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Question for those folks who use Valerian, What dosage do you take? I have tried 100mg and it does not seem to help. Wondering what dosage others find to be effective.

I notice when I take xanax for a few days straight (which fortunately I rarely have to do now) that I really lose my appetite and lose weight. It's kind of a nice side-benefit. Have others noticed this?

Yes xanax always knocks me out. Never take it during the day unless I'm staying in.

I will occasionally have sort of flashbacks to a stressful confrontational that happened in the past. For example, I will relive (or experience) a situation when a co-worker yelled at me, or another confrontational situation. Sometimes I will wake up at night and these previous events will pop into ...

Have been taking xanax off and on for years, but not very often. I only take it at night before bed because it always knocks me out. Sometimes, after 1mg, I'll sleep for 12 hours, and be dragging the next day. Do others have this same experience? Do you have trouble staying awake if you take it in t...

I have not tried the product the OP asked about. And unfortunately, I have not found any "natural" products that seem to work as good as meds. But I do find regular exercise and meditation are helpful. Just my opinion. Good luck.

One of the traits that successful people seem to have is they live their lives and are not worried about what others think of them. Looking back over my life, I think that worrying about others' opinions has been responsible for much of my stress and anxiety. The problem is how really do you get to ...

Zanaprin is being touted as a great natural tranquilizer, even better than Xanax. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with it. Some of the claims seem too good to be true. Thanks.

Hello, I feel like I really need a good cry, but cannot seem to make myself cry. Are there any movies, songs, or anything else you could recommend I watch or do to start to cry? I do often feel like crying after a good movie, but cannot think of any good ones off hand. Thanks. Of course, I guess I c...

Tina:

Thanks for looking into this and replying. Yes it does make sense that anxiety is more generalized and fear is more specific. We talk of a fear of flying, fear of public speaking, etc - these are all specific.