Mental Health - January 2007

2007-01-14 21:32:31 · 5 answers · asked by colonel 2

does anyone else ever feel so completley helpless and useless when you see the suffering of a loved one with a mental illness and you can do nothing to take away the pain. Is anyone else feeling exhausted and mentally drained because of caring for a person with a mental illnes. do you then feel selfish because you are too tired to help even if you knew how to?

2007-01-14 21:10:48 · 8 answers · asked by colonel 2

Im lost here.. very confusing.. my life seems to be in a place where everyday is the same day..Just curious if anyone else feels this way.. nothing changes . .and the sun rise and sets ,same people ,same place ,same birds, same surroundings and nothing seems to change and there doesn't seem to be a hope of it ever...I just want to know how you feel and if you feel this way and your thoughts. Please no smart answers just put your feelings out .. I just want to know im not alone.I am retired and new at being that way and well just kind of lost..Everyone says oh do this and that .. I have done this and that and then some.. I worked since I was seven and just lost and everyday seems the same..I do volenteer work,give to the poor and something different everyday but it all seems like that movie.> Tell me how do you feel?

2007-01-14 21:01:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think i have two minds working in same time. one mind say one thing and second say other thing. i am very confusrd. what should i do?

2007-01-14 20:50:03 · 20 answers · asked by amit g 1

What's the difference between depression and major depression? Are they seperate illnesses, or is major depression actually just a "worse" case of depression? I'm wondering because I was diagnosed with depression about 4 yrs ago when I was 13, and everyone seems to think that I'm only slightly depressed while I'm actually very depressed and bordering suicidal. So, I've begun to think maybe I was misdiagnosed and I really have major depression, if they are seperate illnesses. So, what is the difference between the two? Different sypmtoms, different causes, what? Thanks, any help will be greatly appreciated.

2007-01-14 20:16:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-14 20:03:31 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I worry constantly that I've left the iron or hair straightener on, that I havent locked the doors and windows or I've forgoten to do something in my routine. I have to go check things up to 3 times.

Might I have OCD?

2007-01-14 19:54:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

am i depressed??....i cut, i always think the worse, im fed up with life, i can neva get ne sleep, im always sad, i cry like ova nothin all the time? i cnt get bad thoughts out of my head n it feels like every1 hates me. i cnt go to councillin coz i told mi mum i stopped cuttin n she thinks im fine...i cnt take much ne longa...HELP!!

2007-01-14 19:41:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm in recovery from speed addiction. Looking back, I ask myself: "What was I thinking?"

Speed made me do aweful things like wonder arround my apartment naked. I also laughed hysterically to bad news. At the height of my addiction I became euphoric and hallucinated.

Yuck !!! I don't want to re-live it for anything. :(

2007-01-14 19:15:23 · 6 answers · asked by Phillip 4

tell me plain and simple.

2007-01-14 18:50:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been suffering with depression and anxiety for about six months now.I see a therapist and take meds..I am physically healthy yet the days seem odd..Some days i feel fine other days I feel ,well Im not really sure how I feel.Lately I have been having dreams that carry over into a nervous feeling when I wake.It seems everyday is the same day ..continued over.I am newly retired and feel like "what am I suppose to do the rest of my life" I have tried to stay busy but lost weight from being depressed and don't have the stamina that I used to .I do try everyday but we are in a new and strange place although we have been here a year.I can't seem to understand that we are home.The weather here is really cold and we are older so suffer aches and pains..My mind plays tricks on me sometimes and I worry that one day I will just loose it.. its not that I don't try ,I do and try to keep busy but I wonder if I will ever pull out of this.Is it possible just to loose your mind this way or crazy

2007-01-14 18:46:38 · 16 answers · asked by ? 3

I seriously need help; I've known this for a long time. And I open myself up to ridicule just by posting this, but I'm so afraid of getting help it's been almost a year since I decided to get help, and I still haven't done anything.

I need help with depression, since my mother died it's been down hill everyday. I haven't learned how to cope with anything correctly. I took on the habit of cutting myself about a year ago, and it's just gotten worse. An already existing eating disorder has grown more severe and out of control. And I'm quite certain I'm OCD, which leads to obsessive thoughts of both the self-injury and the eating disorder.

I'm quite confused as to why my engine won't work. Maybe i don't want help and just want to sink in depravity and slowly die. Sounds horrid, right?

Please, I need someone to give me success stories on their experiences with therapy and psychiatrists. I have no faith it would help, I need to hear from people who've been there...

2007-01-14 18:44:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

cars (one of which is a Mustang Cobra) I have a great job, I have everything and I just turned 23 years old. But I feel so empty. There is nothing inside me. Why am I so empty? Why am I not happy? Why do I always want more? I am never satisfied. I always have to have more. It's all about the material things. I just want to buy things. But it doesn't make me feel better. I am not here. I am just a shell going through the movements. Please help me. I am so empty.

2007-01-14 18:39:27 · 20 answers · asked by Lost Soul 1

My name is Taj. I've been very sad and depressed for the past two years. I'm a Sikh and I have no true friends in life. Everytime I go outside, people look at me and I feel like everyone looks at me like I'm a bad person and I can't take it anymore. I lost my father to lung cancer at the age of 7. My mom and I have money problems and its been difficult for these past couple of years. I dont know what to do! I don't want to be a Sikh anymore and I just want to end my life!

2007-01-14 18:34:56 · 11 answers · asked by Taj 1

also, would it do any perminant damage? and is it possible to die from it?

2007-01-14 18:34:40 · 11 answers · asked by shadow of a girl 2

I think I might have this, but I understand (from reading the news) that it can be fatal. What can I do to protect myself?

2007-01-14 18:33:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-14 18:23:30 · 10 answers · asked by ernestsc2 1

I really want and feel that I need psychological help. So I can't get an appointment with my dr. until march and the local health clinic thing says its a very long wait to do it with them and suggested that I go through my doctor. I REALLY need help now. I'm worried about suicidal thoughts and plus I don't want to ruin things with my bf. What do I do?

2007-01-14 18:21:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

and something that's easy to get, so not illegal drugs or prescription ones or anything.

2007-01-14 18:09:25 · 13 answers · asked by shadow of a girl 2

Hi,
I'm worrying coming back next semester because I'm going to retake three of the classes that I failed. One of the teacher that I took was hard but I'm taking her again. I feel worry that I might not pass the classes again. I need to pass the classes to go on with my major. sigh. Is there anything I can do to pass these classes? I feel so depressed when I think about that I failed these classes before.

2007-01-14 18:04:32 · 7 answers · asked by Lomus 2

I am not blaming them for my sickness. I know that I am ill. They just don't seem compassionate. I guess having to deal with so many patients has left them emotionless. I have been to many of them and they are all alike.

2007-01-14 17:54:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I keep thinking I see things next to me. Moving or walking. Please don't scare me with other stuff...
I think I'm paranoid, or am I too sane to be paranoid if I think I'm paranoid?

2007-01-14 17:39:14 · 8 answers · asked by Knee 6

I keep having dreams where I'm pregnant and I'm the age I am now in my dreams!! I'm 16 going on 17 right now so you can kind figure out that I'm not married!!! And just so you know I'm a virgin!!! Anyway my question is what do this dreams mean or do are they just dreams??

2007-01-14 17:37:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can a person be a substance addict and not be a regular "user" For example 2-3 times in a month compared to everyday?

2007-01-14 17:27:38 · 12 answers · asked by ernestsc2 1

I started taking 10 mg of Lexapro about 6 months ago and it helped me immediately. Then a month later my psychiatrist increased it to 20 mg because she told me that I would feel "more better". Does this make sense to anyone? I thought that 10 was fine, why did she up it to 20?

2007-01-14 17:27:05 · 6 answers · asked by Lois J 2

I don't understand it.

How could someone want to die? You would either go to nothingness forever, go to hell forever, come back to another life, be reincarnated in a even crappier life, and maybe other stuff.

Everyone is going to die someday, why would they want to end it now? Being in a crappy life or being depressed is no excuse in my opinion either.

I value life, i've realized it's too short. How could anyone want to die, why would anyone want to die?

2007-01-14 17:16:46 · 18 answers · asked by darkenurheart 1

Okay I cut and I am not ashemed to admit this fact but why do people think its bad I'd really like to know why people think this

2007-01-14 17:02:44 · 20 answers · asked by Patrick S 3

I'm always wound up. Always. I can't stand being inside the house and forget going to bed without being exhausted. I always feel the need to be cleaning or working. i suddenly can't stand tardiness or incompetence. I'm always striving after satisfaction, but finding all satisfaction fleeting. I'm 18(and a female) and until very recently, I've always been laid back. I did drink a lot of caffeine, but I dropped it and it didn't help. I don't want to get rid of it because it's the first surge of inner motivation that's stuck around, but it's going to wind up making me sick. I tried yoga, herbal teas, and breathing exercises. They frustrated me more than anything. I'm really trying to avoid happy medicine, so if anyone has any other methods that help them, please suggest. Oh, and weed is not an option, lol.

2007-01-14 17:00:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

And if so, how long are you allowed to use them?

2007-01-14 16:57:46 · 5 answers · asked by Professor Armitage 7

I'm 20 years old. And I'm currently a Junior in college. I have an amazing family that cares about me. I have my group of friends at school. And I have a great boyfriend. However, even though I have a great support system, I've been feeling lonely. I've been crying to sleep a lot lately. I'm loosing interest in school. And I just want to be left a lone. This is all making me feel like crap, and I feel like its going to change my relationship with the ones I care for the most if this continues...what can I do to just be the happy person I used to be?

2007-01-14 16:46:12 · 11 answers · asked by shymegan008 1