Mental Health - September 2006

i've been taking it for many years and am now in a real bad spot mentally and emotionally. i know i need help real bad but it's not as easy as it would seem to be. things just seem to be getting worse by the day. the prozac obviously isn't working anymore. i take it in combination with wellbutrin but haven't seen any positive results from that drug.

2006-09-18 18:03:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was sleeping in my bed then suddenly I started feeling this force all around my upper body, then I couldnt move............then I swear to god when I opened my eyes I saw static in front of me I even heard it, I know it wasnt a dream because I stayed up all night that night, no one believes me, oh well does drinking beer do this to u or am I crazy?? LOL
nah but seriously I cant explain that, so dam weird

2006-09-18 17:59:05 · 15 answers · asked by George Lopez 2

2006-09-18 17:57:09 · 11 answers · asked by skywatcher 1

how do you know if you are in depression?

2006-09-18 17:49:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it the same as ADD?

2006-09-18 17:42:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm very shy and I have a hard time comprehending just what goes thru the mind of these people that seem fearless and they speak their mind and they get into trouble but it doesnt seem to bother them. They get criticized and it rolls off of them usually. They might slap a"religious" label on themselves, but they don't live like a prudish priest or nun, they go out and drink and have sex and have all kinds of fun and really live life to the fullest. I find that religious criticism bothers me the most, like when other people point out my so called "sins". I just fear that if I don't pretend to be guilty for these "sins", then I'll be ostracized and thought of as being satanic. If no one ever committed these "sins", then the world would be boring. It's these daring, outgoing people that make life interesting by the way they live, rather than being held down by a goody goody moral code. How do they face the criticism and still go on living a fun life?

2006-09-18 17:40:15 · 9 answers · asked by conundrum 1

I'm a 17 year old male. I won't go into alot of detail because it would take all night. I recently dropped out of high school and plan to take me GED. I dropped out because i went to a private christian school for 4 years and i went to a public school for a month and i found out i was very far behind. The christian school let me get behind (long story). The principal said i would be cutting it sharp to even graduate when i'm 21....I am preparing to take my GED but i am very depressed. I do not have any friends to talk to about this (i have social anxiety). If i passed my GED should i take the Junior College route or something similar? I'm very confused about all of this. It all happened so fast. Also, are there any meds for social anxiety and depression? I would appreciate some kind of advise. I dont have any one else to talk to about this (literally). Thanks.

2006-09-18 17:40:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was adopted, and the woman who raised me is also my aunt, my biological father's sister. She used to beat me on the head with a broom stick, while calling me all sorts of names and her friends used to come over and laugh @ me, and they would tell her to send this piece of $hit home to his mother.I'm in my thirties now,and those memories haunt me till this day.Sometimes I want sweet revenge, sometimes I just go on with the hand I was dealt.She used to tell me that I would never amount to anything and often in my life these words resonate in my head. I was such a happy boy, I loved building things, I had a creative mind, she used to quote this verse in the bible "Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell."(Proverbs 23:13-14)and beat me she did, blood used to run down my legs, sometimes I couldn't take a shower,I still see the marks on my back on my legs when I look for them. I used to ditch school so kids wouldn't make fun of me. I tried to kill her when I was 9

2006-09-18 17:36:09 · 18 answers · asked by Roy R 1

there is a ton of pple that r obseesed with him. i hate him for stealing clarabelle from me. he must of used some evil voodoo spell to get so famous. i mean , im the sexiest guy alive but still clarabelle loves him?im so hot that i can replace the sun!! i hate him so much im gonna send evil monkeys loose on him 4 stealin my love. who else agrees? and clarabelle if ur readin this go back to the other question.

2006-09-18 17:34:57 · 6 answers · asked by reporter monkeys 1

2006-09-18 17:30:29 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

can i get disability for lazyness? id like to set at home 24/7 and drink beer and play video games...is that bad? i think that would be my dream life

2006-09-18 17:23:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or if someone is nervous talking in front of other people, or their eyes are watering either for an emotional reason or something's in their eyes its dusty whatever. Whenever I see this, it automatically happens to me too. I don't cry or anything, but just get teary eyed when I see other people. What's up with this?

2006-09-18 17:22:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-18 17:10:19 · 11 answers · asked by Sam H 1

Whenever I try to improve my health I find it detoriating when I asked someone he told me that it results from Hyperthinking how can I prevent this measure

2006-09-18 16:49:55 · 11 answers · asked by Zidane Ridwan 2

the more depressed i get and then i constantly feel like i dont want to exist anymore. how do i switch my brain off?

2006-09-18 16:48:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to know if anyone else suffers with this and if it is severe enough for them not to work/ I have been outta work more than i have been to work with this. apparently i have had it all my life and it gets worse as u get older. this past yr has been especially tuff on me i m currently age 40 and had alot going on in my life which i was told by my doctors that when i was younger i was able to cope better. Now it seems i can't I hate this. I m on 3 different meds for it and ambien cr just to sleep at night. I never go out except to get groceries or to my parents home i do not socialize. Heck i really don't think i remember how. I do drive but i try to only do that when i know it is not high peak times for others or take a longer route. I beleive i should appy for disability. if anyone out that suffers from this and is on disability tell me how can i take steps that way so i can somehow go on. thanks

2006-09-18 16:46:37 · 14 answers · asked by princessmallory10162002 3

A report from the Dept. of Psychiatry, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. Pharmacopsychiatry 1988 [http://amphetamines.com/phenylpropanolamine/index.html Psychiatric side effects attributed to phenylpropanolamine] states:

We have reviewed 37 cases (published in North America and Europe since 1960) that received diagnoses of acute mania, paranoid schizophrenia, and organic psychosis and that were attributed to PPA product ingestion. Of the 27 North American case reports, more reactions followed the ingestion of combination products than preparations containing PPA alone; more occurred after ingestion of over-the-counter products than those obtained by prescription or on-the-street; and more of the cases followed ingestion of recommended doses than overdoses.

Failure to recognize PPA as an etiological agent in the onset of symptoms usually led to a diagnosis of schizophrenia or mania, lengthy hospitalizati

2006-09-18 16:41:57 · 4 answers · asked by Caesar J. B. Squitti 1

How do you learn to trust people when you have been hurt so many times? I just had someone I trusted tell me that everything I have said to him has been read by someone else. We had very intimate conversations and now I know it was all read by someone else. How do I learn to trust people again?

2006-09-18 16:21:01 · 17 answers · asked by Aimee B 2

With eating disorders? Like they eat a lot a few months and then they are disgusted and feel motivated again and eat healthy...but then after a while of that, they start to starve again like they used to. They're not a stupid person either and know it's wrong, but how do they stop...coz it's not a conscious thing, they just don't eat.

2006-09-18 15:57:45 · 7 answers · asked by *babydoll* 6

2006-09-18 15:57:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always try to naturally fix my problems but my anxiety has been going on for over two years now and its getting worse. I exercise about 5 times a week which consists of weight lifting, running about 3 miles, biking, elliptical, and other gym equipment. I have been exercising regularly for 3 years. I have had no positive effects from exercise other than my body toning up and losing some weight. I do not feel 'happier' or have less anxiety at all which people suggested would be a sure thing to work. I tense up my muscles all of the time, grind my teeth, and having anxious or racing thoughts and a racing heart beat. What can I do to get rid of this!? is medication the answer?

2006-09-18 15:57:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

thats what i was asked yesterday and i just said no

2006-09-18 15:55:27 · 9 answers · asked by Frost 1

my husband has been diagnosed with depression and refuses help of any kind from the gp he has changed so much in the past couple of months he sits at home ignores me and the kids the atmosphere is terrible its come to the stage where i am thinking of leaving him as he is making me depressed and ill he said he never does anything for himself and always tried to please the family and is now sick of pretending to be happy im just so deverstated i feel like the marriage is ending and theres not a thing i can do about it he seemed so happy before and i cant help blaming myself for making him feel like this not that i can think of anything i have done wrong to him please can anyone give me any advise on depression as i dont understand it and can you get better without professional help ?

2006-09-18 15:41:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

On the way to work i walk over a bridge and sometimes i think about jumping off it, is that abnormal or do you sometimes think about that too?

2006-09-18 15:37:22 · 13 answers · asked by Frost 1

We live in New York City, and they seem to be everywhere after dark. Every time she sees one, which is almost daily, she panics. I try to reassure her that they aren't in her apartment, but I can't imagine how much she would panic if one did turn up - they're all around the alleys outside, and it wouldn't really surprise me. Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions? A good book that might help? Right now I just try to calm her down and tell her that she's bigger than her, and they can't hurt her, but I don't know how much it helps. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

2006-09-18 15:16:14 · 11 answers · asked by sjauletta 1

its generic and they cant even pay for all of that? Does your health insurance pay for all of it?

2006-09-18 15:14:36 · 6 answers · asked by Frost 1

I am an optimistic person and I have very rarely had mood swings in the past. I began smoking weed daily a few weeks ago, and I think it's time to quit all together. I've had a couple of periods of uncontrollable mood swings, which bother me immensely. When I sleep, sometimes I feel so tense that it seems like I have to stretch in order to fall asleep, and although that helps, it doesn't completely do the job. I didn't smoke today, and I'm starting to get negative thoughts again. I don't know if the negativity is directly related to weed, but I don't see what else it could be. Please help!!

2006-09-18 15:11:06 · 11 answers · asked by SQRD 2

2006-09-18 14:57:16 · 9 answers · asked by Kaz 2

Each day stretches before me, a sea of misery
The pain of the past- I've tried to run from it, hide from it, forget it, forgive it, bleed it out, starve it away, look at it and try to understand it, learn from it- never seems to lessen, it torments me
I feel hopeless, like I have nothing to give, that all is wasted, that love is in vain, that the good days are too few to provide the strength that I need to face all the darkness attacking my soul.
I'm so ashamed of everything I have done- the lies I've told, the people I've hurt, my own weakness.
I feel like it never stops, that each good time is a cruelness that just serves to make the bitterness more harsh.
I've survived for well over 15 years riding this rollercoaster of despair, I'm on meds, been through countless treatment programs, I see shrinks, I do everything I'm supposed to, and all the work leaves me no better off. Alas, alas.

2006-09-18 14:56:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

i wish layman's terminology in explaining to me how neurotransmitters such as serotonin, etc. work in the brain and body, what behaviors are affected by too much or too little of them, how balances of all are achieved, and how to know if you have certain imbalances of any or a combination of same...?

2006-09-18 14:52:26 · 2 answers · asked by Louiegirl_Chicago 5