Mental Health - February 2007

When I get upset or under stress, they get worse. Can someone help give me tips on how to block them out? because the medicine doesn't fully do the job.

2007-02-18 16:35:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just got a job and can't go to my meetings anymore is there a chat room for teens having to do with alateen related things?

2007-02-18 16:31:28 · 2 answers · asked by blackglitter 2

i suffer from bipolar and am very tired of trying new things. i have been to therapy, i have tried many drugs and i have moved back home. nothing seems to work. is there anyway to ever live a normal life?

2007-02-18 16:31:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

everyone is there, has his happiness and misery causes but want to be happy. i just wanted to know your view for happiness.

2007-02-18 16:29:49 · 7 answers · asked by udipt_dutt 1

The weird thing is, I just suddenly cry AT RANDOM. When I try to
go to sleep, my eyes just fill with tears, even though I'm not depressed, stressed, sad... What's making me do this?

2007-02-18 16:22:00 · 7 answers · asked by Caramella 3

i have stage four major depression and an axiety disorder with panic attacks and i recetly went on medicines, but while we are trying to find meds that can help, and while i work through the issues in therapy i am still sad. Just really sad and depressed....i just feel hopeless....i feel like its my fault and i dont know how im going to survive this. basicaly i was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions for little things i can do that can help me hang in there? anything to help me get through the day? or any advise? please help me out here. im just at a loss.
thanks in advance

2007-02-18 16:13:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why can't I cry? If you read my 2 most recent posts, you'll see I have mental problems and I have no problem showing any emotion. I can show sadness, but I can't cry, even when my grandmother died, i didnt cry.

2007-02-18 15:59:47 · 24 answers · asked by Lauren 2

Sometimes I wonder if it's worth getting up again, if you KNOW you'll eventually going to fall again. Up untill the 6th grade I was a totally happy kid. Nothing could bring me down......except middle school. I slipped into this wierd depression stage probably caused by hormones and this harsh medication I was on. So now I'm in 9th grade and I'm content with my life. But sometimes I want to be more than content. I want to be happy like I was when I was younger....but I'm afraid I'll fall again like I did in middle school. What can I do?

2007-02-18 15:35:51 · 8 answers · asked by Sarah 4

I have a strange question. Tonight I heard on a TV show that it's good to grieve and let out your bad emotions, and that the alternative can be much worse. What did he mean by that?

2007-02-18 15:29:56 · 8 answers · asked by Somebody 1

How can I know with out really prying?

2007-02-18 15:22:48 · 12 answers · asked by fe2bsho 3

I was really exhausted and couldn't get out of bed so I just tried going back to sleep but kept getting wakened up by this voice that was sort of moaning. It was a bit frightening. If I was a hedonist it probably would have got me excited.

2007-02-18 15:15:27 · 9 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

I've been dating a woman for awhile now and things were great. I started really liking this girl a lot but then all of a sudden she started pushing me away. Becoming distant and seems like she's changed. I finally found out her reasoning was because everyone else in her life that she's gotten close to has left her. Her mother, father, friends, family, and ex boyfriend... (lucky her).. anyway. She says she's growing to like me a lot and its scaring her that she's affraid I'd end up leaving her too. So how do we work around this problem? I am growing to love her and willing to work with her through this problem. I'm not looking for the too much baggage run answer either.

2007-02-18 15:11:05 · 6 answers · asked by massure4hire 5

I don't live with him or anything...but today i heard he laid in bed all day and just is kind of depressed. He's had a hard life, I'm sure that's why he has depression, because of all the stuff he's been through.

I reallly wish i could help him not have depression, but really that's impossible. I worry about him non-stop...what should i do? Will he deal with life better once he gets older, or will it just get worse? He's 17.

2007-02-18 15:07:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Diagnosed w/ Borderline Personality Disorder in Sept 05. Also extemely prone to despression. I believe the BPD was result of a bad marriage, to a verbally abusive husband (though he loves me beyond life and is unaware of what he says...he is just stating 'truths' and trying to be "open"). I grew up with a verbally abusive (or was he just overtly strict?) father. In January, I went through devasting changes in my life and the BPD subsided, self-sontrol was easy. My therapist backed away & i don't know why, is it because i'm 'behaving' as such, so she feels she succeeded or is it because i made her think i didn't respect her (i was late and missed appts since jan, unintentionally). i've read about high functioning bpd, i was definitely low-functioning BPD until Jan. I read & try to be aware of my actions, so to understand my emotions more & not react, though that's always a job. Because i understand & feel "control", am i getting 'better'.?

2007-02-18 15:06:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean things besides medication.

2007-02-18 14:59:38 · 6 answers · asked by nitti2121 1

I dreamt that my friends and I were still little we were playing hide and seek on this farm, I got lost in the cornfields, and I saw this woman holding a baby, she was near the barn so I came up closer to her, then I finnaly realized the woman was a corpse and the baby was decomposing as the barn and the sky was full in flames

2007-02-18 14:45:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-18 14:45:00 · 10 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

2007-02-18 14:42:46 · 5 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

I have gained over a hundred pounds since I began taking anti-depressants. Is this normal.

2007-02-18 14:39:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-18 14:38:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can hear that they are speaking to me. But I can't make out what they are saying. It's not that I hear what they are saying and I don't understand but I can't make out their syllables at all. I can't catch their words. It's getting worse. All my life sometimes maybe their accent is strange and you just can't make out what they are saying but now this is happening more often and with classmates with 'normal' british accents that I am used to.

Why is this happening? Is there something wrong with me?

2007-02-18 14:37:38 · 20 answers · asked by Jenny T 1

Ten years of working with different therapists has not helped. Antidepressants (luvox paxil lexapro) also not helped. Xanax with alcohol gives some temporary relief. Also spent $500.00 on tapes from Lucinda Bassett. Are there any institutions out there with any success stories?

2007-02-18 14:30:04 · 19 answers · asked by curious 1

2007-02-18 14:25:43 · 3 answers · asked by chardonnay 2

I am currently 22 years old, attend a local University and live at home with my dad. Even though I am doing well at school, I feel I need to get away. I don't much care for the state or city I live in, nor the choices or friends I have made over the years. They are great people, but they don't seem to have the expectations in the world I have. I would like to transfer schools and move away from this place, but feel scared. I don't know if this will really help me to acomplish anything. I have applied at a school about 6 hours away and plan on applying to two schools on either coast. I have plenty of family members and friends who will miss me, but I feel, like I said they are not boosting me to my potential. I am handed anything that I need or want, and feel this could be a hinder to me. I'm not sure what I should do at this point. Do I leave behind everyone and everything I have ever known to try and find something better, or do I tough it out and move away after school?

2007-02-18 14:24:03 · 7 answers · asked by Josh 2

I'm a 27yr old guy who's got a decent paying job. I go out regularly w/ friends and have a good relationship with my family. I exercise a fair amount and feel in shape. In college I was passionate about my work and life and wanted to do everything, but now my outlook on the future is just grey.

I've found myself stuck in a cycle of feeling "out-of-it". I feel so tired anytime of the day, as if I dont' want to do anything. Yet I get on with it, and things seem fine. Activity wise, I've become indifferent. Not motivated to do one thing over the other. I go out with friends and would rather be at home. When I talk to someone now words just don't come out of my mouth making any sense. My thoughts are just scattered. I'm also usually calm and controlled, but once in a blue moon I just crack and get really angry - either punching something or cussing someone out. And usually it's over the smallest thing.

What can I do to get me to get out of this rut??

2007-02-18 14:18:19 · 6 answers · asked by an observer 1

Imagine a scary clown. Instead of being scared by the clown, say to it calmly, "If you come near me, I'll KILL you." Then imagine yourself beating the clown to death.

Do you think that's a good way of getting over your fear?

I just thought of this earlier at first after I finished watching a clip of something I've been scared of for YEARS. That was only a short clip, and not scary enough, but I think it works.

Imagining yourself as very powerful and stronger than your fear.

2007-02-18 13:54:30 · 3 answers · asked by bumblebeebuzz 3

2007-02-18 13:45:50 · 4 answers · asked by zoejane 2

I used to have to live on medications to get me through a day, but at that time I was also in a very physically and mentally abusive relationship. I have since left got my self off meds and met the best guy in the world who supports me in my depression battle. However, lately my new doctor gave me some new anti depressants and I told her I knew what worked and asked for scrips to tose drugs, she refused telling me to try hers first. They made my anxiety worse and I felt very tired all the time, and since I have a physical job I weaned my self off them. Now, I am slowing feeling myself get worse every day and my old doc can't see me for 2 weeks, how can I make it through without breaking down?
Also, why would my depression and anxiety be coming back when my life is so perfect? I have a new 3 month old baby, great daughter who helps alot, she is 12, and a wonderful loving husband? My life is completely opposite of what it was 7 years ago with the abuser. Any help would be great.

2007-02-18 13:41:16 · 6 answers · asked by tippysock 2

I'm not substituting this for opinions from other doctors, but If you only had seizures at night growing up and have not had one for 7 years would you take an anti-epileptic med, such as keppra, the rest of your life?

2007-02-18 13:27:17 · 8 answers · asked by jesse 2

2007-02-18 13:18:26 · 3 answers · asked by jesse 2