Posted by yxibow on September 8, 2008, at 6:23:56
In reply to Med for obsessive thinking, rage, irritability, posted by bert99 on September 8, 2008, at 2:21:52
> The symptoms that remain are a constant background obsessive thinking/racing thoughts where basically I will have conversations in my mind, arguments, etc. about past events, or think about things to do, or ideas, etc. etc. Basically my mind won't shut up and it drives me insane. It almost keeps me 'in my head' and away from reality at times.
I can concur with this -- I can get into this state at times.I will have conversations with people who wouldn't remember it 10 years ago or 10 hours ago. I will talk to myself and also there is intrusive and unwanted thoughts of self-antisemitism, the state of the country....
You can't be Atlas.
Also remember -- everyone has these thoughts, while they're talking to you they may be thinking, oh gee I should buy some toilet paper -- mm... what did I say to so and so an hour ago... [returning to personal conversation.. blah, blah].
Its just that some circuitry in your system is out of balance to stop the gate that people have to dismiss these things, and it is much amplified.
The more one fights OC thoughts the more it becomes entrenched.The best remedy is to keep active and busy, to immerse oneself in social activities, anything to distract.
That being said, an adjunct to the above would probably be high dose Luvox and maybe some admixture of Seroquel, if necessary. Anafranil possibly as well.
Its hard to say where the rage comes from, whether it is concomitant to the diagnosis, or whether it is your frustration with OC thoughts. As for rage, Clonidine is used in children with ADHD, I don't know the success in adults.
-- best wishes
Jay
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