If you wish to consult a psychiatrist, try looking for one who is trained in hypnosis.

Dr Cheah Wing Yin in Sunway Medical Center is one and quite experienced.
I don't know if he is still practising there as he had a serious road accident three
years back.

I think he also has a clinic in Jln SS 2/24, PJ.


Otherwise, there are quite a number of supplements and herbs which
have antidepressive and anxiolytic properties.

5-HTP
SAMe
Rhodiola
Saffron (Crocus sativa)
Sceletium tortosium
Fish Oil


Anxiety :

Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata)
Blue scullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Chinese dates (Zizyphus jujuba)
Jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)


Adaptogens :

Siberian ginseng
Ashwaganda (Withania somnifera, Indian ginseng)
Maca (Peruvian ginseng)
Cordyceps


Adaptogens (General Antistress Supplements)

http://cortisolconnection.com/ch8_9.php


Effects of Rhodiola rosea on level of 5-hydroxytryptamine, cell proliferation
and differentiation, and number of neuron in cerebral hippocampus of rats
with depression induced by chronic mild stress

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19260327



Rhodiola is quite popular with the members of this forum :

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/20600-rhodiola-dosage/


Note that it doesn't work for everyone - some say they get diarrhea, cramps
and others say their anxiety gets worse.


Try one at a lower dose for a start.

http://www.iherb.com/Nature-s-Answer-Rhodi...eggie-Caps/8287



Plant-based medicines for anxiety disorders, Part 1: a review of preclinical studies.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23436255



Mood disorders and complementary and alternative medicine: a literature review.

http://www.dovepress.com/mood-disorders-an...wed-article-NDT



Nature against depression.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22414105



Herbal medicines, other than St. John's Wort, in the treatment
of depression: a systematic review.

http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/16/1/40.pdf



Crocus sativus L. (saffron) in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome:
a double-blind, randomised and placebo-controlled trial.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18271889


Comparison of petal of Crocus sativus L. and fluoxetine in the treatment of
depressed outpatients: a pilot double-blind randomized trial.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17174460


Comparison of Crocus sativus L. and imipramine in the treatment of mild
to moderate depression: a pilot double-blind randomized trial.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/4/12




The effects of Sceletium tortuosum in an in vivo model of psychological stress.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20816940/


http://www.iherb.com/African-Red-Tea-Impor...ggie-Caps/46069



Anxiolytic effect of seed of Ziziphus jujuba in mouse models of anxiety.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10996283



Hypnotic effect of jujubosides from Semen Ziziphi Spinosae.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20347951



Jiaogulan.

http://www.herb.com/jgl.html

http://www.iherb.com/Paradise-Herbs-Jiaogu...eggie-Caps/4637


Anxiolytic Effects of Herbal Ethanol Extract from Gynostemma pentaphyllum
in Mice after Exposure to Chronic Stress.

http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/18/4/4342



Maca.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca): a plant from the highlands of Peru--from tradition to science.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20090350






This post has been edited by Tham: May 29 2013, 08:28 PM