2007-01-24 11:54:52 · 6 answers · asked by P 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I also suffer from extreme anxiety. I use to get severe muscle tension in my neck and sholders all the time, and painful tension headaches. What I have found to help the best is excercise. I run on the treadmill for about thirty minutes a day twice a week and then I weight train for three days. On the weekends I rest and concentrate on relaxation techniques such as yoga, and most of all strecthing! Stretch as often as you can expecially the muscles that are most tense. As you stretch concentrate on your breathing, slowly in the nose and out the mouth (expand these breaths in your stomache not the chest).
I have been doing this now for about four months and my anxiety has greatly improved. Most doctors will try to prescribe anti-depressants and muscle relaxers, but the side effects alone from these medications are worst than the symptoms to me. Screw that!
You have to make a major change in your life style. Start taking care of your body because your symptoms are your bodies way of telling you help! Eat nutritious meals. Think positive even when things seem hopeless. Most importantly stick with it even when it first seems it's not working. It's not an overnight cure, it takes time and discipline.
Trust me over time you will notice a difference and you will feel better knowing you did this yourself.
Good Luck
2007-01-24 12:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by Tony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breathe.
Deep.
Watch yourself breathe, become aware of your breaths, slow them down. Become aware of your muscles and practice, one by one, making each one relax. Eventually you learn to detect your body tensing and will be able to make your muscles relax on demand.
It's a good exercise to do at night when trying to fall asleep. Tense your muscles, so you know what they feel like, starting at your toes and working up then make each one relax.
2007-01-24 20:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by laurie888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea benzos but docs wont prescribe them as they are to busy helping drug company's make money of the "as seen on TV meds". they ask that u wait 6 weeks for anti depressants to kick hoping by that time u will have tricked yourself into thinking the drug works.what a joke. good thing there is beer and pain killers.
2007-01-24 20:05:15 · answer #3 · answered by mr_ignorant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmmm massages.... soooo goooood. Or a sauna. But if you dont have the time or money i suggest going to the mall and just sitting in those massage chairs, not quite as good but its good for a dollar xD
2007-01-24 20:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by Dillon W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regular exercise and a nice relaxing massage/spa.
2007-01-24 20:02:12 · answer #5 · answered by boogiesbottom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a deep tissue message
2007-01-24 20:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋