Hi, I'm currently having some problems with impulse control. I see a therapist and have for a couple years. I also take medication. I'm on Cymbalta (60mg) 1 time a day for depression, Wellburtin 1 time a day for depression, Buspar (15mg) 3 times a day for anxiety and OCD, and Seroquel for sleeping. Throughout my struggles with my mental health, I've had problems with controlling my impulses. I could be walking across a bridge and then the bright idea top climb over the edge would pop into my head and I'd do so. I also have opened car doors while the car was in motion, just because it felt "right". For awhile it was alright, I'd have the thoughts, but be able to control myself. Although, lately these feelings have been coming back, and have been more intense. I recently got very angry and literally punched myself in the face. I have a history of self-injury, but it was nothing like that. It was just a sudden impulse that I acted on, resulting in a slightly black eye. I've also had thoughts of throwing myself down the stairs, and driving off the road or into traffic. I'm nervous to drive. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

I deal with what I call "stupid thoughts" on a daily basis. Most of them are small like I wonder what it would feel like to fall down the stairs or what would it be like not to take my meds. I have the though of driving head on with a transport and a bunch more along those lines. They get scary when I think of the thought and a complete calm goes over me. I have been taking zyprexa for a while and it seems to diminish them somr what

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Rainboe: I wonder if dialectical behavior therapy would be good for you, a new medication, and a new therapist. Do you feel that they listen to you or care about you and believe in you?

My current therapist is pretty understanding, although I don't think she realizes the strength of the feelings I'm having. She does know that it's gone very far, landing me in the hospital...twice. Once for a couple hours for an overdose on diet pills (on impulse), and the second time for a week in the mental ward for an overdose on sleeping medication (also an impulse). I really agree with you about the change of medication. My doctors can't seem to single out what's wrong, and keep going back and forth between depression and bipolar disorder. They haven't given me any tests, or really even evaluated me psychologically in my opinion. It seems more like they just want to peg me with a mental illness, load me up with pills and get on with their lives. I do feel that my therapist cares about me, but not my other doctors that perscribe my medication.