Mental Health - September 2006

I came to Osaka when I was 16 and stayed with a host family for the summer. I couldn't wait to come back. Now I'm 19, in college, in Tokyo. Really feeling the effects of being alone. The kids in the dorm won't talk to me, even when I talk to them. I have to wake up so early to get to school, and it's like an hour commute, and everything's so expensive. Everyone at home is a mess too because one of my friends just past away yesterday. I kinda think I just want a girlfriend or something so that I don't feel so lonely. I could say that I want to go home but really this is the only chance I'm ever going to get to go away for a year. In a year I can become fluent in Japanese, and being home wouldn't be any less lonely or depressing because all my friends are away at college anyway. It's just such a weird feeling. any advice? If you like in Tokyo, I'm desperate enough to just meet up and talk. My japanese isn't very good, but I want to learn, and be out as often as possible.

2006-09-28 01:08:28 · 8 answers · asked by mwells0629 1

2006-09-28 01:02:51 · 21 answers · asked by meech1178 1

For instance, what would be something my doctor could prescribe me for moments when I absolutely NEED to chill out and relax?

2006-09-28 01:01:44 · 8 answers · asked by Dhara 6

they think cause am insecure and jealous all the time i need to talk to some1 but the doctor dsnt want to know he refered me to this company called relate but they didnt help what shall i do

2006-09-28 00:53:00 · 25 answers · asked by purdy 1

easily angered

2006-09-28 00:47:55 · 3 answers · asked by kevin w 1

I recently started taking xanax to help me sleep because I'm going through a divorce and am very stressed out at night. I'm finding that I am preoccupied because my prescription is running out soon. I only take .25 mg once per night but am feeling like I can't get to sleep without it. Am I headed for addiction? How can I stop taking them? Thanks.

2006-09-28 00:44:56 · 9 answers · asked by kw524 2

I am fully aware that each drug affects an individual different than the next. With that said, surely there are some anti-depressants whose success rates (easing and making life more tolerable for the depressed) are higher than others.

I've taken Lexapro, Effexor, and Wellbutrin.

Lexapro = fatique
Effexor = sexually dysfunctional
Wellbutrin = dry mouth, constipation

I don't know what to do. I am tired of going to my doctor and "bothering" her with my problems. Yeah, it's their job to help me, but I feel as if I'm bothering them.

2006-09-28 00:31:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-28 00:27:34 · 2 answers · asked by Martha B 1

I worked for 20 years at the same job-took the same 9 mile drive there, went to lunch and shopped at the same places. I decided to retire from there and start cleaning houses fulltime and it has only been a week but I have this horrible anxiety and panic since I am out of my routine. It isn't like I had to do everything the same way everyday-I guess I knew I had to be somewhere on the dot 9-5 and now I have a more relaxed schedule. I feel lost, even though I am pretty busy-not packed with customers but enough to get me started. I thought I was going to have fun since my job got to be so miserable and before I quit I was planning things and just really excited about it. I can barely get in the car and drive anywhere with these panic attacks I am having. Is it all going to blow over when I get into THIS routine?

2006-09-28 00:20:48 · 7 answers · asked by Pesty Wadoo 4

I just had my hair permanently straightened yesterday and I hate it and am so depressed over it. It is so flat I look rediculous. I just don't know what to do. I regret ever doing it and now I can't turn the hands of time back as the damage is already done. Now I am out of a lot of money and I look awful and feel awful about myself. I slept all day yesterday after getting it done. Does anyone have any advice other then wearing a baseball hat? Thank you for your time.

2006-09-28 00:01:41 · 7 answers · asked by jhglittergirl 2

2006-09-27 23:58:55 · 6 answers · asked by tammy m 1

HE IS

2006-09-27 23:47:08 · 3 answers · asked by freelancer_yo 1

it's part of the bipola, but i am frightened of being all alone.... my friends are all taking different paths. even my own family feels at a distance, what can i do to stop this feeling i've tried all my safe spots for reassurance... but its not helping

2006-09-27 23:45:27 · 13 answers · asked by niknik74 1

I stress very easily. When I get stressed, i'm fustrated, annoyed at the world, grouchy, and moody. URRGGHHHH... HELP!

2006-09-27 23:39:13 · 11 answers · asked by Lisa V 3

I am a 20 year old female, so here is my problem hopefully someone can give me some advice...

Basically i've messed up my whole sleeping schedule. I sleep during the day and stay awake during the night.. As in from 5 PM till 7 AM I am awake and the rest of the hours I am sleeping... Ive tryed EVERYTHING to try and make it normal again but nothing has worked, I even tryed Ambien, and if you know what that is than you know how well it works and it didnt do much for me besides knock me out for an hour and a half and I took two. So please, if anyone has any advice out there or you need more information to be able to answer my question better let me know... Thank you for everyones time.

2006-09-27 23:26:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-27 23:22:54 · 10 answers · asked by missing u2323 2

I don't want to live in this world.I want to make it all over
I M 20 yr male from india.I m totally frustrated with my self bcoz i m having problm with my speech and little bit of hearing prblm sometimes.i m quite all the time like a MUM.
Secondly, I have no friends at all.I have become lonely.I always wanted to make friends but not able to do bcoz i cant talk that much so people make me their friend.
Thirdly,I am running short of money.I m good in computers.but the thing is that every computer job needs a person to communicate well with other people in the company and i dont even have basic communication skills.
Is there anyone god created person who can change my life.I dont want to kill myself.PLz help me otherwise it's all over for me...

2006-09-27 23:22:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-27 23:18:58 · 7 answers · asked by N.S.Sunil 1

2006-09-27 22:48:10 · 5 answers · asked by The who cares moron 1

2006-09-27 22:44:02 · 1 answers · asked by Ingy M 1

when we were growing up he was the meticulous one, very stingy and organised, in school i was very brilliant but frivorous, i loved parties and girls, he didn't, after school i went into biz, i took them all by surprise and started making money, my brother swallowed his pride and proposed to join the biz and become a patner, i accepted. we started making a lot of money together but because of our differences (i was extravagant while he was prudent) we couldn't go along together, and since he was older than me he wanted to be in charge, we had to split. I retained the biz and he moved off to setup elsewhere. Today, 7 yrs after we split i'll sincerely say that he is a better biz man that me, i have two very successful offices, he has 4. I have no prob with that, but recently in a family gathering we were discussing monetary issues and i tried to advice him, he shocked me by blurting out that he has noticed that i'm jealous of him and green with envy, this is not true, what should i do?

2006-09-27 22:41:49 · 3 answers · asked by rickybellanco 2

I have suffered from depression for the last 6 years, and as a result lost out from life. My own friends and even some family members have deserted me. It is so unfair, as i feel really rejected and isolated. I don't get invitations anymore and as a result have become socially inactive.

2006-09-27 22:36:11 · 40 answers · asked by cookie 3

how do they plan on tackling this issue

2006-09-27 22:32:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do enjoy tearing out to pieces a face cloth (or other similar material), then i continue tearing it until it comes to the stages as it looks like ot has been completely schredded to pieces, i then like to have some in my hand and play with it. hard to explain but i have never come accross someone who does it.

2006-09-27 22:30:00 · 18 answers · asked by Goldfish" 1

I have depression for few years. Since I know a little about it tried to manage by myself. But still I could not be cured completly. I still feel sad for no reasons. When something goes wrong in my professional or personal life, I feel as if I can't manage my life and feel hopless. Now I am looking for the best treatment which should be without any side effect. Which will be the best treatment?

2006-09-27 22:21:45 · 12 answers · asked by Robin H 1

I've heard that there are three stages of sectioning.I need to know where to begin.He has been in this deep depression now for weeks,this is the worst it's ever been.Now he has told all of us not to phone not to visit,he is changing his telephone number and to leave him alone.
He says he contemplates suicide every day,and he has always said that if his life was no better by the time he was 30 then there was no point in being here.I've never seen him this bad,he won't accept there is any help out there for him,although he has agreed that he is a manic depressive.We've all been there for him over the last l5 years and supported him in every way we could and we tell him all the time how much he is loved.I have kept this thought to the back of my mind hoping that he would pull through once again,but this time things are different,he is different,and I truly feel that if I don't do something drastic,he will kill himself and I will live with the thought that I didn't try hard enough.help.

2006-09-27 21:57:28 · 15 answers · asked by animalwatch 3

did you know that bi polar can get worse with antidepressants?

2006-09-27 21:30:07 · 11 answers · asked by Riss 4

Ive devloped an annoying thing, swallowing differently.
I know it sounds strange, but i think its an anxiety thing, and the more i think about it the more it happens, its like im swallowing as if i have a sore throat, and theres totally nothing wrong with me or my throat. I m a bit stressed, but i just want it to stop, i need some way of telling myself, its all in my head, any assistance would be great thanks

2006-09-27 21:27:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so...how easy was it for you to get help, and open up.I'm 18. Do you think i will have to go through alot of therapy to get on med's? I know drugs are the only thing that will keep me sane. :(
Anyone can email me, be a friend.

2006-09-27 21:12:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know this person that lately she has become so paranoid that i cant even be friends with her any more. she thinks there is always some one out to steal her writtings or they are making fun of her. i am many many years younger then her and ive tried to help her and be there for her but when she went crazy and started on me i didnt know what else to do but just say see ya. how do you help some one like this?

2006-09-27 20:29:08 · 10 answers · asked by priestess 2