Finally worked??

Today I had to leave the house, period, there was no way around it. So, roughly an hour and a half before i had to leave the house I took the Theanin Serene with Relora and IT WORKED!!! Oh my god! I had no anxiety! I was able to go to my appointment, I was witty and confident, but most of all, I was relaxed without being sleepy! Something finally worked! I found the solution to my anxiety treatment WITHOUT Xanax or other pharmaceuticals!!! I just cannot express enough how wonderful I feel! This is what I have been waiting for my entire life, to walk outside and not feel like my chest is exploding or that my mind is racing, or I fidget. I did it! I found the combination that works for me. I am just elated!

Ok. a lot has changed since last posting. First, my regiment went like this for a month:

Morning Regiment:

Niacin: 2,000 mg
Magnesium: 500 mg
Fish Oil: 1,200 mg
1 tablet Stress and Anxiety Formula: Which contains:
B-6: 10 mg
B-12: 50 mg
Folic Acid: 200 mg
5-HTP: 50 mg
Suntheanine L-Theanine: 50 mg

Night Time Regiment:

Niacin: 1,500 mg
Magnesium: 500 mg
Fish Oil: 1,200 mg
GABA (Gamma Amniobutyric Acid): 2,250 mg
Valerian Root: 3,180 mg
1 tablet Stress and Anxiety Formula: Which contains:
Vitamin E: 30 IU
Calcium with Calcium Carbonate: 72 mg
L-Glutamine: 800 mg
Valerian Extract: 100 mg
Grape Seed Extract: 25 mg
Melatonin: 3 mg


I no longer take the Stress and Anxiety Formula. Though it did help a little bit, it just did not control the anxiety the way i wanted it to. I still felt the unease from leaving the house, even to check the mail. It did nothing to stop panic attacks. It basically wasn't worth the money for what I needed.

I am still taking 2,000mg of Niacin in the morning and 1,500 at night. I am still taking 500mg Magnesium in the morning and evening. The fish oil is also still the same.

I was taking two Tylenol PM at night to help keep me asleep during the whole night but tonight will be the first time I won't take it. I have been taking it for almost two years now. I will be taking Theanine Serene with Relora. This product contains: GABA - 500mg, Taurin - 450mg, L-Theanine - 200mg, Holly Basil Leaf Extract - 100mg, Relora (which is a combination of Magnolia officinalis bark and Phellodendron amurense bark) - 60mg. I am still taking the 2,250mg of GABA and 3,180mg of Valerian Root because this is the combination that helps with my sleep pattern.

As with anything new, I am starting slow and taking one tablet during the day and one at night. I have noticed a difference but time will tell if this will have staying power and if it will keep working when I actually need to leave the house. Also I have decreased the amount of caffeine I drink. I will have one Dr Pepper a day, as before it was two or three. I am drinking more water and more decaffeinated tea. I feel decreasing the caffeine will help with the anxiety.

And that is the whole reason for taking this stuff and trying to find the right combination so I CAN leave the house and return to work. I understand it takes time to recover from a break down and it takes time to find the right combination but I am getting impatient. August 17th will be two years since my break down. I need something to change.

If this doesn't work, I may need Xanax in a small dose to help me get out of the house. But I will keep researching to find other natural solutions before I go back to pharmaceuticals.

Too Much GABA

I added three GABA to my morning regiment since Monday, January 23rd and I think I started out with too much. I have felt calmer but also very sedated. Tomorrow I think I will go down to one GABA, 750mg in the morning and three at night. Once my body adapts to the change in the morning, I will add another one. I have to be patient and remember that my body needs time to adjust to any changes and that usually takes roughly 14 to 18 days. I am just so eager to get back into my life and start living again, I numbly jumped the dun in hopes of something grand and curing.

The key to this is patience.

Niacin over Magnesium

At one time, I was taking 3,000 mg of Niacin and 3,000 mg of Magnesium; 1,500 of each in the morning and 1,500 at bedtime. As the months wore on I noticed my depression was slowly fading away and I began to get more active. We ran into some money issues and I couldn't get Niacin for three weeks. My mood slowly started to go down to the point where I started withdrawing again. I didn't stop or change the Magnesium at all. This led me to think that taking the Magnesium wasn't doing anything to contribute to my better mood.

Throughout December and into January I missed my Niacin and my mood suffered for it greatly. Though I was still taking the Magnesium, my mood still went down hill. On or around the 11th of January I started taking the Niacin again and within a few days my mood started to climb again. I dropped the amount of Magnesium down to 800 mg; 400mg in the morning and 400mg at night. I was taking my regular dosage of Niacin at 3,000mg per day and I noticed that my mood did go up once I started taking the Niacin again but plateaued. I could get out of bed and make some coffee but general housework didn't get done. I then thought, well, perhaps the Niacin at 3,000mg and Magnesium at 1,200mg per day would be the right dosage. That is the regiment I am on now. I have noticed an incline to my mood and have started keeping house again though I tire easily. I am going to add another 400mg to my Magnesium regiment and see how that goes over the next three weeks.

For the anxiety: I have yet to find anything that works for the anxiety. I am at a loss. As long as the anxiety persists I am housebound and that is very nonproductive. I am eager to get back to work but as long as the anxiety persists, I just don't see how that will change. I take Valerian Root 2250mg Gandgamma-Aminobutyric Acid 1590mg and I take both of those at night. I have noticed some calming from taking that combo and it helps me sleep at least 6 hours a night without interruption. But I really want to find something that will alleviate the anxiety to the point where I can leave the house and get back to work. My search continues.