[Surfgod998]

So four years ago I isolated myself and stayed in a room where I slowly using my thoughts of seeing myself in different places in my head or mumbling had a mental breakdown where my mind snapped and my thoughts were like a pinball machine going around my head painfully. Every so often If I sleep all day in bed or stay in my room I relapse.

I got off Seroquel a few months ago trying to beat it naturally but those thoughts have come back really strong almost every day and things that worked before like staying outside all day haven't helped.

I was researching Seroquel more to see how people talk about racing thoughts but most of that is from mania not what I'm dealing with. Has anyone found my problem and did you use an anti phsycotic to help?

[faerie_moon_x]

I have racing thoughts pretty much all the time. Sometimes worse, sometimes better. At their worst they are obsessive loops and I can't focus on anything else and get trapped in my head, constantly trying to solve whatever I'm thinking about. It can last months.

I'm not on any meds and the only AP I was ever on was abilify for 2 weeks, but I had a horrible reaction to it. So, I'm not sure. I don't know much about meds at all, really.

[BipolaRNurse]

I recently discovered that it's possible to have racing thoughts and hyperactivity even in the middle of what feels like a depression. My pdoc called it dysphoric mania, AKA a mixed episode, and had me double up on my antipsychotic, which has helped quite a lot even though I'm still on a baby dose.

In your place, I'd definitely explore going back on Seroquel or another AP. There's no need to suffer silently.