Thread: A Rusty Mind
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Old Jun 21, 2017, 01:15 PM
Anonymous59893
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Unless I've completely misunderstood your 2 posts, I wouldn't consider what you're experiencing as thought block. It sounds to me more like racing thoughts that you are struggling to keep up with? Thought block in sz is when you are talking or thinking and the thought completely disappears mid-thought/sentence and you have no idea what you were thinking/saying. So it seems different to what you describe.

Racing thoughts are quite common. Since you are already diagnosed with anxiety, I would say it is down to that, but it could also be a sign of hypo/mania if you have other signs of that too.

Your post about thoughts about your kidney also sounds like anxiety to me. You know it's not really true, which makes it an overvalued idea rather than a delusion. It sounds like you have some stress around your relationship with your step/dad (sorry I forgot exactly who you said it was) and feeling controlled and your anxiety is running away with you.

You also said in your other post that you're not worried enough to mention it to your pdoc, but posting here shows that it does bother you to some degree. I would suggest mentioning it to them as only they can diagnose you. We can only give suggestions. As you're only on 50mg sertraline, there is scope to increase that if you wanted, or you could try therapy?

And lastly, on the off-chance that it is the beginnings of psychosis, which I think is unlikely, but only your pdoc will be able to say for sure, there is no need to be so fearful of that diagnosis. Yes, sz makes things harder, but there's no reason why you couldn't still live the life you want with the right support. And not everyone with a sz diagnosis takes meds (I don't, for example), though lots of people find them helpful. And yes, there is stigma, but there's also people out there willing to look past the diagnosis too. I have several friends who don't care what my diagnosis is. So it's not a metaphorical death sentence these days.

Anyway, I hope you can talk to your pdoc or a T to figure out what's going on and find a way to move past these experiences

All the best,

*Willow*
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