Mental Health - November 2006

my girlfriend and i are having some hard times. we recently moved to a city about 3 hours from my home town. i left all my friends, my family, everything, to be with her while shes going to school. there were some rumors going around about some stuff that i really dont want to talk about, but anyway lately i have been feeling really bad. i have lower back pain, headaches, and tooth aches. i feel really out of place alot. im irritable, and i just dont know whats wrong. i just do nothing all day and i have no desire to do anything. all i want to do, is lay in bed. if you have any information or guidance please help.

i would appreciate answers that are helpful. if you dont know what you are talking about please dont waste my time.

thanks.

2006-11-04 12:56:34 · 8 answers · asked by nickpayne 3

I have four sons. Before becoming pregnant with my last on, I started taking Paxil for SEVERE anxiety,panic attacks, and mood swings, as well as weird fears and phobias. Thankfully my baby was okay, but we plan to have another, and I really want to wean off this and on to something natural first. Truthfully, Paxil is my lifeline. I hate this feeling. I would feel alot safer on something herbal, or more natural. Plus Paxil has caused alot of weight gain.

2006-11-04 12:45:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

honestly.

2006-11-04 12:33:52 · 6 answers · asked by tinkerbellavic 1

been suffering for 15 years, have been on every med out there at one point or another and just spent 8 months off of everything... but it's tough. i need to go back to my shrink and was wondering if anyone has had success over the long term with any particular SSRI. MAOI or tricyclic. thank you!

2006-11-04 12:26:11 · 9 answers · asked by blueplanetpub 1

Im 16 and for the past few months I have felt really sad, and I just cant get up to go to school so I am always missing many days. My friends are hanging out without me now, and I feel like they are bored with me. I know a couple of people in my family have depression, so could I have it? What should I do? I really dont talk to my parents about stuff, so I really dont know what to do.

2006-11-04 12:22:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 13 and I cutt myself. I have 3 cuts across the inside of my left arm, and an X on my left shoulder, I'm gonna carve the word HATE above the 3 on my arm right below my wrist. My friends say I should stop, but I don't want to I like the feeling, and it's like when I get upset or things build up, I can't cry to get rid of them I try but I just don't cry. Cutting is my way of getting rid of it. I talked to my school counsler, and my parents made me go see like 3 other counslers but none of them helped, they just stressed me out and made me do it more. I tried drawing in a journal, but all the pictures are dead and bleeding. I drew bloody knives and razor blades. I also think about suicide and am always depressed. Is there something wrong with me? Is there something I can take or do to make it stop? The cutting doesn't bother me, I like the way it feels, but the suicide scares me.

2006-11-04 12:16:40 · 24 answers · asked by emo_cutter_princess 1

Or are there just people in desperate need of help?

2006-11-04 12:01:53 · 15 answers · asked by shaydn e 2

I'd love to be able to journal, but I tend to find when I start journaling it makes me even more self contained and insular. At the moment I am dealing with severe depression and part of me thinks that having somewhere to write down (I'm not interested in typing it or putting it online) what I'm feeling will help. Or would I be better just trying to forget about it all and move on?

2006-11-04 11:55:48 · 10 answers · asked by hazystitcher 1

I am experiencing a clinical or episodic depression and for a month I have been living in desperation. I saw my MD and was started on an SSRI but of course I won't notice a difference for at least 3 weeks and I am struggling to hold on. I know I am not alone as many people have felt my pain and survived. Many have welcomed the pain as they grew from the experience and are living a better life. I'm all for the "big picture" but the overwhelming waves of grief and despair are wearing me thin and I just want to escape. I force myself to go out and be social as much as I am able, I try to exercise and listen to the self help tapes and so forth. It feels like I am white knuckling my way through this and I don't know how long my strength will carry me. I can't find peace right now, not even in prayer or self reflection. I saw a psychologist last week who advised that this depression was distorting my thought process and I agree with her.
Can anyone share something, anything that may help me

2006-11-04 11:48:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is this true?

2006-11-04 11:48:47 · 6 answers · asked by Alex 2

I've banged my head and I have total amnesia (except for remembering how to log on here, that I can remember perfectly - thank God)

What can I do to get my memory back? I can't remember where my doctor is, so I can't go there. My only hope is that someone reading this can fill me in on my entire life.

I'm relying on you all, PLEASE don't let me down.

2006-11-04 11:17:15 · 37 answers · asked by kevin m 2

every day i go in my corner to cry.i even cried at Disneyland!i have done everything to make myself happier again,but to no avail.i have no real problems but i think it may be a problem that i haven't realized yet,and i am clueless about it.i don't have thoughts of death or cutting my wrists or suicide.

2006-11-04 11:14:09 · 16 answers · asked by sooooooohungry 2

I don't know what's worse, maybe i'm going through a midlife crisis.

2006-11-04 11:06:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anxiety?? Depression?? Suicidal??

Why do i feel like this?
Serious answers only please.

2006-11-04 11:02:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi need see get professional help already spoken to a councellor didnt work, and am on anti depressants i hate myself when something goes wrong in my life ie men i lose it and cant walk away and tell lies to try and fix it up it never works and although they believe the lies i feel terrible and just want to die and i mean die i need to find something that works like some type of threaphy please help

2006-11-04 10:47:14 · 7 answers · asked by sexygirl 2

if so,how do you handle it ?? or dont you ???

2006-11-04 10:44:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean have you quit without a decrease in Mg of your meds - without your doctor's guidance? I did and over a year later I'm still alive, but thoughts of suicide are prevalent. My doctor didn't even know when I went back to see her. She thought the treatment was a success. If you've been through something like this or know anyone who has, I'd like to chat with you.

2006-11-04 10:30:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

She was dumped by her boyfriend about 6 months earlier and went to pieces and so I took her to a psychiatrist. They hospitalized her and she started on Zoloft, the lowest dose available. After a couple sessions with the psychiatrist. She was up to 125 mg then he wanted me to increase the dose to 200mg. I am not allowed in on the counseling sessions, but the psychiatrist tells me she claims to still be depressed and suicidal. She was shaking so badly, I took her out to eat, and she could not hold a fork. I had to take her to the ER for strep and the ER doctor was appauled, by the high dose and told me to get her off the Zoloft by decreasing her dose in 1/2. then cut down again then again, so I did. She is much better now. I found out she was throwing up in the trash can in her English class and they called me to come and get her out of school because she was so out of it. My daughter is such a manipulator. I dont know if her psychiatrist a quack. She is 5'2" and weighs 99 lbs

2006-11-04 10:25:22 · 12 answers · asked by happydawg 6

I have a 14 year old who easily has been suffering from depression a majority of his life. I think based upon the death of his sister when he was 3, and has just grown from there. I have tried giving him herbs. Treating him for hyperhomocysteinemia with vitamins, and also learned much about mental therapy on my own in the last 14 years which Ive used to try to help him. But...

He is not getting better, and now going into his teenage years I am worried that it will get out of control somewhere soon.

Is it time for help? Or am I missing something. And does counceling ever help?

2006-11-04 10:18:26 · 8 answers · asked by oregonnymph 2

Isn’t it very ironic that people say that our immigration policy is too restrictive in this country and that the requirements for citizenship are too prohibitive as well. Yet it’s almost impossible to become a citizen in any of the nations south of the Rio Grande. Its especially hard in Mexico, in fact until recently you were not considered a citizen of Mexico unless your family went back at least two generations. Being born in Mexico wasn’t enough to be called Mexican or to hold office.

2006-11-04 10:06:47 · 14 answers · asked by wzant1 2

I have a serious problem related to my life ..can u help?
i am doing my engineering .i have lost 3 years because of attendance shortage(because of an accident).i wasn't allowed to take up my exams.I am slipping into depression..its been many years since i spoke to anyone in my family although we have been living in the same house.i just sit in my room day after day..week after week..trying to figure out a solution but no one even bothers to knock on my door
I am avoiding all my friends till i find the answers.
i havent completed my graduation...
i never get out of my room.
though i have never seen drugs till now...my dad thinks im into drugs...

my family isnt bothered ...i consulted a psychiatrist but it did'nt help much..
i have also attemted suicide a few times.
i know that sounds week but i had no other choise. in the place where i live..,people treat you like dirt if you are'nt educated.(atleast a basic degree). now i seriously want to complete engineering but..

2006-11-04 09:50:22 · 7 answers · asked by confused 1

My son, 24, still has delusions after using methamphetamine. He is on Abilify. His doc can't talk to me--privacy issues. Is this permanent? Have others recovered after so long?

2006-11-04 09:50:10 · 4 answers · asked by mary e 2

I'm going through some stuff right now, and I would just feel a lot better if I told someone about it. My school counselor's too busy, my parents are crazy, and some of this stuff involves my friends so I can't tell them about it. Maybe through email, AIM .. any of you?

2006-11-04 09:46:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

do u think people with body dysmorphia are actually more in touch with reality than the rest of us? it's just they don't deal with the reality quite as well. Or are they just seeing something that really isn't there?

2006-11-04 09:39:13 · 5 answers · asked by pseudoname 3

it seems like everything that could go wrong in my life has why ??what have i done wrong

2006-11-04 09:24:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

be feeling bored and depressed..I tried everytrhing...I left the screen for two weeks ,,but returned after ..Temptation was high..Any clue how to stop this addiction? it became to a situation it is either it or no good life or good sleep,,,Very hard choice...!!!

2006-11-04 09:10:25 · 2 answers · asked by qwerty 2

be feeling bored and depressed..I tried everytrhing...I left the screen for two weeks ,,but returned after ..Temptation was high..Any clue how to stop this addiction? it became to a situation it is either it or no good life or good sleep,,,Very hard choice...!!!

2006-11-04 09:06:18 · 2 answers · asked by qwerty 2

All my life it has been a struggle for me to feel safe and secure. I fear people, places, life in general. But I have adapted to this, and most do not know that I have this horrible delima. Someone mentioned Anxiety Disorder. I don't know. But I have done all sorts of therapy, spent a lot of money...anything, so that I could face it and work with it. I do not believe in drugs. I just wonder if there is something else out there that I have not thought of? Any expert out there who might be able to shed some light? I know my potential is great, and I feel where my path is in life, but too scared to actually do it.

I'm very intuitive, but that does not help when I am faced with this strange thing. ugh....please, serious replies only would be nice. Thanks.

2006-11-04 08:55:53 · 7 answers · asked by sweeta : 5

any tips would be helpful~

2006-11-04 08:53:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know anything about demon possesion ive looked on the internet some, I'm a christian, even though sometimes i don't say i am but recently its hard to say amen in my head i try to pronounce it but it doesn't come out right. I keep coming towrds the idea of me being possesed but i don't know. I have paranio deppression and i might have bi - polar but i don't know. Can anyone relate? Does anyone know what i should do?

2006-11-04 08:49:27 · 20 answers · asked by Lightning34 1