persistent thoughts

[Guest]

yo yo yo. my problem is my anxiety is only apparent whenever im thinknig about it. i can be going on doing and thinking normally then something triggers me to think about it and thats the only time it bothers me. i dont fear irrational things. only thinking about anxiety makes me anxious. it could be ocd cause it happens regularly every couple of minutes, but i do not have any ritualistic behaviors besides biting my fingernails constantly, even when theyre already completely trimmed. my thoughts about anxiety are often occampanied by words or phrases i repeat in my head. i was given buspar and paxil but got neither prescription filled. i was given xanax recently and it helps very much but the thoughts are still there and as frequent, they just dont bother me as much. im wondering if anyone else has a similar problem

 

[Guest]

A SSRI or TCA often helps with this type of anxiety. The type of anxiety that is brought on by thoughts. I would give Lexapro a try, it has the fewest side effects for me.


My type of anxiety is not brought on by anything that I am aware of. It sucks !

 

[Guest]

Yea i have a similar problem. I have persistent thoughts thinking about my anxiety. then i start getting depressed. Im on zoloft right now but it hasnt started working yet.

 

[Guest]

thanks guys. let me know how the zoloft works for you thats what a friend of mine with ocd is on and she said it works great. my anxiety was completely brought on by my idiotic substance abuse, so im a little worried about some ssri's because ive heard ones like celexa worsen this type. if you have any additional thoughts id love to hear them.

 

[janemariesayed]

My thoughts tend to run away with me and I have to keep a really good check on them. Mostly I find myself thinking negative thoughts and they can lead to panic attacks. I overcome it by listening to subliminal's and binaural beats. These help me to relax and then I find my mind wanders off to a good plane rather than a bad one. It also helps that when the thoughts come into my head, I purposely blank them out. I turn the thought into an image of ice cream in a cone or something else. It also helps to do focus exercises so you learn how to control the thoughts you are having and are able to change them. It's hard work, but very possible to be cured.

 

[pwarbi]

For many people I think that's the case, and thinking about their anxiety and worrying about that, causes the panic attacks and the anxiety to start in the first place and it can be a vicious circle that's hard to get out of. I think that once a person as been told that they have anxiety, they are then constantly thinking what if...I have an attack, even if it's just in the back of our minds, and sometimes we can think about it that much that it actually triggers the attack.

I used to be one of the worlds worst worriers, and some day I would worry about worrying it got that bad, and this is similar to that. We get anxious about getting anxious and while it might seem to us it's a problem unique to yourself, I'd imagine that 99% of people diagnosed with anxiety will feel the exact same.

 

[Sweed1]

I asked a counselor about this once and was told to tell myself over and over, No No No, and force it too stop. It didn't work. Had to go to plan B, which I was never told what that was. I think often we let worrying get the best of us and then it leads to panic attacks. I try to keep busy with projects, that keep my mind focused on the hobby and stay away from thinking about overwhelming personal issues.