Zoloft for obsessive thoughts
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I have been on Zoloft 50mg, and now at almost 20 weeks my anxiety is getting worse, I am having more frequent obsessive thoughts and skills learned in therapy are not always helping.
I'm thinking maybe I should up my does, but I was trying to keep the does low bc I known of the possible side effects of SSRI and pregnancy.
I noticed that you said that Zoloft worked best for your obsessive thoughts which I have a huge problem with. But I have been taken 200mg Zoloft for over 3 years now and I think if anything I'm worse than before. Do you know of any other antidepressant that may help with these type of disorders like OCD? I'm more of just a obsessive thinker than being compulsive though.
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 am even planning on getting tested for HIV b/c of the way the lady looked. My thoughts are that since she looks like a meth-head and bled on her check, then maybe she was shooting needles or something and all kinds of awful things. Even though I have read that the virus usually dies when it is out of the body, it just still really freaks me out and I honestly don't know how I am going to be able to perform my job.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Seratonin inhibitors, Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro.... I reccomend 50 mil per day of Zoloft for 1 week then up to 100 mil for 1 week then 150 mil continuing for 3 months. This will allow your panic to subside allowing the thoughts to bounce off you like rubber hence the thoughts will not need come around anymore.
Please take care and now this is a chemical imbalance caused by stress. Once you change and rethink and reprogram what you percieve as stress then you can be free.
My thoughts become obsessive and out of controland have had rituals prior to be being put on the zoloft 13 years ago which stoped after being on the zoloft so I didn' know if being off it is the reason for the out of control obsessive thoughts. Sorry so long but I just wanted you know where I stand and if it looks like he might be on the right track.
From my online research, it appears that obsessive thoughts are probably one of the last symptoms to get relief from with zoloft and SSRI's. Is that everyone's experience? I seem to be calmer, but still have the strange, jealous, envious thoughts, although they don't bug me quite as much. If I have the slightest relief at 2 weeks, when could I expect to lose the unwanted thoughts? (assuming zoloft works for me) Thanks!
First question would be, do you in fact have OCD? It is a very much overdiagnosed condition and if often confused with obsessive thinking alone, which is common to everyone with mental disorders as well as many without them. It only matters because the next question is, are you in therapy?
I have been for the past 4 years now been having obsessive thought patterns that come about when Im feeling depressed. At that time,I was on Zoloft for 2 months,and had a bad experience with that,so I never tried any other antidepressants again. Also when I keep allowing my mind to believe that these thoughts are true,I get anxiety,for that I take 10 deep breaths and coax myself out of it,or take an ativan or xanax when I have some,which help but only temporarily.
Since she has been in this manic phase, she talks obsessively about horses, went online to find horses for sale, found one about 40 miles from her home and now goes to see this horse or other horses daily. She has neither the time or money for a horse. Her employer has reprimanded her for not doing her job because she is only talking about horses.
t understand what i mean if i share those thoughts with them. for example...what makes a person real. what makes any of us real. if by chance god doesn't exist, then when you really think about it, nothing is real. because whether god exists or not, there has to be something much larger than the entire universe we live in, and the universe is quite large when you think about it so the idea of something larger and more complex and completely random (if there is no god) is overwhelming.
Stopping obsessive thoughts is difficult for anyone but it is more complicated with a person who has daily panic attacks and is bipolar. If you are in mania it is going to be difficult to stop them. It is difficult because you may swing the other way fast. If you do something or take a medicine that pulls down the mania it may cause some symptoms of depression and back and forth and so on. Try to meditate, do some grounding techniques and breathing techniques if you can.
Hey BetteI understand how obsessive thoughts can feel so real. I have suffered for many different obsessions over my life. The first thing that you need to realize is that pregnancy cannot happen if sperm has been out of the body for more than a few minutes. The second thing, that is the hardest is understanding that reassurance from others really won't help you overcome your fear.
Hi! I had OCD quite badly when I was a child between the ages of about 7 and 11. I used to do little rituals like touching everything six times and being really scared something bad would happen if I didn't! Well this appeared to all disappear with age.. However a few months ago, my grandad died and for some reason this event seems to have triggered it again. This time I don't have the rituals problem but I've been suffering with obsessive thoughts.
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