I have been having racing thoughts for about a year now and its driving me crazy! I am on Lexapro, but it doesn't seem to be helping. In the past six months, I lost my Dad, my uncle and my cousin. I live in the mountains an hour from town, my husband is out of town for weeks at a time. I work at home, we are trying to sell our house. I have been thinking about seeing my doctor about different medication and also seeing a therapist. I feel like I am going crazy!
as he called it. He prescribed me 10mg of lexapro, and told me to take it for a few months. This scares me to death, because I do not want to start something that I will have a hard time getting off of. I also suffer from severe constipation, and I do not want anything to effect that including weight gain. My physician and GI doctor said it was safe to take. I do not want to take these, but I will admit that I have not felt like myslef in months, and I would love to feel normal again.
that I thought I was well enough to start weening off the Lexapro I had been taking for almost 8 years or so. The Lexapro in conjunction with the Attacking Anxiety and Depression (CBT Program) program by the Midwest Center, pretty much saved my life. In hindsight, I feel that weening of the Lexapro was a mistake. I think I am always going to need the Lexapro to some degree because ever since I got off it, I have slowly felt the anxiety mounting.
I was looking for information to help my sister who is bi-polar and having horrible racing thoughts when I came across your comments about hearing music. I am bi-polar and on Lithium and Lexapro. I have never had a problem with hearing music that is not playing until now. I thought I was losing my mind! I go to the living room to turn off the television, and it is not on. I go to turn off the radio in the car, and it is not on.
m new here and I want to find out if anyone ever had an episode of afib/svt on lexapro? I was on it for 8 years of my life and it was great! Last two years were horrible. I was depressed and never was before I gained 20lbs didn't want to go to work had issues sleeping. I was in the treadmill first episode had like two hard beats then racing heart then it was gone. I didn't go to er I just thought it was really scary but by passed it.
I have been synthyroid or levoxyl for at least 18 years and my current Dr keeps me high normal, but my mind races and I can't sleep well (has been going on for months now) . I have been reducing from 137 to approx 119 over a period of weeks by chipping off part of the tablet and my thoughts have calmed a bit, but I seem to get tired more easily. Does anybody else have this racing "thoughts" problem?
For over four years I've delt with racing thoughts which I didn't have with lithium. I had to go off lithium because of kidney damaged. I'm currently taking 350 lamictal and 600 seroquel. I've tryed over 20 different medication for the the thoughts but they haven't helped. If it would be helpful I could list them. How do I deal with racing thougths and what medicines will help? My thoughts center around a to do list.
Hi,
I have had anxiety and panic attacks for 2 years now and all of a sudden I have these racing thoughts that will not let up. The thoughts are scaring me so bad that I think that I will never be normal again. I think things like what are human beings and every ache and pain is gonna be the death of me. I sit there at night and picture myself taking a heart attack or me having a annurism.
m not saying that doctors have everything about the human mind or body figured out, or that a pill will solve everything (I prefer to stay off as many meds as I can and still be healthy), but telling someone that is troubled by thoughts that they have had for three years and telling us in this forum that we simply need to train ourselves not to have racing thoughts or bad thoughts, is not helpful or safe.
how do you control racing thoughts? my mind races out of control.
Occasionally, I have this feeling that my thoughts are racing through my head at a millions miles an hour, and there's this roaring sound, like sticking my head out the window of a fast-moving car with ear plugs in. When this happens, I feel like I'm moving in slow motion, and seeing things from farther away.
I've been through some struggles in my life like a really really stressful relationship that tore me up, and my grandpa and a good friend passing away and the daily stress of being behind in my self directed school I attend, and dealing with certain situations and being socially awkward, and everyday for as long as I can remember I've had obsessive racing thoughts.
Are racing thoughts the same as obsessive thoughts or intrusive thoughts? When I say Obessive thoughts I mean like thinking about the same stuff every day, day after day, it could be a person or a dream that you think of. I know obtrusive thoughts are thoughts you really don't want to think about, I have them on and off but what are racing thoughts?
I wash my hands with bleach and water, at least 20 times a day. I have racing thoughts about awful things that I don't want to even think about. It annoying. Is someone on here available to help me on this forum? I feel like I'm losing grip with reality and what's important in life having constant distraction.
ve been on Lexapro for 5 years, stoped for 3- pregnancy and breastfeeding, and I was fine- then anxiety came back full force, went back to meds for over 2 yeara now, and now I stoped it again... Not my choice... I've been suffering horrors without it... But I never had problems while taking Lexapro. Is it possible that the meds are no longer agreeing with you and your anxiety is back and symptoms too?!? The best thing is to make an appointment with your doctor!
hello,
i am a 25 year old healthy female with moderate-severe anxiety and panic attacks. i just got a prescription for lexapro from my doctor (10 mg a day) and have been on it for 2 days. already, i am experiencing heightened anxiety, severe panic attacks (a rushing feeling in my body and a sense of doom), hot flashes, and a bit of insomnia (been up since 4 AM this morning). do these side effects dissipate? i am so hesitant to be on an anti-anxiety drug that actually increases the anxiety!!!
25 once a day every so many days just to get some relief, but I try to skip days so as not to get dependant on it. Well yesterday was real bad, horrible anxiety and racing thoughts, etc. I could not sleep and finally decided to try the Klonopin wafers the DR gave me (.25).
I took one around 1:45am last night. Fell asleep around 3:30am, and then woke up at 5:30 feeling pretty rough.
I don't like how I feel at all on the Klonopin.
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