Mental Health - November 2006

My 90 year old Mother has been suffering from dementia and paranoia for some time. She get's aggresive and assaultive at times. The nursing home has treated her with Halidol and Valium. What is the proper dosage of Haliudol for an 80 lb. person? I know little of this drug. Thanks for any help.

2006-11-16 05:20:42 · 2 answers · asked by Terry G 1

I have anxiety and panic disorder. Currently taking meds to control, 10mg celexa, Only at night when I'm trying to sleep, my heart pounds, freaks me out, I've had an echo done, my heart is fine, I start freaking, I'm going to have a heart attack, making my heart pound more! Try to breath, slow deep breathes, mentally take myself to a "happy calm place" nothing seems to work. Tried therapy, when I talk I cry, leave the therapist feeling 10 X's worse. Any SERIOUS advice please. I've been dealing with this for 2 years, I'm mentally and physically exhausted. I don't want to take MORE meds, I want to be in control.

2006-11-16 05:17:53 · 5 answers · asked by mom*2 4

Some people i know keep complaining that they are ill, if they keep up the pretense can it become real?

2006-11-16 05:16:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to talk to any persons who are suffering the effects of seroxat. In the Exeter Plymouth area !

2006-11-16 05:14:28 · 1 answers · asked by M M 1

My best friend's mom just died and her way of getting rid of the pain is cutting. I've tried to get her to stop but it isnt working...I love my friend and it hurts me to see her like this. I've tried to be there for her by going to the funeral and listening when she talks to me. I've tried to help her anyway that I can, and nothing seems to help...please...give me a way to help her...

2006-11-16 04:57:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am ia teenager and i think about kiling my self sometimes and i wonder what is worng with me i know something is wrong but i just dont know what its like i keep having taughts running through my head and i think if i die iw ont have to go through this then i think about this boy i really like but it gets hard it does cause i can sleep without haiving these taughts and its like i cant stop imagining stuff and i also cant stay in a palce am always running and unstable . does anyonelse go through this aomebody pls help

2006-11-16 04:47:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I crash around 2-3 PM and crave a nap- which wouldn't be a good idea, becuase I am at work. I am stuck at a desk most of the day.

Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks

2006-11-16 04:45:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I seem to have a bit of a problem with nerves more when I think of socalising with people as Im not good at that. Going down the pub when asked is something that i think ahead of and makes my stomach not feel right and hard to remove. I am always worrying about what people think or are tihnking about me and find it hard to be normal when around people.. please advise. (Im 19 male)

2006-11-16 04:32:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ive just finished college and Im going to start applying for jobs. Everyone I know that works in the field Im going into said they had to do a medical prior to getting there jobs, during with time they had to tell state what medication they are taking. I know its not a big deal taking antidepressants, but there is still a bit of a stigma around them, Im afraid I may be turned down for jobs if I tell 'em Im taking pills? Do I have to tell them?

2006-11-16 03:09:18 · 34 answers · asked by Sadbh 3

2006-11-16 03:08:32 · 10 answers · asked by ads 1

I am depressed. I don't care if you believe it or not, but it hurts. It hurts mentally and physically. Please help, how do I make it go away? I hate feeling like this.

2006-11-16 03:02:42 · 9 answers · asked by Alyssa 5

I have this boyfriend I love very dearly. He is Diabetic. He has not taken meds for months now. He is out of control. He is doing stupid things and don't give a thought to what he is doing.
He won't go to doctor and don't want to take med's.
He say's or does something one day and the next day he argues with me that he didn't say that or do that.
I want to save our relationship. I was to marry this guy this coming year.
But...I can't get throught to him and it is always a problem, now finacially and is disrupting the whole house hold.
He says it is me, and nothing is wrong with him.
I am ashamed to say this, but I finally broke down after months of trying to talk to him and told him if he wasn't going to get help that he needed to pack and leave.
I am tore up about this but if he won't do it for himself let alone our relationship..what am I suppose to do? It is effecting me now. I have college classes and finals coming up.
He makes me feel bad..but I need help.

2006-11-16 02:47:54 · 10 answers · asked by Dawn 2

hi,
i think i have ocd or am starting to get it, but i need help how do i convince myself that nothing bad has happened

for example my ocd is related to germs and contamination , today i washed my hands at work and some of the water dripped onto my trousers , for some reason i am scared it is someone else;s urine or semen and cant convince myself it is water, also i "feel" i have touched a "dirty" object such as a bin etc when i havent and i am sitting away from

any reassurance pleae on how i can dealith this??

thanks

2006-11-16 02:39:23 · 7 answers · asked by KHAN J 1

my mother is schizoprenic type anti social withdrawl having symptoms like anger, disorganised speech illusions dis oriented blaming others she continously uttering and abuses others doctors prescribed pen fluridol and ie flumap and cemap it matched well . now its banged and not available now any drug is not working like respirodone , restyl ,imaprimane, diazepam and other anti psychotics can u people help me what drug she can use

2006-11-16 02:16:29 · 4 answers · asked by sunny 1

Hello. I am writing to you from inside a black hole. I don't know how I ended up in here. I was minding my own business, driving home from the strip club, when I blacked out. When I woke up I was here, in the black hole. It isn't what I had planned for my life, but I guess you have to adapt to the things life throws at you. In a way it makes me sad. I don't have a body as such anymore, but I'm getting pretty used to new existence as an all-encompassing consciousness. I miss the simple things in life, sunny evenings, a good beer, kicking back in front of the TV watching the Simpsons. I can sense all the wonder and grandeur of the universe, from the molecular structure upwards, and yet I often find myself quite bored. There's not much in terms of human interest. It reminds me of a week I once spent in Poland when I was inter-railing in my year off before college. Still, I shouldn’t grumble. I'm trying to stay positive. I'd like to buy a dog.

2006-11-16 02:03:15 · 8 answers · asked by rabbit0102030 3

2006-11-16 01:48:42 · 3 answers · asked by carebear_01us 1

2006-11-16 01:25:43 · 8 answers · asked by plenymo 2

My neighbour is 84 and suffers from really bad Alzheimers, It has got progressively worse and is now becoming dangerous to himself. He lives with his wife who is 82 and perfectly 'with it'.
She contacted the doctors AGAIN this morning to be told AGAIN their is nothing they can do, social services say the same.
It is heartbreaking to watch, and I feel so frustrated that no body wants to help...
Any ideas???

2006-11-16 00:24:41 · 9 answers · asked by Coley 4

2006-11-15 23:20:53 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-15 23:02:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been on Lexapro for about 5 weeks. After two weeks I started feeling great, now in the last week, I am down again. Is it possible it stopped working? Or never worked? I am on 10mg.
I liked it because I had hardly no side effects from it.
Has anyone had this issue before?
Thanks

2006-11-15 22:45:59 · 7 answers · asked by Kay M 2

Ive been on anti-depressants for 2 years but im still feeling depressed,what can I do?

2006-11-15 22:26:23 · 29 answers · asked by xoplaybabexo@btinternet.com 1

What do you call depression?

If you think about self harm or actually doing it? Of even worse if you think about killing your self? I feel I can't talk the the doctors because they don't seem very helpful where I go... What can I do to make myself feel better and stop thinking of bad things?

Would moving away solve my heartach? :(

2006-11-15 22:24:32 · 33 answers · asked by me_me 1

About 5 years ago I was taking prozac because of my depression and it really helped me to feel good. I was only on it for about 6 months and even on a low dose. I was engaged to be married at the time and after being on this medication for two months I suddenly lost my sex drive. I mean (((0))) interest. I had to basically force myself to have sex with my fiance and it hurt me bad because I wanted to want to have sex but my body wouldn't feel that way. I ended up stopping the medication because no sex drive became more of a problem for me. It took almost four months to get it back again. Does anyone have personal expierence with anti-depressents that didn't effect their libido or sex drive? Please let me know your expierences. Thanks,

2006-11-15 21:33:12 · 9 answers · asked by Bellas Mama 1

Monday morning i took the dogs a walk,when going out to work I took off my necklace which was an expensive very special gift from a freind & I put it somewhere safe.I have looked in what seems every nook & cranny but it hasn't turned up I feel gutted & sick to my stomach.please help

2006-11-15 21:19:47 · 9 answers · asked by sonny 2

I try to do a lot, I want the best for my family and to accomplish something in my life beyond the ordinary, it just doesn't seem to be working. How do we decide when to quit what?
At what point do you just give up and try to move on?
I've prayed, Ive thought, and I've worried,
When is enough enough? Where's the line between perseverance and flogging a dead horse?

2006-11-15 20:50:36 · 2 answers · asked by Old Wise One 3

need to find one for my husband been looking in the phone book and online all the clinic there are out of state

2006-11-15 20:43:04 · 1 answers · asked by Chelle 1

I think doing meditation is really good, what's your idea on that,

http://www.freewebs.com/meditationtips/

2006-11-15 19:48:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I realize that feeling anxious and nervous at times is human and normal. What do you do when you are alone and feeling anxious or worried for no reason at all? Where do you go in your mind to keep yourself sane? Where do you put your focus to stay balanced?

2006-11-15 19:37:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

No matter where I go, what I do, I always feel that I've been misunderstood or that my actions have been misinterpreted. Or everyone has something against me. Why is that so? Why do I always feel that everone is against me? And when I don;t, it'll turn out that that person really has something against me! I find it difficult to get along and just have a nice plain relationship with others. But I am what many would call a nice person.

And now that I am going to graduate next fall and enter the workforce, I think I'll just die!

2006-11-15 19:34:37 · 9 answers · asked by Randall f 1