My doctor recommended Paxil for chronic anxiety. Is there a homeopathic remedy that
is used for anxiety? I really don't want to take drugs if I can avoid it.

There are 100's of remedies used for anxiety. Which one you need depends upon a thorough case taking by a professional homeopath who will find the correct remedy for you as an individual. Other than that read the other posts and give us some relevent information about yourself.

I am 31 years old and a vegetarian for 9 years. Added fish to my diet 6 months ago(mostly salmon,yellowfin tuna steaks,cod). I don't use caffeine, but I do tend to crave(and eat) chocolate.

Recently I have felt chilly most of the time,
but I used to be much warmer than everyone else most of the time.

I prefer outdoors to indoors and I am a morning person.

Menstruation is regular, but Kava has been
wonderful in relieving painful cramps with which I have always been plagued. Recently I have lower back pain more often than cramps. Sometimes use Motrin for cramps,back ache if
Kava doesn't do it.

No trouble falling asleep, but sometimes awaken through the night. Take naps(2-3 hours) daily,but I go to bed 11pm and awake at 4:30am for work so usually need a nap.

Was a nail biter until 18, then quit.

Don't smoke,drink alcohol,use drugs. Avoid
dairy products and black tea, they seem to cause stomach irritation.

Dear Nina,

When do you usually get the feeling of anxiety? Where? What are you most generally doing? (please explain) Is there ANYTHING that makes you feel better? Is there ANYTHING that makes you feel worse? (please explain )

Any OUTSTANDING dreams? Please only mention the impressionable one(s).



What is your occupation?

Any physical complaints or illnesses? ANYTHING AT ALL?

How many years have you been using 'kava'? How many doses/times do you take during menses? (please explain)


What illnesses do you usually get? (colds, sorethroats,...etc)

Why did you start using 'fish' in your diet? Craving ? Nutrition?...etc.

If there is anything that you like to add , then please do so.

Are you taking the medication?

Excuse the many questions.

P.S. How long have you been having these feelings of anxiety?

Do suicidal/religious thoughts come to you ever? During anxiety? Ever?...etc.

How do they interrupt your way of expression/being?

I will stop here for now.

Hello Johnstanton!

My anxiety is mostly social, in groups or where I am the focus of attention. I am
fine when I am alone or with family,even a
family group. My anxiety is less of a problem when I am unknowingly put in a strange situation than if I would know about
it beforehand. If I knew about it, I would
probably try to avoid it somehow. I really do avoid most social situations if I can. I can remember my first feelings of anxiety at
5 years of age when I was supposed to start
kindergarten. I refused to go so was put in
first grade the following year. I struggled
with school phobia until the day I graduated from sr. high and into art school.

Things that make me feel better-water,a hot
shower(I am not a bath person), the sounds of
water like waves or a babbling brook,Yoga
or any form of exercise, relaxing jazz music
quiet surroundings,lighting in a room in a
pleasing way,gardens,outdoors,sun,horses,my dogs

Things that make me feel worse-chaotic situations,noise,drafts,cold, music in the
early morning,dark rooms,lighting in a room
that is not pleasing(both the room and the light),short winter days,negative people

I rarely have dreams or maybe I rarely remember them. If I am really nervous about
an upcoming event, I will usually have a dream(not a nightmare,never had a nightmare).
A few times in my life I have had a dream where I fall backwards off a cliff,waking up
and grabbing the bed.


I am a working student for a dressage rider.
I groom and ride Dutch Warmblood horses. I am also a budding web designer.

Physical complaints-Psoriasis I have had for
13 years, started when I stopped biting my nails(although I have an occassional need to bite if I am super stressed). I have it on my scalp behind both ears and a little on my right elbow. Starting to take milk thistle for this as I understand that skin disorders are liver related. Also I am using Boericke & Tafel Florasone cream 3-4 times daily which really helps.
Cholesterol is 240, has been as high as 264.
Now I am using flax seed oil and hexaniacin
to lower it.
My stomach seems to react to diary, black tea,coffee and white vinegar. I will usually wake up in the morning with a sharp vertical pain if I have eaten these foods the evening before.
As long as I avoid these things, my stomach is fine. In the past I took a Chinese herbal
combo for stomach(about 6 mo.) & it helped a lot.
Swollen glands seem to be a problem for the last few years(2-3 times per year), although
this year I haven't had swollen glands. It used to happen in February and June.


Kava I have been using about a year. The brand is Solgar(in a green glass bottle)150mg standardized full potency extract, 30%
kavalactones with 150 mg raw kava kava powder from root. It does alleviate some symptoms of anxiety like sweating palms,anxious anticipation of nothing. During menses I take it 1-3 times daily the first two days depending on the intensity of
the cramps.
I have tried Rescue Remedy from time to time and it did have a calming effect(also works for the horses), but I haven't really explored Bach flower remedies very much.

Fish was added to my diet because I started to feel undernourished. However, I will not
add poultry or meat.

In the last 3 years I have had trouble with
being able to stay focused and concentrating. I have always been a voracious reader now I can't finish a book, I lose focus. My memory is not as sharp, I used to be very detail-oriented with my memories. I can't seem to stay on my yoga program or any exercise program. I feel unmotivated. I have gained weight in the last couple of years, going from 98lbs(ages 16-29) to about 126. Now I am 111, a lot for a 4'11" small frame.

I have never had suicidal/religious thoughts.
My strong sense of humor has kept me going
when anxiety can make me feel defeated &
so frustrated. I am really a tough person and it takes a lot to get me down.

Along with homeopathic treatment I am going to try a book called Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers,Phd. I don't really
want to have to use Paxil, but if all else fails I will. My life can no longer be put on hold.

Your remedy is Sepia, id preferr that you used LM, as a waterpotence, in order to control and get rid of the psoriasis, in a controlled manner.
But fore a starter, use Sepia one M, one dose, once, avoid all types of vinegar and citrus,oranges, and plants containing acids, also coffe, and chocolate, coca cola for at least two months start stopping with this things, the day before taking Sepia, at least, pref two three days before.
Alos, do not supress the psoriasis,,its likely the supressing of it that causes the backpains.

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Homeopat MNNH Geir E.T. Marcussen
email: getm@eunet.no
http://www.homeopati.no

PS,that dont exclude the chiropractic check, most of my sepiapatients have dislocations in that mentioned area.
Hemhorroids shows always that there is a dislocation.
Symptomes of Sepia: fear of thunder, pain in head before or during a thinderstorm, love to dance, be out in the free, motion makes better, reaction to fish, or loves fish.
tendency towards growing a mustasj,body hairs.
No cuttlefish allowed for Sepiapatients!

Seems ythat ity can be hormopnal, and the backache, shows a locking7displacement in the ileosacral areas, nerves to the ovaries, and the bloddcirculation ( veins, and their valves), it can hinder rigth bloodflow to the ovaris, then a unbalanced hormonal picture shows, followed by panic/anxiety.
Get a chiropractic check on your back, as this dont need to be a homeopatic problem, it is only a homeopatic problem, that we must handle, if chiropractic treatments dont help after five times.
Remedies who come to mind in case,Sepia, natr mur, Phosporus.

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Homeopat MNNH Geir E.T. Marcussen
email: getm@eunet.no
http://www.homeopati.no

GM,
Thanks for your help. I don't have a fear of thunderstorms(I like them),pain in the head before thunderstorms,have a tendency
towards growing body hair,never had hemohorroids so would I still be considered a sepia person?

If I am, what do you mean by sepia LM water
potency? How long after the sepia 1M should
I start the sepia LM? What is the frequency
and length of treatment with sepia LM?

Is one dose of sepia 1M two pellets?

I have been to the chiropractor only once this year in April after I was pulled(nearly dragged)handling a horse from the ground.
I will definitely go back for more treatment.

I also forgot to mention I get cold sores on my bottom lip only since about age 9. They usually occur in winter, and I get them about
twice per year.