Since having an unplanned pregnancy followed by a miscarriage 6 months ago, I have had "regular" anxiety for the first time in my life. I never even understood what people meant by "I'm feeling anxious" until now.....but I get these waves where I feel like I can't get a full breath. It is HELL. Awful. I would almost say it's worse than the OCD I have had forever.
I am going to try the NAG. Here is something interesting: I noticed that when I feel anxious, if I take like 5 Carlson's fish oil capsules, I feel better in like 2-3 hours. Shocking! I discovered this by accident, taking it for general health. So I do think the anxiety is at least partially related to inflammation for me. But lately the fish oil isn't enough.
One other interesting tidbit....when i was taking Minocycline, I noticed my messed up sleep schedule normalized overnight. Suddenly, I was tired at the right time. My psychiatrist, upon hearing this (and not being the Mino prescriber) theorized the Minocycline was helping my sleep cycle by reducing inflammation in the brain, which that antibiotic has been proven to do (so they suggest giving it to stroke patients after a stroke to prevent further damage by reducing inflammation). Obviously I don't want to always take Minocycline. So maybe this inflammation of the brain has something to it.
I am going to try the NAG. Here is something interesting: I noticed that when I feel anxious, if I take like 5 Carlson's fish oil capsules, I feel better in like 2-3 hours. Shocking! I discovered this by accident, taking it for general health. So I do think the anxiety is at least partially related to inflammation for me. But lately the fish oil isn't enough.
One other interesting tidbit....when i was taking Minocycline, I noticed my messed up sleep schedule normalized overnight. Suddenly, I was tired at the right time. My psychiatrist, upon hearing this (and not being the Mino prescriber) theorized the Minocycline was helping my sleep cycle by reducing inflammation in the brain, which that antibiotic has been proven to do (so they suggest giving it to stroke patients after a stroke to prevent further damage by reducing inflammation). Obviously I don't want to always take Minocycline. So maybe this inflammation of the brain has something to it.