Mental Health - November 2006

who has children she is impatient with, a husband who often works late, is suffering from post traumatic stress from childhood who asks bizarre questions all day long but can't/ doesn't want to hear the truth? I'd offer to pay for her therapy but there's a conflict of interest because she is not one of my cases! There's definite signs of substance abuse and neurosis .Scholars with experience please reply...What should I tell her? She is constantly begging for help & attention...

2006-11-20 10:51:44 · 4 answers · asked by Brains & Beauty 6

i'm a veteran of the USAF. when i left 2 years ago i was a size 5 and was in tip-top shape. i have been in school recently took the summer/fall semester off so i could stay at home with my 2 babies ( i do plan on returning next semester). my marriage is failing and as soon as our home sells (soon hopefully) i plan on filing for a divorce. we live in the middle of nowhere (a very small texas town) and i have no family or friends around (and trust me i have tried). the reason why i tell you this is because this might have a lot to do with the problem that i am asking all of you. i am seriosly concerened about my weight. i have gained about 6 since i have been staying home. my eating has been out of control and is getting worse. i take over the counter diet pills cause my dr wouldnt prescribe me any. i get no exercise. i feel exhausted/overwhelmed all the time. has anyone ever oversome this feeling and if so how? please no negative replies. im having a hard enough time dealing with this.

2006-11-20 10:49:55 · 5 answers · asked by portuguese_tease 2

Does anybody know a good website/chat room for people with eating disorders? An English based one preferrably. Thanks in advance.

2006-11-20 10:47:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was prescribed 10mg a day of Lexapro six months ago and my prescription is about to run out (4 pills left). I don't feel like it helped/affected me at all during the past six months and I don't want to continue taking it. I know going off it cold turkey is bad, so how should I go about weaning myself off of it?

2006-11-20 10:47:38 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6

I'm feeling crazy right now. I need to figure out what's wrong with me. I feel depressed. I feel like I have some mental condition, but maybe I don't and Im telling myself that to give myself an excuse for how crappy I am.

I was talking with my mom and she asked me why I don't hang out with anyone. She suggested that I don't feel like I fit in. Which is totally right, but it shouldn't be. I look normal, if not attractive. In fact I see girls checking me out a lot. But I don't feel normal and sometimes when I look into the mirror it's as if that person isn't really me, or im not good enough to be that person. I wonder why anyone really likes me because I see nothing in me.

Maybe I really am depressed. Maybe I just want attention. I really don't know. I shouldn't have any reason for being depressed. I only have one more day of school and then I have a big thanksgiving break. I should be feeling happy.

2006-11-20 10:36:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think that it's right that people can be committed, against their will, if they want to committ suicide? (I don't want religious answers either, we all know religion doesn't like it.) Isn't it is your life to do with as you wish? Why does someone have the right to 'force' you to live? Should they?

2006-11-20 10:20:16 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know talking to yourself is classicaly described as the first sign of madness but I've always done it, since I was a little kid (now in my early 20's.) Previously I've tried not to let it bother me as I can usually restrain myself in public but I'm starting to think it puts people off me.

Has anyone else dealt with this problem? Do I need professional help or are there techniques I can use to stop? I'm not really worried about my sanity but it would be nice to be able to keep all my thoughts to myself (and not appear quite so weird)

2006-11-20 10:04:05 · 33 answers · asked by Dave S 1

What do you take for schizophrenia?

2006-11-20 09:33:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm feeling crazy right now. I need to figure out what's wrong with me. I feel depressed. I feel like I have some mental condition, but maybe I don't and Im telling myself that to give myself an excuse for how crappy I am.

I was talking with my mom and she asked me why I don't hang out with anyone. She suggested that I don't feel like I fit in. Which is totally right, but it shouldn't be. I look normal. But I don't feel normal and sometimes when I look into the mirror it's as if that person isn't really me, or im not good enough to be that person. I wonder why anyone really likes me because I see nothing in me.

Maybe I really am depressed. Maybe I just want attention. I really don't know.

2006-11-20 09:19:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-20 09:13:45 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. Basketnutz! 2

2006-11-20 09:07:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

A mintue ago, I was rubbing my eyes when suddenly these strange graphics started flowing around in my eyes, Is my mind createing these graphics or what?

2006-11-20 09:01:52 · 5 answers · asked by akeller 2

of course your not a doctor, of course i should ask one

i really want to hear your opinions on what you think is wrong with me. please don't cut and paste from websites, i want to hear you OPINION.
i've been told it's depression by one doc and ADD by another because of ADD symptoms going back to childhood

42/male married with 2 daughters

my LIFELONG habits-

-hard time waking up
-hard time starting or finishing projects although i am well compensated.
-dilly dally all day looking at websites when i can be working
-generally unmotivated to do anything from simple chores to going out

past 2 years-

-mother died (father died long ago)
-best friend died
-lost a great paying job (lack of attention, not talent)
-bought a house that is the money pit
-had a vasectomy that didn't work
-second vasectomy did

also, one of my daughters is disabled with a tumor based disease and i have seizure's due to a bike accident when i was younger.

so... what's wrong with me?

2006-11-20 09:00:31 · 15 answers · asked by Tighe 2

I was just wondering, what causes one to be immature/mature? I know it has something to do with how one may be raised, but is there any other components? if so, what?

2006-11-20 08:57:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my own house....When i know the Doors are locked.
I'm fine out side in the dark...Its just the house.

Why is that?
I have no clue....

2006-11-20 08:51:46 · 7 answers · asked by †ᴰᴲᵛᴵᴸ† 5

shes only 51, but shes always forgetting everything, even simple or really important stuff. we kind of laugh at it but sometimes its sort of scary the things she forgets

2006-11-20 08:24:41 · 6 answers · asked by guitarusa2001 1

2006-11-20 08:00:38 · 16 answers · asked by bianca_ca777 2

I`ve been thinking of killing myself latley. I wonder if there is something on the other side of death?

2006-11-20 07:55:28 · 23 answers · asked by jessygal30 1

Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking, Video games, Gambling....
Which do you think is the worst kind of addiction to have?

2006-11-20 07:54:20 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been up for way to long..so fill me in guys and gals..

2006-11-20 07:41:52 · 6 answers · asked by ryanneil1977 2

I suffered from panic and Anxiety 10yrs ago, got over it. NOw within the past 2 months, they are back strong. My heart rate stayed elevated over 100 and at times 150 during an attack. All the anxiety brought up my blood pressure, not too high but a bit elevated. The dr put me on a beta blocker and xanax.
I had 5 ekg's and a echo, all was fine.
Has anyone else been through this?

2006-11-20 07:39:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 12 yr old step daughter who says she’s a cutter. I’ve seen the marks on her ankle & wrist, they are small scratch like cuts. Obviously done with something sharp enough to cut the skin, however the cuts aren’t deep. They resemble cat scratches if I were trying to describe them efficiently. From what I have read about cutters, telling friends, & looking the subject up on the internet seems a bit out of character for someone who is doing this as a release. She doesn’t attempt to hide her cutting, has told her grandparents, mother, & girls at school about this. I have been informed by her principal that a few of her classmates were suspended for bringing razor blades to school, apparently these girls are ‘cutters’ too. My guess would be that she is doing this for attention, & because these other girls are also doing this. Either way it’s disturbing to me, & I want to get her the help she needs, but I also don’t want to reinforce this issue by making it into more than it is.

2006-11-20 07:35:29 · 19 answers · asked by Jessica 4

i am a 19 year old, single, childless, jobless, carless female. i graduated from high school early when i was 17 and since then i haven't been doing anything but jumping from job to job. i am being urged to go to college and i am taunted by my mother because my manic depressive personality won't let me keep a job. And when i do have a job i never get any hours for some unknown reason, and it never works out. my mother is ashamed of me because i am not doing what she thinks i should be doing. but sometimes i sit down and ask myself, "are there any 18 or 19 yr olds who have it altogether anyway?"
my family stresses me out so much about getting myself together that i forget that i am inly 19. i was diagnosed as bipolar so i've been dealing witrh it on my own. my mom just thinks i want to act crazy when its not in my control when my "episodes" start. she makes me feel like a burden and so unwanted. my depression is ruining my life and has been for 3 years! what should i do!

2006-11-20 07:29:25 · 10 answers · asked by Tainted Soul 2

I think I am hacing an anxiety attack...or at least that I have them frequently I am trying to do some work but I cannot think about anything except for stressful events...I am in class and I cannot work because I cannot stop thinking stressful thoughts please someone tell me what I can do...?

2006-11-20 07:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by Jazziest 2

well i have just finished my first semsester of college and i have really messed up. So i went to a psy. on campus and they suggested i withdraw for the semester so i don't have to bring up all the f's which i did. also alot of this stems from my depression but also from add. So im going to start taking medication for it again. i haven't gone to my psychiatrist yet but i have to say im alittle afraid. my mother hates the idea of mental health *bad for a nurse i know* but i really think this is going to help and this is worth it. i just have to say im afraid to start taking meds again. i don't want to be anarexic again... just kinda scared in general. just looking for some solace i suppose.

2006-11-20 07:11:53 · 1 answers · asked by yup yep 2

In the past my friend has self harmed (cutting her arms and legs) but recently she has gotten better with the help and support of me and her other friends but today she came into school with three ear piercings that she did herself. When I asked her why and how she did it she said, i was bored and i just shoved the needles through my ears and put an earing in. I asked her she did it because she wanted to feel pain (basically was she self harming) and she got really annoyed and said that it wasnt, and she just wanted her ears pierced again. But I feel its self harm. What do you think? Self harm or just because she wants her ears pierced?

2006-11-20 06:58:26 · 6 answers · asked by just_a_metaphor 2

2006-11-20 06:53:22 · 19 answers · asked by rob261171 1

2006-11-20 06:48:50 · 20 answers · asked by [ΦΘΚ] ﮎl4CK3R 2

Im 21 years years old and I have a really bad short term memory. Today I went to get a drink of orange juice and I dont really remember getting the cup or pouring it but I was about to drink it and I looked at the cup kind of in surprise and I wondered why I got a coffee cup to get orange juice because they are located in different areas of the kitchen. And the coffee cups are generally only used for coffee. So it was kind of strange and I wondered if I poured the orange juice into a dirty cup that was sitting on the counter but drank anyways and found out the cup was clean. Does this sound like a normal thing? Or is it something that is kind of strange and someone I should see about? Let me know what you think please.

2006-11-20 06:39:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-20 06:39:21 · 4 answers · asked by sinai 1