Over the past four months or so, I've shared with you all on Facebook a number of times that my son has been dealing with pretty severe anxiety. And you all have been very helpful offering recommendations. Thank you! If you haven't “liked” Whole New Mom on Facebook, please do join us. It's a very supportive community over there.
You see, my son suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. And Asperger's almost always comingles (goes together) with anxiety.
Over the past 5 months, his anxiety has increased to the point of being well—really bad. Mainly it's been anxiety about his life threatening food allergies.
It's been hard some days to handle it.
To wonder if we can keep going.
To wonder if he'll get better.
Over the years, we're tried a lot of things to heal my son. You can read more about it in Natural Autism Healing and the Best Therapy of All.
We've tried a lot of things to help his anxiety, and are working closely with our practitioner to manage his stress.
We've tried / are trying the following:
Natural Anxiety Remedies
- GABA
- 5 HTP (partnered with B6)
- L-Taurine (this really seems to help)
- Essential Oils
- Salvia and Amber (a Chinese Herb blend recommended for anxiety and insomnia)
- hugs and encouragement (though I must admit that it can be hard to do this when mom is really stressed out from all of the incessant questions about the things he is anxious about :-))
We've been working with a practitioner for about 1 1/2 years now.
And copper causes anxiety (amongst other things.)
- feathers
- clowns
- well, fireworks–not really.
I read your Blog on CBD Oil. My nephew is 3 and he is on the autistic spectrum. How old would you start using CBD Oil to a child? Do the companies you recommended of information about the use of CBD Oil on young children?
Thanks,
Jacque’ Higgins
Hello Jacque. There are many young children using CBD oil for varying conditions / issues. The companies (and myself) would say to start slow and then build up and watch. One company told me that sometimes it stops working so you can then back off and start over. Others say it can build up in the system so then you might want to back down after awhile. Basically everyone is different but I am personally convinced (after reading a lot of research) that it’s a great thing for almost everyone even in a small amount. Happy to help w/ any other questions.