--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > > shempmcgurk wrote: > > So, as I told you folks a few months ago I am going through a crisis in my > > life in which I am experiencing a lot of depression and anxiety, the likes > > of which I've never experienced in my life (at least, since I started TM at > > age 18...I'm 54 now). > > > > Here's the advice I seek: three months ago when this crisis started, my GP > > prescribed me 0.5mg of Xanax. I have never taken such a drug before in my > > life and, up to now, have been afraid to. But this nervousness that I feel > > everyday, I'm fed up with. So I am seriously considering taking it. I > > filled the prescription today and the bottle is sitting on my kitchen > > counter. > > > > what do you think: should I take it? > > > > Pro's and con's, please. I'm desperate! > > > > As this is my 49th post of the week and I won't be able to respond, I will > > nevertheless read all of your advice on this. > I can appreciate your apprehension in taking the drug. Many here have > already cited the downside the this particular pharmaceutical. After > all so many of these drugs come with long litanies of contraindications > its a wonder they're even legal. About the only pharmaceutical I've > taken in recent years was just an antibiotic that my dentist or oral > surgeon would prescribe. They also provided a prescription for a pain > killer which I had filled once but never used because I didn't need it. > > A few years back after have a tooth extract the surgeon prescribed > Vioxx. I felt so lousy on that that I just put it on my drug allergy > list (very short, sulfa is the other). > > You've never said what your ayurvedic constitution is. Some of us can > make vague stabs and you seem to be interested in treating vata. But I > also know that some people are under the assumption that they have a > vata imbalance when they may not. Vata imbalances are quite common but > with often quickly treatable. The constitution can give a better clue > as to why you have having these panic attacks. They can occur with both > vata and pitta depression. You might look up a practitioner or two and > see what they say. There is often no harm in experimenting with some of > the teas and seeing how they effect you. Whether they improve or worsen > the situation. The more you know about ayurveda the more you can use it > as a powerful tool to keep you on track mentally and physically. > > Unfortunately on FFL you'll have some ayurvedic naysayers who do not > understand the practice and may have had a bad experience with a poor > practitioner. And we have a few who will "critique the movie without > having seen it" if you catch my drift. >
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