Posted by Lou Pilder on January 27, 2010, at 16:39:58
In reply to Can medications stop 'unhelpful' thoughts??????, posted by jms600 on January 27, 2010, at 16:04:30
> As part of my fairly severe GAD, panic disorder and unipolar depression, I constantly get what cognitive behavioral therapists term 'unhelpful thoughts'. If I'm walking with a friend down the street I get thoughts of pushing them into an oncoming car. If I'm at home eating, I get thoughts of stabbing a family member in the eye with a fork. If I'm in the supermarket I get thoughts of shouting and punching somebody standing next to me.
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> I don't think these thoughts are a sign of psychosis. I find them very distressing and very upsetting - as well as giving me terrible panic attacks - but I still get them. There seems to be no reasoning behind them - they just occur in my mind and I'm absolutely terrified that one day I may just carry one of these thoughts out...
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> I've been through 6 months of CBT but it hasn't helped all that much. I was therefore wondering (and hoping) that there was a medication out there that could help?? I'm currently taking 150mg Effexor, 600mg lithium, 600mg Lyrica and 40mg buspirone.
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> Can anyone offer any advice?jms600,
You wrote,[...can anyone offer advice?...]
I am willing to have dialog with you here if you could consider the topic to be about thoughts, but not about chenmicals to take into your sytem to stop those thoughts. If you are willing to have that type of dialog, then post here your acceptance of the opportunity to know about these thoghts as to how they are reveiled to me. This will come from a Jewish perspective.
Lou
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