Posted by rachel sarah on April 18, 2005, at 7:36:09
In reply to Really Scared of Manic Episode, posted by tom_traubert on April 16, 2005, at 11:31:28
Hi,
I really sympathise with you on this one because I know exactly what it is like. I really don't think you are going manic though, I think you are just afraid of going manic and your panicky temperment is not helping.
I think the restlessness your describing sounds like anxiety. I have GAD and I am constantly restless and get really racing thoughts rushing through my head and cant seem to relax. If you get into a high state of anxiety and start to feel you may be going manic, the anxiety and panic attacks you suffer from are just going to make you worse.
I am not a doctor but I really don't think you sound like your manic. I am a really anxious person and was always worried that I was going mad, like you I smoked pot for 4 years which didn't help with the paranoid thought. If I were you I would try and give up pot, I am not dissaproving of it, but I know it made me really bad, I thought I was a schizophrenic and that I too was going mad.
When you feel like your going mad, do you have a voice in your head saying "your going mad" etc. I had that when I was very anxious, I also found all my thoughts were distorted and really muddled and racing around my head. That too is just being anxious.
Have you tried having Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? That really helped my learn to relax, better than any drugs believe it or not. I also found effexor really usefull, Have you tried that?
I hope you are feeling a bit better
Rachel Sarah
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