Overthinking

At the behest of a few of you guys I went to a shrink a couple of weeks ago. Being totally honest with you I guess I may have problems that I need to deal with. The biggest one is my over thinking nature. In truth the shrink feels that I have OCD. The reason is not because I wash my hands 30 times a day or anything like that, but I overthink everything in my life. It is so bad that I will spend whole days doing nothing but thinking. Many times I dont do things I need to do because I was to busy thinking. I think about everything and can do this for hours at a time. She feels this is why I played computer games and why I over ate just to give me a diversion from thinking.. which I agree with when you look at the big picture. She also says that I let people walk all over me. I think to much and talk myself out of standing up for myself because I am to busy thinking about every ave that could happen if I stand up for myself. than I resent them walking all over me.. stress out and eat. I have been taking prozac for many years for depression and one of my chief complaints has always been that I am so tired of thinking that I make myself sad. Today I have a doc appointment with my pcp as she spoke with my shrink yesterday. She seems to feel I need to change my medication. I am so worried and overthinking now that I havent slept all night and cant seem to do anything but sit here and worry about it. I dont know if over thinking is OCD but it seems that research, yes I looked, says it can be. I just want to cry right now. I dont like this one bit. Thank you all for listening to my ramblings yet again.

greetings. my name is kat. I am an over thinker. I have been over thinking for 40 of the 41.5 years of my life. I think about things and people and places and things and sometimes about people and places and things but mostly about places and things and people. it is enough to drive me and anyone around me nuts! kat

(((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))))) Carla, one of the things I love about you is putting yourself 'out there' and your ability here to be honest and vulnerable with us. It is truely a rare and special thing, which helps us all be more open and honest and thus being in a place to receive from others the blessings they have to give. I'm glad you went to see the dr. and are being followed up by your PCP. That shows your PCP cares for you. There is no point in being on a medication if it is the wrong one for you and not giving you the help that you need. That is just like adjusting an anitbiotic or heart medication to get the right dosage and treatment so that they enable the body to heal in the best way. So fret not Carla. It sounds like you are overdue for review of your prozac. Take the help your doctors are offerring and good for you for going in the first place. It is all part of our journey. Before, you hid all this in your eating and weight and now you are dealing with things that need taking care of - namely you. Take care of yourself, not just your body. A child doesn't like taking medicine, or having a immunisation shot, but does that mean we don't give them to our children? No, because we know that it is dealing with a deeper issue that cannot be ignored. This may be a painful process for you, but you are now brave enough and strong enough to face up to things that need dealing with rather than burying them deep down again. I think you need a cheer and a round of applause for being so brave

I think we all overthink! I know I do,so you are not alone!! I wish I could just clear my head of all thoughts just once! I use my thinking when I should be walking--I think I have more stuff to do at home,,wash,cleaning,etc.. I just told my husband a couple of weeks ago that I have a problem leaving my house! I always have an excuse as to not go somewhere.Then when I am home I think about ALL the stuff I should be doing and I don't get a thing done! Make any sense???? Maybe I should go get some help!!! Wouldn't hurt! I ,too, was on prozac for probably 10 years,until I had to switch cause my insurance won't pay for it!!) Hang in there and good luck!!

It wouldnt hurt to check it out. I have sat in my office for two weeks now and not gone on a single call.. I am to busy thinking about everything I do. When I finally do do something I get it done quick and go back to thinking. This job is very enabling in that area cause I have a lot of alone time and down time so my mind can just go crazy. There are other meds besides prozac and since I have been on it for so long my doc wants to try this first before changing my meds which would be a problem in itself. The last time I stopped taking them I almost ended up in the hospital on sucide watch. I had to call my doc 2 times a day to let her know I was still ok or she would have put me in... Like I said she is really a great doc and really cares about me.

Well I am back from the doc.. Hmm.. They seem to feel that I have OCD, aniexty and ADD. I had ADD as a child, thus the learning disability you all see when I write.. I wish this thing had spell check... hehe.. so my pcp has doubled my prozac to the maximium dose of 80 mg. and put me on seriquel to sleep at night. I guess reading for hours until the book falls out of my hand is not the way to deal with not being able to sleep. If this doesn't work she will be sending me to a psyhitrist to look at what to do for me. She is such a nice doc.. I love her to death. She really does care about my well being.. she is also concerned about throwing up when i explained the sensitive tummy thing she eased up a bit about that. So I will keep you all informed about what happens.. it will take a month to reach a theraputic level on the med so I dont expect to see anything soon on that..

my daughter was on seroquel for for years and while it works if you take it early enough in the evening, (I swear I felt like hitting her over the head with a 2x4 to get her to go to sleep) an then I would need a fire hose to get her up in the morning, if we gave it at 8/9 pm, it took three hours to kick in, and then at 6 when it was time to get up, FORGET ABOUT IT, maybe by 9/10 she was actually functioning. you could not pay me to go back to those years of fighting the school schedule for love or money kat

I dont' think there is anyone on this board who doesn't have "an issue" with something or other, tha'ts what allowed us to become so morbidly obese, it wasn't an obscene love of eating. I'll be here for you no matter what. aNDI

Me too! At night I have to take something to sleep , and play soft music to help shut down my head. and now you know why I make things....anything to keep me busy and not thinking.

I go through wicked bouts with insomnia where i only sleep 2-3 hours a night for weeks on end, it's debilitating, but i get through it. I'm too ashamed to go to my doctor and ask for medication that would help me, i'm not sure why though. Girl, you're not alone. ANDI