Mental Health - October 2006

I am 18 years old, and have suffered from severe depression for as long as I can remember. I can almost never sleep unless I stay up until I honestly pass out. I feel sick to my stomach nearly all the time, have headaches alot and back-aches....stiff neck. I lay in my bed and cry to myself alot, wondering why the hell I feel like this all the time, I feel no one gets me and honestly feel like i'm being tortured, and suicide seems like a viable option. I have failed to stay in college, and tried numerous times to keep a job to no avail. I am seeing a psychologist but can't bring myself to tell her I constantly think of suicide for fear of being sent to a looney bin or something. I have tried several times to take my own life, as recent as a year ago. When i wake up in the morning, I cannot think of one thing that makes me happy. I have zippy-zappy feeling in my head about every 10 secons, but i think it is because i have recently switched anti-depressants, Please help if u can.

2006-10-19 01:05:47 · 21 answers · asked by ? 2

Problems, frustrations, and despair are inevitable. This would be the only way of getting out fast.

2006-10-19 00:55:37 · 13 answers · asked by G.Gonzales 1

Ive got to the point in my life where i am thining that i was cursed when i was born and everytime i get back on track i get thrown back down to feeling nothing... and thats my problem... i get that upset angry and jumbled up that nothing matters anymore...

I cant start over again ... i dont have the energy anymore...

I sat outside lastnight... tears streaming down my face but with no emotion.... im empty and want my world to stop... i dont want to wake up everyday and when i do... i have to think how i can cope with this next day... I know this isnt a question but im at my witts end here... i just want to know that ending it... isnt the right thing to do...

Dont say go speak to your gp.... ive been on pills had the councilling.. and they tell me im fine... how can i be fine when i feel like this....

2006-10-19 00:49:46 · 39 answers · asked by Cat ( " , ) 3

I picked up my bottle of pills at the pharmacy today and noticed that my 75mg of effexor looks different....it used to be long a peach pill with red letters on it...now it's these round pink pills. The label used to read effexor but but now it says venlafaxine HCL...did effexor change or did I get the wrong perscription?

2006-10-19 00:42:09 · 4 answers · asked by charming_imogen 2

It may sound like a silly detial to some, but it really worries me. I know I suffer from some form of depression, and have done for years. I think I've finally reached the point where i need to get seek help with managing it. But by telling my GP it goes on my record. This medical record is then accessed by credit ratings agencies when you apply for a mortgage, start a pension, take out life insurance. I'm worried that admitting i have a problem will make all of these things harder for me: that I'll be considered a problem case. Please, anyone who knows about these things - help me.

2006-10-19 00:40:58 · 15 answers · asked by moon_dust_222 1

Do people who do this...is it a spur of the moment decision or is it planned for a long time. I'm trying to make some sense out of this madness. Thank you.

2006-10-19 00:38:24 · 20 answers · asked by steph h 1

I'm wondering because I'm not afraid of anything else but, when it storms I completely wig out I won't even go to work if I think it might get bad outside...I always think the worst is going to happen and the anticipation is almost to much to handle...what can I do to get rid of this it's been like this for 9 years now?

2006-10-19 00:26:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi All,

Please suggest some ideas to control our feelings(happy/sad) to keep our mind in balance.

Cheers,
Nimmi.

2006-10-19 00:18:09 · 20 answers · asked by Nimmi 1

2006-10-18 23:49:51 · 4 answers · asked by Padhu 1

I've fallen into depression too, and it had affect me in every way. To be honest and more specific, it even affects my sexuaity, how? well it sometimes makes me feel stronger feelings for sex when I'm honestly a calm person. I take care of myself and I don't have sex w/ any guy. Anyway is there an explination and a way to fight this?

2006-10-18 22:58:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am I crazy because I want to talk to someone so bad about it that I'm tempted to email people I don't really know because they seem nice online? And then when I get the chance to actually talk about it with someone who I know cares, its like I physically can't get it out.... even though at that exact same time I feel desperate to say something... I try, but it just won't come out.

What's wrong with me?

2006-10-18 22:35:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

please please help i have not been sleeping for a couple of months now and its really getting me down am really stressed and things are getting on to of me. am usually a happy go lucky girl who is always laughing and joking about but its got so bad on tuesday i took an overdose i dont no why i did this as i have never thought about doing anything like this before i just need sleep but dont want to take sleeping pills PLEASE HELP

2006-10-18 22:31:10 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

has been caught but still she carrys on........ can somebody suggest a cure for her?

2006-10-18 22:30:27 · 4 answers · asked by dawn 1

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2006-10-18 22:18:06 · 19 answers · asked by boobu 1

this sucks and i'm over the whole thing. i don't care anymore i just don't care. not really a question i know, more of a rant and i'm not really expecting answers but just wanted to rant... or curl up and cry.

2006-10-18 22:15:01 · 11 answers · asked by colonel 2

Im not saying this for attention, because no one else knows. I need some help. Im 17 now. When I was 15 I overdosed on whiskey and 27 perks. I havent been the same since. My family and friend wont let me talk about it, and when I do they dont listen. I think the pills messed me up. Im argueing with myself in my head. Ill completely freak out for no reason sometimes. Ill go numb and freak out. I like to hurt myself, like cutting myself. Im really confused, and have very little memory. I cant think anymore, its like my mind has been dulled. I am afarid of everything! I dropped outta skool, and I am afraid to live my life. I am extremely afraid of death, but Im also scared to live. Im sooo confused! I know I should go to the doctors, but Im even afarid to take other medicine. Sorry this sounds like ranting, but has this happened to anyone else? Is this because of the pills, or is it because I am a teenager? Any advice or anything at all will help!!!

2006-10-18 22:11:58 · 10 answers · asked by TeRi 1

i'll try to express my fear/misunderstanding very briefly.

i believe that if you try your best that you will make it and have the kind of life you've pictured in your mind. however, i get really discouraged by reading about all that's going on. i love the good, uplifting news but I hate it when I read about someone's failure, tragedy, you name it...should i not be thinking about these at all? i am a very sensitive person and i get easily affected by that kind of stuff but i also think it's selfish not to think about other people's lives when things don't go the right way.

so i really have just 2 questions that bother me big time.

1. do you believe that if you work towards your goal, you will achieve it?

2. is it best to stop thinking about the negativity of this world unless I know someone personally that I can help, of course.

thanks

2006-10-18 21:56:16 · 6 answers · asked by Eden 1

Yeah its me again and I really appreciate you guys helping me out (to all of you)Thanks. I suffer from extreme anxiety and Icant get my brain to shut down for a second even if I am exhausted. I have tried types of sleep aids with no luck. EX.all non prescriptions stuff/seroquel/trazodone which helps a little/risperdal, remeron,.

2006-10-18 21:21:49 · 16 answers · asked by rebfitness 1

2006-10-18 21:19:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-18 21:15:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am exhausted but i can't sleep at night, and i skip my classes to sleep sometimes during the day. i am kind of worried about things, and i think that may be part of it. i don't go to sleep early enought to take sleeping medicine.

2006-10-18 20:48:10 · 11 answers · asked by anabelle 2

And why is it even hard to stop? I keep deciding to stop, but then I always do it again, just once more, but of course it's not really just once because it happens every time I try to stop.

2006-10-18 20:35:11 · 12 answers · asked by Sam 1

i feel so sad lately,i had a break up from the man i love,he told me we can still be friends,when he told me that i get ill and i get high pressure and started to throw up ,my body got very weak,and i sleep alot and cry for the simplest reason,i dont know what happened to me,i wanna get back to my normal life,im computer engineer student and i lost focus on my study ,i wanna get that back ,i dont wanna fail this semester,i already have depression and take medicines for that ,i feel i get to worst condition i dont know what to do?

2006-10-18 20:33:31 · 6 answers · asked by borz_f 2

I'm a pretty young mom(so self confidence isnt the problem). I have really bad SAD. when i was younger i thought i was abnormal but after research found out i have SAD> I absolutely hate it. I did in my teenage years use alot of pot and i'm thinking it changed my brain chemistry because now i am plagued by this terrible disorder. does anyone else have it or been cured??and how??

2006-10-18 20:20:36 · 3 answers · asked by bianca_ca777 2

PEOPLE INFACT FORGET THE MISSING DIMENSION IN SEX, WHAT SEX IS ALL ABOUT? HOW YOUR MIND REACT TO IT? WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE DIMENSION IN SEX? HOW ONE SHOULD SEE SEX AS THE POWER WITHING WHICH AWAIT TO EXPLORE THROUGH YOUR RIGHT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SEX!

2006-10-18 19:14:03 · 4 answers · asked by TAPAN 1

2006-10-18 19:13:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well, I mean be able to consciously generate a felling of current in your spinal cord by just thinking about it.

2006-10-18 18:53:37 · 2 answers · asked by dmentepr 3

I'm not sure if there is a difference between the two. I have been having these weird pains for about a year now... I'm in a store or some place with a lot of people and my heart starts racing, breathless, and feeling like I need to vomit. I just feel so overwhelmed I have to get out of the place I'm at right away. I thought this was just because I was shy but I'm starting to wonder if it could be something more..

2006-10-18 18:26:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

yahoo has been playing tricks on me.

2006-10-18 18:14:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been on zoloft .for 6 months now . i have been on other med`s before with no hope .

can you please share with me you`r method of coping with depression?
any tips on treatments?
thanks.

2006-10-18 17:18:47 · 7 answers · asked by Deedeeyahoo 3