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Mental health
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Anyone else get intrusive thoughts about one particular thing and getting rid of it is awful and makes u more anxious and panicky?? Any input?? 

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I have begun to have very intrusive thoughts over the weekend so much so that I went back to the doctor today. I explained what each thought was and said it was more like morbid thoughts rather than suicidal, but still very unpleasant. He also said this was common with anxiety so I have been put on a higher dose of citalopram now. But I know how horrible these thoughts can be and how anxious they can make you feel. I know this might not be much help but you are not the only one feeling like this which I hope can be comforting in some way. Stay strong!

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Thanks all u really want is for them to go away 

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Yeah I know exactly what you mean. I read elsewhere that these thoughts are always in our heads...its just that with other things like anxiety etc we pay a lot more attention to them. So its not something new, its just that they have more of an impact for now.

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Yeah it sucks I take celexa on a normal for the last three and half years and usually I am great but the month of November was tough with marital problems and financial problems we just bought a house and I had a bad week at work the week before last and I'm not a good talker I bottle everything up and that's not good and when it hits me I fall into this I known it will fade it just sucks getting there especially when u aren't usually a patient person 

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This time of year is extremely hard for me too. The dark nights and mornings are so hard to deal with! I have bought a SAD light that I use almost every morning to see if that helps but Im not sure if there has been any benefit yet, its hard to tell really.

I think Im like you in the way that I bottle things up as well...but as soon as my mouth opens I begin to get all my worries out there. Starting to talk is the hardest part of it.

I mainly have trouble with these intrusive thoughts in the mornings between when I wake up and go to work. By this point I am extremely anxious and dont want to get up and go to work. Just have to force myself!

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Me too. I'm so scared right now that I will ruin christmas with this crap that I can't focus on anything. I'm s happily married woman with a three year old and could feel myself slipping for about a month I found out that an old fling was having a baby and that triggered me my counselor says that had nothing to do with it. It was just all the stress added up and the first thing that upset me triggered the anxiety not to mention we have been trying for over two years to get pregnant