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Intrusive Thoughts

ZanyBeeper
ZanyBeeper
Hey yall. I been having them damn intrusive thoughts again..........in general, but about my baby specifically. Why does that shit have to happen? How do we take our minds off of it without driving ourselves nuts? Is there a happy medium anywhere? I am on 8mg/day of Risperdal. I am seriously considering going back on Seroquel irregardless of the weight gain. I seemed to really be stable on it and have not been so since going off of it. Or is that my fantasy recollection of it? I could always be on two AP's. I am quitting smoking pot. It seems to make my intrusive thoughts worse. What do you do to keep what little sanity you have left when it comes to your intrusive thoughts?

Hugs & Lotsa Love,
Chelle / Zany
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Risperdal didnt do anything for me either. I wish I didnt have to take seroquel but like you it works for me
I fight hunger constantly! It sucks
Sorry to see you are going through a rough time Chelle
Big hugs
deleted_user
deleted_user
this might not be helpful to you and many wont agree it works, but i had terrible squeamishness and a weak stomach and when unwell id have gross and horrific intrusive thoughts re this phobia. I had hypnotherapy recently to try get rid of it (because i have to learn about anatomy and physiology in school) and it worked. just an idea.
TwilightStar
TwilightStar
When mine get really bad I do whatever I can to get them out out out. Drawing, no matter how grotesque. Photography [ i love taking pictures of normal things and making them look really twisted - it really calms me when I have lots of pent up negativity ] writing anything like that.

Feel better!!
TS
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think the pot is really implicated in all of this - the THC levels in pot these days is astronomical compared to when I used it years ago. That's due to hybridisation and being grown hydroponically. It causes pananoia and actually CREATES mental illness in people who haven't been mentally ill before that. I just had a Voluntary psych ward stay to up medication. I met a whole passle of people that now have mental illness because of pot. Some with psychosis and one guy who has schizophrenia as a result of his drug use. Ugly but true.

I am also a sober alki - nearly 11 years sober in AA. If you are serious about getting off pot but can't stay off it by yourself, you could give MA or NA a go.
ZanyBeeper
ZanyBeeper
Thanks guys. I go in for med refills and such on Thursday. We'll see what they have to say then. I wanna add Topomax and Seroquel to what I already have. I am actually already taking the Topomax at 50mg/bedtime for neuralgia. It's just not prescribed by a doctor.
deleted_user
deleted_user
uhhggg. hate those things. sorry you are struggling with them. i get them worse at times and try to sensor all of my intake to keep them at a minimum.

hair stations at work are close together and a daily one is wondering if the woman next to me is going to accidentally stick her scissors in my back. ewww
deleted_user
deleted_user
i have ocd and intrusive thoughts something fierce. the only thing that keeps them at bay is the rituals and when catherine(the one who makes the bad thoughts) starts acting up and telling me bad things i send them(the thoughts) in the corner by the front door. it also helps to yell and cuss at her in my head.

i am convinced tho that we are having problems with the car today because i didn't vaccum the house yesterday, it is done every day. every time one of my rituals goes awry something bad happens.
ZanyBeeper
ZanyBeeper
Perhaps I was right when I called that voice in my head Phyllis. I tend to have two. One on the left side that calls me and others dummy and stupid and the very dangerous most hated one on the right that tells me that I am going to do mean things to the people I love most in the world. I (and my T) thought for a while that I possibly had DID.
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