Inappropriate thoughts?

Do any of you find yourselves having inapproprate thoughts that just suddenly pop into your head? At times I have the craziest thoughts enter my mind. For example, I'll be walking through a store, see a man and suddenly get thoughts (or really mental images) of doing sexual things with him. One time a dentist was cleaning my teeth and suddenly I had thoughts of biting him. Stuff like that. I know thoughts like that aren't normal.

Do thoughts like that go along with bipolar? I also occasionally hear voices--they always sound like someone or people whispering. I can't understand what they are saying but it's like they are right next to me whispering. Other times it sounds like there are people in another room arguing. Again, I can't make out what they are saying but they sound angry. I haven't mentioned this stuff to my psych doctor but I'm wondering if I should. I really am not sure if this stuff--the thoughts and voices--are typical for bipolar or not or if it's a sign that there's a secondary condition there. I'm starting to get really worried, though.

haha totally! not sure why or if other people get those thoughts so i can't answer for sure. but i do. i just tell myself no, you can't bite other people, or have sex with that random guy. To me those are just my natural impulses, i take meds which grace me with about 2 seconds to think before i act and that's working out. Sounds like you're ok too, you didn't act on your thoughts and thats what matter.

Tosspot sums up well (hi, Tosspot ).

Thoughts like dentist-biting I've has since childhood. Every child doesn't? The sex things came later. The two-second warning Tosspot mentions has kept me from actually doing anything. The whispering I hear, though I've never mentioned it to pdoc. I've got tinnitus so thought it was somehow related to that. Angry voices and such usually don't come unless I'm doing a bit of drinking too, which I haven't done since dx.

I will tell pdoc about the whispering, though. I like having him know all my symptoms for the same reason i want him to know all my meds, even supplements. If anything impinges on any other thing, or might at some point, he's the one with the knowledge to make something out of it.

I've been with him nearly 3 yrs and thoroughly trust him.

I think I'm hesitant to mention the voices or the thoughts to my doctor because she told me Friday that if she doesn't see improvement by my next appointment we're going to have to discuss the option of hospitalization. Going back into the hospital isn't an option for me financially or otherwise. I have a three month old baby, a four year old and a seven year old. My husband will have very little help. I'm afraid if I tell her about this stuff she's going to want to put me back in the hospital. I trust her 100% but the fear of being locked up again keeps me from saying anything. Is that irrational?

Yup. I get stuff like that. Sometimes they are violent- one dr has dubbed them "Horrir Movie Hallucinations"

I've had the random thoughts come up too... like this one recently. I just started a new job, and in the training session, we had the trainer, another new hire (both were male), and myself. I'm usually pretty guarded when alone in a room with only men, and I was that morning, too. But by the afternoon, I suddenly started thinking about them coming onto me and having a threesome with me! It dissipated fairly quickly though, and I went back to my usual guarded self.

"Horror movie hallucinations" is a good name! Actually that would be a good band name....

I don't have random sexual thoughts. But I have very violent ones that pop up and I know they are bad. They come when I'm in a really bad state. I never act on them and I know they are bad, and they are not against my family ever, just random people.

But they scare me and make me feel terrible. I'm not a violent person.

Oh, I am so glad I am not the only one!!!! I have them a lot. I think ts my anxiety. I dunno.

Everyone has thoughts that they don't mean. Trying to make them stop just makes them happen more. Acknowledge them and let them go. Tell them thanks for your input and disregard them.

No. its not. no one wants to be locked up. (Sometimes i think it would be nice going back to the hospital...) but its not irrational. Talk it over with your therapist, and your husband if he is supportive. Its in your control now, but it seems they are probably just looking out for you so it doesnt get to the point where you go to the hospital no matter what. Take care of yourself first!!! without you, you won't be able to care for those kidlets of yours

P.S. when my therapist/boyfriend wanted me to go to the hospital, i ended up doing a day program where i went to the hospital from 8-330 everyday and saw clinicians and pdocs daily. it really helped prevent me from being "locked up" since that was the direction i was headed for sure

I get images/ thoughts too. Like me driving car into wall or plunging knife into myself. Other times i they are just me getting up and dancing at the drs office or screaming or smashing all the computers at work. I just ignore them. Some of them are scary though. The ones like dancing make me laugh.

I have those thoughts all the time, haha. Usually they are not violent, except for the dentist biting (actually did bite the dentist when I was 4 )... I do think about what it would be like to go up to random people and say ridiculous things. Ask them if they are happy with their life, if they've ever questioned their sanity, if they've ever questioned their humanity...then tell them that I'm not human, I'm undead. Like a vampire or a zombie. Just to see their reactions. Sexual thoughts are also very common, especially when I'm on a high. Sometimes everyone is just so hot, you know?! Regardless of gender, appearance, availability, health... I think the thoughts are normal (though I am a bit biased). At least they are mostly harmless; I wouldn't worry about them.

I've also "heard stuff", though with the exception of one time, nothing clear. Coughs, laughs, music,running water, etc. I don't know if they are true psychotic experiences, and since they are so mild, I haven't told my pdoc because I'm afraid he'll think I'm overreacting (which is really dumb of me, but I really want him to have a good opinion of me, which is even dumber).

I don't think that your pdoc will want to hospitalize you just by the added weight of these symptoms. Like I said, the thoughts are harmless and probably very common, even in people without MI. The voices are mild as far as psychotic experiences go...if you were hearing a voice giving you commands, or making harsh judgments of you, your pdoc would probably be much more concerned. You still should let him/her know about them, however.

I hope that everything works out, and that you are able to avoid the hospital while still getting the care that you need.