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Essay / Meditation vs. Mindfulness Meditation - 2094
Also, some patients are noncompliant with their medication, meaning they don't finish all of their prescribed medications. Stress and anxiety can be temporarily treated with medication, but meditation causes long-term dissipation of stress and anxiety. Additionally, stress and anxiety can be linked to a person suffering from depression. Often a person is depressed because they are too anxious or stressed, along with other areas of concern. In a Harvard Women's Health Watch newsletter, stopping antidepressants is discussed. The newsletter states: “Symptoms of quitting may include anxiety and depression. Since these may be the reason you were prescribed antidepressants in the first place, their reappearance may suggest that you are "relapsing and needing continued treatment" ("Stopping Antidepressants"). The article reveals that becoming dependent on these pills can be extremely difficult for some. Often people become addicted to antidepressants and must continue to introduce unnecessary chemicals into their body. Chemicals are unnecessary because the brain has the power to create more serotonin and other neurotransmitters that lead to happiness. The ability to access this power in the brain is the practice of