Non-specific Anxiety Archives

Lemon Balm

Treatments, Deepen Sleep, Non-specific Anxiety / Chris

Improves sleep quality [2] and mild depression, anxiety, stress symptoms [2-3]

Benzodiazepines

Generalized Anxiety, Hypnotics, Treatments, Panic, Social Anxiety, Non-specific Anxiety / Chris

Lorazepam is best overall. Oxazepam safest. Clonazepam, alprazolam approved in panic. Alprazolam short-term helps depression. Akathisia, alcohol WD.

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Propranolol

Lithium SE, Panic, Treatments, Social Anxiety, Non-specific Anxiety, Tremor, Migraines, Akathisia / Chris

Augments SSRIs in panic, use for tremor, akathisia, and irritability.

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CBD

Generalized Anxiety, Treatments, Social Anxiety, Cannabis, Non-specific Anxiety / Chris

[Cannabidiol] This “healthier”strain of cannabis is #1 for cannabis use disorder, but questionable in anxiety and insomnia. Watch for drug interactions.

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Rhodiola rosea

Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Depression, Treatments, Anxiety, Non-specific Anxiety, Anxious Depression / Nancy Brandon

Herb that helps with mild depression and stress management.

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l-Theanine

Hypnotics, Major Depression, Treatments, Hypnotic for Elderly, Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Deepen Sleep, Anxiety, OCD, Augmentation, Non-specific Anxiety, Anxious Depression, Negative symptoms, Cognition, Schizophrenia / Nancy Brandon

Extract of green tea. Depression [3], sleep [2], schizophrenia (neg/anx) [2], OCD [3], cognition [3].

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Lavender

Hypnotics, Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Depression, Treatments, Hypnotic for Elderly, Anxiety, Non-specific Anxiety, Anxious Depression / Nancy Brandon

[Silexan] First-line for generalized anxiety, Prescription and approved outside US. Well-tolerated, safe in bipolar.

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Omega 3 (Fish oil)

Lithium SE, Anorexia, Major Depression, Age-related or non-specific decline, Treatments, Weight Gain, Autism, BP Depression, Bipolar, Depression, DMDD, Migraines, Non-specific Anxiety, Peripartum Depression, Borderline, ADHD, Inflammatory Depression, Acne, Psoriasis, Side Effects / Nancy Brandon

[Fish oil] For bipolar/unipolar depression [2], ADHD, [3], borderline pd [2], irritability, autism, [2], prevention of psychosis [1], dyslipidemia.

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Clonidine

Agitation in Dementia, Hypnotics, Autism, Treatments, Opioid, PTSD, Tics, Nightmares, Mania, Nicotine, Mixed, Migraines, Non-specific Anxiety, Negative symptoms, Borderline, ADHD, Substance Use Disorders, Schizophrenia, Side Effects, Sweating / Nancy Brandon

[Kapvay] Approved for ADHD, but also helps mania, nicotine/opioid, anxiety, irritability, self-harm, autism, negative symptoms schizophrenia, tics

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Gabapentin

Fibromyalgia, Generalized Anxiety, Hypnotics, Alcohol, Restless leg syndrome, Panic, Treatments, Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Cannabis, Non-specific Anxiety, BP Anxiety, Akathisia, Bruxism, Sleep, Substance Use Disorders / Nancy Brandon

[Neurontin] For social anxiety, stabilizing sleep in alcoholics, RLS, akathisia, non-specific anxiety. Better tolerated than pregabalin but less effective.

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