Posted by King Vultan on August 21, 2004, at 10:20:56
In reply to What exactly are racing thoughts? Depakote?, posted by D minor on August 20, 2004, at 19:30:44
When I was in college back in the 80's, I had severe problems with racing thoughts, as well as a constant feeling that my brain was on fire. However, I attributed this to the very high stress and anxiety levels that I was concurrently experiencing. I have never been diagnosed as bipolar, but rather as having dysthymia, which is severe and occasionally crosses over into major depression. I do keep my mind open to the possibility that there may be some bipolar aspect to my condition, but since I have had unremitting dysthymia/depression for over a decade and have never had any kind of positive period longer than a few days in my adult life, it just seems that unipolar depression would seem to describe my condition more accurately. I have never tried a mood stabilizer and tend to look somewhat askance at them because of their side effects, but if my current line of treatment does not pan out, perhaps this is something that I should more seriously consider.
Todd
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