I really don't want to throw cold water on your placebo, but coral calcium is a scheme. Nobody takes coral calcium naturally. The story was that the Japanese on Okinawa, not the Chinese, had high levels of coral calcium in their water, but it's not actually true. Coral calcium is in salt water, not fresh water, and nobody obviously drinks salt water. And while it is true the people of Okinawa are some of the longest lived people on Earth, it's from their very good diet. Japanese in general live the longest of people in any industrialized country, not Chinese, though Chinese also eat a much healthier diet traditionally than we do. I used to manage health food stores, and coral calcium started as a multi-level traded scheme, basically a pyramid scheme. It's now been made available by most vitamin companies, but there's no proof it works and nobody takes it naturally. Coral calcium by itself is also not a balanced source of electrolytes -- if you check the label, you'll see the other electrolytes are generally added as they aren't present in coral, which is a very poorly absorbed form of calcium for humans. Have you ever seen a person eat coral?
The most relevant electrolyte for anxiety is magnesium, and it's also the one most likely to be short in American diets because we eat so much calcium. Calcium leaches magnesium out of the body, so if there's too much calcium, there's too little magnesium -- that's why dairy is a poor source of calcium, it's very high in calcium and a very poor source of magnesium. Green vegetables like kale and collards and broccoli and seaweeds are far better balanced. Did you ever wonder why there's so much osteoporosis in America when we're all raised to drink milk by the gallon? Our bones should be strong as iron, no?
Sounds to me like you saw some real moronic doctors who don't know the difference between depression and anxiety. While they CAN co-exist, there are simple tests that can differentiate the two conditions. They treated your depression, but not your anxiety. That you suffered with this for 9 years is crazy!
You say you are having palpitations, dizziness, headaches, bad joint pain, you are sweaty and clammy and.....so on? I think you should see a doctor who will see these symptoms for what they are and treat you accordingly. Obviously, staying hydrated is not helping with these symptoms. The "weird things" you are seeing in your field of vision are called "floaters" and are perfectly normal. We all get them to one degree or another. Sometimes there are lots, other times, just a few. They are harmless and have nothing to do with anxiety. They are simply dead skin cells floating across your eyes and will soon be absorbed. If they become really bothersome and begin to interfer with your ability to see or drive, then see an eye doc. Otherwise, put up with them like the rest of us.
Hydration, as you said, is something all of us need to pay much more attention to. Most of us do not drink nearly enough water and being adequately hydrated will make us feel better in many ways. But...........if someone has an anxiety problem, all the water in the world will not make that go away. If it has helped you, I'm glad.
Thanks for the advice..........
Let's all go drink a glass of water right now!
Peace
Greenlydia