Mental Health - October 2006

i have anxiety attacks so bad i feel like my throat is closing up. i also have been diagnosed with bipolar. it is so bad i cant drive and i am scared to be home alone. i take lithium and effexor and i sttill dont feel right. i feel like i dont think the way that i used to. i am scared, i dont like feeling out of it or not thinking right. what do i do...please help....

2006-10-01 18:31:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was diagnosed with "severe" ADHD. I've been on Concerta 36 megs for two weeks. It helps temporarily but, rather than solving the problem entirely, it's like putting on a pair of glasses. Its like one piece of the puzzle is now there, but the rest are still missing,, there is no question that it's essential to me now though.

I have heard some do Yoga, exercise etc. to cope, what do you do that has helped?"

2006-10-01 18:31:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i cant keep a friend, i just lose my job, I'm obsessed with my looks,..and alot of the time i do think about it.

2006-10-01 18:29:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am about to have another panic attack and i am scared to take my prescribed xanax...will it calm me down? it is 2 mg

2006-10-01 18:28:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-01 18:12:21 · 14 answers · asked by summersister79 1

Im 23 now and the older i get, the shyer i get. I have no job, no friends. I dont go out much at all and i dont like going to bpus or clubs at all so dont just say go there for god sake, i wouldent be able to afford to anyway.

2006-10-01 18:05:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been fighting depression and OCD for the entirety of my adolescence and I can't deal with it anymore.. I was put on various dosages of zoloft, wellbutrin, depekote, abilify, and klonipin among other drugs that I can't remember right now and I didn't care for them much but I was told there was a noticeable change in my behavior. I've been off everything for about a year now though and I think I am ready to start something, this time for me and not because I'm being forced into it.

However, I also have some big eating issues so taking anything that will cause weight gain is basically a recipe for a complete nervous breakdown. Does anyone have any suggestions for effective antidepressant or antianxiety meds that won't make me fat?

2006-10-01 17:58:31 · 48 answers · asked by razzb 2

Is there any over the counter drugs to buy that will help me, i mean my friend.

2006-10-01 17:48:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think too much and most of my thinking is passive, how can I change it?

2006-10-01 17:47:49 · 5 answers · asked by stock2004dc 1

2006-10-01 17:31:18 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6

i read somewher tha people with bipolar may have trouble being faithful to partners. they love their partner, but they cheat on them. is this a true symptom of bipolar

2006-10-01 17:24:28 · 20 answers · asked by kristina n 2

2006-10-01 17:24:07 · 7 answers · asked by stock2004dc 1

pexeva...antidepressant used for obsessive compulsive disorders..has anyone tried it? the only aggrevating side effect for me is trouble sleeping... I CAN't sleeP @_@ other than that i recommend it for anyone trying to recover from an ed.

2006-10-01 17:15:09 · 5 answers · asked by windy r 1

i quit my job that i worked for 8 years ,i left my country 9 month ago
i tried to make a connection with my colleages but all of them didnt reply me ,they didnt even open my ecards ,just one of them ,have a few connection with me ,i like to know why ,and i dont wane ask my colleage to tell me ,when i was there i never had a problem with them ,but i coulnt say goodbye to them but they know my appologe ,i was envolve with so many problem when i left the country , i dont feel good about that ,i emailed some of them 3 times ,but they didnt replied ,i dont wane think about them but still my mind look for a reason ,can anybody tell me something to feel better ,thanks
:they were not my close friends

2006-10-01 17:05:23 · 5 answers · asked by Kathie 2

Any experiences you'd like to share?

2006-10-01 16:59:42 · 2 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4

Is there a house, or safehouse somewhere where we can go to adjust? I guess kind of like a place that they take people who are on drugs. A place where you can be around other people like you until you are adjusted?

2006-10-01 16:58:55 · 9 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4

I wasn't sure which section to put this in, but I'm serious. I had abuse issues a long time ago with an ex, and since then I've had one committed relationship, but I keep wanting to engage in intimate activities with random guys I see. I'll have to stifle this urge to break up with my boyfriend just so I can indulge. In the end I win the inner struggle, but it's starting to worry me. I can't tell if I have commitment issues due to my past or if its just that he's not the one, or if I have some sick obsession with sex.

I know its a strange question, and it might not sound serious, but I really really AM serious. So if anyone with psychological know-how reads this, I would be appreciative.

2006-10-01 16:49:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-01 16:49:24 · 8 answers · asked by safire 1

i'm normally a very happy person. but lately, for the past month or two, i've been really unhappy. i feel bored or discontented, and really, really anti-social, unenthusiastic, and hopeless. i began to have crying spells, and a few days ago i had two in public. then when people ask me about what's wrong, i somehow "fix" myself for that moment, and become perfectly fine again. later, the same thing happens again, and it seems to be getting worse.
this is very unlike me, but it hasn't been affecting my diet or sleep. what do you think?

2006-10-01 16:40:13 · 12 answers · asked by Valeria 1

what can i do. medication, therapy i really need some help. i am pushing away everyone that i love.

2006-10-01 16:35:04 · 12 answers · asked by baileysusamotors 1

Hey so I'm trying to remember when I first began taking wellbutrin what the healthy dose is to start. I think they started me on 100mgs for like a week? er something but would it be safe to start taking wellbutrins with the 150 mgs? and if so how long... but if not... why not? Like what would be the side affects?
Thanks

2006-10-01 16:30:47 · 6 answers · asked by dinasaur01 2

i was diagnosed with OCD and depression...
sometimes it feels as things are just blurrs...
it's like i forget things the second after they happen
and i don't care to try and remember
and if something crosses my mind that questions life in someway.. it seems too complicated and it feels like it just fades away... i've gotten good at avoiding thinking about the future, once again.. it fades away if i choose not to think about it.
sometimes it feels like i'm living in a different world than everyone else and i'm unaware of things. so far i'm the only one that knows about this. and i'm 14. my dad had OCD and my uncle commited suicide after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.

2006-10-01 16:25:56 · 9 answers · asked by flowerchild 3

Where can I find drawings or writings by mental (insane) patients and photos of the patients themselves ?

2006-10-01 16:24:22 · 3 answers · asked by expostulating_mountebank 2

i have been having troubling dreams about killing and pain, i read horror and such stories all the time. I am depresed and i have seen many people about this, but i never trust them enough to tell them the truth. I wish for death, pain, anything to keep my mind off of the dream that i have day and night. I doesn't matter where i am or what i am doing, even driving, but i can't tell them the truth because i have been hiding it for years and i have learned how to appear to be normal and fine. I stay wake at night to keep away from the dreams, i cry for freadom, but yet i feel that i can't do with out the dreams. Is this just depression or is it something deeper? Please help me!

2006-10-01 16:05:23 · 8 answers · asked by Andy 3

I think for the first time I've finally found what the problem is with me, I've had anxiety and depression for 8 years now but always felt like neither of those diagnosis fit the bill for me. A few weeks ago I was killing time and filled one of those mental health questionairs and the results came back that I may be suffering from BPD, I didn't think much of it at the time. Today I decided to look it up and couldn't believe how many of the symptoms I have, from what I read it's not easily treatable which explains why none of the treatment options I've tried for Anxiety and Depression have worked for me.

I'm interested to hear from other people who suffer from this and where to get the best information on the subject.

2006-10-01 16:03:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anxious!! 2

some peaple say i need to see a sichiatrist...go to my questions and answers look at my questions and tell if you agree with them...

2006-10-01 15:59:03 · 8 answers · asked by daidiiro 2

yea, lately ive just been having a lot of unexplained anger, i think i might be stress from work, school, home, and things like that, but do you think it cold be somthing else? (i am 15, and i start to get extremly pissed off after even going to the movies)

2006-10-01 15:53:50 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

i'm tired of breathing
i'm tired of living
i'm tired of looking at myself in the mirror
i'm tired of these thoughts.

i can't seem to control the ways i vent.
can't control the thoughts of death that linger on my mind.
i'm close
close to ending it
i'm looking for something, someone
anything left to hold onto.

i don't know what to do.
or what to say..
...i'm just tired.

2006-10-01 15:53:15 · 12 answers · asked by Ally. 2

i feel really depressed right now. i dont know why. im extremely emotionally unstable, ugly, and annoying, and well i hate myself.

but i didnt feel this way 2 minutes ago. it sort of hit me out of nowhere.

anyways. whats a quick way to make myself happy, release endorphins, ect??

caffeine pills and energy drinks dont work for me. i dont want to get high since i dont have any weed and dont want to inhale household products and take the risk of dieing.

suggestions?? please...anything.

2006-10-01 15:43:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

we think she is using and we know that her husband is a heroin addict but she still passes drug tests for jobs .so is it out of her system within 24 hours or could she really be clean they also have a 5 year old lose there jobs allot and steal from everyone and hawk everything they and they're daughter owns is there some way to know for sure that she is using.( I have been around allot of tweekers so I know how they act and I am about 95% sure she is doing it )any suggestions would be helpful

2006-10-01 15:35:28 · 8 answers · asked by freckleface 4