Anxiety Self Help

This is day 2 of my blog......  I thank those of you who commented on my first blog yesterday, I find your advice helpful.  I am thinking I am going to hold off on starting another prescribed medication and try taking St. John's Wort....anyone used that?  I guess I figure it can't hurt to try something that is natural, and if it doesn't work I am not out anything, just in the same boat I am in now and I can always decide to then turn back to SSRI's.

Had a long talk with  my husband last night.  I am thankful he has stuck by my side so far and am hoping he can stick it out longer.  We are going to try to work together and get through this.  We can only pray that it will all come together.

I am looking for any advice anyone might have on taking a natural substance like St. John's Wort (or if there is anything else natural out there to work for anxiety) versus taking a prescribed SSRI.

Off to face another day.

My Comments From: smoe42 Jul 07 2010, 8:55 am chelsea.....no I am not mixing them. I decided I was going to hold off on trying another SSRI and try a natural route instead. Jossix.....I am going to try the St. John's Wort first and agree with you, I hate the side effects of the SSRI's. The health food lady told me to try Kava Kava that it was more for anxiety than St. John's Wort so if the St. John's Wort doesn't work that's my next step. Have you trid the kava Kava yet?