Mental Health - January 2007

Okay...I have been through a LOT in the last year of my life.

The only reason I'm asking this here, is because my own doctor is one of those that if you present with a sore knee...he'll say you're depressed and try to prescribe you an anti-depressant. UGH

I took care of my grandmother, who died in August, 24/7 from September 15, 2005 to August 3, 2006. She had a severe stroke (unexpected, she had broken her hip and became an amputee because of a severe leg tear in the fall...but yet was totally with it in the head is why I took care of her, we would NOT put her in a nursing home).

I had to break down her door and get to her (mom was on the phone with her when it happened), because I had just left to feed my pets at my house.

She died August 8, her funeral was August 11, and the children we were matched with to adopt moved in August 15.

I have not grieved her, I can't seem to feel joy regarding the adoption even though our kids are GREAT! (continued in comments)

2007-01-05 16:36:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know it might sound weird but at that point when I wanted to just stop everything I never felt more real and close to the truth and closer to who I really am. Has anyone ever felt like this after such an experience?

2007-01-05 16:24:01 · 8 answers · asked by b 4

I know when I was in school I got teased every day! Only because I didn't have anything. We where poor. I can remember being very angry. I myself use to think about how could it would feel to get back at those kids! Of course its not anything I acted on. But I can remember having an unreal hatred towards them. I'm not sure if the mockery is what triggers students to become this way. But I know how it made me feel!

2007-01-05 16:15:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got fired from a job over this. This woman who was a supervisor would always try to talk to me when I was busy working on something. I excused myself and continued on what I needed to do. The next thing I know I'm in the office getting fired for using profanity! What the hell is wrong with people these days? I'm getting Unemployment right now because the judge decided in my favor. But its a HUGE pay cut for me! I never said anything like what she said I did!

2007-01-05 15:49:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Regarding being blind and being unable to SEE in dreams - what about synaesthesia? The ability to hear in colors? Do Blind people sometimes have this ability? and what happens in the brain to cause this?

2007-01-05 15:34:49 · 1 answers · asked by Robin B 1

It seems like i could never get enough sleep. In school days, I have 6/7 hours of sleep; in holidays, even when i can sleep for longer, i still wake up tired. What's the problem and is there any solution to it?

2007-01-05 15:09:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it possible to be bipolar with out a happy manic phase. I go from really depressed to really angry and angry for no reason.

2007-01-05 15:06:37 · 7 answers · asked by cali_23_05 2

I'm also curious as to the difference between ADD meds and ADHD meds, if there are any. Also known side affects and problems.

2007-01-05 14:56:07 · 9 answers · asked by imjustasteph 4

My life yet so far:
I am a 16 year old asian female. I used to be a really confident, happy, and smart kid with hard-working parents living in a quiet suburbia. And then I moved to the shallow, cutthroat northern suburbs in the midst of my preteen years. At my new school, I got into a Mean-Girls-esque situation with the Asian queen bee. Stir in my strict, foreign parents and I had a recipe for clinical depression. By high school, I recovered and became my old happy self again. However, just last year my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and my world was flip flopped again. I had to take on the role of my mother in my family and deal with my father's new volatile nature. I sacrificed a lot that year in physical and emotional terms and I still haven't bounced back.

Basically, I need some help and advice. My life has become so overbearing and I don't want to be sad anymore. What can I do? How can I regain my confidence and get rid of my insecurities?

2007-01-05 14:27:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just have this problem about obsessing over every problem that I come into face with. And it's usually the little things (like how to not look grumpy or whether or not its normal, at my age of 16, to be going places with my family) and sometimes the big things (life, afterlife, etc.), but mostly the small things. I don't know how to deal with it and I don't know if it's normal or anything and I could also create problems that I would have to obsess over. And I hate obsessing over things!!!!

2007-01-05 14:11:02 · 5 answers · asked by lama-assassinator3240 2

Since I got disability, the state took my health insurance away, so I can't see a doctor.
I am bi-polar, but I can't take the meds due to horrible side effects. Lately I've been so bitchy, mean and miserable to other people that it actually hurts me. It's like something is completely taking over me and I can't control it.
I'm fine when I'm by myself, just lonely, but when I'm in the presence of someone else, I just feel I have to insult or aggrevate them non-stop. I hate it and I feel horrible even while I'm doing it, but I just can't control this thing.

My boyfriend said it may be schizophrenia. Is that what it could be?

2007-01-05 14:08:55 · 12 answers · asked by Spookshow Baby 3

2007-01-05 14:08:35 · 12 answers · asked by deytripper_yeah 2

I have trouble sleeping. Does anyone know any food or drink or something that can help me get to sleep?

No drugs, I can't do drugs. That's why I need a food item of sorts.
Doctors! Please help!

2007-01-05 13:58:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

way too many drugs over periods of years have made me a different person.... what do i do? can't even hold a conversation anymore... ummm help ....

2007-01-05 13:54:53 · 15 answers · asked by makeumonkeys 2

...that has an online test to see if your autistic????

2007-01-05 13:38:40 · 3 answers · asked by Dann 5

what would the public make of a "bipolar,37 year old nutter with celulite woman" THE SHAME!

2007-01-05 13:22:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

are bipolar people either happy or sad all the time? do they ever have time when they are just neither?

2007-01-05 13:16:55 · 12 answers · asked by christinedaae 3

if u have 20 cookies....and they are in perfect order for everyone to see.... and u take away 1 cookie....so the display isnt right.... and now u have 19 cookies.... do u take one more so no one knows one was missing in the first piece... or do u leave it alone and let it be 'uneven'???

2007-01-05 13:13:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-05 13:07:00 · 16 answers · asked by amberumboyfriend 1

For years I have had these dreams/visions of a spider on a web coming at me while I am sleeping. The thing is as it happens, I don't think I am sleeping and it is a vision of my dark room...I jump up, flip the light on and realize it was a dream. My boyfriend has witnessed this, which only has helped me confirm there is infact no spider, but it is really embarrassing. The other night it happened and I saw a cat climbing out of a shopping bag. I start hitting my boyfriend to wake up because there was a black cat in the room, finally I realized it was my head messing with me again...I think my eyes are open when this happens...am I dreaming, how do I stop this...it is getting worse and worse. I have nightmares often, and I can deal with those...but these visions are really causing me stress...my heart beats so fast it makes me feel so stressed out, not to mention, now it is embarrasing...I really was sitting up in bed hitting my boyfriend about an imaginary cat! HELP ME STOP THIS!

2007-01-05 12:58:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-05 12:51:10 · 10 answers · asked by gammon2249 1

I dont know if this questions is appropirate or even if it will post but its in good intent so ill try......im doing a paper on cocaine and cant seem to find street values of a gram of coke and what they call a "8ball" and how many grams a "8ball is" any help??

2007-01-05 12:45:20 · 4 answers · asked by senorita 1

just feel like yelling at the world? i think i do sometimes...but im never even really sure why i feel like shouting at the world.do i have problems for wanting to shout at the world?

2007-01-05 12:41:54 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother died three weeks ago but although I loved her and thought the world of her and miss her terribly, I can't grieve. I can't even cry. I am unable to even form a picture of her in my mind. Is this due to emotional trauma or am I a heartless individual? It is really getting to me.

2007-01-05 12:36:07 · 34 answers · asked by Russell B 1

It is really bad.

2007-01-05 12:19:46 · 8 answers · asked by hotandwickedtalent 2

ok i asked people if they thought i was bipolar/depressed based on feeling i've had for about a year and most every one said yes and that i should get help could being bipolar/depressed be the reason why my knees always hurt?

2007-01-05 12:15:51 · 4 answers · asked by crystal m 4

2007-01-05 12:00:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend treats me like royalty for a couple of weeks and then he treats me like the scum of the earth for a coulple of weeks. This routine has been going on for some time now and it gets pretty bad. Even physical sometimes. Don't say "LEAVE HIM" cause i'm sure that will happen sooner or later. The question is WHAT KIND OF MENTAL PROBLEM DO YOU THINK HE MIGHT HAVE? One second he kissed me and told me he loved me and twenty seconds later out of the clear blue he starts calling me a wh*re and a sl*t and a bit*h. He treats me like this for a couple of weeks and then back to "I Love you" and I'm so sorry and i will never do it again.

2007-01-05 11:26:40 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

common stress or potential stress or any kind of stress

2007-01-05 11:22:26 · 19 answers · asked by ? 1

It's no secret that I have obvious anxiety. I am constantly worrying about the silliest things and I am much more emotional than I used to be. I also get random spurts of violent shaking and shivering when I'm not cold. They'll last a while sometimes and it really makes my muscles sore. I used to take anti-depressants because I used to be suicidal, and I'm beginning to think that my past might be catching up with me and causing this worry for me. My life isn't exactly right at the moment, but I bear through anyways. I suffer from frequent headaches and sometimes I feel quite faint. I also get really twitchy. Could this be anxiety? And what should I do if it is?

2007-01-05 11:20:22 · 12 answers · asked by Savvy 2