Posted by cycling on July 6, 2010, at 15:49:23
So during college I went kind of crazy and went off the deep end if you well as far as mental health goes. I was taking zoloft 150 mg while drinking 30-35 drinks/week. I finally decided enough was enough was decided to seek help. I went to a psychologist...no help there. I found a psychiatrist towards the ending my college tenure which has changed my life dramatically though I still have some remnants I still need help to fix which is why I'm here. When I first went into his office he noticed my pressured speech and my intense behavior. He attributed this to mania and immediately put me on lithium. Within about 2-3 weeks I began to calm down my behavior. Only problem was that I was still have cycling thoughts and he diagnosed me with Bipolar I since cycling thoughts is often attributed with that. I'm finally at 400mg lamictal and to be honest it hasn't done much as far as my cycling/racing thoughts. He put me on Klonopin to slow down my thoughts but I'm hesitant to continue this treatment since I know it can be addictive. I've read some posts that suggest that Seroquel has had significant results as far as treating racing thoughts.
I feel fine, its just my racing thoughts that's stopping me from being "normal" if you will. My irritability that my pdoc saw initially I believe was attributed to my racing thoughts, not me being bipolar. Yes I was manic, I was crazy actually. Looking back on it, boy, I was intense. All in all, I'm looking for a way to stop these racing thoughts in order to move forward with my life. My thoughts come in and out so quickly that I often have shortness of breath which is very annoying. My thoughts used to be what I'd probably classify as OCD but now its just manifested into just random thoughts going here and there and simply what I believe to be GAD. I would appreciate if anyone can give any insight to their experience with either my medication, suggestions, or diagnosis.Your crazy friend,
Cycling
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