I have not been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but I believe that my racing/repetitive thoughts are much more "bipolary" than "OCDy"--which is what my shrink it is. The reason I say this is because of my family history and the fact that I don't feel any anxiety. But I don't think it matters, ultimately. The thoughts are incredibly annoying and I'd just like them to go away.

The other day it felt like I had white noise in my head. "Brain fog", I guess is another way of describing it. Where, instead of water droplets like in regular fog, it's pixels of thoughts. Swirling around and crashing into each other.

I started on Paxil. The side effects are so horrible that I am just not strong enough to continue it. I can't bear the thought of putting up with these symptoms for a month before seeing any positive effect.

Anyone taken anything that's been effective? Any alternative treatments?