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mike998
02-04-13, 19:45
Anxiety question, last October I had abit of a hard time with health issues

Spec savers messed my glasses up and I developed bad head dizzy spells blurred vision, after 12 weeks the mistake was spotted, I was left with slight depression and anxiety what of i done this what if i had thisa nd sleep problems. The doctor gave me 100mg of trazdone, and every was ok for 2 weeks I could dismiss thoughts and my sleep was so much better. Then I went to see a therapist and she set all my symptoms off again she said I had obbsesive thoughts, however she never have me any information. So I came home and stupidly typed it into google, it was the worsed thing I have done as it led to me looking up paranoid skizo, I looked at stories and symptoms.

Since then I'm completely obsessed with it, my mind tries to fit every symptom into my life and make up different scenarios(spelling) at the moment it's did you hear or see that I actually went to my gp and described every thing and he said anxiety, it's like my mind wants to believe everything I see or hear and I can't keep going on, sometimes I get a little break, of someone says something I might start thinking about that for a couple of days but always go back to skizo. It's all wizzing around my head 24 7, and I'm scared its going to start interfering with my work. As for sleep I can have 2-4 good nights maybe get up for an hour around 3-4 am, other nights I won't sleep at all but don't suffer from it maybe abit of a headaches. I'm sick of feeling down mostly when I can't sleep i get really weepy and think whats the point and been snappy :(. Sometimes I can lie in bed and my mind make up little stories then ill think eh and forget about it or most of it.

My dreams are so real like to, but the doc said that's properly the trazdone. He's now taking me down to 50mg and has referred me to a specialist, as he wants to try and get the right med and now I'm scared he's give up and I might get locked away. It just like a constant battle with what my mind wants to believe. Is this really just anxiety, could I ask you to be careful what you put as I don't want to start worrying over something else thanks.

Forgot to mention any thought I get I have to tell a family member, if I can't I feel uneasy

And when I get really down I think should I just say I can see this or that. I just can't believe I've let it get this bad. And if I'm not constantly worrying of the above, my mind is always looking for something else for me to think about it. I do get worried as the thoughts just come without even thinking. Before my mam said just putting something in my secret place never quite heard her, but I just thought what is she hiding from me. Even though I know deep down there's nothing to it. It just feels like it's something new everyday

Lilharry
03-04-13, 00:12
I would say that the majority of people on this forum have experienced exactly this! I sure have. It's what your anxious mind does when it's in overdrive. Obsessive thinking really just means "unhelpful" thinking. It means that you get these useless thoughts that you can't make go away. You can learn tricks to get rid of them though. I have found counselling really helpful and also challenging those thoughts when they arrive - not necesarily believing them. When I get a thought I ask myself if it's a helpful thought, if it isn't, then I know it's just anxiety and I can tell the thought to leave me alone and it's not true. You don't need unhelpful thoughts in your life. When you get them try and replace them with some helpful thoughts you have memorised. Like maybe if you start thinking about something yucky, say to the thought "Stop, you are being unhelpful and will only make me stay up all night feel sad. You can go now. Actually, I am doing lots of things to make myself feel better - today I listened to some relaxing music, took my medication to make me feel better and did some cleaning etc etc". Stuff like that can really help. Just start with little things and congratulate and reward yourself. Basically start being kind to yourself instead of torturing yourself with those unhelpful thoughts. Keep up with the therapy, you will get so much benefit from it and remember just because someone says something, doesn't make it true.

mike998
03-04-13, 10:38
I know it's just really crap at the moment as I can hardly read or watch anything without my mind taking it to the extreames. Night time is the worse as its all like a runaway mine train. Last night it was the devil walks around, but that was most likely the tv show we were watching earlier, or when i posted on another forum and someone said the devil is after you :(and it's just like my mind puts its own little twist on it. Do you think the tablets could be making it worse, as since then it's like I Believe anything. And it's my fault for reading such rubbish, so when I do get thoughts I constantly worry did I read this I hope I did

Lilharry
04-04-13, 12:01
Yeah, the meds could definitely be causing it, especially if you say you were feeling okay then you started getting anxious again. They often make you more anxious before they start making you feel better. It's good that you are working with your doctor to get the right level though - it can be a bit of process from what I've heard, but you will get there. Don't worry about going to the doctor and telling people around you what's going on - it's really good to have support and it might help you calm down if people know.

Why would someone say the devil is after you? That is so stupid - no one should say that to you and they are wrong. Just try and remind yourself that it's the anxiety talking. I know it's hard, but you will get there. Your doctor might be able to give you something to help you sleep and calm you down when you're mind is racing - just tell them you are having trouble coping with it. Don't try and deal with this by yourself, you shouldn't have to.

mike998
07-04-13, 20:03
Hi in all fairness i have brought alot of this on my self, i should not have read everything about paraniod skizophrinia as my mind is doing its best to put its own little twist on it, and i will admit i have become paranoid. I have been to the doctor and told him everything and some thought examples, and he said as long as i can dismiss them, im ok. The thing is sometimes i can and sometimes i can't and sometimes i have to tell someone. Im just scared i have something bad. He gave me 15mg of Mirtazapine for obbsessive thoughts/anxiety and depression

mike998
17-04-13, 18:27
Just an update, i came off the trazdone last saturday and everything was mostly ok till yesturday. Everything has now flooded back and i dont know where to turn. Anything i see or hear is either devil or aliens or anything weird that happens i blame it on that, and my mind keeps making up new stuff up, feels like someones putting the thoughts there if that make sence I DONT beleive it, but its hard not to. I just wish i could get these thoughts to go away

mike998
28-05-13, 19:23
Hi

Well the depression has lifted with the mateazapine, however I still get the thoughts but with no anxiety which I thinks worse if that makes sense. At least then you knew the thoughts were wrong. Plus the thoughts have moved on what if I'm gay, if I see a guy I think am I more dominant/ powerful, sex/babe/ hottie comes to mind whenever I see someone, I just don't know what to do, coz without the anxiety I'm a little lost

Are these real thoughts, coz I don't think I want to be gay :(

Has the meds taken the anxiety away, plus my health expert think I might have abit of ocd, then I worry if I'm explaining what I've read on the net, even though I've told him I have?

mike998
28-06-13, 19:36
Mild ocd has been confirmed and I'm getting a med review on Monday. So is mitrazpine not for ocd. Just wish I could get rid of the gay thoughts, can you get ocd without anxiety, it's so hard without the anxiety