Ashwagandha has changed my life. I'm not kidding. I've been battling depression for more than 18 years, and about six years ago, anxiety reared its head. I've taken many antidepressants and a few anti-anxiety medications. Prescription anti-anxiety drugs are addictive and over time contribute to more anxiety if you don't increase your dose. My antidepressant, which I still take, would mess with my sleep cycle and didn't make much of a dent on my anxiety. My anxiety and depression were wreaking havoc on my everyday life. I wasn't sleeping more than three or four hours a night, I couldn't fall asleep until anywhere from 7 am to 10 am, I was an irritable mess at work, my emotions were all over the place. It wasn't fun.
I tried this ashwagandha as a last-ditch effort to take back my life. I can't remember a time when I didn't obsessively worry about what other people thought of me, fear the way others perceived me, take small mishaps personally, break down when I experienced conflict. Ashwagandha has given me distance from my mental illnesses, a chance to be myself again. Worries feel like a slight whisper in my train of thoughts as opposed to predominant, encompassing, intrusive thoughts that dog me. I can actually disregard minor hiccups and conflict doesn't destroy me. My mood is stabilized. I can sleep at a normal hour. I feel like a more lively, positive, whole version of myself.
Thank you. Truly, thank you.