Mindfulness Meditation
People mainly take Mindfulness Meditation for anxiety, focus. Based on 19 first-hand reports. Ranked #207 of 1,974 overall.
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User score
Mostly positive58% positive5% mixed0% negative37% unclear
Of reports that state an outcome, 92% are positive.
Clinical research
Research pending
What Mindfulness Meditation does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
3 more with fewer than 3 reports
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What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
Research data for Mindfulness Meditation is being compiled.
Dosage people report
As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.
15-20 mindaily, morning
30 minutesdaily
dailyas reported
daily for one weekas reported
every nightas reported
3 monthsas reported
Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
No side effects reported so far.
What users say
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“This helps with overall anxiety and ruminating thoughts.”
“I am about 1 hour away from completing 50 hours of 'relaxation response' training.”
“Mindfulness meditation is now so uncontroversial as beneficial to ADHD that WebMD suggests it. It's free, absolutely safe, and there're truckloads of literature supporting its efficacy in improving concentration”
“I hope it helps - it has helped me, and the resource I linked is fantastic.”
“planning to test behaviors in addition to drugs- mindfulness meditation”
Top discussions (5)
- Are there any supplements for depression/anxiety? ↗
- Depression ↗
- If people with ADHD have lower dopamine how comes they have so much energy? ↗
- I Tried to Treat Depression, Anxiety, and Mild Bipolar With Nootropics for a Year - Here’s What I Found ↗
- "Stimulating meditation: a pre-registered randomised controlled experiment combining a single dose of the cognitive enhancer, modafinil, with brief mindfulness training", Thomas et al 2021 ↗
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User data from public discussions; research from PubMed. Information only, not medical advice — talk to a doctor before starting, stopping or combining anything. Data updated October 2, 2026. How we rate