I've had chronic stress/anxiety with panic attacks now for several years. It got better for a while but this year
it's been back (although not as insane as it was before).
I've pretty much dealt with all the psychological stuff already. But even though I know I should feel happy
and anxiety-free, I don't. I'm thinking this has to do with my actual brain/body, and not my mind.
So, any tips on which vitamins/nootropics to take?
A couple of weeks ago I started with:
- Zinc (15mg)
- Magnesium (400mg)
- B-Complex (With Niacin, B12, B6 etc)
- Fish Oil (2-3g per day)
- Vitamin D3 (7500 UI)
- Probiotics
I also do:
- L-Tyrosine (500mg, although it gives my heart palpitations)
- L-Tryptophan (1000mg at night, started a week ago)
- 1 Green Smoothie every day (full of kale, broccoli, cranberries, fruits etc)
What more can I do?
I need to get rid of this chronic stress as I feel like it's depleting me of my life, eating me
from the inside.
I have ordered the following supplements and was thinking of adding them to my daily
routine by next week:
- L-Glutamine
- Bacopa (Brahmi)
- Arjuna
- Ashwaganha
- Piracetam
- Choline
What do you think of that? Anything else I should add?
Also just discovered Tianepedine. Particularly this study was interesting to me:
http://www.ncbi.nlm....cles/PMC357072/
If I were to add Tianepedine into the mix, would it be overkill? Would it interact badly with L-Tryptophan?
(I'm planning on quitting Tryptophan in a couple of weeks when my serotonin levels have been maxed out)
Oh and by the way, I'm in this for the "long haul". I don't want to take anything that makes me feel good in
the moment, and then when I quit, I feel like crap again. I've gone through the past 5 years with some insane
amounts of PTSD and anxiety, and I've never taken a drug to calm me down. So, I can handle feeling shit for
now, but I want to see a change in the future.
Edited by stolpioni, 01 April 2014 - 04:12 PM.