DeStress and other anti anxiety supplements

[Guest guest]

I've noticed a few of you talk about your girls taking DeStress and I

wondered if you or anyone that is taking them (any natural anti anxiety

supplements) themselves could answer a few questions for me.

A friend of mine from my mom's group has developed some pretty severe panic

attacks and her dr's have tried her on several medications to lessen her

anxiety but they always end up working in the opposite directions for her

and now she is too afraid to take any kind of medication because of the

reactions she's had. She wants to look into a natural supplement that may

help her but she's curious as to if they will work in her brain the same way

medications do... as in possibly cause more harm than good, or if they won't

cause those reactions because they are of natural supplements?

She really wants to have more control over her panic attacks and the anxiety

she feels, but because the meds they've tried her on so far have backfired

big time, she's too afraid to try more of the same type of thing.

She's started to do some research online but doesn't know what is hype/snake

oil type things or what is the real deal, and then wondering if they coudl

have the same neg. reaction as the medications

I knew a lot of you have been talking about these types of supplements

lately and some of you have some really great knowledge about how these

things actually work so I told her I'd ask and see what I could find out.

Thanks for any help you can give!

Theresa