Have any of you guys with the anxiety and shit tried meditation? I'm being 100% serious, too. I haven't read a
ton on the effects of pharmaceutical medications, but it seems pretty straightforward (to me) that unless your brain chemistry is reeeeeal fucked up, that pumping it full of foreign chemicals would make it worse. I mean, if you're having anxiety attacks (which I did for a short while last fall) mood swings, and so on, why take drugs that add more shit to the pot, so to speak?
Edit: I once read an analogy that went like this: Taking pharmaceuticals for your brain, when you're having (insert problem here) is akin to dumping oil all over your engine in your car when it needs an oil change. It might help the problem area some, but it affects everything else in the process.
Anxiety, to an extent, is the result of your body releasing fight or flight hormones when it doesn't need to, and dwelling suuuuuuper hard on negative thoughts. When the flight or fight chems get going, it makes it easier to think about the bad shit, which fire the bad chems all over again.
I work in the ironically named natural foods industry and people have recommended to me time and again to take something that will support your adrenals, which are the things releasing those F/F chemicals.
I recommend meditation, specifically on mindfulness, so that when your moods start to do things you don't like, you can
a: be mindful of how your body feels, because that's one of the causes
and b: stop ruminating, because that will drive the bad hormones harder
Hope I don't sound too much like a hippy. This stuff helped me.
for youz gaiz
