Posted by Penny on January 20, 2004, at 9:52:25
In reply to Physical symptoms of anxiety, posted by Miss Honeychurch on January 18, 2004, at 7:32:48
My thoughts - yoga?
I do the shaking thing pretty bad when I'm anxious, as well as a racing heart, and I tend to get tension headaches. It's extremely hard for me to relax - in fact, the only time I've ever felt truly relaxed was after my first full-body massage. Mind you, the second and third ones I had weren't nearly as effective. But that first one made me feel limp.
But yoga does pretty good with teaching people how to relax. I've never found deep breathing by itself to be all that helpful, but I think combined with physical movement it is helpful. Perhaps it is because you are so focused on getting the poses right and breathing properly that you literally are unable to think of anything else.
When all else fails, I like hydroxyzine. Though that's a prescription.
P
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