RE: Anxiety remedies that work part 3: Lemon balm
I can't help but say "Great Series!", since #ihaveanxietytoo =D Thought perhaps it's less noticeable now that I've found my very own road to dealing with it. I think I'll appropriate this tag (as secondary) for at least some of my articles, as an anxiety and depression veteran who's in the recovery stage I have some things to share!
Speaking of which, in part 2 you briefly mentioned trying CBD oil -- how did that work out for you? As it happens this August I've had a sip of Hemp seed oil -- the internationally legal stuff that has no psychoactive element, but is extremely low on CBD content -- and boy did it have an effect!
Somewhat too much of an effect, perhaps, because I was not aware of an appropriate dosage at first. It immediately alleviated not only my chronic back and knee pains, but even more importantly the dark clouds of anxiety started parting as well! However for my neglect of sensible precautions, like, you know, researching the stuff online first, I've had to pay with a few straight sleepless nights -- that's what starting with "couple tablespoons" of the stuff will do for you.
The thing works differently from most relaxant-based anxiety cures I've tried before -- it's almost like a kind of stimulant that boosts your cognitive functions -- an effect that seems to be somewhat poorly researched so far (I've seen only research on mice).
Anyway, if you ever give the thing a go, do start with very low dosages --one or two coffee spoons a day. Also, pairing it with a minimum recommended dose of fish oil could alleviate the potential for Omega 3/Omega 6 disbalance in your brain.
Hello @eccles!
Thanks a lot for sharing, Im not big on that specific plant, even though I met this doctor who wanted to prescribe it to me for medical purposes... So I don't think I remember mentioning that specific substance in my articles but maybe @mountainjewel did, or someone else might have?
Anyway, I have a friend (who lives where it's a 100% legal) the friend got diagnosed with cancer and this friend got a treatment with some type of strong extract and the tumour started to shrink, and this friend was miraculously cured, (but there was also a very large group praying, many healers, energy-workers and such)... The doctors did not believe their eyes looking at the x-rays...
And yes Omegas are great, that reminds me I should by some Omega supplements, so I can become even more friendly and happy...
=)
May the force be with you @eccles!
/FF
Right, it was in fact @mountainjewel you quoted, pardon me.
I understand your misgivings, I've not considered it for the longest time myself because of the cultural stigma attached. Just to be clear, we're not talking about Cannabis here, just the sort of oil used in cooking and available off-the-shelf in a supermarket (mine even has "Own Brand hemp oil").
I would not try to force you into anything you have strong misgivings about. There are a lot of interesting properties to hemp oil, certainly, but there are also side-effects. In relation to cancer in particular there's some research that suggest that certain forms of it can be exacerbated rather than healed by plain Hemp oil -- because it could potentially use those otherwise wonderful Omegas as fuel, allegedly.
That said, I've deeply regretted not trying Hemp oil sooner -- it could have made a huge difference to my life a decade ago. I'm still working out the kinks with this stuff, so I don't feel confident about writing about it myself.
I hope you find a safer alternative that fits you, I'll look forwards more Anxiety Remedies! (already put Skullcap on my "Wanted" list)
Oh, yeah as you notice @eccles, Im trying not to be another blogger, blogging about that plant, there are already so many people doing that here, there and everywhere... =)
But yeah I see, oil from the seeds, yeah that is good stuff I tried that as a salad dressing it was cold-pressed. I am going to post some more posts in the series, but next time it will be something more of an obscure compound that is kind of like a vitamin but not really, and its for ladies only...
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