Mental Health - July 2006

2006-07-12 00:17:44 · 22 answers · asked by foreverred 1

Anti-depressants make me gain weight but my doctor keeps prescribing them for my anxiety. When I spoke to her about my concerns about the weight and the fact that I don't really feel depressed, just anxious and agitated from time to time, my doctor told me that it would be OK if I take the Lexapro whenever I am having a hard time with the anxiety and if I want to take it for a week or two and then stop, that would be OK. Lexapro DOES work almost immediately on my anxiety and sometimes I take it for a few days and I feel better and then I stop and I'm OK for a few weeks. Has anyone else tried using Lexapro in this way by the advice of their doctor?

2006-07-12 00:05:51 · 1 answers · asked by Sparky 2

I Have a very active imagination, and sometimes before i go to sleep, i think of EVERY single way i could die, i cant sleep at all, Anything i can do?

2006-07-12 00:03:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard that it is not good for a person to have self-pity. I am not quite sure what self-pity is, so I want to ask you:
(1) what is self pity?
(2) how do you identify it?
(3) do you think it is bad for a person?
(4) and what do you do about it?

2006-07-11 22:59:59 · 21 answers · asked by Nicole 2

2006-07-11 22:56:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've had bad news and feel really down. My life seems rubbish and I can't see it ever getting better!

2006-07-11 22:31:05 · 48 answers · asked by lindsay 4

2006-07-11 21:52:10 · 6 answers · asked by gidgey2005 1

I've been undergoing therapy for mild depression since January this year. I think I've improved already- i have a part-time job, and I get to go out with my friends once in a while. However, I find it really hard to get up in the morning, take a bath and go to work on time. I just find the idea of death really tempting because of my hopelessness and depression. Sometimes I find myself wishing I was dead already. I don't know how to deal with it. I get really tired trying to bear with my condition. help..

2006-07-11 21:43:53 · 17 answers · asked by fluffy 2

how would you recommend to lose the largest amount of weight in a short period of time without any kind of supplements.
how much weight would this allow you to lose and what kind of foods would you eat/ cut out?

2006-07-11 21:41:37 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 21:33:22 · 4 answers · asked by mabloo t 1

2006-07-11 21:25:08 · 18 answers · asked by ~ Lavender ~ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 3

I am very interested in the use of the class of drugs known as psychedelics for the treatment of (my tenacious form of) depression. They have been registered outlaws for no good reason. And I believe it is high time that the ban is lifted so people can get the treatment that they so desperately need. If anyone can refer me to a viable resource I would be eternally grateful. Thank You.

2006-07-11 21:24:02 · 6 answers · asked by Sereny 3

i always feel sick to my stomauch when i am stressed out. is it normal? i mean i dont puke. and its not like i want to be sick.. but when i am stressed, i get headaches, and then i feel sick.. almost like how you feel during the start of a flu.

this is under mental health, because i know stress is a mental thing.. but it can also cause physicle things.. is feeling sick normal?

2006-07-11 20:03:05 · 12 answers · asked by LanaLyn15 2

2006-07-11 19:54:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 19:35:01 · 11 answers · asked by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5

i had a dream about me and my boyfriend in my backyard hanging out when i see this baby coming out of a door thats from the garage. what could that mean??

2006-07-11 19:10:14 · 8 answers · asked by tony's girl 4

I had a very unsettling dream and wanted others opinions.
I was watching myself watch people who I had helped in the past, in the same situation. But there was nothing I oculd do about it. I watched a child I knew be beat by her mom. Her mom just keep hitting her, and no one cared. But in real life I had helped get her away. I watched a friend who used to be addicted to herion and I helped him kick it, shot up over and over again. I watched a dog that, as a child I had addopet after it was hit by a car, get hit over and over agin by the car. Then I watched this kid who had OD'd in my house, who actualy died in my arms. And in the dream I stood three and watched him snort that line and shoot up. But he never actualy died in the dream, the dream keep skipping, like a DVD, and I could do nothing. I was woken up by sirens driving by my house.
Just wondering what it all means?

2006-07-11 19:08:38 · 13 answers · asked by Andielion 2

Why, during dreams when you're in danger or are running away from something, do you seem to run soooo slow? It's like in the dream, I'll be running, and I'm like going 0.00001 mph or something, and I want to go faster, as if I would be able to in real life. Why is this?

2006-07-11 19:04:30 · 8 answers · asked by Kassie Leann 4

I'm down in the dumps and I don't know how to get happy. Does anyone know of any online chat rooms or Doctors or anyone that might have advice or just want to talk?

2006-07-11 19:03:36 · 3 answers · asked by mysarcophagus 2

2006-07-11 18:51:05 · 4 answers · asked by wpdfour 1

well my friends and mom have been tellin me im obsesing on how i look but i dont see myself doin it...i even had a chance with a hot guy and he stoped talakin to me b/c i kept pointing out the bad things i see in myself..sometimes i notice things like one arm bigger then the other or something and no one else can see it..is this ocd? and how can i stop fixating on these things..im confuzed i think im hot but i lost alot of weight and everyone tells me u look different but i cant see this...i kno i have lost weight and i kno i look better but i cant stop obsessing on little thing...hELP!!!

2006-07-11 18:16:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

sleep. eat. take vitamins. medicine. counseling. excercise. ???????????? what do you do....

2006-07-11 18:12:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

what am i suppose to do i wont have any money until tomorrow and four cigarettes wont last that long. im not tired so sleeping wont help. IM FREAKING OUT!!! what do i do

2006-07-11 18:11:58 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 17:25:57 · 17 answers · asked by amadis151 2

2006-07-11 17:25:37 · 3 answers · asked by laurin1959 2

I have social anxiety disorder and I wanted to suggest a medication to my doctor, I have tried Zoloft and Paxil and I have mixed results. Zoloft the first time gave me good results, the second time on it I felt no different. Paxil made me a mean person. My S.A. has gotten worse over the past year or so and I'd really like to have a "heads up" on medications and how the results panned out for anyone else?

2006-07-11 17:20:08 · 8 answers · asked by krazireneebte 2

When something unpleasant happens to me, the load that I have over my shoulder gets heavier. What I mean is that those events that made me angry or sad, are constantly attacking me in my mind and I live the same episode over and over. It can be something that happened 10 years ago, but I may still cry as soon as I remember. It can be also something that irritated me years ago, but the resentment is still there destroying me. This situation makes me really unhappy and I swear that those around me don't feel any good either. This is not something that I can analyze and say, "Ok, I am going to change because these feeling are harmful." The feelings are just embedded in my soul. If I have 500 reason to be sad and angry today, just imagine in a few more years. I used prayed for my internal peace, to learn to forget and forgive, but the miracle didn't occur.

2006-07-11 16:57:55 · 18 answers · asked by Candy 3

My son is ADHD, BI-Polar, he is very violent,refuses to take his med's cussing me out, and attacks me. The counselors and local police dept wont do a darn thig to help me. The child is two times bigger then me and could really hurt me. Human Services always seems to be "too busy" to "lock him up"...everytime the police call them DHS always says its not an emergency enough. What are these people waiting for...for him to kill me...then what??!!

2006-07-11 16:27:22 · 12 answers · asked by Hippie B 1

i am a 13 years old karate player having the orange belt for the second time. the problem is that i don't feel good about my performance as my captain also thinks so . and as i also don't know all the tips that makes this performance great as my captain never cares to teach us those tips. please help me. thank you alot.

2006-07-11 16:25:00 · 3 answers · asked by losclaritarose d 1

2006-07-11 16:21:58 · 22 answers · asked by ? 2