Mental Health - September 2006

2006-09-05 16:37:09 · 13 answers · asked by dogpatch USA 7

I suffer from depression and have for years. My mother suffered all her life, my sister also suffers as well as my son who is 19. They all have been on medication and it has helped them enormously. My son's dr. at the time was a pediatrician and prescribled his meds. I really need some help and don't have a Dr. of my own. I really don't want to advertise to the family that I am suffering with these issues. What kind of Dr. is best for this?

2006-09-05 16:35:30 · 21 answers · asked by together420yrs 3

I know this question seems strange, but I'm curious as to why studies show that weight gain is very common when someone is on an anti-depressant, even if their appetite, food intake, and activity level remains the same...

2006-09-05 16:32:18 · 27 answers · asked by butwhatdoiknow 4

I appreciate the answers to my previous question, and am well aware that this will require medical intervention. One complication is that I have to make a 7-hour drive in 3 days. There's no one else who can drive me, and it can't be delayed. Any short-term tips to help me get through this?

2006-09-05 16:26:17 · 6 answers · asked by arani_csa 2

What region of the brain causes a person to feel anxiety?

Paul

2006-09-05 16:20:23 · 8 answers · asked by dunric 1

2006-09-05 16:14:54 · 34 answers · asked by Lacey J 1

From personal experience, if you go into a therapists office and explain to them your well-reasoned decision for not wanting to take psychiatric medication, they will refuse to treat you. 9/10. The other one will find some other reason.
I believe that they prescribe medication initially to mask and supress the symptoms, so that they do not have to work hard at fixing the problem. However, the problem is still there, and now you have a person is chemically dependant on a medication they didn't need to begin with, if the person they were paying actually did their job!

agree or disagree?

2006-09-05 16:14:00 · 16 answers · asked by Amanda 2

I have heard that they have proven that good talk therapy is more effective than psychiatric medications in treating patients. They say that it 1) helps the body produce the lacking enzymes 2) makes relapse less likely due to the formation of new coping mechanisms 3) makes the patient feel "better" because he/she has "gotten it off his/her chest" and has seen that they are not dependant on medication to make themselves functioning adults, and can do it with just a little help.
Do you know where to find research to back this up, or do you have any thoughts on the matter?

2006-09-05 16:06:18 · 19 answers · asked by Amanda 2

suprised by the unsympathic views of some people with regards to mental illness, far more that I would have thought are you ?

2006-09-05 16:05:25 · 13 answers · asked by Vivian X 3

i heard depression is like a cancer ,but i know some kind of cancers can be treate ,what about a person who suffered almost 29 years and never think about her disease and treatment all her life

2006-09-05 15:57:06 · 21 answers · asked by Kathie 2

Well i had a personal problem a couple days ago, I know im very sad because of it, but i mange to be ok through the day, but for some reason everytime i go to sleep, as soon as i wake up, i feel soooo sad, sooo depress, that i can barelly move, feeling like i want to cry,. I just need help to find out how to get rid of it, or maybe someone can tell me why does this happen....

2006-09-05 15:53:40 · 9 answers · asked by negrita124 1

be truthful

2006-09-05 15:47:21 · 23 answers · asked by Lacey J 1

i am not that depresed i just need a support group to help me deal with family isues ... i am 22 male

2006-09-05 15:38:51 · 3 answers · asked by Abe W 1

Are there any methods or pratices that make one's mental health strong and healthy without connection to any religion? If so, how to practise?

2006-09-05 15:36:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am on Effexor once a day 150mg. Seems lately everyone has been on my case about my mental health even gotten to the point of threatening me to get a psyhic evaluation or be forced into the hospital for one. I am working with a nurse who comes to my home once a week and have arranged to get help thru the Canadian Mental and Addication Insuite here in Toronto. Seems that isnt good enough. I am right now so down and out all I want is to sleep and sleep more. Nothing I am doing is good. Heck I got a new boyfriend about a month ago., they dont believe me he is my bf., I am always taking my meds but they still count them to see that I am., always told I am not a good enough mom to my girls., and lots more. My bf seems to be the most supportive of me right now and believes me.

2006-09-05 15:29:22 · 6 answers · asked by killbear1973 1

2006-09-05 15:08:57 · 9 answers · asked by Izzy 1

wot can i do as we are not married and i want him to see his children but i dont think he will he left me becouse i was saving money to much i had a baby nine months ago and im more than sure ive got post natal deppression and he said i am making his life a total misery i think ive got an obbsesion about saving and now its ruining my life any advice would be helpfull thank you

2006-09-05 15:01:47 · 17 answers · asked by melody3470 2

Is a person with Borderline Personality Disorder BOUND to self-destruct until she destroys everything she loves? I mean, is that basically a must-have? A doctor told me that i would, and that i would eventually drive the man i love into insanity himself. Please, don't answer with a mean response....

2006-09-05 14:51:29 · 9 answers · asked by Jez 4

my ex boyfriend is somehow always sick, when we have a fight or break-up. I know there is a specific name for his condition.

2006-09-05 14:46:34 · 22 answers · asked by swright33@sbcglobal.net 1

hi ive been going thew depresstion for some years ive just lost my best friend my darlings sister who i miss so deeply im very loney im taken depresstion tablets but thay dont seem to help im thing of asking my doctor to change them ive got a young son thats all ways in trouble and it really getting me down i cant sleep im very moody with the rest of my family it so hard when you lose someone you love so dearly it only been three mth and i miss her heaps we where so close im just so lonely

2006-09-05 14:35:25 · 27 answers · asked by robyn d 1

2006-09-05 14:17:55 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6

Im trying to get help for my social anxiety, and it was going great then they all decided to make me do shitloads of stuff I'm not ready to do and I'm freaking out and I can't stop being anxious, and i can't get out of it becuase im afraid they're going to make me try to do stuff to quick?

wtf should i do?

2006-09-05 14:10:53 · 17 answers · asked by Adam G 4

I have anxiety about the stupidest things and I stress out about accomplishing things in my life. I know that I need some sort of solution to my problem and I am not sure if medication is it. O thought trying to work it out on my own would be best, but I am considering otherwise. Can I ask a normal doctor for this prescription?

2006-09-05 14:10:07 · 14 answers · asked by created4something 2

As always growing up I have been the loser I always nice to. Even people who i don't know. People like to treat me like ****. If their is other people out their who was treated like me and not any more. Tell me what sould I do so they won't be so mean to me.

2006-09-05 13:47:39 · 20 answers · asked by Lola 1

2006-09-05 13:45:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-05 13:30:09 · 10 answers · asked by lee o7 1

Don't need much, 5-10 tablets, got some public speaking stuff coming up. Any online vendors etc?

2006-09-05 13:27:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay so what exactly is it? I have researched it and how do you know if you have it? someone who has some psych thing at my school.. i dont know them really well but they said thats the behavior of some one with a dd. and its stuck in my head.. like an obsession i can't get out. so i have been researching it but im not finding out as much as i was hoping i would. anything would help. thanks and i already went to mayoclinic sight. also any ways of tellin if you have a mild case or does anyone have a mild case or case and would like to share with me. thanks

2006-09-05 13:26:39 · 5 answers · asked by KT 2

Is it the same with depression?

2006-09-05 13:22:19 · 12 answers · asked by Nadia Miller 2

There is a Suicide Hotline . Why not a Homicide hotline, and i don't mean crimestoppers

2006-09-05 13:18:59 · 8 answers · asked by tkd28282003 3