Mental Health - August 2006

Relaxation techniques, distractions, comfort food, personal remedies....got any suggestions?

2006-08-27 18:55:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can never feel good enough. I can't sleep at night. I feel so alone and miserable and lost. I was diagnosed with major depression about 6 years ago. It hurts. It really really hurts. It's a horrible illness and i feel like its taking over my life. I don't know what to do. I'm on 450 mg of Wellbutrin XL. I've seen several counselors without any success. I was refered to a Psychiatrist. I never seen the same psychiatrist twice though. I seen someone new everytime at an appointment with mental health and each time i had to start over. It wasn't fair. They made me feel like they just didn't care so i said screw them, i can do this on my own. But i was wrong, i can't do it alone. I don't know what to do. I hurt soooo bad and i just want to feel ok again. So many things are wrong. I don't know how to express myself very well and i have a hard time trusting people. I shield myself from society because if im alone then i know that know one can hurt me, right? I needed to get this out.

2006-08-27 18:44:59 · 7 answers · asked by Brandy U 2

My has been back from the iraq for almost a year. Although she never saw any dead bodies. She does'nt sleep at night. She drempt of a member of her unit, calling to tell her she would have to return overseas. Since she's been asked to reenlist, she has been freaking out. Not eating, not sleeping or talking to anyone close to her.
All I do knowis that she was working in a highly dangerous area everyday. Why and how is this still affecting her every day?

2006-08-27 18:19:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-27 18:11:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-27 17:57:05 · 20 answers · asked by day 1

racin thoughts, inner anger, i feel my face is aging prematurley with lines and open pores, i got 2 front lower teethmissin from an accident i had a while back, i got no self confidence..sure im tryin to deal with things but what female is gonna want me eventually..i injured my knuckle so i cant hit anythin anymore..w t f am i gonna do i speak to a girl on the net from canada whos only 19 we get on great an have had our fall outs. ive known her for a year, shes thinkin of comin to england to do her schoolin, but wen she sees me she aint gonna f**ckin like me or want me dam

2006-08-27 17:41:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, what was your experience like?
Any negative effects?
Did it have long term positive effects for you?

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2006-08-27 17:24:12 · 4 answers · asked by Didgeridude 4

i have had 2 head injurys in the last 2 or 3 years. I cant remember things, it seems it takes forever for me to accomplish simple task,and im so tired of hearing voices.What is happenning to me and will it get worse

2006-08-27 17:20:34 · 9 answers · asked by tazz 1

This is weird I feel screwed up for writing this because I think I'm a pretty normal guy. But recently I guess due to overthinking I'm abit afraid to look up in the sky, especially at night time, I almost get a panick attack doing so. Why do I get scared? Well the sky is massive, just look at it, I'm the opposite of clausterphobic, I like small spaces, I hate very open spaces. This just started recently, I don't want it to become worse, it's on and off. I guess I think like, what would happen if gravity stopped working, would we all like start floating up. Yea I know it sounds crazy but I think of it and though I know it won't happen it still gets me anxious. Sometimes I hold the seat I'm sitting on if it's bolted to the ground and I'm outdoors, because I get this weird feeling something is gonna just pull me into the great big sky, it's odd. Any words that can minimize this fear would help like telling me how gravity really works, and if its even possible for it to stop working, thx.

2006-08-27 17:17:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yeah I know this will sound incredibly stupid but I spend a huge amount of my time daydreaming (and thoroughly enjoying myself) I just can't seem to stop myself! It looks pretty wierd cuz I just walk around the house in my own little fantasy world and sometimes I mumble 2 like I'm actually there (I know I'm not! well, sort of) and I laugh and stuff.

Only problem is I'm starting to do it in public and around my friends and stuff and to be quite honest I would rather just be back at home alone where no one is there to bother me and I can do what I do best,

However I still have some self-awareness still resigned somewhere in me and I know prefering to walk around your house zoning of to your own little reality than hang out with your actual friends (Who you love ever so much) and getting on with your actual life (Which isn't so bad as you would think) is not extremely healthy.

So what do you guys think I should do?

2006-08-27 17:13:54 · 14 answers · asked by Rika F 2

I just moved to New York from New Orleans, & I don't know why I feel a little homesick. Maybe I'm just worried that my things might get destroyed in another hurricane. My family was abusive to me, & I don't know why they keep being in my dreams every night. I don't wanna go back, & I love New York, but I miss my belongings. I couldn't afford to take everything with me.

2006-08-27 17:09:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-27 16:57:30 · 8 answers · asked by Beverley M 1

please no "hell yea" answers. I mean really, when you wake up and look in the mirror in the morning are you happy with yourself? If not, why?

2006-08-27 16:52:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am bipolar 2 patient. Yesterday i had 1 bottle of beer. i had a very shallow sleep and in my sleep, i felt something unusual and tried to investigate that. then i became conscious and i began to think why i tried to do that. please help me... is it because of the alcohol i had?

2006-08-27 16:46:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a very cheerful guy who likes to mix around with others. But several of my friends used to tell me that sometime I will behave strangely, like into another person they don't know. Scenarios will fade very fast whenever I tried to recall what had happened. I'm very confused, depressed and hurt sometimes when I heard others telling me inccidents that I don't remember to be involved, and got blamed very much... I told my family about this but they just said maybe I had mood swing etc. I admitted I do have a very tramatic inccident for 3 - 4 years when I was very young, when I'm not staying with my parents cos they are busy. Still now this story still frightened me alot. I'm very scare to face reality, everyone around me that I will do something to hurt them.. I don't remember things I had done.. please help me.....

2006-08-27 16:39:44 · 15 answers · asked by donnpoh 2

2006-08-27 16:38:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always have trouble falling asleep, i lay there on my bed for a long time before i fall asleep, and this issue has been effecting me lately, is there anything NATURAL you can eat/drink that helps you fall asleep quick?

2006-08-27 16:36:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend is being charged with possession w/intent to sell drugs ( ecstacy, weed, crack) and also domestic violence. When he got arrested instead of going to county he was put into a mental hospital and was diagnosed as being bipolar and having chemical imbalance in his brain or what not. He stayed in the hospital for about a week and then they took him to county because by then he was more in a better conditioned to go to jail. He bailed out and has an upcoming court date...Would the judge take in consideration about his conditioned???

2006-08-27 16:33:22 · 6 answers · asked by me 2

PLease help! I feel so socially detached from everyone. Even when I'm with friends I always feel like I'm an outsider looking in or just that I would rather be at home alone. I don't know whats wrong with me but I don't think I want to live the rest of my life feeling like I don't exist.

What should I do?

2006-08-27 16:32:14 · 15 answers · asked by Rika F 2

2006-08-27 16:24:25 · 15 answers · asked by hadituptohere 1

I really hate my high school because everyone that goes there i dislike, and it's not cuz of being fun of or nothing like that but it's cuz my morals and beliefs and so much differen't, plus i have the problem of every time I get nervous, I always do something dumb or say something stupid that I wouldn't normally..it's just cuz i'm nervous, I'm I normal? i just need some reassurance and it didn't help when my mom got drunk tonight when i wanted to talk to her, all this the night before school...O! And my brother moved out of the house two weeks ago and i miss him so much he always made me laugh but I don't have any of that right now!!! NEED SOME REASSURANCE PLEASE JUST BRING MY CONFIDENCE UP!!

2006-08-27 16:14:39 · 8 answers · asked by eve25 2

ok..i have a very hard time connecting with people..no matter what..i always feel like people dont truly love me and that they are just being fake with me...i always feel alone...even when im surrounded by people..i need help..whats wrong with me ?

2006-08-27 16:02:54 · 23 answers · asked by kelkel0514 3

ok so my bf and i are still together..we have been together 2 yrs...but the sad thing is..when he mistreats me i feel like i dont know what to do..i know i should break up with him..but i just cant..i feel like i need him..and you can talk sh*it whatever i dont care..thats how i feel..im just saying how does a woman tear herself away from a man who she knows doesnt treat her the best..i know it sounds lame..like hello just dump him..but like were really attatched..and also i have issues being alone..like i feel like the only person who im connected with is him..and i cant go on living my life with no real connections with anyone..i dont know if i sound mental or what..(sad huh?) anyways please any advice you can give..no insults please...im feeling down enough as it is..

2006-08-27 15:23:33 · 19 answers · asked by kelkel0514 3

How close have you gotten to committing suicide. Why haven't you commit suicide.

2006-08-27 15:21:09 · 12 answers · asked by Jabaris H 2

i have a drug problem. cant afford treatment center. been snorting coke about 10 months now. no body knows although i think they have their suspecisons. how can i kick this awful habit. serious answers only please. i need help.

2006-08-27 15:18:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

it seems that what ever i try i cant do good enough for people to notise me at all. and whats worse when ever i start to do good some one else comes in and odes better and thus i get turned away because i know i cant be as good as them. why is thins? why cant i have my own special thing and why must some one come and ruin my goof fortune when ever i try some thing.

2006-08-27 14:40:39 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone out there have personal experience with using light treatments to help with SAD? The sudden switch in the UK from a quick hot summer to darker nights seems to be playing havoc with my mood. I know there are lots of helpful descriptions on the Internet of what light therapy is supposed to do, but I am not asking for that. I wish to know if it actually has worked for other sufferers. Many thanks for your reply(s).

2006-08-27 14:30:59 · 8 answers · asked by snuggleywuggle 2

I need to get the number for a teen help line that is toll free. I just would like to talk to them. If anyone knows the number it would be really great if you were able to get that for me as soon as possible.

2006-08-27 14:20:48 · 8 answers · asked by Therapeutic Chain of Events 3

ok... here's the deal... I made many mistakes in the past year. I have said things that I regret, leading to heartaches, depression, etc... the point, is that I thought I was in love when i wasn't, it was stupid, but over the time, my mind matured, and i now understand deep things that i didn't before. Now, I am completely over that person, but I still can't help but feeling sorrow day in and day out. there's nothing to feel bad about, but every time i see a sunset, i cry, and i'll have emotional outbursts, from laughing, to crying without any transition!!! UGH, i don't get it. please, i need to know what's causing this.

2006-08-27 14:11:20 · 13 answers · asked by ILuvTheUsed&MCR 2

I've been taking Effexor XR for nearly 3 months (I'm up to 150mg) and don't really feel any different in regards to the depression. Are AD's supposed to make you feel better, make you emotionless, or what? Do I just need to up the dosage?

2006-08-27 14:08:24 · 10 answers · asked by O H 1