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thanks for the information. I'll check into that Natural Calm and see what it is....or if it would help me.
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Hi Nuggett, I remember you! I am sorry to hear things aren't going so well at the moment. I understand not wanting to take drugs if you don't have to but sometimes, they are necessary. Are you seeing a good counselor?
I have not heard of magnesium for anxiety but I know they use it for fibro patients!
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Hi Michele! Good to "see" you again.
No, I'm not currently seeing a counselor. I have in the past and I don't think I got much out of it....I didn't let her do her job because I was too skeptical, I think. I don't like to open up in person to someone I don't know....and it was extremely expensive....I know that's not a good excuse...I just wasn't comfortable.
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Be careful. Natural Calm is meant to help C. I think it would make D much worse. It even gives some C people D if they take too much. Just a warning. Magnesium in general has a laxitive effect.
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Had surgery for rectal prolapse in Sept. '06 and feeling good now! Loving life with our IVF miracle #1.
 
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thank you ....yes, I've heard that about magnesium. I'm kind of leary of taking it....if I do try it, I would only take a small dose.
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You might want to try hypno first, since that is like a magic bullet for anxiety. Do you ever get the feeling that there's a calm you and an anxious you, and you can't easily get back to the calm you when the anxiety hits? That's the way I felt, and hypno taught me how to calm myself in almost any situation.
--AC (and you can't beat a treatment that's a 20-minute nap!)
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yes...that's me! A calm me and an anxious me....the anxious me usually occurs in the morning just as my day starts....it gets better as the day goes along. Or I get anxious just before appointments or going somewhere...even to the store.
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Yep! And you really can't force yourself into calmness - I'd try and try and it just made me more anxious. But the hypno will teach you how to switch into calm mode and it is *so* nice. I'd definitely suggest giving it a shot!
--AC
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Some techniques......well to others it might seem silly but this is what I do to get myself calmed down or just to feel better. For one, I keep a paper bag in my car(my anxiety a lot of times is in the car when I'm driving alone...it's kinda one of my anxiety triggers)I've NEVER had to use the bag for hyperventilation, however, just knowing it's there makes me feel better. I did have a relaxation tape also that the doc made for me to use when driving or whenever. I haven't used it in years, in fact, I'm not sure if I still have it but it was just his calming voice telling me to breath in through my nose and out my mouth and just other calming words. I actually use that breathing when I have a bad IBS D flare up. It helps. I guess I've mentally been able to just talk myself out of an anxiety attack telling myself it's ok and that I can get myself out of the situation that's making me anxious and will be fine. I dread the day though that it doesn't work  Luckily it has been working and I've (knock on wood)never had a full blown anxiety attack. I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember but I wasn't officially diagnosed until I was 20 or 21 years old and I'm now 39.
BTW my friend who's 43 just went through the same exact thing with a hysterectomy. They were "watching" a growth on one of her ovaries for about 1 year now and that CA test that detects ovarian cancer kept getting higher and higher but yet they still never did a hysterectomy. Well she went in for a D&C and they saw the tumor getting bigger and wrapping around other organs so they finally gave her the hysterectomy! She has no children and thank goodness really didn't intend on having any anyway. But like you said, thank goodness it wasn't cancer!!!
Did you ever try the hypno tapes offeredy by heather? I'm seriously considering trying them. A lot of people seem to say they work. I guess you just have to really devote time to it and I'm not so sure I have the time. I may look into it though. Most times my IBS is triggered by anxiety so if I can get that controlled, maybe I won't have my IBS anymore 
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I'd start with acacia fiber.
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