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Good gravy! I do the same kinds of rumination - not about God at all but about High School and childhood stuff. It is NO FUN not being able to let go of it once it starts....I started 10 mg Paxil 2 months ago and somehow I am able to let things go easier - it is a blessing. The rumination starts...

DG Will be praying for you. Brainlock is a great book - it gave me so many tools and information. It has helped me to look at my thoughts and begin to recognize when I am obsessing. It FEELS so real when it is happening. God bless you.... Kim

OCD is so weird - in my "brain lock" book he said if it MIGHT be OCD it IS OCD. So I have pretty much taken that as my mantra. My symptoms vary literally daily. I am sorry that you go through this. Even those very close to us cannot understand how it is and to try to explain gets me no where...

I felt weird and manic and unreal for about 4 weeks. I am on a low dose Paxil. (10mg) Today I feel normal - just a bit verbal! I felt somewhat agitated and cofused at first and that is better. Also, racing thoughts still after 5 weeks. However, my depression is 99% gone and not so much anxiety...

Shannon I feel this way a lot of the time also. I remember as a child having to almost pinch myself and say "this is happening NOW". It is awful and you do feel crazy. The only thing that has been helpful to me is to really really concentrate on other people when I speak with them. I look at...

oh guess I didn't adress all of your questions. I do take a Xanax about every day - at night to keep me from getting up with anxiety. I am unsure if I am dependent on it. I am too afraid of the horrible night time anxiety to not take it. Most nights I take a 2.5 - sometimes I take 1/2 of that...

I have tried Prozac (wigged me out), Zoloft (made me feel fuzzy and did not help my OCD), Lexapro (OK). I was off anything for a year (besided Xanax as needed) until 9/11 of this year. I am now on Paxil 10 mg daily and it is not really helping much with the OCD but my depression has lifted and...

GC if you are talking about the Ex Migraine I was talking about keep in mind I don't always even get pain with my migraines - just the aura. Also, I don't get what I would consider severe pain when I do get pain with mine. So maybe you need the stronger stuff since you may have a lot more severe...

I have not had any trouble with taking Xanax and I usually end up taking about 1 whole 2.5 mg pill per day (usually 1/2 about supper time and the other before bed.) My therapist says I won't get addicted at that small amount and it doesn't make me feel weird just not so anxious. Sometimes I take...

I had joined a forum for OCD that was called Serenity Bay but when I changed ISPs I could not find it again. It is Christian women. Kim

I spoke with the therapist about my latest panic attack and migraine (I usually don't get them together) and she talked about how stomach aches and headaches can be stressed induced. That's about all I know about that kind of thing. I keep Excedrin Migraine around for when I get the aura and...

THANK YOU! I had an appt with the therapist today and shared some things with her. She again assured me that I have OCD, GAD, panic attacks - NOT DID or Schizophrenia - and said the same thing you did - that I need to try not to run with it which is what I do....thanks for repsonding - you are...

Is there a specific recovery forum for sexual addiction? I am working the steps in Clebrate Recovery and go to a weekly meeting but have participated in some of the mental health forums and could use the online support for this issue also - can anyone direct me? thanks

I need some reassurance and you may think that I am obsessing more than usual but does anyone ever do this? I was sitting here this am and thought "maybe I should braid my hair today" this thought was less than a second long - well my hair is spiked and one inch long!!!! I immediately thought...

Amish Your answers encourage me. Thank you! I tend to by very self focused and self pitying (is that a word?) so thanks for the positive stuff. Kim

I will lift you today. God bless you.

GA I have no clue how to cut and paste but will answer your questions 1 Diagnosed with GAD , have some panic attacks, am wondering lately about 1 phobia but it is not seeming severe. 2 always 3 possibly my mom but she won't say too much. My brother takes Paxil for depression, and has said...

I get the aura everytime I get a migraine. I had one on friday night, then a panic attack. I sometimes get the aura without the migraine. Blessedly, I had not had a migraine in 18 months. I will pray for you! Kim

I am in prayer for you right now also. It is so awful to deal with all this in any case, but then to add on the OCD and anxiety. UG. God bless you....

You're welcome. I get ringing very infrequently and had wondered if it was due to the OCD. Who knows? God Bless You!!!