No Drugs, No Anxiety

Cheryl, a CPA and owner of a successful accounting firm, often puts in 12 to 14 hour days. A few months ago, she began waking up at night with a rapid heartbeat and severe anxiety that often lasted throughout the day.

Cheryl would be considered by most doctors a perfect candidate for anti-anxiety medications such as Valium. However, these medications have a plethora of dangerous side effects, including dizziness, impaired thinking, memory loss, and unsteady gait. They are also habit-forming. Xanax, an exceptionally powerful drug in this class, is quite addictive.

Instead, she came to see me. Rather than drugs, I recommended a nutritional supplement and lifestyle modification program. Cheryl took my advice, and she gets by very well.

— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD