Free from anxiety disorders – a life-changing journey
01.11.2024
Reading time: 7 minutes
I'm Kris, a 44-year-old woman, mother of two teenagers, entrepreneur and active member of society. No two of my days have ever been alike, and I've always joked that my lifelong hobby is jumping blindfolded into unknown waters.
Everything new energises and excites me – I love adapting to new roles, taking on new responsibilities, trying new things and poking my nose into new situations. It seems as if I'm not afraid of anything or anyone.
In reality, though, for most of my life I have at the same time suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. You can imagine the dissonance inside a person who gets energy from everything new, yet also fears it all, and every undertaking is accompanied by anxiety or even a panic attack just before it happens.
I love performing, giving speeches, running trainings or standing in front of people in any other way and being useful to them. Yet it's not unusual that just before stepping on stage I almost black out, or my heart pounds so hard it's as if there were a Metsatöll concert in my ears.
That's why I've always learned all my speeches and trainings word for word, just in case – so that if my nerves fail, the text will come out even in my sleep, and the rest is just a matter of acting skill.
Twice in my life I've actually had to use this strategy – once in Norway in front of 2,000 people and once at home in the Alexela Concert Hall in front of 800 people. Luckily the chaos boiling inside me didn't show at all, and the strategy held up.
SUFFER, OR FIND A WAY TO BREAK FREE FROM ANXIETY DISORDERS
Some good acquaintances who know about my years-long problem have advised me not to invite such situations into my life and thus get rid of anxiety and panic attacks. But I side with those friends who urge me to do what I truly love deep in my heart, in spite of fear and anxiety.
Even if I had removed standing in front of people from my life, there would still be the everyday activities that have mostly triggered anxiety and panic too – driving on the highway, swimming, everyday business and household worries, flying, making business phone calls, guests arriving and much more.
If I removed those too – what would I have left at all???
The worst on this list are driving on the highway and flying. For several years my highway drives ended with me having to pull over, because my vision flickered and a record kept spinning in my head: „I don't want to die ... I don't want to die ... I don't want to die ... “.
Once I caught on to that mantra, I replaced it with: „Everything is fine ... everything is fine ... everything is fine ... “, but on doctor's orders I still ended up on Xanax. Fortunately, my relationship with this addictive pill was very short – I came to my senses first and started looking for relief elsewhere.
HOPE – THE COLOURFUL WORLD OF SUPPLEMENTS
Anxiety, panic attacks, fears and constant worry – these have been my daily companions for years, and the hope that some supplement, technique or insight could free me from them has not left me for a second.
The reason for this hope is simple – I want to live a full life and enjoy every undertaking, every trip, every party – in other words, everything life has to offer me.
For almost 15 years now I've danced to the scientists' tune rather than the doctors'. The reason was a realisation that treating symptoms for long-term results is as pointless as treating an open fracture with a plaster. Logically, better results come from understanding how the human body works and restoring the conditions it needs to function well.
The moment I understood this, everything began to change. At first and above all I dealt with my physical health issue – atopic dermatitis. After years of work I got rid of its symptoms without medication, and last year I finally reached anxiety on my list of health issues and took it on.
REMAG AND REMYTE – TRUSTWORTHY, SCIENCE-BASED PRODUCTS
I tried many different things, but a few months ago kind fate brought Dr Carolyn Dean and her two products onto my radar – ReMag and ReMyte.
My faith in these products came from the doctor's books on the importance of magnesium and minerals, and the fact that she is no ordinary doctor. Everything I read in her books seemed so logical that I didn't even question whether to try the products. But I knew not to expect relief very quickly, because all healing takes time, and the deeper the problem, the longer it takes.
At that time, though, I was in a period of my life when I knew that circumstances would again bring on my fear cramps (terrible things), brief freezes, hysterics and panic attacks. I couldn't dwell on it much, because I had a hundred things on my plate at once – each more unpleasant than the last. My usual support – my partner – was abroad, and I flew (another mega-stressor) back and forth between him and home several times.
By that most stressful week I had been taking ReMag for only a month and in very small doses, as recommended by Dr Dean. Since I'm not exactly known for consistency and following instructions, I have to admit that looking back I didn't follow the doctor's recommendations very precisely and most likely took considerably less than I should have for my issues.
I started with a couple of drops and reached maybe one teaspoon a day, although I know I should have fairly quickly reached three teaspoons (which I'm taking now, eagerly awaiting signs of saturation).
Despite this, at one point I realised that in the midst of my great stress I was sleeping very well, could think clearly, was able to focus on the saving mantra „what is the next right step“ and coped with everything!
No hysterics, panic attack or fear cramp! I was worried, of course, but given the situation that was perfectly normal and human. But that feeling of breath catching in the evening from fear of tomorrow, a panic attack making me run around the house or even leading to complete freezing, gasping or the feeling that my heart is about to jump out of my chest along with half my internal organs – that feeling never came. The usual collapse of my whole system didn't happen.
And the only thing I had added to my routines was ReMag and ReMyte. After realising what a difference addressing magnesium deficiency had made in my life even with a smaller-than-needed dose, I've increased my daily dose to 900 mg and am waiting for signs of saturation. Daily magnesium intake has also had a great effect on my water drinking. I carry my 750 ml bottle everywhere, and into the first bottle of the day I add 1 tsp ReMag and 1 tsp ReMyte. Into the second and third bottles, 1 tsp ReMag and either Himalayan salt or a 4-salt blend.
95% OF US SUFFER FROM VARIOUS SYMPTOMS OF MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY
There has long been one supplement in my life that I wouldn't dare give up at any price ... now ReMag and ReMyte have joined it. An anxiety-free life is so much sunnier!
My next goal is to overcome my fear of flying and the panic attack that still tends to come on in planes. I'm sure that therapeutic amounts of ReMag and ReMyte will let me work calmly or enjoy the trip on my very next flight.
It's quite frightening that 95% of us actually have a worsening magnesium deficiency, and even worse that most magnesium supplements are absorbed by our body only up to 4%, which means that 96% of the money people spend on ordinary magnesium supplements is simply wasted.
ReMag , however, is made with a completely different technology – its magnesium particles are so tiny that as much as 99% of them can reach inside the cell – where most of the miracles in our body begin.
I recommend ReMag to everyone – both those already taking a magnesium supplement and those who aren't. After all, the chance that you're among the lucky 5% who don't suffer from magnesium deficiency is small ... If you don't believe me, read Dr Dean's books – the most important ones are already or will soon be available in Estonian.
