Re: Re: Severe Anxiety--5HTP and CoQ10

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In a message dated 12/30/01 6:44:50 PM Central Standard Time,

mgentry@... writes:

> I used to take 5HTP and don't remember it helping me, but I think I just

> took it for headaches. I still have it, so I'll try.

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> What exactly is CoQ10? And what is it usually used for? Thanks.

You saw that Andy answered your post on anxiety? I'd go with his suggestions.

Also, there is a supplement called " Spilkes " which says it is an anxiolylic,

but I don't know where to get it any more. I think it has mostly calcium.

Calcium is good for anxiety, as I recall. My Connecticut doc used to sell

Spilkes to me.

My suggestions re Co-Q10 and 5HTP center around neurally mediated hypotension

as a source of feelings of doom, or anxiety that I feel in the chest,

typically.

Balch and Balch says that Coenzyme Q10: is present in the mitochondria of all

the cells in the body. It is vital because it carries into the cells the

energy-laden protons and electrons that are used to produce adenosine

triphosphate (ATP), the immediate source of cellular energy (see Adenosine

Triphosphate (ATP) onpage 63.) This is a constant process because the body

can store only a small quantity of ATP at any one time. It is believed that

as many as 75 percent of people over fifty may be deficinent in coenzyme Q10.

A lack of sufficient coenzyme Q10 can lead to cardiovascular disease because

without it, the heart does not have enough energy to circulate the blood

effectively. end.

If Andy is reading he might be able to shed light on Mercury and ATP, the

source of cellular energy. I think that mercury must be such a potent

oxidizer that any antioxidant might be useful in offsetting its effect of

depleting glutathione. However, I have read that selenium is one of the first

steps in the body creating glutathione.

Now I am reading under " anxiety " in Balch and Balch potassium and selenium

are listed in the " very important " supplements to take for anxiety. Here are

the ones they list as " very important " calcium, 2,000 mg. daily, a natural

tranquilizer, magnesium 600-1,000 mg. daily helps relieve anxiety, tension,

nervousness, muscular spasms and tic. Best taken in combination with calcium.

Then surprisingly iron is listed, then Liquid Kyolic with B1 and B12 from

Wakunaga, then multivitamin with potassium 99 mg. daily and selenium 100-200

mcg daily (if you are pregnant don't exceed 40 mcg daily). Then SAMe, 400 mg

twice daily, B complex 50 mg 3X daily, B1 50 mg 3X daily, B6 50 mg 3X daily ,

niacinamide 100 mg 3X daily, vitamin C 5,000 to 10,000 mg daily in divided

doses and vit E on label, and Zinc 50 to 80 mg daily and not to exceed 100 mg

daily from all supplement sources. There is actually alot more under

" Important " such as chromium picolinate which goes back to Andy's suggestion

to eat small meals frequently because low blood sugar can set off anxiety and

panic attacks and chromium levels out blood sugar, also it does go on and on

about taking more stuff for anxiety and explains what causes it. I think we

ought to do back channel if you want me to write more from the book. I'd be

happy to do that.

I think I found out about 5HTP and CoQ10 from some Chronic Fatigue studies,

and they do help me with my circulation, which is the source of my feelings

of doom or anxiety.

I think that anxiety ought to have some thoughts attached to it or it is

called " free floating anxiety. " I posted what I use because I often recognize

that what I might be forced to call anxiety is actually poor blood flow.

Also, after meals, I can feel like I might die, because the blood rushes to

the digestive system. These are symptoms of neurally mediated hypotension, a

condition in which the heart miscommunicates with the brain. I would not be

surprised to see that condition in mercury injured folks, but there are not

studies that relate to body burden or brain mercury burden. SJ

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Dear SJ,

>>I think that 5HTP and CoQ10 in combination are good for anxious feelings.<<

I used to take 5HTP and don't remember it helping me, but I think I just

took it for headaches. I still have it, so I'll try.

What exactly is CoQ10? And what is it usually used for? Thanks.

Marsha