Mental Health - February 2007

Several yrs ago I made a couple of good investments. I qwit my job & have been living off the money I made back then.Well it's been aprox 6 yrs & $150,000 dollars almost gone I need to go back to work but ,I'm petrified by just the thought of getting back into the Rat race plus I,m almost 50 yrs old now.If I dont do something soon I.,m going to loose my house,boat,camper,trailors & truck.I've already lost my women & feel like I would rather take my life than get back into this scary freakin Rat race.

2007-02-23 06:17:43 · 3 answers · asked by jimbobob 4

depression, eating disorders, anxiety??

i went to see a counsellor at my university for the 1st time yday. She was very nice,compared to ppl ive seen in the past but from the word go I could see she was trying to find reasons for my problems. I can't pin point anything, there are things i am not happy with but I don't think i ended up with certain conditions because of this...but I know if i say that the counsellor will prob not be able to help.

any advice on what to do??

2007-02-23 06:10:26 · 14 answers · asked by SH2007 6

2007-02-23 06:06:02 · 2 answers · asked by Lee 7

If Someone Was In So Much Pain Would You Kill Them?If It Heart You To See Them Like That.You Would Be Helping Them Right?

2007-02-23 05:46:48 · 3 answers · asked by m.s 1

I'm just curious about the people who hang around this section.

So what do you do for a living? How many times have you changed your job? and what was/is the worst job you ever had?

Myself: I haven't had a single job in my life. Maybe I had. If tutoring for free is a job then that is the only thing I have done! I'm also a grad student and I love to learn about science more than anything else. Oh and I do get paid for being a grad student so I guess that counts too!

2007-02-23 05:32:17 · 4 answers · asked by Samantha 6

Yesterday some on this forum suggested that I have-had OCD. I still check my alarm clock in series of 3, 24 times or so before I can sleep but other than that and some obsessive thoughts, I think I'm alright. My question is this: Last year I was feeling my neck and thought I maybe felt a bump. I had my parents, even my friends feel it to see if they agreed. No one felt a thing. I work in research and had been using radioactive substrates. I pictured myself with cancer over and over again (it doesn't happen in 3 mo of radiation exposure and I know that.) Anyway, I became depressed for 2 months minimally worrying constantly and forever touching and rubbing my neck.Coworkers noticed it.I would look forward to sleep for relief.I hadn't been to my GP in 10 yrs, yet I had 3 doctors I work with and my GP (finally went) tell me I was fine.I didn't believe them and continued doing this for a month more.Can OCD manifest itself this way?Is this common worry or is it possible I still have OCD?

2007-02-23 04:59:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-23 04:56:17 · 8 answers · asked by Paul A 2

how can anyone have any faith whatsoever in the psych field/ psych meds? all they want is to take your money thru shoddy products and shoddy service

2007-02-23 04:40:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Was on effexor xr and new dr put me on paxil. Effexor was good no side effects. What about paxil? Any side effects?

2007-02-23 04:39:57 · 7 answers · asked by Chocolate Girl!!! 2

I have suffered from depression for a few years now but never that bad. I have very little energy and motivation. I'm sad nearly all the time and don't enjoy my kids as much. My husband left me about a year and a half ago. He said he was unhappy being married and wanted out. He moved back in with me last May but only because he lost his job. I thought things were going good for the time we were back together but he left again. I just got laid off in Januaray and do not have another job even close. He still helps me with money when I need it but my depression worsen after he left. I feel like never getting out of the bed. I've even thought of ending my life. I'm starting to take anitdepressants for it and hope that it will help us regain our marraige. But I think he left me because of my depression. I think there is too much drama that I bring that he doesn't want to deal. Could our marriage be fixable or is it a lost cause?

2007-02-23 04:30:59 · 21 answers · asked by Jenny G 1

2007-02-23 04:26:22 · 11 answers · asked by Hannah C 1

I have conversations out loud with myself when I am alone. Not only this but I answer my own questions back and also give myself advice. Basically I have an actual conversation with myself like two people. At one time I referred to myself as "we" ( the "other" person I am talking to) and at point referred to myself in third person giving my self another name and also still referring back to my own name, as if two people are talking in the third person.

I know this is weird, but the question I am asking is, is there a name for this condition, or is this a mental illness and if so what is the name of the illness?

2007-02-23 04:25:58 · 7 answers · asked by steel lion 1

her second baby is only 5 months old....

2007-02-23 04:07:18 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

there is a person that runs their mouth about doing something they think they help you when they say they are going to doit but then you just get hurt

2007-02-23 03:32:19 · 9 answers · asked by woody is my home boy yeah for me 1

ation for university studies?

2007-02-23 03:31:59 · 5 answers · asked by carola 2

I don't know what the problem is. Somedays I wake up and I feel tensed, confused or my brain is lost. I'm in university, but I really don't take much stress, I'm an easy going guy.

I began to think it was some disorder like attention disorder. So I asked the the doctor, he said that if it's disorder, it doesn't come and go. He told me to a physical but appointment are quite tight.

If I drink coffee it makes it worse. Maybe it's lack of exercise, but I feel its more just then that.

Does any one have an idea what it may be? I be happy if you guys can help me out. Thanks

2007-02-23 03:24:10 · 2 answers · asked by Nick 1

when i have panic attacks i experience a grogginess and disoriented feeling after it has passed and also drained why is this and is there anything i can do to wake my self out of the dreamy grogginess? my panic attacks mainly last a min. or so.

2007-02-23 03:21:47 · 8 answers · asked by jesse s 2

i have a mild case of bi-polar disorder so my dr. put me on a medicene about 8 month's ago. well i went about 2 month's without it. and it was hectic. i couldn't sleep and i had horrible mood swing's. and now that i've got it back. i'm shaking uncontrollably at time's. i can't get back in to see the dr. for another week and a half. so does anybody know what i should do or what could be causing this?

2007-02-23 03:09:51 · 7 answers · asked by monogamyislove 2

I think I need to go to a counselor but I do not have a lot of money. I have some health insurance so is there a way that I can use it and make a co-pay?
Or if anyone knows a place where women can go to get counseling when they are having issues with a man who has mentally abused them.

2007-02-23 03:09:07 · 8 answers · asked by ♦ Phoenix Rising♦ 6

2007-02-23 03:08:24 · 6 answers · asked by domani 1

2007-02-23 02:44:53 · 2 answers · asked by bles 2

I am having the best time of my life, I have a career i love, a husband and child who are great. recently moved in a new home. Everything is great, but the last 3 weeks, i am so tired, my friends think i am about to colapse, but my doctor can't find anything. He even agrees it is not depression he just seems puzzled.

2007-02-23 02:13:04 · 4 answers · asked by ggirl 3

My Aunt has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder for 15 years. She's always acted a little erratically but recently her behavior has spun out of control. Both her internal medicine doctor and I have discussed this in detail and believe either her meds are wrong or she's not taking them. The problem is she refuses to see a psychiatrist and get her meds checked because she feels she's fine. She calls and harrasses people up to 20 times a day (no exaggeration) at all times of the night. My father passed away last year and there's really no one but me who can help. I am at a loss of how to get her to see the psychiatrist. Anyone been in the same position or can offer some advice?

2007-02-23 02:11:26 · 7 answers · asked by Jennifer C 3

We have been keeping the diaries for the last 8 months, just done the sound recordings with the council and are waiting to hear what happens next. we are out our witts end due to the booming bass that goes through the whole house everyday. Prior to council intervention we had tried everything, going round, letters, contacting the housing association they are tennants of, who dont even reply to us!. Other neighbours are too frightened to lodge complaints. it is affecting my mental health and the stress cannot be good for my pregnancy but what else can we do? we cant sell as the issue is registered and legally we would have to declare it, besides, why should we be bullied out our house that we saved along time for and have modernised for our future? someone outhere must have successfully got a neighbour to be quiet?! what was secret how did you keep going through it all?

2007-02-23 01:54:35 · 8 answers · asked by tooky777 1

2007-02-23 01:40:38 · 10 answers · asked by superprison 1

I know I have Autism, but I think I might have other problems as well. I have never been officially diagnosed, but I suffer from severe mood swings. I'm happy and cheerful one minute and the next, I change, just like that. Sometimes I act like a complete different person. Some times I cry for no reason at all. I have had a very chaotic life, I'm not really going into details about my life, but do you think that that could be the reason I am the way I am?

2007-02-23 01:21:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

sometimes i have days where my temper is soooooo short!it use to be really bad an id lash out but i got it under much better control now but i still shout soooooo loud to release anger when i lose it which ant good for anyone, wat can i do to jus tame it that little bit more

2007-02-23 01:18:37 · 8 answers · asked by ace 1

I'm feeling really down and stuck in a rut! I'm overweight,have 5 children that are wild, totally skint with a mountain of debt living in a run down house thats falling apart and is totally disorganised. I have two faced friends my familys a complete nightmare and I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks i despreatly need to get some order in my life but everything just seems so out of control where do I start i'm totally fed up!

2007-02-23 01:18:25 · 6 answers · asked by natjill 1

I've been dealing with recurrent depression for more than 6 years now. Lately, I've begun losing weight but this past week, I've felt no urge to exercise. In the last four days I've also been eating horribly, despite my vow not to. I'm wondering if this is depression? I normally can exercise a little when I'm depressed, even more depressed than I am now, but right now I feel no urge and am making excuses for not goign to the gym or eating right. Any suggestions?

2007-02-23 01:07:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do suggest what are the gud therapies now. One doc has advised her Nasya (for 7 days )which she took with basti also for 2 days sometime around 2 months back. She has fallen badly nto this condition in merely six-seven months. She was fine till august last year.

2007-02-23 01:01:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous