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GABA, Rescue Remedy & essential oils for eliminating dental anxiety

September 20, 2019 By Trudy Scott 8 Comments

dental anxiety

Have you used GABA to help with the anxiety you experience when going to the dentist or with one of your children who are fearful during a dental visit? I recently shared a comment on Facebook about how delighted I was with some of the feedback from Integrative Medicine for Mental Health attendees for my recent GABA presentation. I had a mom, Katie, respond and share how happy she was that GABA helped her 8 year old son on a trip to the dentist. She shared this:

My 8 year old has some anxiety, OCD-like tendencies, and sensory processing issues. Going to the dentist is extremely difficult. They recommended full sedation, which I refused. Instead, I brought his GABA, Rescue Remedy, and essential oils. He got 2 cavities filled like a champ!

I had forgotten the GABA at first and he was struggling. I stopped the dentist, gave my son a GABA lozenge to dissolve in his mouth, and within 30 seconds he was calm. The dentist was SO impressed. It really does work! I’m so grateful I learned about it from you!

GABA really does work this quickly – 30 seconds is not unusual – and this effectively and I was thrilled for this mom and her son.

A few other moms asked about which GABA product Katie used for her son, which one I recommend, and can GABA be used with children.

I like GABA Calm for kids and adults for the physical type of tension anxiety. When using with a child we want to start low and slowly increase. I’ll have the mom start them on one quarter (or sometimes less) of the GABA Calm product (which contains 125mg of GABA) and increase based on the trial and how their symptoms improve.

kal gaba

Katie used a 25mg GABA product by Kal, pictured here. I really like that it’s a nice low amount and that it uses what they call ActivMelt™ technology, so it melts in the mouth. Using GABA this way or sublingually or opening a capsule of a GABA-only product and holding it in the mouth is the most effective way to use GABA.

Depending on sensitivity issues you may need to test it out and consider some of the other ingredients if you notice tummy upset or something else.

Rescue Remedy and an essential oil blend

Katie also shared this about the Rescue Remedy and essential oil blend she used when they arrived (before giving him GABA):

The Rescue Remedy was very helpful. We use it on the whole family. For oils, I used a blend called Tranquility from Butterfly Express.

I had him inhale the oil plus applied it behind his ears and on the carotid artery on his neck. The dental assistant commented on how good that oil works because she felt really relaxed and calm.

I find GABA to be more effective so start there but many moms like Katie, find Rescue Remedy, a Bach Flower remedy, to help. I remember using Rescue myself, many years ago before I had discovered GABA.

The Tranquility blend contains: Blue Tansy, Geranium, Chamomile German, Lavender Officinalis, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Orange Sweet, Tangerine, and Ylang Complete. I’m not familiar with this company but the essential oils in this blend are wonderful.

Both of these – the oils and Rescue remedy – helped initially but it seems it was the GABA that gave him the most effective calming relief.

Thank you Katie for sharing on Facebook and giving me permission to share your son’s GABA dentist story here. Well done for getting your dentist on board with both the essential oils and GABA.

Anxiety nutritional solutions resources for dentists

Going to the dentist can be stressful at the best of times and downright terrifying in some instances and I want kids and adults alike to know they have options like this.

Now, let’s get my book, The Antianxiety Food Solution, into the hands of all dentists so they can help their anxious and fearful patients with GABA and other nutritional approaches!

And let’s also talk to the dentist about diffusing calming essential oils in the treatment and/or waiting rooms or at least encouraging their patients to bring their own blends.

Keep in mind that serotonin support with tryptophan or 5-HTP should also be considered if there is a phobia and fear that is so intense, the child won’t even go to the dentist. Katie mentions her son has OCD-like tendencies too and serotonin support helps with these symptoms as does a gluten-free diet in many children (as illustrated by this case study).

Have any of the above helped your dental anxiety? Or helped with anxiety your children have experienced going to the dentist?

If you are a dentist have you found any of the above helps your patients?

 

 

[The above statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed in this blog post are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.]

 

The amino acids and pyroluria supplements I use with my clients

Additional Anxiety Resources
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anxiety, Bach Flower, child, dental, dentist, essential oils, fear, GABA, gluten, KAL, serotonin, trial, tryptophan

About Trudy Scott

Food Mood Expert Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist on a mission to educate and empower anxious individuals worldwide about natural solutions for anxiety, stress and emotional eating.

Trudy is the author of The Antianxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings and host of The Anxiety Summit now in its 6th season and called a “bouquet of hope.”

Trudy is passionate about sharing the powerful food mood connection because she experienced the results first-hand, finding complete resolution of her anxiety and panic attacks.

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Comments

  1. Rhonda says

    September 22, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Hello. I started taking gabba calm —up to 2 tablets at a time due to work triggered speaking, presentations that we’re causing anxiety and a bright red hot face. Additionally I would feel trembling tension in my stomach. The calm helped reduce the tension but the red face lingered throughout the day. At night I would fall asleep, no problem but then wake up and was unable to fall back asleep for several hours. I purchased Lidtke tryptophan and felt better taking 1 500 during the day. Can I just swallow these now or do I have to open and continue to place on my tongue? I’m new to taking amino acids so appreciate any wisdom you can offer on my attempts to reduce the red face and insomnia. Thank you

    Reply
    • Trudy Scott says

      September 22, 2019 at 5:14 pm

      Rhonda
      Glad to hear the GABA Calm helps with the tension you experience when speaking, and the tryptophan helps with the sleep and also when talking in the day. As you may know I like the trial method so have clients start low and increase based on their response – GABA Calm x2 is considered on the low end and so is 500mg tryptophan x 1.

      Regarding opening vs swallowing for tryptophan this is also decided by trialing one vs the other and seeing the response. For GABA I find sublingual or opened is always more effective.

      Please keep us posted and don’t forget all the rest – no caffeine, sugar, gluten, gut health, real whole food, quality animal protein etc. I’d also look at other food sensitivities. adrenal health, pyroluria and histamine reactions with the bright red hot face.

      Reply
  2. Katie Bodily, FZP says

    September 29, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Thanks Trudy for sharing my son’s story! I hope it can help someone! I have a background in foot zone therapy (like reflexology or acupressure) so I’m always looking for natural ways to help my family and clients. I’m so grateful for all I’ve learned from you!

    Reply
    • Trudy Scott says

      September 29, 2019 at 8:46 pm

      Katie
      Thank you again for sharing your son’s story on Facebook and allowing me to share here on my blog! It’ll be shared far and wide because I do a lot of presenting and always share wonderful success stories – so yes it’s going to help so many. I’m also offering practitioner training on how to use the amino acids and the “students” have permission to use my case studies/success stories until they have their own. I’ve just shared this blog with them.

      I love that you are incorporating the amino acids into your work with foot zone therapy. I’m very intrigued and would love to have you share a bit more and a blog link if you have one

      Reply
  3. Rita says

    October 30, 2019 at 6:30 am

    Trudy,I have been on Ativan 3mg a day for over 10 years and next week the gov. Takes away cold turkey. Will Gaba work. I am frightened. Rita Plazo

    Reply
    • Trudy Scott says

      November 7, 2019 at 12:45 pm

      Rita
      The benzodiazepines should never be stopped cold turkey and should always be tapered. Which government is taking away your prescription and why? I feel you should be able to contest this.

      I do use GABA, tryptophan, melatonin, niacinamide and dietary changes with clients tapering and they often help but the taper does still need to be slow

      Reply
  4. Lucia Tvrz Glover says

    January 8, 2021 at 5:21 am

    Thanks Trudy. Love your work! I live in the UK where GABA is not permitted for sale. What would you recommend I use in its place?

    Reply
    • Trudy Scott says

      February 21, 2021 at 12:50 am

      Lucia
      I would explore theanine and/or taurine and some herbal combinations.

      Apologies for the delay on your comment approval and my response. We had a computer glitch where a large number of comments were hidden from view in a spam folder. It mostly affected new folks who were commenting for the first time but it’s hopefully resolved now.

      Reply

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