I've been suffering like this,it seems to have been really bad these last few days the thoughts have been taking over,I know I'm doing it to myself but can't seem to stop mine keep telling me I'm going crazy,I really freak myself out with it, it's worse when I'm on myown nothing can convince me it's not going to happen,yet here I am in work like nothing happened. It helps reading about intrusive thoughts.
Hey I have recently been going through this myself, except my anxiety was brought on by smoking marijuana. I didn't show any signs of anxiety or depression ever in my life until I had a panic attack while being too high. It felt like I was high for a month and it slowly started to fade away and then I got into an argument with my best friends and boom it hit me again. This time it was worse but I could still sleep and the panic attacks weren't fully blown. It also brought on mood swings from depressed, anxious, and angry. But I went to the doctors and she prescribed me a low dose of paxil (paroxetene). I could definitely say that it helped a little bit for the first couple of weeks and then I started getting intrusive thoughts out of nowhere. Now it is getting to a point where I can't sleep and I keep blaming the AD for them. But I realise that high levels of anxiety bring these thoughts on like a vicious cycle. You get an intrusive thought followed by a huge adrenaline rush and then fear comes along and it just keeps going around and around. It gets really depressing and even makes me more anxious but I think the best way to think about it is to remember the moments of clarity you have had before all of this and focus on happier things in your life. It sucks for me because I am in my last semester of college and sometimes I get so anxious I can't even focus on my work. But I am hoping this is just a phase in all of our lives then will eventually pass.
Hey, I've had the same issues for about a year now after trying LSD for the first time. It's been quite on and off, obviously increasing during the school period, but I can totally understand what you are saying. I'm so worried about these thoughts and they give me such a horrible feeling that I actually wonder if my brain just says it because it's the easy way out. That worries me more because people actually do it because it's the easy way out. So here my brain is thinking of these thoughts, getting panic attacks and massive amounts of anxiety, then wondering if I actually want to do it because of the feeling these thoughts give me. It's almost as if whenever I have this problem identified (OCD), my brain always has a way to go around it. It's really hard to explain and insanely hard to grasp so I feel hopeless sometimes. I feel as if I have to solve and understand why I'm thinking this way to get better, but I just can't. It's tiresome and frustrating and is really inhibiting my desire to have fun.
I relate to this.I know this is over a year old. I hope you are doing better....
I have been dealing with the same thing since April 2016, it has changed my life and it seems to be dips in serotonin levels cause you will be downhill and detached for a few weeks then your back to normal for a little while. Best thing to do is keep fighting and know your not alone. Hang with friends when u get these intrusive thoughts that's what I did my friends made sure to not let me do anything stupid. Definetly always be open with your doctor cause that's only way to eventually get better. I hope I helped somewhat, feel better
They are all in your subconscience. Mind .. Negative and positive thought .. Amazing how a thought can
Completely destroy your life ...
Well said feb..