How can I ease stress and anxiety with ease?

I seemed to be getting annoyed with everything and everyone at the moment all because of the exams and I think it’s causing stress and anxiety. I just want to know a simple and easy way to deal with it.

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by:
on: 1st January 70

What is a alternate med for anxiety and sleeping other then prescription med?

Anxiety-I know working out is suppose to help. Any other ideas?
Sleeping- I know warm milk , don’t eat heavy foods befor bed. Any thing else?
This is also when TTC.
But while trying to conceive what is good?
Thanks y’all

I’ve been able to relax more and downloaded a sound machine app on my iPad and it worked.

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There are a number of things you can do to eliminate anxiety naturally without using medications. Bottom line is anxiety is caused by your negative THOUGHTS (either subconscious or conscious thoughts). By mastering your thinking you can eliminate or reduce anxiety.

Below are some proven methods you can use to reduce or eliminate anxiety:

a) Meditation is proven to help reduce anxiety and is also not difficult to learn. 10 minutes a day is all that is required to help calm your mind

b) Self Hypnosis: You should buy a good book on this and learn self hypnosis

c) Repeating Positive Affirmations: The best time to do this is at night before bed or in the morning when you wake up. About 7 to 8 minutes is all you need.

d) Try to learn the root cause of your anxiety. For example I use to be scared of the dark, and learned I was accidentally locked in a dark basement as a child. As soon as I learned this my fear of the dark immediately went away.
by:
on: 28th February 12

How could I treat my anxiety without medication?

I can’t afford medication, and I don’t want to alienate my boyfriend or the other people I love with my anxiety attacks. Any suggestions?

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I suggest EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) I had extreme anxiety and used it. Not only did it help me when I began to have a panic attack, but it also helped me resolve things and understand myself better so, over time, the numbers and severity of the anxiety attacks decreased significantly. Meditation is a good suggestion as well, though it didn’t work as much for me because my mind wanders easily. I have problems focusing. Definitely look into both. This is actually Better than medication because you’re not adding all the chemicals your body doesn’t need. Take it from someone who knows that the hard way.
by: ferrisulf
on: 14th August 11

Is it really possible to buy xanax online without prescription?

There are loads of legitimate looking sites offering xanax at around 0 for 30 pills. I’ve heard a lot of them just take your money or send you fake pills. I know the dangers of ordering drugs online and am not looking for a lecture. Has anyone bought controlled medications online before? I’m from the UK.

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There’s a good chance of getting scammed. If they do send real pills, they’ll be generics. That price is about double what it should be.

For what it’s worth: X is addictive and is a controlled substance so you may be faced with more difficulties if you do get the pills.
by:
on: 9th June 10

What do you do to prevent an oncoming anxiety attack?

I suffer from anxiety, but haven’t found a decent coping method to stop an anxiety attack when I feel one coming on. I’ve tried deep breathing, focusing my attention elsewhere and exercising, but none of those seem to work.

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so sorry for you sam but it might be time for a medication,……..my doctor put me on clonazapam,iv been fine ever since. good luck and peace= godsmack
by:
on: 7th March 11

what is the difference between xanax and valium?

I took a .25 xanax about 2 hours ago and I am still having muscle spasms in my neck . Is it alright to take a Valium 5 mgs.

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By its effects, the 0.5mg dose of Xanax is approximately equal to 10 mg of Diazepam (Valium). I.e., .25mg Xanax = 5mg Valium. But these medications act differently, and different people may respond to each of them differently. So, it depends…
by: Ted
on: 11th February 10

Is it safe to mix xanax and diphenhydramine?

I recently took 7mg of xanax to sleep and it’s not working. I have a sleeping aid containing diphenhydramine, 50mg. Is it safe to mix the two?
Yes, it is a lot of Xanax but it’s the only dose that even does anything to me anymore.

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50 mg of diphenhydramine should be fine with Xanax (alprazolam) especially since you have significant tolerance to Xanax.

You might want to consider going to your doctor and changing to a different medication to sleep. Xanax is NOT approved for insomnia or any other sleeping disorder. Although Xanax can be sedating it causes severe disturbance in your sleep architecture which leads to a very low quality of sleep (even if you sleep long enough). Another reason that Xanax should not be used as a hypnotic is that tolerance to the sedating effects occur very quickly and people often end up needing an extremely large dose to have any effect.
by: Mathieu
on: 7th July 10

How long does it take for your receptors to “reset” after periodical xanax use?

I take xanax maybe a few times a week for about 3-4 months now, not everyday, and I feel I have to take more now to get the same calming effect then when I use to at lower doses. For instance I need 4mg of xanax now to feel the same as when i took 2mg a couple of months ago. So how long do i need to stay off to “start fresh”?

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Talk to your doctor about this. Be aware that not all doctors are familiar with benzo withdrawals and recovery, so you might have a bit of a challenge finding a doctor that actually knows what they are talking about.

It is difficult to say for sure, as it is different for everyone and depends partially on how much you took and how long you took it. It also depends on your own internal chemistry.

The changes to your brain chemistry, the time for the receptors to “reset” can be many months, and sometimes over a year, sometimes two entire years. It takes a very very long time, and my observations lead me to believe that you never totally reset, and that some of the damage to your receptors is permanent.

I believe that there is such thing as a fresh start. I don’t think the brain ever full resets, and because of that, benzos never work as well as they did the first time around. I’ve also observed that the withdrawals from the second or successive times, are much worse.
by: Bork
on: 25th November 11

How can I get my anxiety and panic attacks under control?

I’ve been struggling with panic attacks and anxiety for the past week, after not having them for three years. Are there any helpful tips that can help me deal?

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Go to the doctors. It might be stress. Have you’ve been very stressed lately?
by: fashion_style_talk
on: 2nd April 10

Do i admit to my psychiatrist i abused xanax?

I lied to my psychiatrist when I was first asked about abusing drugs. But. I’ve come to find out xanax withdrawals causes schizophrenia, which I have many symptoms of. So I don’t want to go in there and ask about the possibility without explaining myself, but I also don’t want to be on the no narcotics list. Because I am prescribed xanax at the moment, not abusing it and it really does help me. Any opinions?

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xanax causes permanent damage to your central nervous system. it my have caused the problem that you are having now and could be making it worse. tell your doctor that you have tried it before but you really didn’t think about as abuse and that it is really helping now but that you are afraid it is what started everything and you are wonfering if you should be on something else. downplay the abuse and up play the fear what you have of having used it and let it seem like like you are letting the internet scare and you are overconcerned. you can damage your cental nervous system to the point that you need to be on meds. they are trying to pull it offwthe market because of that. your doc can prescribe you something else that may work better if she understood what the problem was in the first place.
by:
on: 23rd August 11