Mental Health - December 2006

2006-12-07 13:30:29 · 19 answers · asked by IMHO 6

I'm wondering if the medicine made a considerable difference for you because it's possible I should be on such medication.

2006-12-07 13:30:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I lost my job 2 months ago from lack of motivation. I have been interviewing, but nothing yet. I just don't want to do anything. It is hard for me to get out of bed in the morning. It doesn't matter if I am tired or not. I just lay there staring into space. I have been diagnosed with chronic depression about 2 years ago and I am taking anti-depressents right now. I guess I don't know where to get my motivation. Any ideas as to what might help?

2006-12-07 13:28:54 · 5 answers · asked by lc 1

I am a 19 year old girl who is extremely depressed. I have never felt so low. Like I can't find anything redeeming about the world or myself. My father died at 54 this summer and I am feeling so sad. I feel like I will always have this boring, trivial, ugly life. See, I am also unhappy about my appearance. I was a real ugly duckling when I was younger, so I don't feel confident now that I've (supposedly) changed. I am at the point where I hate my body so much that I WANT to wear it down and cause it pain. I want to be a writer and actress, especially an actress, but am so eaten up with insecurity about it. I don't know if I CAN act and I am terrified of really, truly seeing what I look like on film. I want so much to be ok and happy and pretty and leading an exciting life. I just don't see it in the cards... I don't know why I posted this, but I just needed to let the world know how horribly, terribly, bad I feel.

2006-12-07 13:20:12 · 18 answers · asked by Blackadder 2

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow for it, any idea what kind of medication they will give me?

2006-12-07 13:11:49 · 8 answers · asked by cc 1

ok, i am not crying for help here at all, but i have taken many tests online and have got the conclusion im clinically depressed. i think i have known for a long time as things like i have mild ocd, always thinking of ways im going to die and what songs would play at my funeral, obsession with death,eating as much as i want cos i think why bother dieting as i might die tomorrow and i would have spent my last hours unhappy dieting, also sleeping for many hours of the day cos i think there is nothing better to do. the fact i have been treated badly by many men this year hasnt helped my esteem either. im just wondering how im to go about telling my doc/gp about it. my mother thought she had TB before as she had the symptoms to which my gp answered in a sarcastic way 'oh you are a worrier arn't you'. im afraid they'll think im just a typical 18 yr old teen who just needs a reality check, but i think it is more than that. how do i go about explaining without them thinking im a drama queen?

2006-12-07 13:10:09 · 13 answers · asked by alabama w 2

last week i eoke up to find my tyres had been let down n the word slag had been scratched right acrss my bonnett!!! i do not usually suffer anxiety but now i cant sleep and wondwer what will happen next!! i know the boy who did it and have informed the police but as there is no proof i have no leg to stand on what wud u suggest i do in my situation? if anyone is nasty then sod u!! but thank you all that jelp! i am so scared!!!!

2006-12-07 13:06:46 · 14 answers · asked by ILBW 2

I've got a serious selective mutism problem. If I'm not comfortable enough with a person, I just can't open my mouth, move or make any other facial expression except a blank one. My teachers and most authority figures just label me rude because of it.

It's really interfering with my learning. When a teacher asks if we understand something, I usually don't and go to say something, shake my head no, raise my hand, whatever and I just seem to have no good muscle control when I need it.

Anyone ever had a problem with this? Know any medications or some kind of therapy?

2006-12-07 12:56:07 · 8 answers · asked by ☆Tąrą☆ 3

Ok, now i don't want to sound stupid or anything, but what exactly is an anxiety attact? Most of the time when i get really excited, and/or happy i cringe up and like i almost queeze myself really tght just for like 2 or 3 seconds, but like i always do it when i get excited/ or happy. It's hard to describe but thats what i do. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! is that GAD? [General Anxiety Disorder] or what? please help! thanks a lot to everyone who does!

2006-12-07 12:40:30 · 7 answers · asked by xokristinaaa 1

(focusing on the middle school/ high school age group) I'm talking actions, personality, and mental health wise. Thanks. <><

2006-12-07 12:37:16 · 3 answers · asked by ichthus607 2

doctors in Chicago. She goes to hospitals every now and then in emmergency. Any suggestions?

2006-12-07 12:29:10 · 4 answers · asked by kathy k 2

A boss of mine observed me staring into space and concluded I was sick. Could the problem have been I was smoking too much cannabis in the evenings? I got myself placed in one-on-one therapy where the counselor concluded that I have a thought disorder. He asked me official-sounding questions. Have I done something terrible for which I need to be punished? Do people take thoughts out of my head? Do people put thoughts in my head? Am I directed by forces external to me? In the end he gave me a book that is a group therapy guide to anxiety and panic. Twice he offered me actual group therapy but I declined. I have put much stock in the ideas contained in this book but I wonder if I am a fool for doing so. Am I emotionally disturbed because I have let my anger get the best of me? Could my parents have shamed me? These ideas are disgusting. I definitely need some ideas into what I should think. Might my counselor have been a burn out? Or was he doing a good job?

2006-12-07 12:26:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im 14 and My dad has been on cocaine n 3 yrs go he switched to crack.. I confronted him about how it was hurting me that he was doing that but it just isnt getting through to him.. idk wht i can do anymore bc hes not the same

2006-12-07 12:22:18 · 20 answers · asked by jessica_teska 1

a) parents who differ in their color vision penotypes (one color blind, one not)
b) another normal brother
c) another normal sister

2006-12-07 12:12:15 · 8 answers · asked by mary a 1

2006-12-07 11:53:14 · 19 answers · asked by staffbull 1

I sleep 12 hours a day, I miss work and appointments. No matter what I do i cannot get out of bed. I have been going through this for 10 years or possibly more. I have tried sleeping pills to get myself on a "regular" schedule but that just dosen't seem to work. Does anyone have some good advice for me?

2006-12-07 11:40:29 · 4 answers · asked by dustin s 1

2006-12-07 11:38:21 · 3 answers · asked by rjf1961 1

2006-12-07 11:31:59 · 4 answers · asked by kathy k 2

Does anyone have any information/or websites about PTSD ?

2006-12-07 11:19:49 · 2 answers · asked by tmhdmh7 1

2006-12-07 11:13:26 · 7 answers · asked by Kathryn 1

Many patients with mental illness have no visitors from family members.

2006-12-07 11:11:54 · 7 answers · asked by Webber 5

My biggest one is the fear of the unknown... IE..... what if there is someone in the house? What will happen next? Who is around the corner? Do I know all there is to know about it?

Am I just impatient or do I really need to know everything???

2006-12-07 11:03:41 · 13 answers · asked by jayjay 2

2006-12-07 11:02:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I woke up I was in this nervous state of shock. I was almost in despair. Kept repeating to myself that it wasn't real and there was nothing wrong with me, I couldn't control the dream. I felt restless for the first few hours of the day. Glad the person in my dreams wasn't home at the time. It would have been weird to deal with that.

2006-12-07 10:55:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Both me and my best Friend are suffering from depression, she has it worst than I do. She has tried so many times to kill herself but never succeeded (Thank god!) Where in I, I have only thought of the idea of death but have not yet tried to commit suicide. I know we both need help, I want to help her through this but I’m not sure if I can really help her when I need help myself. What do I do?

2006-12-07 10:54:44 · 2 answers · asked by Nigh+mare 3

about bulimea.

2006-12-07 10:52:56 · 9 answers · asked by bangeninmyredtee 1

I do smile alot and am friendly to others- I just don't feel happy lately.

2006-12-07 10:51:37 · 15 answers · asked by krw65 2

Im 5'9 14 and 130lbs my weight goes up and down... one week im 110 and the next im 130 i take laxitives when im strest on my weight i vomit after i eat almost nothing i abuse diet pills and ive even used meth in the past, i excersize for 20minets everyday and im always self concious about what i eat how many carbs and calories i obtain and im never happy with my weight. I tried telling my mom but she thinks im lieing ive been like this secretly scince i was 11 years old i really want to know if i might be bulimic.....

2006-12-07 10:44:39 · 12 answers · asked by bangeninmyredtee 1

Well last week i was in a mental helth hospital and almost everyone thinks I am Bipolar and i don't know what that is. Any advice???

2006-12-07 10:43:14 · 7 answers · asked by Kathryn 1

Hello everyone,, i am new to this board.... Today is my 9th day on lexapro 5mg. My doctor wanted me to start 10mgs after one week, but i asked for another week because i feel that im not ready for 10 yet. I am experiencing side effects pretty bad... although they are getting better, i have some nausea, headaches, feel a little "out of it", and the one that bothers me the most?! INSOMNIA!! I have to take a xanex at nite just to even be able to fall asleep, and i still wake up all night long. I notice that after i take my pill, for a few hours im kinda jittery, then around 5 hours after i take it im kinda zombied out... I guess what my question is is will these side effects, espicially the insomnia go away with time?? around how long? i need sleep in order to work!! and also my other question is, when i up my dose from 5 to 10mgs next week, will the side effects get worse?? Anyone that has any experience with this please give me some advice... ... also is it better to take it in the mo

2006-12-07 10:36:41 · 7 answers · asked by 0102 1