Mental Health - January 2007

My girlfriend wants me to goto meetings with her, and I don't want to, am I a jerk? I am really happy that she is doing it, but I have no problems of that kind.

2007-01-28 08:38:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

why am I doing that?
why feel like not doing?

2007-01-28 08:20:57 · 3 answers · asked by freemind ci 2

Ever since i was little i have been extremly afraid of vomit. It terrifies me. i couldnt be more scared if you caged me in with a bear! i get lightheaded, my heart races, i get dizzy, im utterly terrified. its the worst feeling ever. i cant stand to be in a large crowd or auditorium, concerts, anything like that because im soo afraid someone is going to vomit on me. i dont like holding babies because im afraid they are going to vomit on me. i dont even like to go to amusement parks. & i love rollercoasters, but i dont ride them because all i think about the entire time i someone vomiting on me! its horrible. my family & friends get so aggravated with me, but i cannot control this fear. it really limits alot of things i want to do in the future.
i just really wish i could overcome this horrible fear. i just want to be normal. i want to go to concerts, amusement parks, and things like that with my friends without being paranoid that someone will vomit on me.




please help........

2007-01-28 08:17:41 · 5 answers · asked by <3 2

I have been dealing with depression for about 10 years now, on and off medication. I prefer not to take medication because everything I've tried makes me feel numb. Anyway, the past few years have been normal, but I'm starting to feel my depression/anxiety creep back up on me. When I was in college they offered free counseling so that was a lot of help to have someone to talk to. Right now I make enough money to live but there's no way I could afford antidepressants and/or therapy. Are there places that offer counseling for free or cheap? I don't want anything religiously afflilated.

2007-01-28 08:16:43 · 7 answers · asked by hmg 2

what should I do...

2007-01-28 08:11:35 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-28 07:55:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone on here take xanax for anxiety or panic attacks.if so how does it affect you.is it helping?

2007-01-28 07:47:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-28 07:18:05 · 1 answers · asked by kuytfkhtdt 1

How did you like it?

2007-01-28 07:16:30 · 6 answers · asked by inquisitive 1

My heart begins to beat faster and my head aches etc. etc.

2007-01-28 06:44:32 · 5 answers · asked by somebody 1

2007-01-28 06:40:46 · 8 answers · asked by Ovaga 3

he loves to do mechanic work but no one hires an apprentis.He pays all his own bills and he doesnt do drugs.

2007-01-28 06:40:05 · 4 answers · asked by Betty 3

Hi There
My mom had a minor srtoke due to a blood clot in her brain.She is only 35years.Since then her speach is poor as she slurs and her vision is not so good,She is bed wridden but is still able to move around,Doctors advised her that there may be another major stroke on the way,Will she fully recover and what can be done to help her

2007-01-28 06:39:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i've been taking it for 2 1/2 weeks and I think im getting worse-- I think about my loved ones dying and cry un controlably I am also still suffering from anxiety and my moods are still bad .. its 20 mg but I don't really want to take a higher dose...any other suggestions?

2007-01-28 06:26:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

im serious?

2007-01-28 06:25:46 · 9 answers · asked by NikolasFlores 2

And how do the symptoms exhibit. Is it more common in older people and more so men? What do you know about this condition and or ways to address it?

2007-01-28 06:17:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

As an only child-thankfully now grown up and with a family of my own I still have to cope with a Bi Polar mother who has made my life hell and continues to try and wreck any and every relationship within the family.
Like an alcoholic,she refuses to admit to any abnormality even though she has been sectioned on at least three occasions and is prescribed Haloperidol-not merely an antidepressant but an anti psychotic drug.
I have not been able to get any help with this since her medical practitioner refuses to discuss the problem on the grounds of patient confidentiality.meanwhile she continues to cause havoc and destroys any attempts at restoring a normal mother/son relationship.
To be honest and however uncharitable it sounds I am sick of her and the likes of her continually feeling "Victim" to the world.
It's not the manic depressives who are the victims but the families who have to pick up the pieces after them.
Should I just give up or any ideas??

2007-01-28 06:03:59 · 9 answers · asked by bearbrain 5

I've been on anti-depressants for around 9 years, and about 4 months ago, I decided I wanted off of them. I gained 30 lbs right off the bat from them...been on all kinds through the years, but, Lexapro helped the most without the side affects except weight gain. I've been off 4 months, lost 25lbs, but, have I lost the weight because I've quit the pills, or because I started watching my weight and taking diet pills and shots from the doctor. Alot of people think now that I'm off, and have emotions, just can feel more, that I should get back on the anti-depressants...some people think I should, some not, they say, I have a right to cry, be happy, sad, mad, and when I was on the drug, I always was calm, cool and collect, even through death. Yes, I've made an appointment with the dr. to see if I should get back on them...but, he swears that they don't make you gain weight..can someone please tell me, if they really do, and I have tried them and all have made me gain.

2007-01-28 06:02:06 · 17 answers · asked by Confused 3

I am trying out for a pro team and I can get really nervous even though I am confident I have the ability to make it. My question is how do I control being nervous?

2007-01-28 05:42:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-28 05:38:14 · 17 answers · asked by Jacks036 5

I am a girl who want to be a wonderful person and live a good life(loving and being loved). I have a lot of good dreams. But my desirable of making them come true is not intense. I lack of ardour of life. My head is jumbled, I am being hasty of thinking about questions. My frame of mind is passive and negative. I don't figure I have good friend in Canada(I came Canada last summer.). I can always find the shortages of my just-so-so friends. Sometimes I even think I don't like anybody. I am not enjoying my life. I am not really happy. I am in a terrible state, though I am a big time student in my high school.
Yesterday I went to the English Bay. When I saw lots of white enjoying their lives there. I hope I am one of them very much. I hope I can be a person whose frame of mind is very good, who enjoying her life, who is clear-eyed, who is intelligent, resourceful, charming and crackajack.
I need to read a lot of books about adjusting the frame of mind.
Thank you!

2007-01-28 05:38:08 · 3 answers · asked by baibai 2

2007-01-28 05:37:57 · 19 answers · asked by K F 2

I just posted one about being scared of death. I am afraid i will die in a car crash that moment or soon. whenever i step in a car! Its really freakin me out HELP!

2007-01-28 05:32:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-28 05:29:17 · 30 answers · asked by nath9986 2

My father had his stroke about 7 years ago. Although his doctors say that there is potential for him to get better, he just doesn't seem to have any motivation or determination. All he wants to do is sit in his room and watch tv all day everyday. He barely even talks. He lives in an assisted living facility and the staff tells me that he talks to them and answers questions when asked. When I try talking to him its almost like pulling teeth. I only get short one word answers, his favorite is "alright". When I try asking open ended questions he just stares off into space not answering me at all.
Yesterday we sat in his room with no tv and I tried talking to him again only to find myself talking to myself. I sat there in complete silence just to see if he would say anything and not one word was uttered.
It is very heart breaking to watch him like this. Do any of you have any experience with a family member like this? Help please I want my daddy to talk to me.

2007-01-28 05:28:16 · 6 answers · asked by Cheryl J 2

about 6 months ago i realised something wrong with me. Every time i would go into a shop to, say, buy a packet of crisps, i would have to choose, even tho they were all the same, and if i put my hand on one, in my mind it would say, no get the other one or bad things will happen, so i would. i ddnt like doing this and it nerved me.
i also so deppressed and would think everyone hated me, that i'm ugly, and would worry for hours at a day about what ppl think of me. it stressed me allot and i would be moody all day long.
then the collecting started. i would collect useless stuff such as empty tic tac boxes, and mini m&m's boxes, and all have to be the same colour. and also i hated throwing away stuff, even had trouble deleting msg's from my mobile when the memory was low.
Then i started checking everything over and over again. not doors or cookers or that, but if i wrote an essay, or a msg to somebody, i would read over and over again if it's all right and if the reader would ..

2007-01-28 04:56:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always get flushed & red no matter what I do, & at times for no reason.. I am always a little red, but i get flushed from just yawning, laughing, talking, or exerting emotion. I can't even carry out a conversation because if i have any emotion at all when i talk, i get completely flushed. im in hs & feel trapped by this, & it's all biological, but theres no cure for flushing.

is there any product that can help with this, or a any way to prevent it?, cause its getting to a point where its impossible to dealk with unless i just dont have emotion all day. (ps it's not rosacea)

2007-01-28 04:52:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-28 04:51:56 · 14 answers · asked by smokesha 3

..and conducive towards any recovery ?.

2007-01-28 04:49:30 · 15 answers · asked by Hugh Jarce 1

This illness may be year round but they have to be in highly lit areas and the even make a special light box to lighten up the room. I know some one who has it but can't think of the name. Someone told me it might be S.E.D. but they were not for sure on that.

2007-01-28 04:32:03 · 17 answers · asked by mikef1234 3