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Old Jan 06, 2015, 07:30 PM
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CHaselikesocks, welcom to psych central. Many people find that if one is not having luck with one med either have your psych doc change your meds or if not good relationship or results get a new one.

I have a breathing exercise that helps me. Not sure if it will help but here it is.
Breathing exercise - use natural breathing do not force.
If you are feeling very anxious or angry or just want to calm down, you can try a breathing exercise that takes the attention away from the trigger of anxiety to a simple tool of counting breaths.

Find a comfortable position seated or laying down. Begin to relax your breathing. Silently count 1 on the inhale, and two on the exhale. Then silently count 3 on the inhale and 4 on the exhale. Continue up to 10 or until you lose the count then return to one. No judgement. I sometimes end up at 18 then smile and return to 1. The idea is to focus on the breath and the counting and not get sucked into the anxiety or anger trigger. Also works to quiet the mind.

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