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Originally Posted by yellow_fleurs
Does anyone get intrusive, obsessive thoughts? I have never really had this before that I recall, but experienced this recently. It was particularly bad when I had the reaction to the Lexapro, and also before/during my period. I mentioned it to my psychiatrist who said I could work it out in therapy. It seems tied to my moods, although I am sure it could be useful to discuss in therapy. Just curious if this is something anyone else experiences related to an episode?
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I wonder if you also have OCD in conjunction with bipolar? That's actually how I found out I had OCD because I started getting intrusive thoughts. Went through therapy, which helped a lot, but ended up having to start an anti-depressant to help manage the OCD, which manifested itself in other ways beside the intrusive thoughts. I read somewhere that it is pretty common to have these two illnesses together. For me, my OCD symptoms flare up when I'm in a depressive state and get better when I'm in a manic state.