Do You Suffer From Emotional Pain or Anxiety? Pop a Tylenol

I suffer from crippling anxiety and was desperate to find something to help, so I took an acetaminophen or ibuprofen tablet, I don't remember which, and it actually seemed to help. Curious if there was any merit to the connection or if it was "all in my head," I Googled and found an article which suggests that emotional pain and anxiety can be helped by pain relievers. Maybe this is old news on this forum, but I had never heard of the connection before and wanted to share in case it could help others.

Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-superhuman-mind/201304/do-you-suffer-emotional-pain-or-anxiety-pop-tylenol

Here's another article, though, which argues against using Tylenol for anxiety: https://splinternews.com/tylenol-may-be-hijacking-our-emotions-in-a-pretty-distu-1793860047 Does anyone have any experience with this or thoughts about using Tylenol for anxiety?

Popping a pill for anxiety or emotional pain... Um, isn't that exactly what got us into this mess to start with??

 

On a side note, acetaminophen (Tylenol) is not harmless: https://drlwilson.com/Articles/TYLENOL.htm

 

The reason pain relievers temporarily seem to 'help' some forms of anxiety is that they decrease inflammation -- type 'inflammation anxiety depression' into Google and you'll find the peer-reviewed studies that explain this. Only problem is, they mess up your gut and liver function in the process (both of which are already temporarily compromised by benzos)....

 

Please be careful with Tylenol it can impact your liver

Tried it last night with no appreciable effect on my anxiety.