better than xanax

BETTER THAN XANAX
3 Safe Ways to Chill
Kelly Brogan MD
Medications like Xanax and Valium are known to be addictive.
Nonetheless, unsuspecting patients are often written long-term
prescriptions, with no end in sight.
If you are considering pharmaceuticals to treat anxiety,
I urge you to try these effective, natural remedies which offer
real results, without drug dependency.
Tapering off benzodiazepine (“anti-anxiety”) meds should be
done under a Doctor’s supervision.
Kelly Brogan MD
Better Than Xanax: 3 Safe Ways to Chill
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It Starts In The Body
Anxiety is often experienced via a combination of intense bodily signals:
Racing heart
Sweating
Muscle tension
Stomach discomfort
Headache
Also known as the “fight or flight” instinct, this is an important signal
from the body of the immediate need for survival.
In the absence of a clear, physiological driver (like a lion rushing towards
you, licking its lips!), we are left with a generalized feeling that we label
“anxiety”. These “anxiety attacks” create a vacuum of confusion as to
what these signals are trying to tell us.
Kelly Brogan MD
Better Than Xanax: 3 Safe Ways to Chill
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A Signal of Imbalance
Interestingly, these symptoms are potential indicators of a blood
sugar imbalance. Reactive hypoglycemia masquerades as anxiety
and panic attacks, particularly in women.
They may also be your body’s way of signaling that a much deeper
issue needs to be addressed:
A signal of the need for inner focus.
A signal of the need for growth and change.
Supporting your body and mind through dis-ease offers you the
opportunity to take a mindful look at your symptoms.
Don’t fight yourself, because the body and mind fight back.
There’s a gentler way!
Kelly Brogan MD
Better Than Xanax: 3 Safe Ways to Chill
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3 Safe Ways to Chill
Here are 3 powerful tactics that anyone can engage to immediately lessen
the body’s stress response.
1. Breath This Way
Left nostril breathing activates the Ida Nerve Ending in the left nostril,
which relates to calmness and relaxation. Breathing through the left nostril
for five minutes can lower your blood pressure, producing a rapid reversal
of anxiety symptoms.
2. Drink This
Instructions
Sit in an easy pose.
Close your right nostril with
your right thumb, stretching
your other fingers straight up
as antennas.
Close your eyes and begin to
breathe long and deep, only
through your left nostril.
Because our diets are typically heavy in muscle meats, we miss out on the
abundant glycine, an amino acid with calming properties, found in bones
and connective tissues.
Continue for three minutes.
To replace this glycine, use grass-fed gelatin in warm liquids or
hydrolyzed collagen mixed with cold water. Start with one tablespoon,
working up to two. Don’t worry, it’s flavorless!
3. Soak Here
Structuring a bath into the end of a stressful day is an important act of
self-care, and can also double as a mineral cure for anxiety.
Epsom salt, also known as magnesium sulfate, is often called the
“relaxation mineral”. Magnesium is calming to the sympathetic nervous
system and is readily absorbed through the skin, optimizing detoxification
and cellular function.
Add two cups of Epsom Salts to filtered bath water and soak for
20+ minutes.
Kelly Brogan MD
Better Than Xanax: 3 Safe Ways to Chill
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Anxiety is important. When we can react less and meet the
anxiety with a watchful eye, powerful internal shifts can happen.
Develop an understanding of your current state, so that
necessary changes can be made and that which is not serving you
can be willfully released.
I encourage going deeper, and asking your Inner Healer to show
you the truth of this powerful message!
Kelly Brogan MD
Better Than Xanax: 3 Safe Ways to Chill
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