More fears of going crazy.

[TrippyMcGuire762]

So, I don't know if its been because of all the crap I've been dealing with because of my mother thinking I'm a danger to myself or others, or just the fact I got the fear I'm going schitzo, but I'm beginning to worry I'm going crazy again. Like schizophrenic. I'm getting all kinds of random intrusive thoughts and random words and phrases jumping into my head as I try and sleep. Am I losing it? I don't want to be going crazy. I know I'm overanalyzing these random thoughts, and probably making it worse, but I'm afraid I am losing it. Is there a way I can know for sure? Or just stop worrying about these intrusive thoughts and they'll go away?

[Hidden]

If your on medication it may be the side affects..do you actually hear voices..As loud as if someone is next to you?..no one wants to be crazy..you can try stopping the thoughts if you can..try to help yourself as much as you can..Im not on medication never have but am constantly fighting and learning to live with it..

[TrippyMcGuire762 in reply to Hidden]

No. I don't hear it. Its like a thought in my head. I'm on sertraline 75mg.

[Hidden in reply to TrippyMcGuire762]

Then your not going scitz..others in here may help you re meds...theres alot of posts about sertraline..

[Jeff1943]

Trippy, you are experiencing anxiety, you will not go crazy or become schizophrenic because of the stress in you life, why should you? It is quite common for intrusive words and phrases to come into our minds when our brains are tired, I occasionally hear them myself, always when I'm tired.

You are allowed to have strange thoughts when your nerves are over sensitised and play tricks on you, that's all it is, they cannot harm you.

All you have to do is accept these things for the time being, accept them calmly, they are merely glitches in your over wrought nervous system. So accept them completely, surrender to them , whatever you do don"t fight them as fighting only causes more stress and tension and your sensitive nerves don"t need any more of that, thank you very much.

So accept the strange thoughts, the intrusive words and phrases, accept them calmly and without fear - the more fear you generate the longer your nervous system remains over sensitised. Learn to co-exist with all these symptoms of anxiety, you can live with them a while longer no problem. And when you have learnt how to Accept and that there is no need for fear then you will regain your quiet mind and all will be well and you can make a new beginning. And all you have to do is stop fighting and start accepting. So fear not and start practicing acceptance which will lead inevitably to recovery though even I cannot tell you when.

[TrippyMcGuire762 in reply to Jeff1943]

Thanks. Its just hard to go 22 years without any of this to suddenly having all of this thrown on my plate. Its just hard to accept going from not worrying about anything for any real long period to being afraid of my own thoughts in my head.

[Facm1 in reply to TrippyMcGuire762]

How does one know if the increased anxiety/intrusive thoughts is a side effect or not? Didn't have these random paranoid like thoughts ever in (83 years) life before upping the meds. Was just a bit more depressed before the doc suggested upping Sertraline. Doctor thinks meds are working but feel more like some pyscho (while on the increased dose) who doesn't know what he's doing, according to others.