Intrusive thoughts with bipola?

RoseToez · ‎18-10-2018

I hope this is allowed.. I'm just wondering if anyone on medication for bipola finds that it suppresses intrusive thoughts? I used to struggle with being in the dark, or if I read an article in a magazine or seen a scene on a show or a movie that was a bit dark or gruesome.. my mind would go utter haywire and conjure up some pretty horrid thoughts. I'm totally grateful that the meds help with this but the psychologist told me my intrusive thoughts were more to do with anxiety. Guess my question is are intrusive thoughts a part of bipola?

romantic_thi3f · ‎19-10-2018

Hi RoseToez,

Thanks for your post.

I don't have bipolar so don't mind me but I thought I might be able to answer your questions.

You can absolutely get intrusive thoughts with bipolar, but they also tie in with anxiety and depression. Bipolar often ties in closely with anxiety even if it's not an anxiety disorder too.

I have depression and I take a mood stabiliser for that and I find that helps with my own intrusive thoughts too. Just from a quick google search, mood stabilisers used for Bipolar can help with OCD, anxiety and depression - all of which tie in with intrusive thoughts.

Hope this answers your question!

RoseToez · ‎19-10-2018

Great! Thanks for letting me know

quirkywords · ‎19-10-2018

RoseToez

Welcome to the forum and thanks for your interesting question.

I have bipolar and have had intrusive thoughts and vivid dreams at times.

My ,medication does not stop the thoughts or vivid dreams but they are less frequent.

I never thought about intrusive thoughts being part of bipolar but more a personality trait.

Romantic gave a clear explanation.

I would not see myself as having anxiety just I over think things. I may be confused.

Quirky

bushwalker · ‎19-10-2018

Hi Rose, I was diagnosed as bipolar around 10 years ago but most likely have had it for most of my life. The right medication,maintaining a healthy lifestyle has completely changed my life. I have too suffered from anxiety but in relation to those thoughts they are now in the distant past. You should find things will improve over time i look at it as an illness that needs to be managed just like any other. If those thoughts continue to linger talk to your doctor and maybe a slight adjustment will do the trick.

bushwalker · ‎30-11-2018

Hi Rosa- I was diagnosed with Bipolar about 9 years ago. Since then I have been on a treatment of mood stabilizers etc which has turned my life around. Those thoughts you mention just dont hang around anymore but its also lifestyle which also adds to the mix. It gets better over time.

Restitution · ‎15-12-2018

Hi Everybody

Was diagnosed with manic depression 33 years ago when i was about 22 years old had a really bad manic episode that nearly took my life .

When i was about 25 years old started to do research into what is going on this led me through variors sources such as people that were exposing truths of what is going on with mental illness .

When i myself had sufficient knowledge and experience and working with my phschriatrist and doctors i was slowly weaned off all medication .

Iam now 53 years old and this year marks 21 years off all medication

No one should ever just go off medication stay in touch with a good doctor that will help you

I now have a ministry helping people how they can have the same outcones if they desire and able to .

Through the years of relearing i was always working as an Electrical contractor and also was self employed

My knowledge about health is every increasing

Thanks for reading

quirkywords · ‎15-12-2018

Hello Rose and everyone,

This is aniteresting doscussion

Rose I wonder how you are going?

Welcome Restitution to the forum,

Thanks for your post and your thoughtful comment.

Everyone is different and I am pleased that you have managed to be medication free.

I was diagnosed over 40 years and have been on medication for 20 years. I tried going off but that did not work for me.

I feel we have to have make our own decisions as to what works well for us but sometimes it is a matter of experience, and trial and error and patience.thanks for joining the forum.

Quirky

RoseToez · ‎22-12-2018

Hi there Quirky, yeah so my intrusive thoughts that were triggered by say an article in a magazine or something on t.v end where I have the familiure feeling where I want to think about it more. But! In saying that.. I've recently just been through something a little traumatic lately, the father to my kids and I broke up only 5 months ago and he's just recently got a girl he was sleeping with living with him who's an ex junkie. So I went through mild mania I guess. Literally haven't been able to stop myself from thinking about it for the last 3 weeks. From the moment i wake up im smacked in the face with this situation, will keep thinking up scenarios one after another until I'm depressed. It is starting to back off now that people aren't telling me about it every second day, and it's getting further away from first hearing about it, I don't blame the meds for not helping with this, it's just something I'm handling alot better then I would've without them. I think what's also messing with me is that I realised my dad was the one stirring me up by calling me one day asking how many people my ex had living at his place because his friend said.. that's when it all started, so then I start fishing for info and just start becoming obsessed with it, I rang her work and let her boss know shed been in jail, I dobbed them in to crime stoppers for smoking pot at their house I just couldn't drop it . Then when I finally start feeling a bit better, my dad tells me randomly my ex's girlfriend added him (my dad) on Facebook and that ex and her are actually in a relationship.. I call him and tell him to tell his girlfriend to not add my family on facebook, then I start abusing him because I'm upset his in a relationship so soon and he tells me my dad was the one who added her. Then I tell my dad and he agrees that he did add her. Anyway I don't know if that all makes sense but I am just angry that if my dad hadn't told me any of this and made up that shed added him I wouldn't have known anything about this whole situation in the first place, I don't have Facebook and I only have 2 friends that talk to and they visit me. My dad knows I'm vunrable to getting wound up. So basically his pushed and pushed me to have this crap play out so he can get a laugh out of it at my expense. All I've done in the end is told my dad that I don't want it hear anything about my ex and just left it at that.

Restitution · ‎27-12-2018

Thats right everyone is different one case i worked with young man 20 years on medication for Bipolar he was about 35 years old Shared some working modules with him linked him to a integrated medical Doctor and was weaned for about 18 months had i set back after weaned went back on medication then weaned again by his Doctor he is now again been off medication for 18 months .when i first meet this young man .

He never had a girlfriend

Never had a job

Didnt have a Drivers licence

Was renting an apartment

He really wanted to get off medication because his Character of who he was .was taken from him had no strength of person .

In the process of coming off medication His Dad gave him an apartment. Meet a young lady and married her they now have a baby boy which is 7months old has just completed stage 1 in a retail course and is looking into getting his learners permit to Start driving . He says that he is getting stronger every day and is prasing God .

How many more people that are on medication would like this to happen to them .i realise its not for everyone and again no one should just stop taking medication as this is very dangerous. Thanks from Restitution