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How to stop overthinking and useless thoughts from occupying your brain is there any medication or not? Please guide me.
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Overthinking is completely common right now. Analysing your thoughts and being aware of what kind of thoughts can help you out understanding why it's appearing. Also to reduce it you can ask yourself if this thought helping you achieve something or not which will help you eliminate certain thought that are not helping you.
Knowing what kind of thoughts often come can help you understand what is bothering you.
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try working with eliminating thoughts that are not helpful
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can come for an consultations to work around it more
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This is called as hypochondriasis. It can be well treated with homeopathic medication and counseling sessions effectively and without any side effects.
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you can contact me through online appointment for further assistance
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Hi, you can consult a psychologist to manage overthinking. You can explain about the thoughts you are having with a psychologist. You can consult a psychiatrist about medication.
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Consult a psychologist and psychiatrist
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Feel free to contact me for counseling session. You can contact me on this number- nine eight eight six three two four one two three.
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Thoughts can't be controlled. It's can be distracted by the using some techniques. Therapy is more effective. Incase of severity of symptoms you can take medication.
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consult with a psychologist or therapist
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don't worry it's not n big issue it can be cured
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All depends on diagnosis. Over thinking can be independent trait, stress related or OCD related. Need more info to dignose and for solution
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Ms. Komal Singh Parihar
Psychologist
7 yrs exp
Navi Mumbai
Hello there
I can understand what you are going through. Sometimes we all have thoughts that we don't want to pay attention to and it's common. But when we have a train of useless thoughts that makes us so irritated and starts hampering our daily life functioning, then we have problems.
And right now you are having problen in dealing with this overflow of thoughts. Don't worry, consult a counsellor or a psychologist.
You can also contact me and I will help you towards your recovery. You don't need to worry about this too much, everything will be alright.
If you want free consultation from me, then you can also contact our N.G.O EkakiVedam Foundation. We are having campaigns through which we provide paid as well as free consultation services. You can visit our website to know more.
Take care and stay safe. You got this
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Ms. Swapnil Srivastava
Psychologist
4 yrs exp
Delhi
Hello.. I understand your concern about overthinking. Try to build constructive thoughts and follow a proper routine . Plan short term goals and try to achieve them. For more help consult a psychologist.
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Mr. Vijay Kumar
Psychologist
30 yrs exp
Navi Mumbai
Medications are there and a psychiatrist will prescribe them for you. If you want to avoid medication, please engage into a lot of meaningful activities, connect well with people, communicate with those who are close to you, engage into some hobbies, regulate your eating and sleeping habits etc. You may also consult a psychologist for guidance on managing anxiety.
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Please consult a psychologist / psychiatrist if required.
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Ms. Nishita Raut
Clinical Psychologist
3 yrs exp
Mumbai
There are medications for your symptoms but I would suggest trying other ways first. To avoid unwanted thoughts you can seek cognitive behavioral therapy. You can also try mindfulness and letting go with the help of guided meditations. I need to understand your thoughts more in detail to understand the roots of these thoughts
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Consult a psychologist or a counselor. You can reach out to me as well and I can guide you further.
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Thoughts can be easily managed without medication unless there are other mental health disorders involved
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Ms. Simran Parekh
Clinical Psychologist
2 yrs exp
Kolkata
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I understand you are going through a rough time. You must be feeling stressed and anxious when the thoughts appear. You need to consult a therapist.
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You can consult me on my number: eight nine one zero two five six nine seven two.
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For now you can try writing down your thoughts and see if they are repetitive or not and try thinking in deep about the thoughts. What situation brings those thoughts in your mind.
I hope this helps.
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