I have hypothyroid and taking 75 mg thyroxine tab can I take ashwagandha for my stress and anxiety as I am suffering with sleep disorder.

Question

You should try initially to bring a proper discipline in your daily routine. Mark your priorities and avoid unnecessary wastage of time. Most of the problems (anxiety and sleep related problems) can be handled by following simple steps of healthy lifestyle. Read more about the topic (read lifestyle changes including sleep hygiene) from the internet and adapt good habits that you find interesting. Focus on the work at hand without getting distracted. Maintain a time table so that you can fix your attention on the details of your work and exel in what your are doing. Eat less during dinner and have plenty of fruits and vegetables. Avoid outside food. Include Yoga into the daily routine - a few minutes of dialy yoga can bring back normalcy.

Shashidhar · Accepted Answer

You should try initially to bring a proper discipline in your daily routine. Mark your priorities and avoid unnecessary wastage of time. Most of the problems (anxiety and sleep related problems) can be handled by following simple steps of healthy lifestyle. Read more about the topic (read lifestyle changes including sleep hygiene) from the internet and adapt good habits that you find interesting. Focus on the work at hand without getting distracted. Maintain a time table so that you can fix your attention on the details of your work and exel in what your are doing. Eat less during dinner and have plenty of fruits and vegetables. Avoid outside food. Include Yoga into the daily routine - a few minutes of dialy yoga can bring back normalcy.

Prabhakar Laxman Jathar · Answer

Lybrate-user, Thanks for the query. You can take Ashwagandha, but let there be a gap over 2 hours between thyroxine and that drug. It is iportant to control TSH between 3 to 4 mU/L, only then all the symptoms of hypothyrodism are in check. Thanks.