to second this. It's the basis of my previous high strungness (and yes, it starts mellowing out thank God) and my dd's.
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06-22-2010, 05:07 AM | #15 | |
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Re: High Strung - natural remedies?
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I am happy to say that last night I remembered to take my CLO, cal/mag and B complex We also have 3 high strung children and recently dh and I were discussing this and I said "well what do you expect -- look at us" Last night we had a very bad storm and the kids were crazy . . . it really emphasized this. We had one kid pacing, one kid biting nails and one kid running around like a chicken in our basement - not to mention the thumb sucking and crying It was hard but for once I was the calm one since I had to be. . . .
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