Mental Health - October 2006

Do parents need to bear with bipolar teenagers or spoil them instead of going against them, just for the sake of preventing them from committing suicide?

2006-10-31 04:40:07 · 12 answers · asked by Meemee 3

I've had several but can never really find one I actually like talking to. I NEED THE PERFECT SHRINK to deal with my crazy a**.

2006-10-31 04:30:17 · 4 answers · asked by Simone H 1

if he isnt sleeping or eating. because of family problems and a breakup with his first real girlfriend. its been going on for about a week now.

2006-10-31 04:18:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Was wondering if anyone knew of the best self help books? I am under alot of stress at work and want to deal with it in a more positive way, ie not to let thigs get to me so easily. and also to stop being so negative and angry about life in general. I feel I am going nuts adn want to start being more positive!Thanks in advance

2006-10-31 04:16:13 · 12 answers · asked by brunelscooby 4

I'm a 23 yr old female w/a family history of depression. Been to the doctor's many times for my anxiety/depression and have been on Lexapro for a few months but nothing is working. I am so depressed I don't even want to get out of bed. I am miserable & constantly pick fights with friends and family. In June I started a new job and have already missed almost 20 days of work just for the simple fact that I can't bring myself to go. I feel like there is no point in my life anymore. I graduated college & have a good job but I can't even bring myself to go. My Mom is not around so I live with my Dad and he does nothing but yell at me. How do I get out of this rutt? I am so ashamed to go back to work tommorow. I want to quit just so I can start fresh somewhere. I am tired of being so unhappy and angry. I need advice.

2006-10-31 04:01:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-31 03:49:42 · 21 answers · asked by grapeshenry 4

my husband was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder twenty years ago. he keeps it well under control with medication but seems to have more trouble in the spring and fall. it is called seasonal affective disorder assosiated with his bi-polar condition. does anyone have this problem and if you do how do you handle it? thanks!

2006-10-31 03:49:00 · 11 answers · asked by donna h 2

razor blades, glass, knifes, needle or anything sharp!

2006-10-31 03:47:37 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was 18 when I got robbed at a gas station then at a FF reserunt. I was fail in High School and I thought I would not graduate. I had delusions, I was having sexual problems, and stay awake for 3 days then sleep for 1 day my Mom and Dad took me to hospital where I spent 1 week. I responded well to the structure of hospital food, sleep and relaxation. Then a few moths later I was walking home (4 miles) then I saw an Asian lady playing tennis in her garage. I was in a state of Delusion and wanted to get to know her. She was very pretty. Then I ask he for some water and waited in her garage the neighbors called the cops and I could see a policeman coming I was acting weird and he wrestled me and took me down. The doctor took me off the medication or changed it. Then when I was 20 I stop smoking pot and changed dorm rooms to try to keep away from my roommate that was always smoking pot. I was not getting much money from my parents, having problems in college and got into this rut of taking naps in the afternoon and not sleeping well at night, and fell behind on my homework. I decided to try to stay in the barracks during spring break. The hose lady warned me I had to leave but for some reason I stayed. She called my Dad at work and he had to come over there and pick me up and it was like 90 miles. He took me to the hospital. I stayed about a week, doc said I had PDSD and got back OK. Then when I was about 23 I joined the Navy and I had days where I did do some crazy stuff but did OK till I was 42. 9 months left in the Navy my wife had a kid and I was having problems with a chief at work. I had another breakdown. I spent 10 days in an Army Hospital they diagnosed me as depression. Then 6 moths later I was at the airport and couldn’t find my Mom. I was speeding in my car and wrecked it. The security stung my with a teaser and I was OK put I refused to take a breath liser. They sent me to the ER and then transferred me to Madigan again. I spent 5 days in there and the diagnosed me syciso. Then another 6 months after that I was un-employed out of the service and I felt my life was over. That Friday my wife said I was acting strange and left. I remember getting very confused and having trouble dressing. Monday my wife came back and I told her to call poison control. So the cops came and hauled me off to the ER where I spent another week. I was on Geodon then they switched me to injections of rispedal. I did Ok but some times I felt very nervous. Then I came to Oklahoma where I switched doctors. She wanted to give me Lithium, but my liver or kidney weren’t working right. So she keeps me on Geodon. I have gone from 80mg a day to 60 then 40. She says I am Bi-polar

2006-10-31 03:41:02 · 5 answers · asked by bush_is_an_idot 1

im adamant that i want a diagnosis so it can point the way forward for treatment for me.......should i go there expecting a diagnosis? if im unhappy with the meds ive been on for a year, should i expect that the psychiatrist change them? ive not seen in my view very understanding psychiatrists in the past, and im very apprehensive about this appointment, expecting not to get what i want.....should i simply explain my symptoms and go along with what he says. or should i go to the appointment demanding therapy a diagnosis and medication?

2006-10-31 02:35:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to file for disability on line for him, i need to know who to contact to obtain disability for a child.

2006-10-31 02:34:37 · 6 answers · asked by bbrush46@verizon.net 1

I am a white male working in the desert from the first time and I have developed extreme light sensitivity. To the extent that if there is a glimmer of light in the eye of someone I am talking to I cant hold eye contact. I am also slightly dislexic and have slight tunnell vision. Can anyone help or has anyone had this experience. This is really pis.sing me off as I can no longer hold even a semi long conversation with anyone. Also yes this problem has remained with me when I have gone back to less bright surroundings. I cant shake it anywhere.

2006-10-31 02:22:32 · 1 answers · asked by fsjock 2

Does anyone know if the same drug is available under a different name

2006-10-31 02:13:34 · 1 answers · asked by fsjock 2

I feel like I have no energy to do anything, feel comforted being home, except, I'm really bored.

2006-10-31 02:10:32 · 6 answers · asked by tamilynn 3

Hello

I have a tendency to daydream for hours on end, wasting a lot of time when I should be working or socializing. I seem to enjoy daydreaming rather than going out there in the 'real world'
I am a social misfit and have a problem making new friends although people who are friends with like me !!

Could this be a mental diagnosis ? What it the probable Differential diagnosis.

2006-10-31 02:10:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a family history of bipoalar and i was just woudering what exactly it is. Please explain it to me in detals. Thank You.

2006-10-31 02:02:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

By micro-events, I mean things that happen everyday that a non-bipolar person might be irritated with, but then shrug off or deal with it, whereas the same event for a bipolar person might send him/her scuttling to the far corners of the universe, now that their world has exploded.

I speak from personal experience: unfortunately, I have an all-or-nothing personality, and much to my own dismay, I can only see issues in black-and-white, and this gets me into heaps of personal trouble in my life, especially in relationships with family and my boyfriend.

I'm not officially diagnosed bipolar, but I'm wondering if the mood swings can be brought on by these external events as well as the biochemical imbalances (which I seem to experience as well- drastic mood changes for no external reason).

Thanks.

2006-10-31 01:50:20 · 5 answers · asked by Realmstarr 4

i have a problem

whenever at work i touch an object e.g. key board desk etc im a fraid to touch my clothes worried that there may be some infectious germs
i dont even use toilets at work worried i may catch an infection. jsut today i reluctantly washed my hands in the bathroom at work but then a guy walked past coming out of the toliets and for some reason i assumed he had urine on his hands which spriknled onto my hands. then i washed my hands with handwash but was afraid when i shook excess water off my hands scared that it may have hit dirty water in the basin and and speinkled back onto my hands,..........

you may have realised by now the extent of my condition, any reassurances or fellow members who suffered from this and any advice or tips??

thanks.

2006-10-31 01:45:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I maybe just at the floor - staring at nothing and thinking nothing. Is this normal?

2006-10-31 01:45:26 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I suffer from time to time with anxiety attacks...they always happen when things are going wrong with my life....my car is my biggest issue right now. But why do I get them?

2006-10-31 01:33:44 · 7 answers · asked by Babsygirl 4

I also get very stressed easily and cant control it,am off work at moment with stress and anxiety.Am i right in the head and can i take anything for it

2006-10-31 01:30:14 · 15 answers · asked by dope 1

And are there different clinical levels- mild, severe? Or is OCD just a single category?

Know anyone who has this, and how does it affect your life?

2006-10-31 01:19:37 · 5 answers · asked by rottymom02 5

I am a 19 year old male I have not had any friends and I work in an office. I find life so difficult I suffer from depression I am a very shy person I have feelings for a girl at work but she has a boyfriend everytime I see her I feel very nervous. I am afriad to go out I go to the gym early in the morning because no one's ever there. I am afraid to go out at night. Afraid to go to the cinema or to my doctor.

I always thought women liked nice men? No one wants to know me no one wants to be my friend people just use me.

2006-10-31 01:18:22 · 27 answers · asked by davidleeryan 2

i dont know what to do. please help.

2006-10-31 01:11:43 · 8 answers · asked by laura 2

I am coming out of a 5 year long depression how can I know if Im gone manic or Im getting to a normal?

2006-10-31 00:54:41 · 3 answers · asked by nora7142@verizon.net 6

My step daughters grandfather has cancer of the spine +lost the use of his legs but is mentally well. His only remaining daughter put him in a nursing home + told us not 2 worry about going 2 C him as he's so ill he only recognises her. The grandaughters have ignored this only to find he is his usual self but bedriden.
It emerges that in his will he left his money to be split between his 2 daughters, one who's manipulating him + the mother of the 3 grandaughters who died a year ago. The will stated that if either of his daughters died the money would then be passed on to the grandchildren. As one died her share was 2B divided between her 3 daughters. However, his solicitor has told the grandaughters that she has been trying to get his will changed entirely 2 her. This seems the reason she's keeping us all away. She's now sent Solicitors letter warning my partner never 2 visit as we R harrasing him! Can she do this against his will? She is truley evil 2 him +he's not happy about it

2006-10-31 00:52:09 · 16 answers · asked by mishka_aurora 1

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2006-10-30 23:26:03 · 3 answers · asked by happi 1

As times she forgets where she is and even who we are. She gets angry for no reason whatsoever and thinks someone has robbed her.

2006-10-30 23:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by irishstew 1

2006-10-30 22:32:34 · 14 answers · asked by Rico 7

2006-10-30 21:58:06 · 14 answers · asked by dale l 1