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Medication or meditation

Bees

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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  • Also. Really important bit to put here.

    Horrible potential side effects does not mean side effects you yourself are definitely going to get. 

    Most side effects will be less than 1/10, nasty ones tend to be 1/100 or lower. Otherwise the risk benefit equation doesn't work and they don't license the medication (unless with worse illnesses like cancer etc)

    I have taken a lot of medications that had risks of side effects and in general I don't get them. 

    If a medication has 0 possible side effects, it probably also doesn't actually do anything. It's the activeness that gives the help and also the risk for certain people.

  • in reply to Fibonacci Squid

    The idea of side effects actually terrifies me lolol I'm such a baby it's insane. I try not to look up side effects TBPH because I get anxious before I've even tried anything...then again it's not really surprising because though chances of side effects are low I always seem to get them lolol and that's not even an exaggeration. If there's side effects I'll normally get them...normally if it's digestive related I'll definitely get them. Lol life sucks sometimes! Though I think it's my autism and where I'm sensitive to things which causes my issues with side effects. I'm like it with most foods and drinks as well, everything seems to affect me 

    I think I'll be looking in to meditation first of but if it doesn't help then I'll look at medication but I'll go to my horrible doctor and talk it through first and see what she's thinking lol.

  • in reply to Bees

    I mean the placebo effect is a very real thing. 

    There's plenty of evidence to suggest that those who know what the side effects are are much more likely to have them. 

    Digestive issues in general are unfortunately very common in autism. 

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