Whoda Thunk It?

************ETA: ok, ok... I'll share the wonder vitamin -- but only because y'all are so freakin' awesome! HA! It's Skin, Hair, Nails by Natrol -- Click HERE - You're welcome, oh, wait - Thank Chic Runner! :)

About two months ago I wrote this post -- Quite humbled by some of your responses, I really did some thinking about my profession vs. the societal stigmas surrounding modern medication for issues such as Anxiety, Depression, etc... I came to the conclusion that if I didn't have an open mind, how could I expect those I counsel to have an open mind... Ugh.

I made an appointment to see a doctor to get a prescription for anxiety. After a lot of research, I found that Antidepressants are commonly used to treat anxiety and again, I had to take a deep breath... I'm not depressed. I kept the appointment.

On a totally and completely different note although completely related, just a few days before I wrote said post, I wrote this post and got a couple recommendations for Dry Shampoo and a link to this vitamin from Chic Runner (one of my FAVORITE blogs :) -- I've always had thin hair that stopped growing at my shoulders and so, I said What the heck!!


I got my vitamins a few days later and started taking them religiously {two at night, one in the morning} -- I think it was 3 weeks later that I really saw my nails growing like weeds:

Sorry it's so blurry

I also got my hair trimmed, just as Chic Runner recommended and my hair felt so freaking soft, I couldn't keep my hands off it which definitely doesn't help the greasiness --

I also noticed something else...

I. had. no. anxiety. None.

I had noticed that it had been almost two weeks since I'd felt my heavy chest, an abnormal sinus rhythm in my heart, felt like I was suffocating and had severe headaches... I felt, normal. It had been nearly 5 years since I'd felt this normal and it took me a couple days to figure it out, but it hit me...

It was the vitamins

I thought No way could one vitamin take all of my anxiety away -- but I've waited an additional month to write this post JUST so I could say Yes. It is the vitamins.

YES! IT IS THE VITAMINS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I looked at the ingredient and what stood out to me was there were 4 different B vitamins:

Thiamin (as thiamin HCl) (vitamin B1) 10 mg - 667%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) 10 mg - 588%
Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCl) 20 mg - 1,000%
Vitamin B12 (as cobalamin) 500 mcg - 833%

I looked up what B vitamin does... It has a strong effect on the NERVOUS SYSTEM!

Deficiency of this vitamin? Deficiency causes beriberi. Blah... blah... blah... and periods of irregular heartbeat !?!?!?!?!?!

When I read this I almost FLIPPED! Clearly my issues were not fatal {although 3 years ago, I thought they were until the ER doctor said "Ma'am, I'm sorry to inform you that you are simply over anxious and that there is nothing seriously wrong with your heart"} Awsome.

What does all this mean?!?

I HAVEN'T HAD ANXIETY FOR NEARLY 6 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!

I simply had a vitamin deficiency... Whoda Thunk it?

Chic Runner... I'm not sure how to thank you, but my life is forever changed :)