u/Old_Pen_182

Has anyone cured their anxiety with the help of herbs and other supplements? Im having a moment of despair and would like to hear some positive stories. I have relied on ashwagandha on and off since 2017 and I have used tinctures on and off as extra support the past two years. while these things do take the edge off, the past 2 years ive been drowning in anxiety due to unavoidable life circumstances. I did have a period of time where I was almost 100% better in 2019 but my life was stable and routine, but since 2020 ive had slowly increasing difficulties with managing my anxiety. now my life is just chaotic and unpredictable since i went back to school, graduated and am now looking for work. Any advice is appreciated, thanks for reading.

edit: tinctures I have are passionflower, skullcap, motherwort, holy basil, lemonbalm, milky oat seed and kava. I find the best results with skullcap. passionflower, lemonbalm and kava. I only use kava in an emergency when I am having an anxiety attack I try to limit it because I dont think it should be used daily but I could be wrong. if anyone has suggestions on combinations, routines or amounts to use I would appreciate that also

as for breathwork I do 5-10 minutes of dedicated time for this and during my day I try to deep breath if I see myself starting to panic. I am not sure if this is enough though ​

I am just looking for other stuff to potentially try for anxiety. Currently I use these tinctures from herb pharm as needed sometimes daily: skullcap, passionflower, lemon balm, milky oat seed and i also use holy basil but less often. I have motherwort but I find it to not be very strong so I rarely use it. I have a kava tincture that I use occasionally when I have very strong anxiety. I have valerian but it made me more sleepy than anything. I have tried gotu kola but same issue as with valerian. Besides herbs I take ashwagandha from nootropics depot and I use L-theanine. My main issues are pretty strong anxiety. i get it all: hand shakiness, GI upset, muscle tension leading to soreness, hives etc. The muscle tension and shaking is my main concern. Everything I use works pretty well but unfortunately I have to take a pretty high amount at times so I am always looking for other possibly better options or better combos. Any advice is appreciated