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Posted by avoet on April 3, 2001, at 22:02:23
Hey, its avoet again. Actually my name is Amanda. I started the Geodon yesterday, my doctor also thought it was a good idea. What kind of things did you ruminate over. Since I joined this board, I have found out that it has a name! I have been "ruminating" since I was a child and did not even know. I ruminate over things I cannot do anything about. Not constructive thoughts at all! I ruminate over painful experiences and then I get depressed. Is our experience similar or do you know anyone who has this experience? Any thoughts would be great!
Thanks
Posted by Dubya on April 3, 2001, at 23:55:46
In reply to to Karen B - another question, posted by avoet on April 3, 2001, at 22:02:23
I have OCD, an anxiety disorder and depression (dysthymia). I ruminate about everything in my life, I get into mild mood swings, this reflects poorly on me because, I seem so immature when having mood swings. I ruminate about what I should have done or how I should have done something. I ruminate over what colour of jeans to wear, etc. I am a 20yr old guy. I even ruminate about being fat yet many people will say I am not. Whatever the problem, I have DISTORTED perceptions. These thoughts cause great distress to me and I am sure for many of you on this forum.
Posted by avoet on April 4, 2001, at 3:40:03
In reply to Yes, I can relate to RUMINATING, posted by Dubya on April 3, 2001, at 23:55:46
as a fellow ruminator, you have my sympathy. it is awful. i ruminate over ex-girlfriends of my husband. i will sit and picture him with them and it gets out of control. i obsess about everything that comes into my life. it makes me so emotionally tired sometimes. i just started GEODON for these ruminations, hopefully it will get better. although i cannot sleep since i have taken it. anyway, you can post something for me if you need to talk about your obsessions and i will write you back. hang in there!
Posted by Wendy B on April 4, 2001, at 11:50:34
In reply to to dubya you have my sympathy, posted by avoet on April 4, 2001, at 3:40:03
Hi Amanda,
Now I know your name from this thread! This is what I am going through now, the guilt! Ruminating, worrying and anxiously remembering things I said that ended up hurting people like my family and my mother especially, picturing my boyfriend out with a new woman (like you, only mine is in the present!), them being happy... Me going down down the dark ladder. It just goes on and on...
To Dubya, I know your pain, I was married to an OCD, but it was the personality disorder kind (he adjusted plates and mugs in the cupboards, making sure they were in the right color order and lined up like little soldiers, wiping out the sink a million times a day, drying out the washing machine with a cloth after each load, drying the shower after you'd taken one). Arrggh! It must be hell to live inside that. I've read you on some of the other threads, so forgive me, but what is your meds regimen? I can't remember -
Wendy B
> as a fellow ruminator, you have my sympathy. it is awful. i ruminate over ex-girlfriends of my husband. i will sit and picture him with them and it gets out of control. i obsess about everything that comes into my life. it makes me so emotionally tired sometimes. (...)
Posted by Dubya on April 4, 2001, at 22:18:34
In reply to to dubya you have my sympathy, posted by avoet on April 4, 2001, at 3:40:03
Thanks, that is so awesome of you. The biggest problem is, my ruminating/obssessive thoughts (I have been diagnosed with OCD symptoms, not a full-blown version) I often have a hard time distinguishing between reality and the obssessiveness of my thoughts.I've emotionally hurt myself, I now worry every hour of every day that, I will say something stupid and make people think I am weird. Even more so, I worry that I would go through college/university not making any friends because, I am crazy. Sure I can bitch and complain but, I hope I am really not complaining now, but rather pointing out my OCD/anxiety disorder.
Posted by KarenB on April 5, 2001, at 6:38:51
In reply to to Karen B - another question, posted by avoet on April 3, 2001, at 22:02:23
Amanda,
I didn't know it was called "ruminating" until coming to this board either. I used to descibe it as a "broken record," playing the same thoughts over and over again. Sometimes in an almost rythymic manner, like one sentence that had nothing to do with much of anything. Sometimes I would lie awake at night, with fragments of conversations I'd never have, lines from movies, words, flying through my mind.
When depressed (this is when it happens - not when I am manic), I would ruminate for hours about how I would kill myself, in explicite detail. How I would sit on my car near an emergency room door, so that no one I knew, especially family, would have to find me. Thoughtful, huh? These thoughts would dominate me, although I knew in my heart I would never carry them out. I have two small children and a husband who love me, who would never get over it. I love them too much to leave them with that.
Try taking the Geodon earlier in the evening, at dinner, if you can't sleep. Did your doc tell you that it is absorbed up to 50% better if you take it with food?
Karen
Posted by KarenB on April 5, 2001, at 6:54:58
In reply to Re: to dubya you have my sympathy, posted by Dubya on April 4, 2001, at 22:18:34
Dubya,
You are accepted here. That's one thing you don't need to obsess about.
Karen
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