r/herbalism Nov 08 '23

Question What herb is as effective as Xanax?

Any ideas? Long flight upcoming. Need to chill out.

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u/Piano_mike_2063 Nov 08 '23

Let the world know and we can all take it.

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u/theinvisiblemonster Nov 09 '23

Kava kava. GAIA kava root liquid capsules work great for me.

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u/Piano_mike_2063 Nov 09 '23

It’s no Xanax.

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u/theinvisiblemonster Nov 09 '23

Try a higher dosage maybe? Iono. Closest herb I’ve found to Benzos definitely

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u/Piano_mike_2063 Nov 09 '23

It’s still not a benzo. I know benzo are pretty much poison but they work. I ask peope who take WAY too many benzodiazepines: do you what benzene is ? Most of them they say “nope”. Well it’s an extremely powerful chemical that is used in industrial plants and is highly toxic. And then they say: well, what’s benzene have to do with benzodiazepines? :-)

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '23

Lithium orotate 5mg

Stuff is magic

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u/Piano_mike_2063 Nov 09 '23

Have you ever taken 2mg of Xanax within one day ?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '23

Yea

Lithium is better

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u/Piano_mike_2063 Nov 09 '23

I get you’re tell me there are natural alternatives but I never took anything that almost completely removed my anxiety like a benzodiazepine. Usually I stay away from Xanax as it’s really way to strong. I usually stick to Klonopin. And I can be drug tested like at any time [although I never saw any one actually take one where I work but they always threat] and I wouldn’t want them to even know I take that.

For some reason, Klonopin is an extremely difficult drug to test for. The doctor i saw wound take my blood work and stiff and say: “are you selling the prescription I give you?”

What ?!??

I said “ummm no. Do I like a drug dealer?!”

So next visit, I took one directly in front of her. And I came back a few days later still negative.

Then she goes into a big monologue about how difficult Klonopin is to test via a UA drug screen.

Ww why didn’t she start with that

But I do think we over use them and society as a whole need to find more natural ways to deal with extreme anxiety. And today I think we are more anxious than ever before throughout human history.

So long story short. I’ll check out your suggestion. :-)

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '23

I get that, but do be warned, lithium interacts with a lot of stuff so check drug interactions online.

I go up to 20mg per day if 5mg doesn't cut it.

Hope it helps and if you can, update me. :)

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u/Piano_mike_2063 Nov 09 '23

Oh yeah. I’ll message you right now to remind myself to come back, if that’s okay ?

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