Posted by Fletcher on September 17, 2008, at 19:16:20
In reply to Med for obsessive thinking, rage, irritability, posted by bert99 on September 8, 2008, at 2:21:52
I had similar symptoms-- hypersensitivity that would lead to rages, obsessive thinking, internal conversations (often like they were with a child that would keep repeating words and then rhyming them with nonsense words).. I ~think~ I may know just what you're going through.
I didn't read all of the follow-ups to your original post, so I don't know if Neurontin was mentioned, but it was suggested to me about ten years ago as a treatment for a suspected mild bi-polar condition. For about the.. hmm.. first week or so, I was on it, it was like floating on a cloud-- not high or spacey, but just SOOOOO RELIEVED to not have all that stuff going on in my head. I stopped being hypersensitive, etc., etc.-- all of the symptoms I outlined above went away. It also cured me of my panic attacks (they're of an odd variety that only occur if I'm in a romantic relationship). Anyway, I was on it continually for about five years and then went off of it and those symptoms never did return.
I would seriously suggest trying Neurontin-- it's the only medication I've ever called a "miracle drug". Obviously it may need to be shuffled with your other BP medications (as it's used to treat BP also).
Keep me posted.
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