Does abusing xanax affect your chakras?

[BJAsapace]

Originally Posted by ribiq

You should check out mindfulness meditation. It has more to do with accepting the present moment with awareness resting on the breath, less focused on forcibly stopping inner dialog

tried meditation. even tried being active but it was only temporary until anxiety would come back. how does meditation help a chemical imbalance?

[CrystalSong]

Have you tried taking natural herbs like Skullcap or Kava Kava for the tension and anxiety? I believe both come in tinctures and capsule form.
(As with all medications/natualpathics don't take more than the recommended amount.)

[SaturninePluto]

Originally Posted by Carnate

Medication that tempers your emotions should never be taken long term.. the risks for long term use are very often far worse than the reason for wanting/needing them.

Pray tell me, what is worse than paranoid schizophrenia?

What could possibly be worse than hearing audible sounds and voices others do not hear and that have no viable presence in physical reality and form?

What is worse than having delusions? They seem real to the holder of them, but could never possibly occur. What is worse than starving for three months because one believes there to be poison in the food?

You see. The opinion of psychologists, and psychiatrists to me for some part or the most part, matters nothing to me.

There is nothing worse than the fear produced when one's waking life is a struggle between what is real and what is not.

There is nothing worse than living in fear of those around you, and things around you including the very walls, and the fear has no basis in reality.
The fear itself will cripple you.

The thought that medication somehow dulls or otherwise destroys parts or the whole of our soul/souls, is completely asinine.

What happens to my body has no effect on my soul.
And to tell anyone their emotions are dulled or distorted due to medicine they need to take, is astoundingly.. just as insane to tell you the truth.

I am still here after years of taking anti-psychotic medicine. My soul is as whole as it was before I was diagnosed, if not more-so. And my emotions, have never been dulled, distorted or otherwise disillusioned.

No. It is my PHYSICAL body and my physical mind I worry for.

Not my soul.

[Jaroon60]

Originally Posted by BJAsapace

Thanks. I feel better when off them but feel more tense and anxious. Even before using xanax I was always tense and anxious. My mind chatter wouldn't stop and xanax helps calm my nerves.

I have the mind chatter. Sometimes I use alcohol to calm it down. It does not work at the end. You know this as well with medication like Xanax. Solution? Seek help in a psychological way. And maybe you will get something like a medicine. Be careful about it. It changes you sometimes. And sometimes it is necessary.

[ribiq]

Originally Posted by BJAsapace

tried meditation. even tried being active but it was only temporary until anxiety would come back. how does meditation help a chemical imbalance?

One thing meditation can do is aid the process of healing internal/psychological blocks or problems. It doesn't do it by itself, it takes practice. But with some practice, this internal healing can help chi to flow more easily through the body/chakras. When chi flows more easily, the organs of the body function for effectively, even potentially correcting previous chemical imbalances.

There are a lot of other practices that are meant for working more directly with chi to do this kind of thing, but even if you're very effective at doing this, it may very well not be a solution in and of itself. Problems like this often take an approach that has multiple facets. Seeing a psychologist is a good idea. But with anything you choose to do, you'll have to put in a good amount of time and commitment to see any significant results; there may be lots of things that will help you, but you may not know it right away. I've had a lot of luck with simple breathing exercises. Try some things that interest you

[wstein]

Abuse of anything can and usually does affect your chakras (and a lot of other things).

[not from personal experience] As Xanax contains chemicals that clearly affect your physical and mental systems, it also affects your energetic systems (includes chakras) too.