At this point I don’t know if it’s sz, anxiety or ptsd but my body hasn’t been able to relax in over a decade. I was wondering if anyone of here had had chronic muscle tension for a significant amount of time but was eventually able to recondition a sense of ease in there body?
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I relax differently on different meds, but I know what you’re talking about. I don’t think about it much anymore, but I had thought about it for a long time in the past. I’m still like this but either I’m so used to it it doesn’t bother me or the meds I’m on I don’t stress over it. I wish my mind would relax though. I came up with this term brain bleeding. It’s when my brain used to relax. I think I misinterpreted a song lyric and came up with it. The closest I’ve gotten to a relaxing brain is when I’m about to pass out and my mind starts to wonder or swim. It feels good. Off meds my body is able to feel more relaxed. Some meds that cause bad akathisia can make you feel tense. Really though during psychosis before meds I was never relaxed. I believed I’ve asked this same question here. So no I don’t relax, but it doesn’t bother me that much on my current med and antidepressant. But I do feel physically more relaxed on my current meds than I did on invega. Sorry I’m rambling been up for a while and have been isolating for days.
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Your good man. You ok? I think it’s probably possible that we can learn how to relax again.
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I’m good just unplugged my headphones from youtube and took a benztropine and busparone to chill me out. It’s 12:44 pm and I’m now laying on my couch “meditating” with a movie on in the backround.
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Yeah I’d say my body feels way more relaxed on my current meds. I take an old antipsychotic and an antidepressant. I was on invega for 14 years and was hella tense. Like I said this is something I used to worry about, but on my new med regime I don’t really think about it or stress over it as much. I think partly is because I am more relaxed. It’s hard to explain but I’ve worried about this exact thing, but haven’t so much recently since switching meds.
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I am extremely tense. It is from SZ, medication and stress.
Exercise works wonders for me but my body needs to build up more strength and energy. I should limit it until I build up more resistance and keep the benefit.
Also when I relax I go into a state of weird thinking like my life feels complete. Then I realize how expensive life is money wise and the tension immediately comes back.
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I didn’t know it in first place. Assumed body does that on its own. My pdoc had told me about it. But didn’t look it up back then.
Recently someone here made a post about it. It was progressive muscle relaxation. Search YouTube.
Light to moderate intensity exercises help as well. Yoga. Tai chi.
Relaxation can be something body does on its own. But techniques as above can help as well.
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