Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety

Posted on Thu, 7 Jan 2016

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Question : Hey! I been having bad thoughts for a while now. Its horrible. I cant enjoy spending time with my family, and loved ones. The thoughts are very bad, and feels uncontrolable, also i have difficult to think about somethong because the bad thought might interrept me. Its very hard to focus on things and understand the meaning of things. I feel horrible about myself i feel down and i feel like im going creazy. when i was younger i never had this.. Started 18 .. Now im 20 also my left eye hurts all the time for a while now. And my left face...

Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (39 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Could occur due to severe anxiety

Detailed Answer:
Hello, Welcome to Health Care Magic

I can understand your concern. Sudden onset persistent intrusive bad thoughts can occur in severe anxiety and can also aggravate anxiety. I'd like to know if these bad thoughts persist in your mind throughout the day?

Do these thoughts cause distress?

What do you do to suppress these thoughts?

What kind of these thoughts are?

Do these thoughts prevents you to focus on anything?

Thanks, please provide me details in follow up so that I can assist you better.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina

Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (6 hours later)

It stresses me alot! To suppress those thoughts im trying to understand why this thoughts comes in my mind and go against it with positieve thoughts or trying to ignore it. Ussually when i ignore it i get a very deep guilty feeling about myself and i even forget who i am thts hoe much it cunfuses me. The thoughts are bad, ussually bad thoughts about the person i love,bad thoughts about them in any way, horific pictures comes into my mind. Example if i touch a knife i see the knife cutting someone in my mind , than i get scared and mad because " why i have this kind if thought ? I dont want them im controling my thoughts!, also i have bad thoughts in a religios way. The thoughts goes against me as well not just others. The thoughts accusing me for things i didnt even do, the thoughts trying to push me to do bad things, even tho i know my plans,it makes me feel guilty about it,i know whats right, and i like helping people and learn. This thoughts makes me life so hard. I cant focus on anything anymore, and i feel like my mind blocked, its so hard to focus on anyone while they talking because pf the thoughts, and my left face hurting too. It feels. Like my left face wibrating and the way im moving my eyes arent straight. Very interresting..
Sometimes i have this thoughts under control and i feel good. But i couldnt do it for more than 2 weeks. Its very hard to live like this. Thanks

Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (17 hours later)

Brief Answer:
The history suggest OCD a form of anxiety

Detailed Answer:
Hello again, please excuse me for late reply

These thoughts suggest obsessive thoughts. Sudden onset intrusive thoughts that result in distress and dominate the mind occur due to obsessive compulsive disorder in most individuals. These thoughts result in significant distress, guilt and are purposeless. OCD is a form of anxiety disorder and can be treated with medicines.

With proper medicines and behaviour therapy your bad thought would decrease. SSRIs especially Fluoxetine or Fluvoxamine are commonly used in treatment. These medicines help to reduce unwanted thoughts and thus will improve your functioning. Thought stopping technique, relaxation exercises, distraction etc are modalities of behaviour therapy that help a lot in such problems. Please don't remain distressed, visit a psychiatrist for evaluation and with treatment most of individuals come out of such thoughts.

Thanks, Hope this helps you, if you have more doubts you can ask again

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar