Posted by Cyclo Craig on February 25, 2005, at 19:30:00
In reply to Re: About racing thoughts » psychnp, posted by amberlicious on December 28, 2004, at 0:53:34
I have been very interested to read the dialog regarding racing thoughts. I thought this was normal until it drove me to a suicide attempt a few years ago. I've since been diagnosed with Bipolar II and have tried many medications (anxiety & depression meds) without results. Most recently, I have been prescribed Lamictel and it seems to keep me in a tighter band.
My racing thoughts consist of me talking to others; people talking about me; my children as adults lashing out at me for my failures. No one would ever know that I have 5-10 conversations going on in my head at a time. The only clue is that I don't assimilate information or remember well, but otherwise I'm viewed as an intelligent professional. My brain literally races through at least a million words per day.
The only medication that has ever touched the racing thougts is Ativan, but I'm very cautious in taking it due to it's addictive properties. In retrospect, my irrational racing thoughts and manic moods have cost me a business that I loved and comprimised many relationships.
It is a lot to bear and I'm happy to discuss at any length in the name of research. My 10 year old is exhibiting some signs and I want so badly to help him.
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