my mothers doing the same thing.,shes got an apointment for medical marijuana for her pain++insomnia at my urging and her doctor agrees---back to the garden--and steady as we grow +

I hope she's ditching her meds with supervision. Some can't be just stopped without causing some pretty serious effects.

let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food

Hmm... perhaps I should have stated this first and foremost in my posts, but she is tapering off her medications gradually and with patience.

I give my apologies for sounding off alarms I could have avoided.

Many Blessings :)

I have been helped by St. John's Wort for depression, 5-htp (Grifonia Simplicafolia) for insomnia and anxiety, and Passionflower for insomnia.

I also like herbal supplements called Calm's Forte, which are a mix of mainly passionflower, avena sativa (oats), hops and chamomile, which help with insomnia.

Other times I have tried skullcap or valerian for insomnia, but I have experienced bad dreams while taking these.

For chronic pain, medical marijuana is good. Also, for muscle pain there is viburnum opulus or for womanly cramps, viburnum prunifolium. (I have tinctured prunifolium and it works like a charm!)

I would, however, definitely research the way these herbs interact with one another though, before trying any combinations of them. I don't have all that information yet.

Good health to your mother! :)