Posted by jasmineneroli on February 25, 2005, at 1:37:12
In reply to Re: Please help me..meditation CD caused bad reaction » jasmineneroli, posted by TamaraJ on February 22, 2005, at 9:56:41
> Hi Jas,
>
> I'm so sorry to hear that you are struggling right now. I know what you are going through, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.*Thanks for your wishes Tamara, I've been very up and down this past 10 days. Some days are great, others are not.
> > I have GAD with some OCD. Right now my anxiety has suddenly peaked. My Pdoc has advised against theraapy for me, doesn't think it will help, just give me more to worry about.
>
> -- I don't understand that. Has he given you any concrete reasons why it wouldn't help besides his view that it would give you more to worry about? I guess if you think it is worth a try, then you should go for it. It is your quality of life that is being affected by the anxiety for goodness sake.
>* Well, he just feels that I would have anticipation anxiety and ruminations going into it, with lack of sleep, then a lot of second-guessing afterwards, like "I should have said....." or " why didn't I...?" etc.etc. The whole thing will be self-defeating, in that it will exacerbate my anxiety!!! I know I'm also afraid, in a way, I think I'm hanging onto my anxiety state, because at the lower level it's what drives me to get things accomplished. This is what I wanted to discuss with a psychologist.
> I take tryptophan and Klonopin daily, usually to good effect.
>
> Have you ever considered other alternative therapies like hypnosis or acupuncture?
>
* I've only had acupuncture for physical problems (but it worked very well, even though I didn't belive it would!). It's worth looking at, thanks for the suggestion. As to hypnosis..I would LOVE to try that, very intriguing. MY concern is finding a reputable person in my area. I'd need to REALLY TRUST that person!!
> > She predicted that I would come to a crisis point at 6 months and feel "bad" for a while, then I would be able to "heal".
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> -- I don't know, I'll just put this out there, but maybe you are unique and hit the crisis point much earlier than is usually predicted (given your experiences with meds, you may well be the exception rather than the norm). Nevertheless, it sounds extremely unpleasant.
>* I actually spoke to her about my reaction recently, and she did say some ppl react immediately, or I might be "putting up a fight" against losing my anxiety, because it's the only state my brain knows. She also said that I might be unusually sound intolerant.
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> -- If listening to the tape is causing you enormous discomfort and exacerbating your anxiety, then you would probably wise to stop. There are other relaxation tapes out there. I remember in a thread a while ago, King Vultan (Todd) had recommended a couple of cds he uses for sleep, one of which I think was part of a relaxation series. He has said a number of times that he has had very good results with the cds. I'll try to find the thread for you for information.
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Thanks Tamara, I checked your further post and I'll look into that series. :)
> Strength to you Jas. My thoughts are with you.
>
> Tamara** Thanks for your thoughts...........hope you are doing well.
Jas
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