Re: Cannabis and Adrenal Fatigue / Chronic Illness / Pain

Lalobear,

When my AF symptoms became major (severe panic attacks) I was using valerian to get through the day (when I was still employed!). I must have consumed at least 12,000 mg a day at that point!

Then once I quit my job I weaned myself down to about 3,000 mg a day because I figured it probably wasn't doing good in such large doses and it didn't matter if I panicked all day because I was home. Then I took a 2 week break from it to give my body a rest.

The first time I took it again was right before bed. It put me to sleep, but then about 2 hours later I woke up to this horrendous feeling like the room was closing in on me. The anxiety was so bad that I couldn;t breathe and I had no idea where I was. I also felt paralyzed. Couldn't move no matter how hard I tried. I tried yelling for my mom to come help but I couldn't get anything out but a squeak. So I laid there praying to God that it would pass and it did after about an hour.

I don't know if it was the valerian that did it, but I have been too afraid to touch the stuff since then. But I imagine the tea would be a smaller dose, and my body is stronger now than it was then so I'm thinking of giving it a whirl.