Mental Health - December 2006

I feel the side effects of antidepressants change my personality/who I am. They make me extremely hyperactive, irritable, agitated, and less sensitive to other people's feelings because I am emotionally numb like a robot. I am not like this off the meds but need to take them for anxiety. I am especially having a problem with the hyperactivity and agitation. Does anybody else feel antidepressants have changed who you are/changed your personality? It feels like I am a different person on and off the meds and this concerns me especially since I'm in the dating scene and I want to be certain the real me is showing on dates.

2006-12-26 17:29:37 · 11 answers · asked by Citygirl 2

2006-12-26 16:59:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 16:51:02 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

the pot wasn't bad, but i had the worst trip of my life...i felt like i was out of my body almost, 4x vision, very very strong senses but they were delayed example me touching someone i wouldnt feel it for about 2 seconds after...i also didn't know where i was, and was afraid i'd be like the forever because i thought it was a dream i couldn't wake from...it actually felt like a dream...anyway i have panic disorder and anxiety disorder, the last thing i remember is my mouth getting very tingly, a sign of a panic attack....can anyone tell me what happened?

2006-12-26 16:48:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 16:37:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me like all mine does is feed me all this positive yackety-yack that's not true. I know she's just trying to encourage me, but she doesn't seem to acknowledge the real-world limitations and deficits that I have in talent/creativity/skill/wisdom. I mean basically I feel like she just blows smoke up my *** and that's not helping my self esteem any more than everyone else in my life telling me I'm a loser. It's like two ends of the spectrum and they both piss me off. What do you do when even your therapist can't help you? Does your therapist make you feel better?

2006-12-26 16:34:30 · 10 answers · asked by menabenson 2

I have been very depressed lately, because it seem like whatever I do I cannot do it right, I want to do thing write as well as be strong and there for my girlfriend, lately I just been hanging by a thread taking one day at a time, some days it is very hard for me to. The only thing that really have been helping me is thinking my girlfriend will be over this weekend and maybe it we will have a great weekend and not have any arguements. How can I help myself with this?

2006-12-26 16:30:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not really good when it comes to remebering stuff but i would love to memorize and learn as many things as i could, like a dictionary i want that, but see the thing is that i forget things and i never seem to remember everything i've worked on like a song, i write it and go over it many times but still cant sing it when its time to do that- i blank out on whats next, please help, i would love to get some kind of help like therapy but im broke, so that sucks because from teh bottom of my heart i really want to learn and be smart........ plus im seventeen years old, it hurts cuz truly i want to be smart. thanks for your time God bless.

2006-12-26 16:25:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

no drive or desire to do anything with your life?? I do nothing... all day every day of my life.

2006-12-26 16:20:31 · 3 answers · asked by SunValleyLife 4

I need some good idea on how to get to sleep when I am so depressed. I am finding it extremely difficult to fall asleep with fact I am disappointed with my girlfriend toking up too much, and other thing like me making lot of stupid mistake and being just a plain ***. Lately I have not been able sleep very well if she is not there, I get nightmares toss and turn in sleep, wake in middle of the night lonely. Think negatively in the middle of the night to point I think so deeply there no way in hell I can sleep through the night. What can I do?

2006-12-26 16:19:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been unable to relax or sleep without antipsychotic medication for last couple of years. I also receive a very strong sedative, but it doesn't work at all without combining it with antipsychotic medication. Recently I got a foot injury and got prescribed with codeine. I expected that Codeine might make me relaxed since it's an opioid. Instead I found that my body resists the effects of codeine. My neck muscle stiffens and my heart beat goes faster. It seems like some kind of psychological thing is working on my body. I am supposed to be relaxed and drowsy, instead I feel alert and tense.

2006-12-26 16:13:39 · 3 answers · asked by Grassroots 3

And does stopping make you instantly sane?

2006-12-26 15:59:14 · 9 answers · asked by mandy 3

If you know please tell me.

2006-12-26 15:44:30 · 10 answers · asked by ♥yessy♥ 2

2006-12-26 15:39:59 · 49 answers · asked by Maggie Gee 1

I have recently started working in a treatment center and have developed some topics, but looking for ideas that maybe I haven't thought of yet. Also, I would like to gather resources such as useful web sites

2006-12-26 15:26:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 15:20:57 · 6 answers · asked by sanam 1

many people in my family have ocd.i have told my parents already that i have it(i an sure of it), now when i talk to them about it i dont think they believe me. how do i prove to them that i need help?

2006-12-26 15:18:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im turning 19 Jan 3rd, im engaged, have accomplished so much in my life. I use to be a CNA at St.Mary's Hospital in the ER and Tele, wanna be an RN, advanced cert. scuba diver, 7 yr snowboarder, ..you name it..I have alot...have done alot. But..I get these thoughts of just ending my life. Like nothing matters anymore...anything i accomplished..getting married, having that family i have always wanted...nothing.

I get so close to just getting in my car and finding the nearest over pass... I know its not right..but I at the time i dont care. I'm getting so close to just doing it..it scares me... because I could do something I would regret and wouldnt be able to take it back. And I refuse seeking help...i wont get help.

2006-12-26 15:10:28 · 19 answers · asked by Michael and Samantha 1

Yes i am depressed and have a.d.d. but im not bi polar. Is their anyone out their that is bi polar and what did you deal with before being diagnosed and treated?

2006-12-26 15:06:22 · 8 answers · asked by Crissy 5

i have ocd i know i do i have done so much research, it is so annoying, i have told my parents and im not sure they believe me. How would i make them believe me?

2006-12-26 15:04:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been getting re-occurring dreams involving the same face. This person asks the same questions each time, but in a different manner. Each appearance she appears to be getting more anxious. I never see her disappear, so I presume I must wake during the dream. I don't know who she is, and what she says she wants me do do doesn't make sense to me.
Any suggestions

2006-12-26 14:43:35 · 9 answers · asked by hollywood 2

Can alcohol trigger an already present bi-polar disorder and make the person more reactive to situations meaning more emotional?

2006-12-26 14:42:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is so much despair in the world and i'm so lonely and stressed...i just feel like giving up and letting myself get bad grades, let go of my dreams and not trying. I need advice. And i know already that this is bad. please give me suggestions rather then seeing a docter.......if there is any others.....

2006-12-26 14:33:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm sick of people saying that everyone who cut themselves is emo. or for that matter, i'm sick of people saying that everyone who's emo also cuts cause i have a friend who's emo and she doesn't cut, and i'm not emo and i do cut. cutting isn't a fashion statement!

2006-12-26 14:18:36 · 8 answers · asked by Caitlyn 1

2006-12-26 14:17:38 · 13 answers · asked by redrosabeautiful 1

2006-12-26 13:59:03 · 18 answers · asked by nicko 2

2006-12-26 13:48:34 · 6 answers · asked by anybody 3

I always hear that "everyone has their burden to carry". Its something that is easy to forget when you become self absorbed in your own burdens. My burden is depression, generalized anxiety and panic attacks. What is your burden? What weighs heavily on your heart?

2006-12-26 13:47:05 · 14 answers · asked by molloy 3

the best way of coming off lexapro and starting welbutrin

2006-12-26 13:38:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just took a dump.the friggin turds are talking to me!the couch is trying to eat me!!!there are monkeys on the walls.

2006-12-26 13:35:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous