The Boom Boom Performance Podcast

Anxiety occurs in 10-15% of people and can be chronic or acute. Anxiety disorders are twice as common in women compared to men.    Examples of anxiety: social, general, separation, phobias   Medical treatment: In clinical practice, first-line treatments for anxiety are lifestyle changes, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and then drugs, which sounds a lot like treatments for obesity, right?   Drugs: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) exert their action by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, thereby increasing serotonin activity. The downside of SSRIs are side effects like nausea, headache, drowsiness and a few others.    Alternative: lavender oil a herbal medicinal product   Administration: capsules, massage oils, inhaled oils    Active ingredient: The key active constituents of lavender that are responsible for its calming and sedative effects are linanyl acetate and linalool.    Mechanism: Antagonization of NMDA (N-Methyl-D-aspartate) and GABA-related receptors in the central nervous system