Anxiety is a state of overstimulation in the nervous system by way of excess of neurotransmitters and hormones like glutamate, cortisol and adrenaline and a deficiency of GABA and/or serotonin. Correcting these imbalances and eating a non-stimulating diet that keeps blood sugar steady go a long way towards correcting this overstimulation. Most therapies that work …
Seven Key Therapies to Calm the Nervous System
The autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for automatic functions such as heartbeat and breathing, has two modes: the parasympathetic, or “rest and digest,” and the sympathetic, or “fight or flight.” The sympathetic nervous system is intended to come online in short bursts when survival is on the line. A state of constant SNS arousal …
Treating Pain in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Guide
Pain in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can come in the form of burning muscle pain after exertion or chronic burning pain and skin sensitivity known as fibromyalgia. Many people have both CFS and its “sister,” FM. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Treatment Guide theorizes that this pain is generated mostly in the brain and spinal cord. In …
How I Recovered From Chemical & EMF Sensitivity
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is a condition in which you develop hypersensitizy to chemical contact; the exposure can come through inhalation, skin contact or ingestion. Chemical sensitivity can be relatively mild or manifest in extreme ways. MCS is very common in people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. This is an illness with a lot …
How to Focus, Relax and Lose Weight Through Aromatherapy
From apple pie to perfume, scents open a vault of associations that provoke joy, nostalgia, or desire. Smell has its seat in the limbic system, the part of the nervous system that determines emotional responses. Researchers are discovering that common herbal and floral essential oils have therapeutic uses with few side effects.