Mental Health - November 2006

i have this friend who mutilates her body she told me about it and i found it to be kind of weird and strange...i asked her why she does it she told me it was a way to make her feel better about things when shes unhappy and sad i couldnt quit understand her but even though i thought she was crazy i still stick by her...but the problem is that her mom has asked me about her i dont know what to say to her my friend has told me to keep it quite but i feel that if i do one day something bad will happen and i dont want to live with that regret..any help please

2006-11-14 10:21:07 · 20 answers · asked by gigi 3

my fiancee has really bad nerves. he's always shaking and he bites his nails out of a nervous habit.. he's facing being a new dad in the couple of weeks and also could be looking at a year in jail right after the baby arrives (it's not a huge charge... just a misdeamenor possession charge).. so his nerves are going crazy right now.... he should really be on a perscribed nerve pill... i have seen him when has taken one and he's normal and happy... how can we go about getting him a perscription so that he can become more stable.... he has no insurance and we have very little money... i just want him to be normal and not flipping out all the time.. i'm very worried about him...

2006-11-14 10:19:33 · 5 answers · asked by gizmo_chik04 2

Im 22 and have been self injuring since I was 13. I cant open up to people and I cant talk about my problems/issues. Help!

2006-11-14 10:18:57 · 9 answers · asked by Tami 1

I'm 17, been to a therapist since 4th grade.. it's sort of a secret from most of my family though, my mom is the only one who knows, because she set it up.. the school system set me up with the school to see the counselor.. but I always get an ear full from my dad when the subject of bi-polar and all that come up, and how he thinks its a load of crap, and I just nod, agreeing. Even though I've never really been 'diagnosed' with depression, I deffinitely know its worse them most peoples. I just hate making a big deal about things. Earlier this year I tried to kill myself, but when my therapist asked if I needed to be committed, I declined.. because I just don't want to be a problem to people.. Do you think that mental health disorders are real? ADHD, is that just a kid who doesn't listen and needs his *** beaten, like my dad says. Depression, is that just someone who makes themselves depressed, as he says as well? Even though I know he's OCD and so am I, so why would he accept that?

2006-11-14 10:07:08 · 25 answers · asked by insanelaser20@sbcglobal.net 3

i'm cutting and want to stop

2006-11-14 10:06:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm cutting and want to stop

2006-11-14 10:05:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have no bank account and it is really hard for me to pay my bills....i am unemployed due to an accident this past year...i am 18 years old and i am bipolar,scitzo, and adhd....i have recent hospital bills and i dont have enough money for insurance...my family will not help....will you?

2006-11-14 10:05:11 · 3 answers · asked by blitzyditz 2

she could never sleep alone at night now and as a child. she is 37 years of age and has 3 children that she can not care for at this time due to her phychosis. she begged me to take her to a priest or contact a medium for her i tried to take her to a priest but there was nothing they could do for her. they insisted she seek medical help. she used to tell me things and when i think back what she said have happened. she is now living by herself and i am constantly worries for her she is afraid of everything. she is paranoid and talks with herself or the people she is seeing. i really need to know if the is mentally ill or maybe she can see the dead and her mind has broken down with fear.

2006-11-14 09:59:39 · 3 answers · asked by PATTY H 1

2006-11-14 09:28:34 · 5 answers · asked by tina12345 1

I have been dealing with depression for a year or so, I am seeing a therapist, I am taking meds, I am doing everything I am supposed to be doing, but as the holidays get closer, I find that I sometimes dont even have the will to do anything. Whenever I see a xmas ad on TV I am brought to tears. How do you deal with Seasonal Depression?

2006-11-14 09:26:56 · 10 answers · asked by jam961 5

Was it humorous?
Was it just plain sad?

Did you recover?
Are you happy anyway - or ruined for life?

2006-11-14 09:15:53 · 6 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6

Please, serious answers only. I need friendly help.

2006-11-14 09:07:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i had a psychiatric assesment last week, and im worried i might of got the wrong diagnosis therefor i wont get the right treatment.. i told him about staying up all night and sleeping through the day...my high nerves and anxiety..panic attacks when i go out, paranoid ideas when i go out, inner rage and anger feelings towards people that are hard to control, my racing thoughts that are constantly going round like a tuble dryer, my low self esteem...the way ive stopped going out anywhere and feel feelings of despair all the time, a fear of going out incase i lose control of my anger...my fear is i could have some sort of depression or mood disorder that hes not detected or diagnosed therefor i wont get the right treatment.like medication.....instead he thinks its a personality disorder & i should get cognitive therapy..he doesnt think i have mental illness so he wont perscribe medication and told me there addictive..i wanna no what i should do?, im worried i wont get the treatment i need

2006-11-14 09:03:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a senior in a public high school, I've always been really good at school, and now I can tell my grades are slipping. Anytime I try to study, I just can't. It's not even with just school subjects, I used to be a avid computer game player, and now I'm just very uninterested in it. I know it could all be from depression, but I don't really understand why, because when I look at my life from the past couple of years, this is probably the best I've ever been. So I cant understand why I'm just uninterested in everything. When I'm with my girlfriend I am even sort of uninterested in sex, but to embarrassed to just say it. I just want to sit all day and listen to music with my eyes closed.. I keep skipping school, and not just from not wanting to be there? But I usually feel really sick.. I get upset stomaches a LOT, and diarrhea, and headaches, sometimes I feel like I'm suffocating.. I hate to tell my mom because I feel like theres always something wrong with me. Any suggestions please?

2006-11-14 08:52:02 · 10 answers · asked by insanelaser20@sbcglobal.net 3

Whenever I am praying I am meant to think about nothing (especially what has happened during the day , books, films etc) everything but the prayer should be forgotten.

However I find that at some point I start thinking about random things such as something that happened that day, a song or a person who I heard something about that day.

Examples:

I am reading and then I remember my sister said her friend has discovered the actress in Mean Girls, the blonde girl and he saw her in the Wedding Crashers and now he won't stop going on about her. Then 2 hours later I am reading and I remember that. Then I think to myself don't think about that again. Then it becomes a game, not to think about it. Then I have to stop myself at all cost not to think about it again. Obviously then it becomes more tempting and harder.

Or I start thinking about my degree, uni, food etc. Usually it is something on TV or something that happened. I can't stop watching TV and things happening can I ?

2006-11-14 08:48:35 · 10 answers · asked by The Face 3

I have struggled for many years with the same problem, finding the right medication? I suffer from anxiety and manic depression.
Sometimes it becomes so bad, I have a hard time getting out of bed. Its affecting everything my school work, social life, and family. I don't even go out anymore and have a hard time making new friends but an easy time loosing the friends I have had for years. I've considered going to see a therapist but im not sure if that will go over so well. Does anyone have any suggestions on medication?

2006-11-14 08:43:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you feel that all muslims are to blame for the extremism ?

2006-11-14 08:41:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been living (and functioning) with bipolar disorder for 3 years now, and recently my doctor asked me if I would like to switch the medication that I am on (an extended release Lithium) to Abilify. I had never heard of it before, and am was just wondering if anyone knows anything about it, or if anyone is currently being treated with it. plz and thnk u!!!!

2006-11-14 08:39:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been feeling sad for a while now and although it may not be depression the constant feeling is still there. I told my mother yesterday and she wanted to know if there was anything that we could do to make me feel better. I thought about it but finally said, "No."

I have an appointment with my therapist so maybe we can talk about it then. Is your suggestion that I check in with my primary doctor?

2006-11-14 08:27:31 · 5 answers · asked by leavemebe_11 5

2006-11-14 08:12:07 · 8 answers · asked by Lee 7

suffer from tinnitus... need sleep!

2006-11-14 08:11:56 · 33 answers · asked by 1873 1

Cost is no problem so i want the best.

2006-11-14 08:08:09 · 18 answers · asked by Georgie's Girl 5

Do you think maybe it could be caused by divorce and having brain surgery?

2006-11-14 08:01:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who polices the big pharmaceuticals? Is it just me or does the FDA seem like a total pushover when it comes to practically any new drug that pops up?

2006-11-14 08:01:28 · 8 answers · asked by laissez 2

I have experienced hair loss, lack of sexual interest, and other dreadful effects since I was just finished with puberty...I am now 19. I had terrifying audio/visual hallucinations from age 8 to age 15...and I have suffered severe on/off depression since I was 8. I starved myself for a month when I was 16, in order to lose 40 pounds...I now have nausea quite often, depending on which food I eat, or where I eat. I am also lactose intolerant, but only when it comes to drinking milk, it seems. The hair loss has not progressed to a "balding" stage...the parts in my hair became more noticeable when I was 16, and I haven't been able to grow full, thick bangs since I was 17. What is wrong with me? What have I done to my body? Is there any way I can fix it?

2006-11-14 07:59:12 · 15 answers · asked by KurtR 2

I have to have a psychoeducational evaluation for a math learning disability. Has anyone heard anything about these or had it done before?

2006-11-14 07:57:26 · 1 answers · asked by wendy 3

how many medications did you have to try to find one that worked?
for depression. how long were you on it (ex like a one month trial)

2006-11-14 07:55:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you become addicted to bud? Does it really make you not be able to have kids? Does it cause you to break out? If smoking it makes you hungry, then how come hypes for it are all skinny???

2006-11-14 07:38:42 · 19 answers · asked by (¯`·._.·[•·.·´¯`·.·• Ariana 2

2006-11-14 07:32:15 · 3 answers · asked by c_wilson2k5 2

I have been doing some research on OCD, and i found that I have a lot of the same symptoms. I tried telling someone, but they wouldn't listen. They just said that I was doing the strange stuff just because I was learning about it. What should I do?

2006-11-14 07:29:07 · 6 answers · asked by megiepoo3 1