Mental Health - February 2007

I have been dealing with OCD for about 6 years but never seeked help for it. I tryed to get rid of it on my own, I have been under extreme stress latley and it's getting worse. I'm going to the DR today. Can anyone relate? What should I expect when I go to the DR?

2007-02-06 06:17:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

we are two sisters. I am 5 years younger to my sister. She has a very magnetic personality. everyone likes her a lot. I like her a lot too. i really do admire her. But it totally puts me off when she constantly keeps telling me what to do even in front of everyone. It is very humiliating. i have told her repeatedly that i don't like that, but she still does it and says it is for my own good. I am very upset because of this.I feel that i cannot do or say anything properly. i don't know what to do. i am currently living with another family who know her more than they know me and she lives with us as well. so i can't talk about it with anyone. my parents live far away and i don't want to upset them. I am feeling very depressed and worthless. i feel very inferior when she is around and hate myself all the time.please help me

2007-02-06 06:13:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am bitter about many things happening around. I get angry very soon and more than often blurt out something nasty or rude. I want to stop all this and just calm down. I need peace of mind.

2007-02-06 06:10:49 · 3 answers · asked by saint 1

I've heard Mirtazapine increases sex drive. Is that true?

2007-02-06 06:08:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 15 years old. When I was 17 years old my stepmother decided that I was just trying to get attention and she took me off my meds without consent from a doctor. Now I am having problems in my marriage because of my disorder. I called my local mental health place but they said they couldn't help me. They told me to go to a family doctor to be put back on my meds. But I don't have insurance and I can't afford a doctor's visit or to fill a prescription. What else can I do to get the help I need so that I can be normal?

2007-02-06 05:59:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 05:54:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My father is a stroke victim and is living in an assisted living facility. He wears depends but it is supposed to only be to prevent accidents form happening. Over the last few months he has been using the bathroom in the depend exclusively. His care provider has even told me that in the middle of the night he will take the depend off and use the bathroom in the bed.
His doctors say that he is suffering from depression and is angry. They have him on medications for this but it doesn't appear to be helping his problem. Its very sad to sit down and watch him because he has a real "i don't care" attitude. Its almost as if he has given up on life. I visit him as often as I can. I tell him that I love him and I talk to him but most of the time its very difficult to get him to talk back to me. There is no other family in the state that we live in. Is there more that I can do to help lift his spirits and show him life is what you make of it??

2007-02-06 05:52:50 · 1 answers · asked by joyce 5

the fear of being in high places is vertigo.

so what is the fear of looking at high things called.

2007-02-06 05:48:37 · 10 answers · asked by dooglepuff 3

I'm being treated for depression and anxiety disorders. So i guess its normal to be feeling hopeless. But still I'm so anxious and frightened. I'll be out of university soon and it's tearing me apart. I can't face the world. I'm feeling so depressed and hopeless. I dont know what to do with myself. I don't even want to think of the future. I feel trapped.

2007-02-06 05:27:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am really paranoid, and always nervous about stuff, and i stress out about everything, literally, i drive myself crazy. does anyone have any tips on how to decrease this?

2007-02-06 05:21:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 05:19:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm diagnosed with depression and GAD (anxiety) and I'm seeing a therapist whom I love, and the therapy seems to help. Anyway, I have these moment of huge anger or rage, and it kind of ovewhelms me. All I want to do at a moment like that is be left alone and relax in any possible way I can think of. I'm feeling like tha at the moment (so it's not that I'm totally incapable of functioning when that happens) and it's very exhausting. That also happens often when some conflicts arouse (i've just had a fight with my mother). Is it just stress? Does anyone else have this problem and how do you handle it?

P.S. Don't tell me to discuss it with a therapist as I'm already going to do that.

Tnx!

2007-02-06 05:19:29 · 5 answers · asked by ivana 1

I have been attending grad school in a new city for a couple of months. Sometimes I feel like socializing, but usually every other week I find myself wanting to be alone and not reaching out to others. I feel too emotionally tired to make the effort. Whenever I have tried to make friends, people usually don't seem that interested. When they do finally start reaching out, it's as if I've waited so long that I'm indifferent to them and I don't try to reach back. Yet sometimes I feel terribly lonely and wish I had a close friend. I vacillate between feeling satisfied with a solitary life and wishing my social life were better. Are these mood swings normal? How can I get myself to reach out when I don't feel like it?

2007-02-06 05:14:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 05:00:41 · 3 answers · asked by MOHIT 1

ok everybodys no sure what im asking on my questions...so im gunna try again lol...sorry...my group for psychology is doing a project on multiple personality disorder...we need a lot of information our project is going to last 45 minutes...we are doing a slide show...not even half of the slides are filled...we still need statistics (how many people it affects, 3 of men, women, and children it affects, ect...), we also need how people develope multiple personality disorder (childhood memories, what kind of trauma affects it, ect...) any infromation that relates to this topic would be helpful...if you have any information that is not listed in my question and you think it would be helpful please include it...personal stories are nice to have as examples but please don not limit your response to stories...you can either email me, or post it on here...please include websites, books, or any other sources that would help us out....hopefully this is more specific...help is needed in all areas

2007-02-06 04:49:59 · 11 answers · asked by latshe7 1

I have suffered from moderate to severe depression for 20 years, and have been on every medication ever created. I hate taking meds because of the side effects.

Are there any really effective herbs, or natural remedies that are helpful?

I've tried St. John's Wort - it worked somewhat.

I've tried a light box - it didn't really make a difference.

2007-02-06 04:47:30 · 13 answers · asked by MBA Grad Student 1

I don't know how to explain to my professor that I am experiencing severe depression and anxiety attacks, and that this has affected by class attendance. I have scheduled an appointment with him to discuss why I have been absent from class. I am used to explaining physical illments to my professors, but I feel so awkward telling my professor about my mental illness. How should I go about telling my professor about my situation? Would it better to meet him face to face or could I just tell him through e-mail? Will a note from my psychologists help?

2007-02-06 04:40:32 · 9 answers · asked by R J 2

Why am i denied the bliss that is ignorance?

2007-02-06 04:38:07 · 10 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7

I speak from personal experince.
I had a stroke 4 yrs ago, I needed a wheelchair, and then a walker. I threw the walker I had at home away,as I dont need it anymore.(I didnt donate it because it was in bad condition) I had another one here, where Im doing a seminar on computers (crete)
Its not even mine, it belongs to the instition here, and since I dont need it, it sits quietly in a corner.
yesterday, someone was playing with it, and it really upset me.
this is confusing, as I have never been a "dont touch my stuff" kind of person. And its not even mine!
I talked to other people in wheelchairs and with crutches, and they feel the same way.
Its like someone touching your private parts!
can you explain this, please?

2007-02-06 04:37:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-06 04:37:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mind is willing. Body is weak.
Spirit is weaker. It wants to go home :-(

2007-02-06 04:24:25 · 14 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7

Meaning the person's mental functioning deteriorates and they become another person almost .
Anybody with experience or know of this?

2007-02-06 04:24:14 · 8 answers · asked by Charles R 1

What can i do to cheer myself up a bit?

2007-02-06 04:14:33 · 4 answers · asked by Carrot 4

im not exactly sure what happened, but when i went to bed, i didnt have any writing on me. and in the morning i did. and my friends say its my writing, and we were trying to work out what it says, and its mostly song lyrics. and basically, its all down my right arm, a bit let down my left arm [im left handed!?!?!] and all across my stomach.
and does itmean anything?? and how can i make sure i dont do it again.
and i didnt have a pen in my room, but if there was one in my room, it would have been in my bed, and i cant find one anywhere!!
i recognise the lyrics, but i dont remeber doing it. and its onothing influenced by drugs, because i dont take any drugs or anything [xept calpol, but thats just nice! =D]
so any ideas as to what it is would be appreciated!
thanks
xxx

2007-02-06 04:04:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am wanting to set a support group for people who have derpression and social anexity disorder, like myself i suffer from both and i wanted to meet people and help people who feel the same, but i am not sure how to go about it? and what security would need to take place? as i dont want somone turing up that is just going to take the mick of it.

2007-02-06 04:04:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a history of depression, ADHD, and anxiety. In fact, I take Effexor XR, and it does alleviate a lot of my symptoms. That being said, though, I'm still not exactly happy. During my childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, I was constantly bullied. I'm not trying to make myself out to be a victim, but it certainly does leave a mark. I consider myself to be a rather serious, tense person. I also have very few friends, because I'm rather shy and introverted and I usually keep to myself. I guess I'm also what some might term "different". I would like to be a happier, more carefree person and I would like to fit in more easily in groups. How can I achieve this?

2007-02-06 03:58:53 · 23 answers · asked by tangerine 7

I have this fear really bad of taking meds. can't even put them in my hand, I suffer from chronic depression and anxiety attacks, I do suffer alot, when I'm sick can't take antibiotics, what can I do?

2007-02-06 03:55:51 · 5 answers · asked by lonelygirl 1

I am sixteen years old and lately have been stressed out and seems like I have not even a moment to relax I exercise at a gym I am saving my money up to get a massage but until then does anyone have suggestions? I find it hard to mediate and no please dont tell me I need a therpist or go to yoga because I take yoga classes

2007-02-06 03:42:23 · 15 answers · asked by Lizzy 3

I am looking for a support group, for depression or social anexity disorder or both.
but i just cant seem to find any, i live in a small town in nottinghamshire cant travel far and i looked in the doctors they had all sorts of support groups but not for mental health etc
but just MIND but you have to be over 18 and there fully booked.

where can i look for support groups?

2007-02-06 03:25:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

dealing with the death of a loved one

2007-02-06 03:17:58 · 1 answers · asked by sandy M 1