Why Am I So Overwhelmed?

Men and Women Over 40 Report Increasing Difficulty Coping

Dr. Gary Neuger, PhD Greenwave Licensed Psychologist

There’s stress at any age... Yet somehow, in our earlier years we manage. We handle it. Yes, at times there are cracks in the armor, but we get by. But there are unavoidable physiological reasons as to why men and women are suddenly less equipped to handle stress in mid-life. And left unaddressed, the effects of stress on the mind and body can become quite serious.

Short term effects can include anxious and depressed feelings, mood and anger issues, sleep issues, brain fog, frequent headaches and more. Longer term, the inability to manage stress can increase the risk of more serious health issues like chronic anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, heart disease – the # 1 killer, cancers, irritable bowel disorders, cognitive decline, and even accelerated skin aging and hair loss.

What changes at mid-life? Physiologically, these changes occur because a our ability to manage cortisol, the primary stress hormone, declines with age. For some this change is gradual, but for many it can come on quite abruptly. Receptors in the brain and body that regulate cortisol become less efficient with age.

In turn, high cortisol levels have a negative effect on mood, because cortisol depletes key “feel good” neurotransmitters like Serotonin, Dopamine and GABA - neurotransmitters responsible for feelings happiness and joy, calm and contentment. These same neurotransmitters also critical to focus and sleep, which is why brain fog and sleep issues often become such an issue as we age.

Why Am I So Overwhelmed?

Men and Women Over 40 Report Increasing Difficulty Coping

Dr. Gary Neuger, PhD Greenwave Licensed Psychologist

There’s stress at any age... Yet somehow, in our earlier years we manage. We handle it. Yes, at times there are cracks in the armor, but we get by. But there are unavoidable physiological reasons as to why men and women are suddenly less equipped to handle stress in mid-life. And left unaddressed, the effects of stress on the mind and body can become quite serious.

Short term effects can include anxious and depressed feelings, mood and anger issues, sleep issues, brain fog, frequent headaches and more. Longer term, the inability to manage stress can increase the risk of more serious health issues like chronic anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, heart disease – the # 1 killer, cancers, irritable bowel disorders, cognitive decline, and even accelerated skin aging and hair loss.

What changes at mid-life? Physiologically, these changes occur because a our ability to manage cortisol, the primary stress hormone, declines with age. For some this change is gradual, but for many it can come on quite abruptly. Receptors in the brain and body that regulate cortisol become less efficient with age.

In turn, high cortisol levels have a negative effect on mood, because cortisol depletes key “feel good” neurotransmitters like Serotonin, Dopamine and GABA - neurotransmitters responsible for feelings happiness and joy, calm and contentment. These same neurotransmitters also critical to focus and sleep, which is why brain fog and sleep issues often become such an issue as we age.

Why Stress Affects
Us More with Age

Not just age, but lifestyle and also nutrition affect your body’s ability to de-stress. Especially nutrition, because it directly impacts your nervous system when it comes to managing stress. Your nervous system, is a network of nerves, hormones and neurotransmitters. It’s also the body's built-in alarm system. When in danger it engages it’s “fight or flight” side, called the sympathetic nervous system.

When it takes over, your body and brain experience a flash flood of the stress hormone “cortisol”, which revs up your body’s alertness and heart rate too.

But if cortisol stays on too long - or is chronically on, then that same cortisol, that can help save you in a dangerous situation, can leave you feeling emotionally, mentally and physically drained, and often anxious or depressed. Stressed out!!

“The problem is an out-of-balance nervous system that keeps people stressed out, tense and anxious.”

Dr. Carolina Estevez, Psy. D. Greenwave Licensed Psychologist

De-stress Your Nervous System, Naturally

Supporting Your Parasympathetic Nervous System

Fortunately, there’s another side to your nervous system that counters the fight or flight response.

It works to calm the body down - returning the heart rate and breathing to normal, removing fear and anxious feelings, and allowing joy and contentment to return.

It’s called the parasympathetic nervous system, and it lowers cortisol while engaging positive “feel good” neurotransmitters.

Unfortunately, with age (including hormonal changes that begin around 40), lifestyle and nutritional deficiencies, the balancing hormones and receptors in the parasympathetic nervous system become less responsive. The result is a nervous system that feels constantly on “overwhelm” - stuck in fight or flight mode.

AshwaMag directly supports parasympathetic nervous function, naturally, returning balance to your nervous system.

Help Rebalance your Nervous System with AshwaMag!

Activate your parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and get your system back in balance. This is where AshwaMag can help, providing key nutritional support for your PNS by supporting healthy levels of stress hormones like cortisol, helping to curb excessive cortisol release while also supporting healthy levels of the key feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain that get depleted from stress.


Support healthy levels of stress hormones by curbing excessive cortisol release, while supporting key feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain that get depleted from stress.

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Ashwamag Ashwamag

A Complete Mood and Emotional
 Health Support Supplement 

What is Ashwagandha?

Ashwagandha is a powerful herb that has been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for thou-sands of years to help people combat stress and stress-related symptoms like anxious-feelings, mental fatigue and feelings of sadness.

Known as the “prince of herbs”, Ashwagandha belongs to a class of herbs called “adaptogens”, meaning it kicks in when you’re under stress.

Any stress... mental, emotional and even physical stress on the mind and body.

How does Ashwagandha work?

When you’re under stress Ashwagandha goes to work! The root and leaves of the Ashwagandha plant contain something called withanolides, the primary active in Ashwagandha.

It’s the withanolides that provide the adapto-genic properties that kick in when you’re under stress.

Promoting healthy levels of cortisol and sup-porting feel good neurotransmitters, helping to put a break on stress and stress symptoms.

Are all Ashwagandha powders
the same?

No, they can vary greatly in quality and concentration, and most are not supported by clinical trials measuring mood improvement and stress reduction like the ashwagandha in AshwaMag.

How is AshwaMag’s
Ashwagandha superior?

AshwaMag uses only “Organic Sensoril” ashwagandha, the top-rated form for mood and stress support. Here are four reasons why AshwaMag’s ashwagandha is clearly superior to other ashwagandhas.

  • 01

    Super concentrated with twice the amount of active withanolides than other brands, 10% vs. 5% concentration.

  • 02

    Certified organic, something that is very important for herbs. Non-organic herbs can contain high levels of pesticides.

  • 03

    Standardized, meaning the process we use in manufacturing to extract the powder is consistent and yields the same amount of active withanolides from serving to serving.

  • 04

    Clinical support that it works. AshwaMag’s ashwagndha is supported by ten independent clinical trials, including specific mood improvement and stress-reduction clinical trials.

What is Ashwagandha?

Ashwagandha is a powerful herb that has been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years, in teas and other forms, to help people combat stress and stress-related symptoms like anxious feelings, as well as reduce mental fatigue as well as feelings of sadness.

Known as the “prince of herbs”, Ashwagandha belongs to a class of herbs called “adaptogens” meaning it kicks in when you’re under stress. Any stress... mental, emotional and even physical stress on the mind and body. When you’re under stress Ashwagandha goes to work!

The root and the leaves of the Ashwagandha plant contain something called withanolides, the primary active in Ashwagandha. It’s the withanolides that provide the adaptogenic properties that kick in when you’re under stress. Promoting healthy levels of cortisol and supporting feel good neurotransmitters, helping to put a break on stress and stress symptoms.

No, they can vary greatly in quality and concentration, and most are not supported by clinical trials measuring detailed parameters of mood improvement and stress reduction like the ashwagandha in AshwaMag.

AshwaMag uses only “Organic Sensoril” ashwagandha, the top-rated form for mood and stress support. Here are four reasons why AshwaMag’s ashwagandha is clearly superior to other ashwagandhas.

  • 01

    Super concentrated with twice the amount of active withanolides than other brands, 10% vs. 5% concentration.

  • 02

    Certified organic, something that is very important for herbs. Non-organic herbs can contain high levels of pesticides.

  • 03

    Standardized, meaning the process used in manufacturing to extract the powder is consistent and yields the same amount of active withanolides from serving to serving.

  • 04

    Clinical support that it works. AshwaMag’s ashwagandha is supported by ten independent clinical trials, including specific mood improvement and stress-reduction clinical trials.

Known as the “prince of herbs”, Ashwagandha belongs to a class of herbs called “adaptogens” meaning it kicks in when you’re under stress. Any stress... mental, emotional and even physical stress on the mind and body. When you’re under stress Ashwagandha goes to work!

The root and the leaves of the Ashwagandha plant contain something called withanolides, the primary active in Ashwagandha. It’s the withanolides that provide the adaptogenic properties that kick in when you’re under stress. Promoting healthy levels of cortisol and supporting feel good neurotransmitters, helping to put a break on stress and stress symptoms.

No, they can vary greatly in quality and concentration, and most are not supported by clinical trials measuring detailed parameters of mood improvement and stress reduction like the ashwagandha in AshwaMag.

AshwaMag uses only “Organic Sensoril” ashwagandha, the top-rated form for mood and stress support. Here are four reasons why AshwaMag’s ashwagandha is clearly superior to other ashwagandhas.

  • 01

    Super concentrated with twice the amount of active withanolides than other brands, 10% vs. 5% concentration.

  • 02

    Certified organic, something that is very important for herbs. Non-organic herbs can contain high levels of pesticides.

  • 03

    Standardized, meaning the process used in manufacturing to extract the powder is consistent and yields the same amount of active withanolides from serving to serving.

  • 04

    Clinical support that it works. AshwaMag’s ashwagandha is supported by ten independent clinical trials, including specific mood improvement and stress-reduction clinical trials.

Clinically-Tested Ashwagandha

In an 8-week tightly controlled clinical trial, with individuals experiencing stress, the participants taking AshwaMag’s ashwagandha saw significant reductions versus placebo in:

Clinically-Tested
Ashwagandha

In an 8-week tightly controlled clinical trial, with individuals experiencing stress, the participants taking AshwaMag’s ashwagandha saw significant reductions versus placebo in:

Magnesium for Mood

Two Top Types for Mood and Stress Support

The studies on magnesium are clear when it comes to mood and stress. We need to keep magnesium levels up to better manage stress and give our nervous systems the support they need. And supplementing is the easiest way.

Adding the right magnesium complex supplement each day, like you get in AshwaMag, can make a big difference in how your body and mind handle life’s stressors, and can even help get you out of a funk!

Magnesium Levels Get Depleted by Stress

Magnesium is one of the most effective nutrients for supporting healthy levels of the stress hormone “cortisol”, acting as a brake on an over-active sympathetic nervous system. Magnesium also helps regulate key feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain and body, and even helps support better sleep.

However, it’s also the mineral that gets depleted most by stress, and is very hard to replenish through diet alone for many people, especially when they’re under stress. This is why over 80% of older adults are low in magnesium.

Choosing the right type of magnesium can be confusing. There are many magnesium types out there and they are often poorly labeled.

Some are for constipation; other types are for leg cramps or relieving muscle aches and more. The premium benefit of AshwaMag’s magnesium types is mood and stress support.

Most magnesium supplements in stores use cheap “low absorption” magnesium types, such as magnesium oxide and magnesium citrate.

They can have laxative effects causing diarrhea.

Two Problems with Most Magnesium Supplements

Poor Absorption

Most magnesium supplements in stores use cheap “low absorption” magnesium types, such as magnesium oxide and magnesium citrate, which can have laxative effects causing diarrhea.

Designed for Other Benefits

Choosing the right type of magnesium can be confusing. There are many magnesium types out there and they are often poorly labeled.

Some are for constipation; other types are for leg cramps or relieving muscle aches and more. The premium benefit of AshwaMag’s magnesium types is mood and stress support.

AshwaMag’s Magnesium Complex for Mood & Emotional Health

AshwaMag uses two top, premium, well-studied magnesium types specifically chosen for their unique nervous system support properties, including high-absorption.

Known as “nature’s chill pill”, Magnesium Glycinate is highly absorbable and is chelated so it’s very gentle on the stomach. It is also a form of magnesium that is good at supporting healthy magnesium levels throughout the body, including the brain because of its ability to cross the protective blood barrier surrounding the brain. It’s there that it helps with negative by-products of an over-active sympathetic nervous system by blocking neurotransmitters that promote stressed out feelings, while at the same time binding to calming feel-good neurotransmitters, like Serotonin and GABA.

This premium natural sea-water magnesium comes directly from the cold, pristine waters off the coast of Ireland, directly from a source naturally high in magnesium.

It works so well because it’s so highly absorbable. The body and nervous system just soak it up. Leaving you feeling calm and relaxed...like you just had an ocean swim!

Magnesium Glycinate

Known as “nature’s chill pill”, Magnesium Glycinate is highly absorbable and is chelated so it’s very gentle on the stomach.

It is also a form of magnesium that is good at supporting healthy magnesium levels throughout the body, including the brain because of its ability to cross the protective blood barrier surrounding the brain.

It’s there that it helps with negative by-products of an over-active sympathetic nervous system by blocking neurotransmitters that promote stressed out feelings, while at the same time binding to calming feel-good neurotransmitters, like Serotonin and GABA.

Marine Magnesium

This premium natural sea-water magnesium comes directly from the cold, pristine waters off the coast of Ireland, directly from a source naturally high in magnesium.

It works so well because it’s so highly absorbable. The body and nervous system just soak it up. Leaving you feeling calm and relaxed...like you just had an ocean swim!

Neurotransmitter Support Ingredients

AshwaMag includes two other natural ingredients that have been shown to be integral to supporting your body’s ability to achieve and maintain healthy levels of feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain, serotonin, dopamine and GABA, that get depleted by stress.

These two ingredients provide direct neurotransmitter support to help balance the nervous system, working in synergy with the magnesium and ashwagandha in AshwaMag.

AshwaMag includes two other natural ingredients that have been shown to be integral to supporting your body’s ability to achieve and maintain healthy levels of feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain, serotonin, dopamine and GABA, that get depleted by stress.

These two ingredients provide direct neurotransmitter support to help balance the nervous system, working in synergy with the magnesium and ashwagandha in AshwaMag.

L-Theanine for Calm Focus

L-Theanine has been used for centuries to help people relax. It’s an amino acid derived from green tea that’s been shown to help with symptoms of stress.

L-Theanine works by supporting something called “alpha waves” in the brain which provide a “relaxed alertness” when you’re awake, described as a “peaceful, yet very productive” state of mind.

With multiple mechanisms of action, nutritionists refer to L-theanine as the “adaptogen of neurotransmitters”. It is rapidly absorbed and fast acting in the brain to help support levels of GABA, a calming neurotransmitter, and dopamine, a pleasure neurotransmitter, among other neurotransmitters.

Vitamin B6 for Better Mood

Studies have shown that sad and down feelings can also be a result of low blood levels of Vitamin B6, especially in older adults who tend to be low in Vitamin B6.

This is no surprise, because Vitamin B6 is needed for the body to create those “feel-good neurotransmitters”.

Multiple studies have also shown that Vitamin B6 increases the efficacy of magnesium supplementation, making it another key synergistic nervous system support ingredient in AshwaMag, completing the formula!

L-Theanine has been used for centuries to help people relax. It’s an amino acid derived from green tea that’s been shown to help with symptoms of stress. L-Theanine works by supporting something called “alpha waves” in the brain which provide a “relaxed alertness” when you’re awake, described as a “peaceful, yet very productive” state of mind.

With multiple mechanisms of action, nutritionists refer to L-theanine as the “adaptogen of neurotransmitters”. It is rapidly absorbed and fast acting in the brain to help support levels of GABA, a calming neurotransmitter, and dopamine, a pleasure neurotransmitter, among other neurotransmitters.

Studies have shown that sad and down feelings can also be a result of low blood levels of Vitamin B6, especially in older adults who tend to be low in Vitamin B6. This is no surprise, because Vitamin B6 is needed for the body to create those “feel-good neurotransmitters”.

Multiple studies have also shown that Vitamin B6 increases the efficacy of magnesium supplementation, making it another key synergistic nervous system support ingredient in AshwaMag, completing the formula!

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A Complete Mood and Emotional
Health Support Supplement

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Riding The Green Wave

Finding Contentment and
Happiness Again

An ocean wave, like life, is a movement of energy.

It rolls up and down - sometimes calm, sometimes turbulent. Surfers know this all too well.

It’s the difference between an unbroken, steady wave, called a green wave, that provides a long, smooth and controlled ride. Or a broken wave, called white water, where the ride is bumpy and unpleasant. You get tossed and turned, and it can be tough to find your way.

The joy in surfing, as in life, is to ride the green waves. But sadly, so many of us are stuck in the white water, where life is unbalanced and full of stress, and we can’t seem to get out.

Surfing is all about balance - your mood and emotional health are about balance too. GreenWave Nutrition is dedicated to helping you find that balance again. Lifting you out of the white water and onto a green wave where you belong, enjoying life’s ride!

Frequently Asked Questions

AshwaMag helps the body and mind with nutritional support for managing stress and stress-symptoms like anxious and down feelings. AshwaMag is so effective because it works through multiple natural pathways in the body, using well-studied ingredients for mood and emotional health support.

These ingredients in AshwaMag include a special organic and patented, clinically-studied form of the herb Ashwagandha herb, two types of highly absorbable magnesium and two important feel-good neurotransmitter support ingredients – patented L-Theanine, methylated Vitamin B-6.

Your nervous system plays a big role in your mind and body’s response to stress. A balanced, well supported nervous system can have a tremendous impact on your mood, emotions, well-being and happiness. Give it the nutritional support it needs, through diet and with AshwaMag, plus some TLC which can include some of the techniques and tips laid out in GreenWave’s Therapist’s Guide, and you can really begin to turn things around in your life.

The involuntary part of the nervous system (known as your Autonomic Nervous System) that is the focus when it comes to mood and emotions. It controls and regulates things beyond your conscious control... such as your heartbeat, breathing, temperature regulation, digestion and much of your moods and emotions. This nervous system runs down from the brain down the spinal cord throughout your organs and body. It has two sides:

  • Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) also known as the ‘fight or flight’ anxious side, is more stimulatory keeping the body on high alert.
  • Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) also known as the “rest and digest” relaxing side, which is more soothing and calming, controls rest including sleep.

Unfortunately, too many of us live in an a sympathetic-dominant (SNS) state the majority of the time. And sympathetic dominance is directly correlated with low moods, sadness, impaired sleep quality, reduced self-esteem and many other potential health issues.

The solution is to better activate your parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and get your system back in balance. This is where AshwaMag can help, providing key nutritional support for your PNS by supporting healthy levels of stress hormones like cortisol (helping to curb excessive cortisol release) while also supporting healthy levels of the key feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain that get depleted from stress.

When you’re stressed-out and feeling tense and anxious it sure doesn’t feel good. Have you ever wondered what’s going on in your body to make you feel that way?

These feelings are the work of something called your sympathetic nervous system. The "fight or flight" side of your nervous system that takes over when you’re stressed. When you come under stress, your body pumps out a rush of stress hormones – three hormones in particular that cause you to feel the way you do.

The first two stress hormones rush in immediately. They are epinephrine (more commonly known as adrenaline) and norepinephrine. Their affects tend to be more immediate but it’s the third stress hormone, called cortisol, that begins to kick in minutes later, that can stick around when you stew on a problem, or the sources of your stress (real or perceived) and continue to be present.

It’s the cortisol that your body is pumping out that depletes key feel-good neurotransmitters that you need to feel calm, relaxed and content.

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that carry messages between neurons and other cells in your brain and body. But most importantly, when it comes to mood, they affect how you feel and your emotions. They influence your mood and involuntary nervous system reactions throughout your brain and body. So, when your mood neurotransmitters are out of balance, you’re out of balance.

The three primary feel-good neurotransmitters that get depleted by cortisol are:

  • Serotonin for a mood, well-being and happiness
  • GABA for feeling calm and relaxed, countering anxious-feelings and is also critical for sleep
  • Dopamine for pleasure, motivation and focus

This is where, nutritionally, AshawaMag can help. AshwaMag helps to restore balance, supporting normal healthy levels of cortisol and the feel-good neurotransmitters in the body and brain.

GreenWave Nutrition (GreenWave) is a holistic mood and emotional health company comprised of mental health experts, Cognitive Behavioral Therapists and nutritional experts in mood, cognitive and sleep-support health supplementation and research.

GreenWave is a direct-to-consumer brand that provides both educational content for supporting mood and emotional including top at home techniques and programs as well premium dietary supplements like AshwaMag, E-ZZZ Sleep and more. Our products are only available through AshwaMag.com, GreenwaveNutrition.com and on Amazon, ensuring you get the freshest product possible and best value without the middleman, plus excellent customer service support from our dedicated, trained and supportive staff.

Our focus is helping our customers lead happier, more content and fulfilling lives through focusing on the aspect of health that is ignored by most dietary supplement companies – mood and emotional health.

GreenWave is also the owner of GreenWave TV (GWTV).

Dr. Neuger is a nationally recognized licensed clinical psychologist and author. He has been in private practice for 36 years and works with patients of all ages who are experiencing a wide range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, acute and chronic pain, habits & addictions, smokers, weight management issues, performance enhancement and more.

Dr. Neuger is a sought-after speaker on a variety of mental health topics, including anxiety and depression in older adults.