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Medication or meditation

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I'm in 2 minds as to whether I should try medication or take up meditation. I suffer from anxiety, don't we all right lol but recently the physical effects it causes me have increased from pain in my chest to weird jaw tightness which almost feels like it's pulling or spasming. I worry it will dislocate but then that just makes my anxiety worse. I've considered a trip to the dentist but as with doctors I think it would cause a meltdown...so no I don't think so. Lolol.

I have seen my doctor before about chest pain and she was really lacking in sympathy and made me feel like I was wasting her time lol. Most doctors appear to have this approach with me. 

I've looked up medication and it sounds like it works for some but only a few. Most people with autism don't respond well to medication. Meditation sounds like it might be a good approach to take so I am considering doing that, just to see if it actually works or not. I think one of my biggest problems is that my muscles tighten and spasm, anxiety reaction and that's the issue with my chest and jaw. Naturally my anxiety then shoots up and convinces me I'm having lung problems and serious jaw problems.

Hehe you tried medication and meditation? 

What are your thoughts on both?

I'm leaning towards meditation but I'm also considering medication, though I do worry about the side effects as I read most have horrible side effects.

I don't know why my body can't be normal and not cause me all these inconveniences Confused

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  • Meditation is a very broad term. 

    I get on with some parts of it (focusing on counting and breathings) and thoroughly dislike other bits of it (hearing the things around you, guided meditation, all tend to leave me feeling massively overwhelmed and worse than before). 

    Medication is also very broad

    Some medications might work for you, others won't. It was an unusual physical thing rather than a mental health thing, but last I tried it took 6 medications to get to the one that worked. 1 had really bad scary side effects, 2 had not bad but kind of annoying side effects and also didn't work. 2 just didn't do anything at all. And 1 worked really well and didn't have any side effects

    Both of these things are a scale and take experimentation and guidance. You won't be the same as anyone else here, and your best bet is talking to someone who sees a lot of people about this, namely a GP or a therapist of some kind. 

    There's no reason you can't mix and match too. This isn't an either/or situation. But it will likely take time and perseverance to find what works for you.

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  • Meditation is a very broad term. 

    I get on with some parts of it (focusing on counting and breathings) and thoroughly dislike other bits of it (hearing the things around you, guided meditation, all tend to leave me feeling massively overwhelmed and worse than before). 

    Medication is also very broad

    Some medications might work for you, others won't. It was an unusual physical thing rather than a mental health thing, but last I tried it took 6 medications to get to the one that worked. 1 had really bad scary side effects, 2 had not bad but kind of annoying side effects and also didn't work. 2 just didn't do anything at all. And 1 worked really well and didn't have any side effects

    Both of these things are a scale and take experimentation and guidance. You won't be the same as anyone else here, and your best bet is talking to someone who sees a lot of people about this, namely a GP or a therapist of some kind. 

    There's no reason you can't mix and match too. This isn't an either/or situation. But it will likely take time and perseverance to find what works for you.

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