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I want and need to get off of an anti-anxiety medicine I went onto in May (related to a crisis) because it is causing toxicity in my body. I am already so VERY anxious! My 9 year-old daughter needs to avoid refined sugar and chocolate for 2-3 months and is very upset about it. We both can use prayer support to give us strength and prevent withdrawal symptoms! Thank you so much.

Dear rosefriend,

I would humbly theorize your condition could be alleviated by focusing on and understanding further "grounding'. Easier said than done though one might say for sure.

For instance; one who might be toxicity pent with energy might be the least interested in practice that would relieve the condition.

As humans we have developed defense reactions to virtually any germ or condition. To varying degrees of effectiveness.

Sometimes we hold onto a negative condition more than our Middle Self might not realize right away. Everyone does it, it's a truism of Souls. Equally if not doubly true for us incarnate folks.

Namaste,
Michael

Thank you, Michael. Good food for thought. Could you please elaborate your second paragraph?

Rosefriend

"For instance; one who might be toxicity pent with energy might be the least interested in practice that would relieve the condition."

Dear Rosefriend,

That was supposed to be a random example but my forrest gump way of filtering intuition was at play there i think. I was intuitively seeing the the anxiety thing/issue as energy/emotional dynamics and such that's not grounding. Stuck like a plugged drain.

Namaste,
Michael

Rosefriend,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- if you are still very anxious then I wonder what good the meds are doing

- if they help, then I wonder how you will cope with anxieties after you stop taking them

- such meds often do not cure anxiety - simply alleviate the symptoms

- if your daughter has problems with sugar and chocloate then a more long term solution may be in order (is she very much overweight??)

- withdrawal can often be as psychoogical as it is physiological

- if you wish, I will add you (both) to my list for nightly Reiki practices

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Hello Rosefriend,

I recently started acupuncture for anxiety and it is working. You might want to consider it and it will probably help with the anxiety AND getting off the medication/withdrawl symptoms. Just try to find a really good traditional chinese dr would be my advice if you do try it.

I will send Reiki for you and your daughter.
take care,
Animallover28

Dear Firekeeper,

Yes, I have anxiety problems in general but these were exacerbated by a marital crisis and I couldn't function barely at all. It was supposed to be short term, but now i want to be off of them and NOT be anxious. The toxicity shows up as giving me more of the symptoms that it is supposedly helping with (numbing out). I need much healing energetically still, and am working to develop a lower-anxiety lifestyle and personality. It looks like that will take a long time!

My daughter is not overweight at all. We are under the care of a homeopath who tests our energies monthly (through some quantum healing test done with a drop of blood) and he is the one who pointed out that we could do something about these substances to improve our general states of well-being. The psychological part is very intertwined here.

I'd be grateful for receiving healing energy via you. Thank you.

Rosefriend

Dear Michael,

Definitely. I am trying to allow the process of unplugging to work, but there was/is still a lot of build up on the other side.

Thanks for clarifying.

Rosefriend

Dear animallover28,

I know how powerful and helpful acupuncture can be. The person in our area who is best at it is out of town and I don't know of others who help me as much. Hopefully I will be able to work with her more often in the near future. We are both busy moms and it is hard to fit self-care in sometimes, esp. if it means travelling when my daughter needs to be going to bed. But thanks for the reminder! and Reiki...

Rosefriend

Hi Rosefriend,

Have you considered trying natural remedies for anxiety? Some of the Bach Flower remedies are designed to reduce anxiety. You would of course have to check that your current meds are compatible with any natural remedies. Hynotherapy can also be a useful tool in tackling anxiety as can yoga and meditation.

I wish you both well :)

Gentle Blessings
Helen

Dear Rosefriend....this of course might be out of place, but I note that you live in Illinois....perhaps, you could connect with Led (also, of Illinois...though I know that covers a lot of territory) or even with some of your Mich. Reiki friends...for some combined healing sessions? I'm in G.R.,
Mandy is in Traverse, Harmony is near Detroit, and Barbara Helen is in Nunica....take care, please.

rosefriend

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- perhaps you might consider a consult with a behavioral psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders\reactions

- as for chocolate??? Dark chocolate has some rather good qualities and can healthfully be put in one's diet (not to excess, of course or if one has some food allergy to any of its components)

- for myself??? I eat an ounce or two of the very dark varieties of choclolate once a day - most every day - but no more than that

>:-}}

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper