Hi Jack, so I've made some progress with my anxiety and thought I'd share in hopes it may help you. so this past week it was getting a little out of control. I noticed it was amped up as soon as I woke up each morning. A few times I was even sensing a full on attack coming on and I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet. So it was pretty bad. I was having to take 1/2 Tsp of Magnesium and 15 drops of Passion flower 4 times throughout the day just to get by. the stuff worked in 15 min but would only last about 4 hours. So I tried to get to the root of the problem and recognized 2 things stressing me out when I thought of them. Things that started in the beginning of the week.
So I made the effort to solve those 2 problems. I immediately felt better. It took a lot of thinking internally and out loud to solve them. like talking everything out. getting to the bottom of things and finding a solution. This returned my anxiety back to previous levels. Now I wanted to try to bring it down even further so I started paying attention to my Cortisol levels. I got it tested. The upper range was 15.9 for the AM and my was at 15. So within range, but the upper range.
So I started taking a previous herbal supplement called Ashwagandha. I had already tired it and had some success and wanted to try it again as its very well known to lower Cortisol levels, anxiety, help with depression, insomnia. A whole host of things. So far I have had really good success with it. I feel very calm. I take one capsule twice a day.
You can read about a Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study here if you'd like. So just some food for thought.
How do you check your levels of cortisol?