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Forgot to say BF my pdoc called mine "racing thoughts". Some nights are worse/better than others.

I take 1mg klonipin to sleep at night, works like a charm! But I have been snoring lately and my jaws hurt in the morning so maybe I am also clenching my teeth.
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Originally Posted by butterfly11 (Post 934707)

This happens to me, too. It can be snippets of a conversation that I had recently replaying, or something I need to do or something I need to remember. My pdoc suggested keeping a notebook & pen in my bedroom. She said if I wrote it down (whatever I kept thinking about over & over) that I may have more tendency to let it go & stop thinking about it. I have had mixed results with that. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Also, this is the one place where I allow myself sloppy penmanship and scratch-outs. In the morning I rip out the page & throw it away. Sometimes if I need to I'll transfer a note or two to the calendar. But it's not the kind of notebook that you keep. You are not alone. I grind my teeth at night also and my dentist made me a silicone-ish guard to wear when I sleep. It's uncomfortable at first b/c it causes excess saliva until your mouth gets used to it, but it does stop my back molars from hurting.

Butterfly I know what you mean. If I write the worry down,I may be able to let it go.

I have written many notes of things to remember. Most of the time I throw these notes away. If it's a obsession,I may write it down if it worries me. Then I let the memory of that thought fade away,then I throw the note away. BF:hug::hug::hug:

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Originally Posted by butterfly11 (Post 934713)

Forgot to say BF my pdoc called mine "racing thoughts". Some nights are worse/better than others.

Butterfly Yes. When these thoughts race,they are very/extra tormenting. When they turn to irrational worries,and many at the same time,that's when my chest may start to hurt from the muscles tightening.

I also use 24 hour anti acid meds,because anxiety,and the meds that we use sometimes irritates the stomach,and digestive track. I've taken many Imodium in my time also. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Butterfly,

I pray that you get a pdoc who is interested in medicating you for the racing thoughts. They can debilitating.

M

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Originally Posted by Brokenfriend (Post 934799)

I know what you mean. I keep a bottle of Maalox in my bathroom. I don't even keep a spoon in there anymore, I just drink out of the bottle.

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Originally Posted by Mari (Post 934812)

Butterfly,

I pray that you get a pdoc who is interested in medicating you for the racing thoughts. They can debilitating.

M

There is a scan feature on my radio in my van. If I press the scan feature then it plays a station for about 30 seconds then switches to the next station, plays that one for 30 seconds, on & on. That is how my racing thoughts can be - disconnected, disjointed, sometimes making sense, sometimes a single word repeating over and over, with me wondering why in the world am I thinking about this? Pdoc never offered me anything for this other than Ambien or other sleep aides. And the notebook thing.

My polite answer: The pdoc is a moron.

Lots of pdocs have problems 1) recognizing anxiety and 2) medicating for it.

M

Having a hard time.

Not getting enough sleep.
Really really behind on my work.

I wish people at work would leave me alone. I could use a break from them -- no more of the following:
talking, making up junk, lying, needing favors, being fake nice, being needy, being whiney, complaining, trashing other colleagues, feeding the rumor mill, expecting so much of me.

I am tired.

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Originally Posted by Mari (Post 935109)

I'm sorry Mari. I know what you mean. I was pretty much burned out because of the people who I worked with. One thing is for sure. You can't please everyone.

At the Supermarket where I was working,the owner of the business asked me to take care of the things that she wanted done. This put me at odds with the manager at times. Then in the long run,they all drove me up the wall. I was so angry,and I didn't get paid a descent wage. It goes on,and on.

I think that our mental health issues,and a bad job takes it's toll on us. BF:hug::hug::hug: