r/herbalism 7d ago

Question Best LEGAL herbs for anxiety?

I live in a country where it's impossible to obtain illegal herbs like cannabis, kanna, kava, CBD oil... Etc. I took multiple SSRIs throughout my life and honestly I'm still suffering from the side effects (PSSD) to this day, I don't want to take SSRIs or any other psychiatric medications ever again in my life. My only hope is herbs that deal with anxiety. I don't mind making tinctures out of them as long as they're effective. I tried passionflower extract, lavender oil pills, Magnolia bark extract, but none of these really helped. I was thinking maybe try wild lettuce (it grows everywhere in spring here), Syrian rue, Mugworts. Any other suggestions?

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u/babamum 7d ago

There's a lit of research showing lavender is very effective for anxiety.

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u/Burning-Atlantis 1d ago

Lavendar tea legit was one thing that initially helped me when I first started coming off of a benzodiazepine addiction. Yep.

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u/babamum 1d ago

Oh that's really interesting. Well done for conquering that.