A girlfriend/ fellow anxiety-sufferer gave me the name of a magic potion/ herbal tea that is infused with Valetrian (Nature's Valium), which intrigued me! Months after finally getting a diagnosis, but still greatly suffering, you should be open to all treatment options!
So I bought the tea! It's called Mother's Little Helper, from David's Tea in the mall, and it also has Passion Flower and Mint..and..stuff.
I steeped it with fresh peaches, and added plenty of sugar, and then I iced it! Sound snazzy? I knowww!
Unfortunately is tastes like ASS! :)
I am NOT a tea person! What was I thinking? Luckily I was skeptic after sticking my nose in the canister at the store, and only bought a $3 bag. I've been trying to choke it back, but there is a fairly high chance that the jug will make a first class trip down the kitchen sink.
I just can;t do it! Even though I know its good for me..I mean HOW is it supposed to help my anxiety if it makes my stomach feel disgusting, and a disgusting stomach makes me anxious? Hmm? It's like when I had that hellish flu, and all the doctor could do for me was suggest this Pedia-lite-like stuff that's a powder you mix with water to rehydrate you. And I was shaking, I was so dehydrated, but this FRUIT PUNCH stuff tasted like rotten celery and DOG CRAP! If the taste makes me want to hurl, how am I supposed to drink it in order to repair the damage that hurling caused!?
I'm a drug person. That's all. To me, a prescription written by a doctor and made in a scientific lab, is comforting. It's tested and proven effective, and prescribed all over the world, not picked out of a backyard and smooshed together in a rock bowl, or a witch's cauldron. lol Yes, thats stereotyping, and wrongfully asuming. I mean, why drink this shit when I can just stick a pill under my tongue?
Ok, sure, Valerian doesn't have highly addictive properties. I get that. Blah, blah!
And at one point I was HUGELY excited about finding RescueRemedy, an all natural nervous system calmer, that Sandra Bullock SWEARS by. However, while it has no actual alcohol content, it's brewed in bourbon or whiskey or something and tastes a horrible deal like it..so it isn't going to help if I first have to be reminded of drinking, which reminds of puking and being hungover, which reminds me of major panic.
I'm just a drug person! Not the homeopath sort. I only have magical healing crystals next to my bed, because I don't have to taste them :)
I was actually reading an article recently about how herbal treatments only have the desired effect for those who can tolerate them, for example, if you can't stand the smell of chamomile, it won't calm you down!
ReplyDeleteSo you've just proven that this is true!
It's too bad that you didn't like it at all though, esp. since you spent money on it! I hope that you at least got to see the cute boy at DavidsTea during your trip there! ;)