Mental Health - October 2006

I have very persistent depression and have just read about people using Ritalin and other adhd meds for relief. Please don't answer this if you have ABUSED Ritalin.I only want to know if it and similar meds are addictive at therapeutic doses (eg less than 60mg)Thanx

2006-10-15 19:29:49 · 7 answers · asked by norcal763 2

HSE is a mental disorder that I was diagnosed with after having a seizure at work and many other seizures that followed. My neurologist told me not to worry as it will go away in approximately 6 months. This was almost 3 years ago.
HSE is affecting me greatly. My memory is shot, limiting my vocabulary, comprehension, creativity.. not to mention how it is wrecking my work. I can't remember conversations with people, can't remember names, faces, passwords, PIN's, phone numbers, etc.. I feel afraid of stepping out of the house in case I have an aura (where I space-out) or have a seizure.
I can list many, many other ways I have been affected, but the one that scares me the most is the depression that comes with it all.
I would like to hear from anyone who has been through or going through HSE and how they are handling it. appreciate it, thank you.

2006-10-15 19:18:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I experience self-esteem and depression. I suffer everyday silently, no one knows im blowing-up and jumping from a cliff from within my mind. It's getting harder to get up everyday. I manage people, work with important persons, coordinate events, manage budgets at a community health center, but i feel very little and insignificant. Help me.

2006-10-15 19:14:31 · 9 answers · asked by ToyArt Guy 1

I have suffered with anxiety for 9 years now. There are times when i am doing great, and then i have a setback and get all the symptoms back, ie heart racing, cant breath, trembling, etc... Just wondering when you get flare ups how do you cope with them and symptoms?

2006-10-15 19:08:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

if your loved one leaves you because of your depression?

2006-10-15 18:47:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This 16 year old girl has Bipolar. people seems to stay away from her because of it i also heard before when she was about 12 her life changed because of something...now when she try to be friends with someone their parents told her they dont want her to be around them. when she never done anything (I suspose that happen after first day they met her & told them she was bipolar) now she isnt to social...Can you tell me how i can make her feel better?

2006-10-15 18:27:56 · 12 answers · asked by Maria AKA one of a kind 3

...right this very second? Please extrapolate.

2006-10-15 18:24:11 · 14 answers · asked by Frankie P 4

I only have 1000 characters to work with so I'll try to explain this as best as possible. Both of my parents are having mental breakdowns. It started with my dad 4 years ago after many bad things happening including losing his job of 25 years, and many deaths in the family. He hears voices, he sees things, he thinks people or demons are talking to him. He's been hostpitalized on 3 occasions, allways to be released because he has no insurance. My mom lost her job recently after a crazy indident and now she too is acting the same way. She's hearing things, she thinks demons are attacking our family etc. I don't know what to do. I have to pay their rent, and utitlies so they aren't homeless. They can't afford a doctor of course. I wish I could explain in more detail but there isn't enough room. I don't know what to do. I'm desperate to help my parents here, please give some advice. The doctors won't help, the hospitals wont help, and I don't know where else to turn.

2006-10-15 18:11:40 · 10 answers · asked by J M 2

What would you do? Commit yourself to a mental institution for life? Is that actually possible?

2006-10-15 17:46:05 · 16 answers · asked by Artie 1

2006-10-15 17:31:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

seeking helpful advice Iam in a dilema,I might have to give up my dream of a certain career choice because of financial difficulties. here's the thing I moved to pursue my dream Im taking all the necessary steps to achieve it and I want to continue, but certain problems arose and now I'm in a bad situation I have no help and my family isn't so supportive their more on the realistic side of "your bills have to get paid" kind of thing they want me to move back and I REALLY,REALLY,REALLY don't want to because I have no where to go and I'll become severly stuck with them because everytime I go back to visit something comes up and I have to stay another week or month there. Iam depress and I know that if I have to leave then my pursuing my dream will end, I can't keep trying I took other avenues and even graduated from college, but my heart is not in it.I know that if this does happen I will not know what to do with my life. Iam so troubled by this any suggestions?

2006-10-15 17:25:50 · 11 answers · asked by sam 3

I had a really strange dream last night like I've never had before.

I dreamed that there was a girl with greyish brown hair and pink lips... I ended up kissing her and even though it was a dream it was one of the best kisses I've ever had. her name was either Ruth or Chloe but I can't remember which.

I can't remember everything but I remember she lived in a road called Christie Crescent. I looked this road up and there's actually a road in New Zealand called Christie Crescent.

I can remember this girls face which is strange because I've never seen her before and it's impossible to dream a face you've never seen before.

I can't get her out of my head. Does anyone think that this was maybe some kind of vision?

Thanks

2006-10-15 17:23:55 · 6 answers · asked by Mr. Clean 1

I've been diagnosed schizoaffective bipolar and am on Risperdal and Lithium and I'm coming out of a relapse, but I'm noticing my personality is changing. I am now more closed off, caring about things I used to be apathetic about, more self-conscience about my body and weight, and when I am around people I like and am comfortable with, I'm not as I used to be where I'd join in the fun. I used to be fairly sexual, and now I find I'm pulling away completely, to where the thought of a kiss makes me cringe. So another questions, am I out of the relapse or is it still there?

2006-10-15 17:19:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

how to i tell my husband and friends and collegues that i cant cope at the moment i mean on the surface its all good but then when i get 5 mins to myself i realise just how close i am to loosing the plot dont get me wrong i can deal with the here and now but its afterwards that it all hits home and i cant think streight please no nasty answers also please excuse the crap spelling

2006-10-15 17:08:27 · 20 answers · asked by NetNet 2

i'm easily manipulated
i'm gullible
i don't know how to choose friends
i don't know who to trust
i want to depend on my boyfriend but for how long, before he gets tired of it?

2006-10-15 17:08:02 · 18 answers · asked by anxiousgirl888 1

:(

2006-10-15 17:04:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Happiness: myth, legend, fleeting feeling, or truly attainable?

2006-10-15 17:01:29 · 15 answers · asked by apeystar 3

Why are some people "homosexuals"
Is their a specific reason?

2006-10-15 16:52:33 · 15 answers · asked by Mario 3.14 (1592653589...etc) 1

2006-10-15 16:39:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

im shaking.
there is just so much pressure
grades, school, family, friends
how can i just breifly get away from everything
something i can just do at home
how do you clear your mind?
theres everything running through mine
im just so worried about everything
and pannicky-its so hard for me to handle
same during tests. what can i do w/o getting in trouble
i just get so tense and i panic and blank out.

2006-10-15 16:38:17 · 5 answers · asked by lo 2

2 yrs ago i started having panoc attacks so bad where i had to have effexor for this. 8 months ago i had my daughter and she was born deseased and she was revived but it was a difficult delivery anyhow. i noticed a week later that my mind wasnt right. i wasnt thinking right. my mind races, and i feel like i am having or had a stroke because i will not think or be able to. 3 days ago i finally weaned off the effexor due to it causing mania counteracting with the lithium, so at nights it is hard, jittery, feel like my throat is closing up again, and the mind racing thing isnt stopping. i feel like i am gng insane. i have 3 children and love them dearly. thats why i take the lithium and the xanax. what do i do? what do i have. help me someone, anyone please! i dont want to go insane!

2006-10-15 16:21:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to do some sort of ritual to get rid of the negative energy associated with an ex boyfriend, and bad experiences from my past. Want to have some sort of meaningful ritual to do, so I can be done with old baggage. I was thinking of having a small fire. are there specific herbs I could burn, perhaps for some kind of purification or to neutralize negativity????

2006-10-15 16:06:00 · 9 answers · asked by littledrummergirl 2

2006-10-15 15:57:13 · 4 answers · asked by Robert_PV 2

Im growing slower and slower by the moment, Im having auditory hallucinations and my relationships are failing. How do I cure myself?
I have tried meditation,prayer,sex,exercise, but nothing seems to help. Can you help me?

2006-10-15 15:49:41 · 10 answers · asked by maguathehearteater 1

if you feel comfortable please provide me details, if not, that's fine too. thank you!!

2006-10-15 15:45:37 · 15 answers · asked by ? 6

2006-10-15 15:26:59 · 14 answers · asked by Arigato ne 5

2006-10-15 15:24:46 · 6 answers · asked by SuperCityRob 4

if i have social phobia,how can i cope with it especially im studying in college.It troubles me a lot.

2006-10-15 15:21:55 · 8 answers · asked by sochn9022jkl 1

I always Had a Love for my work. I worked for Fuji in tech sales worked for agfa as well. Then opened my own small printing company. I would jump out of bed in the morning to get to my job. My wife would Have to drag me away at night. I LOVED MY WORK!!!! ( did this for 20 years)
Now in the past 7 years since I closed my company ( due to Web and down turn in printing) I had 5 Jobs working for somone else. I could not stand it !!!! So Here I am at 52 very depressed No money and feeling Bad!!! I do HandyMan work ( I am good at it However It is spoty and Its Not In my Heart. I need work that I make good money But Need the pasion Back!!!! HELP

2006-10-15 15:20:37 · 4 answers · asked by skillwithtools 1

Like you're not alive or don't exist? Is that a common feeling?

2006-10-15 15:18:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous