What have you taken for anxiety other then anti depressants?? I will be going to the doctor begin of Novembe. I am currently not on any medication. Has a hormone cream worked for anybody?
Hi teresa, I take magnesium for anxiety. It helps calm me down. I was taking St. John's Wort, but it gave me headaches. I stopped taking St. John's Wort. I also read that L-theanine supplement helps with depression, and anxiety.
There are quite of few of supplements that help. You can look them up online. Hope that helps.
Hi Teresa many years ago I took something called Herbal Nerve which did help me for while ..I am post meno now and still dealing with the health anxiety this is the only anxiety that I have now but it's brutal at times so I am going to try St. Johns Wort I have heard great things about it ...also I have heard that magnesium works for some people as well
Thank you! I am not really depressed just anxiety. Which can be crazy sometimes. No panic attacks yet and hopefully never. Lol. I have a few different symptoms with this perimenopause. No fun. I will try that magnesium.
Thank you! I am going to look into the magnesium. And I wish you luck. This women stuff stinks. Ugg.
I take an Effexor for anxiety , also helps me with hot flashes.... But I also take magnesium , it's great for a lot of things! I have heard people taking htp but I have no experience with it. I use essential oils for many symptoms and love them, Clary Calm, lavender , and many others have helped.
I also use Progest Cream
magnesium is really great. I started taking a teasp of powdered magnesium at night and it really works for anxiety which I would get late at night before bed. Calms the whole system down so try that first before anything else.
Maria, how many mgs in total a day do you take Magnesium and do u take it at night or when is best?
My MD prescribed .25 MG of Xanax. I break that in half. I can't really tell that I take it, the edge just goes away and it helps with my racing pulse also.
Since taking magnesium in a multi vit it has helped with the anxiety for me
Thank you!
You did? How is that working for you? Does it help with a lot of symptoms ? I am thinking of this route but worried about cancer.
I thought about using the oils. I have friends that use them. Not for perimenopause . I am not fimilar with Effexor? Is this over the counter?
Thank you. I notice I get my anxiety mainly at night too. Every once in awhile during the day. Like if my husband is driving. Lol
yes, nightime is worse for me. Since all this really kicked in, I found I got more uptight going to bed! which was weird for me because I always loved my bed and sleep. But I've had so many weird feelings during the night that I started to dread it, anxiety kicking in at bedtime is just ridiculous as you are trying to relax for sleep. But magnesium powder in water was suggested to me and it has worked like a dream. How your life changes after you fall off the menopause cliff still shocks me!
Yes it crazy. I do not know what women did years ago! Ugg. And I am not medicine kind of person. So I rarely take anything unless needed of course.
I also worry about cancer risks and hormones.
My doctor told me about the cream and said it has to be the natural bio identical cream and not the synthetic. She told me to only use Emerita Progest Cream . She said the others are synthetic and could carry more risks than benefits. Now my anxiety has me researching more about progesterone and cancer!! It was my understanding that estrogen caused more risks with cancer. I use a small amount twice a day and then stop for at least five days around my period. It seems to help somewhat but I'm not really sure anymore what helps and what doesn't during all this perimenopause stuff lol.
I'm fairly new to the essential oils use so am learning still 
However, I have been using Clary Calm for pms and it does seem to help. Lavender always helps my anxiety calm down 
Effexor is an antidepressant, SSNRI.... I've been on several different ones over the years for anxiety and panic attacks. I'm on a very low daily dose. The help with hot flashes is just an added bonus from it
Recently my doc prescribed hydroxyzine prn for really high times of anxiety ... I take half of one and it calms me down rather quickly too.