Has anyone tried natural remedies for SAD?

Always think of happy thoughts like Peter Pan.:)
No, I mean avoid getting SAD in the first place.
Find enjoyable things or activities that keep your head occupied. Remember that laughter is still the best medicine. Drug and alcohol is only short time remedy.

Valerian may sometime help.

Valerian can sometimes help. ;)

Would you consider a hemp a natural remedie? I am beginning to think so. I have been reading where certain strains help people with SAD and if I could get some I believe Id try it. Anyone else?

To Mitch9911 and other people:

Yes there is a cure. No medicine, not even herbal stuff (which I never have heard of to completely curing someone and I've done years of investigation).

It might be that you are born with a higher sensitivity to social criticism (the chemical imbalance that is suggested). However, you still have to had developed your social anxiety somewhere in life.

Fact is, when you are born you only have two basic fears: the one of falling and the one of loud noises.

The rest of all the fears and anxieties (social anxiety) are learned somewhere in life.

And what we learn we can 'unlearn' as well.

I've tried just about everything there is out there. CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), hypnosis, time-line therapy, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Talk therapy, Self help, Meditation, Spirituality (trying to see it from a higher perspective)..

And I'm sure I'm forgetting things..

They all helped!

However, only very slowly or they were temporary results.

About 4 years ago I stumbled on a technique called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). This weird looking tool changed my life. EFT is an emotional form of accupuncture, except we don't use any needles. Instead, you tap with your fingertips on specific meridian points on your body.

EFT combines elements of cognitive therapy, somatic intervention, and brief exposure therapy. The tapping on the points on the body induces a mini-REM state in the brain. This re-organizes how we store and process information.

It is an amazing tool that you can use to get rid of any and all negative emotions and limiting beliefs. I’m talking about fear, anxiety, grief, guilt, anger, sadness etc. So this tool is very useful to help you get over your social phobia.

In fact, it’s the best I have found in my long search for the best techniques, tools, strategies and therapies...

The basic premise of EFT is that...

“All negative emotions are caused by a disruption in the body’s energy system”.

And when you tap on specific meridian points, while being focused on your problem, the body’s energy gets balanced and by doing so the negative emotion disappears.

What?! Am I crazy?

I know, it sounds hard to believe, but trust me, I have your best intentions in mind. EFT really works.

It is a weird looking process, but it is extremely effective. We are talking about near 100% success rates in the hands of a skilled practitioner (and you can get great results by using it yourself too!). I have completely healed myself (with some outside help of qualified practitioners..) and have helped countless others to overcome their social anxiety disorder completely.

When I first saw a video of EFT therapy some 4 years ago I thought it was the biggest nonsense out there. I felt it was some sort of a scam to get desperate people’s money.

I can remember thinking “Yeah right! I’m tapping on some points of my body and that is going to give me faster and better results than established forms of therapy and medicine? Get outta here!”

I was actually pretty annoyed as I though that people that were teaching EFT therapy were trying to make a quick buck out of people that were in very challenging situations.

But since the promises were so great I couldn’t stop myself from being curious. What if it was true?

So I slowly started to read more and more about it. I found hundreds of videos on it and saw thousands of testimonials from people that claimed to be healed because of EFT therapy (if you don't believe me, try googling EFT or search it into youtube).

That’s when I started to weaken my disbelief in the technique.

Because if there are so many testimonials and videos, and the manual on the basic approach of EFT is free...

... then there has to be some truth to it, right?

I have a video on youtube where I demonstrate the tool and where you can experience it for yourself (just type in: EFT social anxiety "get the click").

On my site, www.social-anxiety-solutions.c... I write about all the things that helped in my journey to overcoming social anxiety and building the social life of my dreams. A few pages are dedicated to explaining EFT and the science behind it (it's a scientific research so the page reads a bit boring, but in case you want convincing, go to this page: http://www.social-anxiety-solu...

Hope that helps.

All the best,

Sebastiaan

P.S. I offer my online 1 on 1 skype coaching program on my site as well in case you are interested. Here I coach you to social confidence within 3 months.

AmyH - its been awhile since you sked this question. Have you experinced any relief using the recommended remedies? I see one comment was - be happy, think of others that have things worse. I have to think we are certainly aware of that, but it doesn't particularly help me. I see another comment said it is 100% in our heads. While I do want to believe that, I wonder sometimes if it is a chemical imbalance. Why do some people have no fear and others do not? I just don't think it is as simple as it may be thought, EVERYONE is different and the older I get the more I realize it (I'm 50!).

I've had some benefits with Kava Root, it's hard to find and you do want to research it first as there are some possible effects on the liver though I don't know if anything has been proven yet.

Also I find meditation is very helpful. It sets a foundation of calmness that you can draw on throughout the day.

I agree with not wanting to take drugs. I was on them for a while and no one told me they cause panic attacks, now I have panic disorder.

I took St John's Wort for a good while. Not sure if I recieved anything from it. I couldn't defintely feel a difference although I wondered if it was like a placebo. I haven't taken it in a while now. Am open to other ideas.

try not to be sad.always compare yourself with someone who has suffered more than u.and feel happy dat ur luckier than dem.ya der are some naturel remedies.also you can do some yogasanas for mental relief.keep sharing with friends and find solutions.

Here are some good anti-anxiety remedies:
Passion Flower
Valarian Extract
L-theanine (its an amino acid extracted from green tea)>>its not very effective on low doses
St. John's Worth is more for depression than anxiety.


Additional SAD information from my experience (not about the question):

SAD is 100% in the affected person's head. I know you may thing im crazy but take it from someone who's suffered it for endless years.
If you want to be less anxious, it's possible, without remedies or prescription drugs. It's a matter of changing the way you think. It takes a lot of time, effort, and patience to get better, but if you're as desperate as I was, you'll do anything to get rid of this bullcrap.

Usually a person is 'shy' or anxious because they feel a lot of pressure to fit in or do something perfectly. This anxiety effects only certain personality types.

Here is a website that helped me when i had REALLY bad SAD:
http://www.affirmations-for-su...

There is also a book that helped me a lot, now I'm almost 100% free of SAD:
Name: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen R. Covey
In the beginning it doesnt seem like it has anything to do with SAD (and it doesn't), but I can't express how much this book helped me.

Another thing that helped me A LOT was The Law of Attraction (yes it's a law). There is a movie and book called "The Secret" on it; of course you can google it if you want, i just dont thing google explains everything-it's up to you.

I really hope you get better i know how bad SAD is.

Here are some good anti-anxiety remedies:
Passion Flower
Valarian Extract
L-theanine (its an amino acid extracted from green tea)>>its not very effective on low doses


Additional SAD information from my experience (not about the question):

SAD is 100% in the affected person's head. I know you may thing im crazy but take it from someone who's suffered it for endless years.
If you want to be less anxious, it's possible, without remedies or prescription drugs. It's a matter of changing the way you think. It takes a lot of time, effort, and patience to get better, but if you're as desperate as I was, you'll do anything to get rid of this bullcrap.

Usually a person is 'shy' or anxious because they feel a lot of pressure to fit in or do something perfectly. This anxiety effects only certain personality types.

Here is a website that helped me when i had REALLY bad SAD:
http://www.affirmations-for-su...

There is also a book that helped me a lot, now I'm almost 100% free of SAD:
Name: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen R. Covey
In the beginning it doesnt seem like it has anything to do with SAD (and it doesn't), but I can't express how much this book helped me.

Another thing that helped me A LOT was The Law of Attraction (yes it's a law). There is a movie and book called "The Secret" on it; of course you can google it if you want, i just dont thing google explains everything-it's up to you.

I really hope you get better i know how bad SAD is.