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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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  • I'm on an SSRI, but for my generalised anxiety disorder- it works for that, but if the source of anxious feelings is related to my autism (e.g. sensory overload or an imminent meltdown) then it makes no difference. If nothing else, it's done a good job of helping me to recognise what's an anxiety thing and what's an autistic thing.

    Meditation is a more complicated one: I can't do a lot of the traditional/more common techniques because I have chronic pain and something like a body scan is counterproductive. I do like guided meditation though, especially at a yoga class, because I can focus on the voice and not whatever nonsense my body is up to. Mindful crafting (e.g. knitting or sewing) is a way of meditating too, for me, because the rhythm of the stitches and the counting work in the same way as focusing on your breathing or body does.

  • in reply to battybats

    What do you like to knit? My mum is friends with a woman who does loads of knitting. She makes bears, figurines, houses and clothes. I've seen some of what she's made and it all looks amazing. My mum does some but not a lot, she's always busy with work, I'd like to try that too but my hands are too shaky to go it good.

  • in reply to Bees

    I mostly do wearables- I knit a lot of socks, especially as gifts for others, and I'm currently working on a jumper for my (enormous) dog.

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