Mental Health - February 2007

I'm 23 and recently, 4 days ago went on wellbutrin for depression/anxiety. I had previiously gone on paxil and gained 30 pounds (and lost a lot of it but not all of it) 2 years ago. The doc. said normally people lose weight on wellbutrin and do not gain it. But it has been 4 days and i feel like ive gained weight!! I've eaten the same, so is it possible to gain 3 pounds in 4 days? or more? i feel fatter. im so scared of gaining weight it's not worth being on an anti depressant if I'm fat. does anyoone have any personal experiences or know anything about this that could help me?

Also, have you ever drank on wellbutin? I know it says not to...but that is what it says with all anti depressants and my friend drinks on effexor, as have i, and i drank on paxil and it was fine. I'm just scared cus this says it can cause seizures. im not a big drinker, liek once every 2 weeks but i like to drink socially with my friends.

2007-02-11 13:16:54 · 5 answers · asked by 47skittles 3

I have been lying about everything in my life, relationships, work, family, everything. I want to stop but its like i cant, please help me i'm scared i dunno how much more i can take

2007-02-11 13:11:09 · 17 answers · asked by sexymami4him 1

I am a pretty mature person inside really but I have social anxiety disorder and it makes me look pathetic and immature. I try to avoid people and social situations but I cant always do that and it also can make me look like a schmuck. What are some other ways I can not come off as so patheitc/immature.

2007-02-11 13:05:54 · 8 answers · asked by leena 4

2007-02-11 13:05:01 · 5 answers · asked by gabriel p 1

i would get help, but i believe nothing or nobody can help me :'( im so desperate and scared

2007-02-11 12:42:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son has depression and i dont know what to do. He hates himself and has thought about suicede and have no idea what i should do. He is bullied but doesn't care he is 12 and over weight and his grades are falling he is a genuis but getting more and mroe careless. He has been bullied since kindergaten but the teachers never did anything i need some sort of advice or something

2007-02-11 12:41:49 · 12 answers · asked by uneedhelp20 2

I feel like I'm drowining. My mom, brother and sister are all gone, and I live alone with my father. He loves me, but is always away drinking and smoking. He is lonely. The house is falling to pieces, and I have given up caring about it. The pets have died, there are maggots in our dishes, and I find i don't care. I've lost all interest in school. I skipped 8th, grade, gifted class, doing so well. and I no longer care. I have taken up so many activitys that I no longer have time to eat, or sleep, leave for school at 6:30 am and don't get home till 9 at night. The friends I make I chase away, and I am convinced that I somhow want to be miserable, but I don't. Constant thoughts of suicide, not to get attention, I just want to rest for once. But I don't want to give up. On anything, but I feel like I'm drowning in the air. And I've never told anyone that. Not untill you people, right now. What do I do? I want to get out. I want that feeling to go away. Can somone help?

2007-02-11 12:05:27 · 10 answers · asked by Tsukiko27 1

I'll admit it, I'm screwed up.
I'm a mess right now.
I'm fat, I'm ugly, I'm a... cutter.
I told my mom to get me a phsycologist (I didn't tell her why),
but she doesn't seem to realize how badly I need it. I'm actually asking for help. I don't want to get into it with her, if I did, I don't think I'd need a phsycologist. And it seems like nobody wants to help me. I've asked the 2 people I'm closest to: my ex and my best friend of 4 years. I don't kjnow what's up with my ex, when he talked to me, it was so insincere, he sounded like Dr. Phil, like he was patronizing me (he doesn't care anymore, he hasn't talked to me in a week.) My 'best friend' and I had problems, but it's not as bad now, but she doesn't realize that she shouldn't yell at me for all of this stuff I'm going through. She only made it worse. So did my ex. I just want to tell my mom about what I do so she will be serious about getting me a phsycologist. I've already begged her multiple times. What should I say to ger?

2007-02-11 12:04:41 · 17 answers · asked by Dea. 3

I use to work in a nursing home 5 years ago and in the last week have dreamed about 2 of the residents that were there at the time. Just kinda spokey for me.

2007-02-11 11:57:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anita 2

Over 2 years ago i had a major car accident. I was hit head on by a drink driver. No real physical damage but it messed with my head. For a long time i could't get into a car, I stopped leaving my house for a bit and i have never driven a car since. We are till going through all the legal crap but I have no idea what we can expect to get from it. Im not in it for the money but I do need it to help with my recovery.

Has anyone been in a simular situation? If so how did you get past it and what was the out come?

2007-02-11 11:43:21 · 6 answers · asked by the_little_one_said 3

I've always been attracted to fat girls. The main trouble is, it's more than just a preference, I'm completely obsessed with the thought of them getting fatter, outgrowing clothes, getting stuck, breaking chairs etc.

I've dated a few girls who are on the plump side and I'm sure they'd be horrified if they knew that I'd fantasized about them getting fatter, to the extent that I feel really guilty about me being with them.

Is there any way of losing a fetish, such as hypnosis or some other kind of therapy, or if not, what do you think I should do about my problem, which is stunting my lovelife?

2007-02-11 11:36:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always take my shirt off when im sleeping but i never know im doing it so ill wake up topless. I dont know what causes me to do it but its bothersome because its led to some embarrasing things. can anyone tell me why i do it or how to stop? This is serious, not a joke at all.

2007-02-11 11:36:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm just in a rut. I just need some, words of wisdoms, that I can tell myself to keep going, when I'm feeling stuck. Anyone out there got something theyn tell themselves to keep going strong?

2007-02-11 11:34:02 · 7 answers · asked by inferno0424 2

one way already given to me was trying to use a comp. with a faulty memory drive. this have me an edge on trying to understand.
it's been 3 days later, i still face the same problem.
the temporal lobe epilepsy allowed constant input, but untill now did not have a way to keep up.
my question is after 35 years of all this information only being put in ( sometimes without understanding why) where can i fit in? i have only just begun to know what being a human being is, but too much is assumed because of the way and quantity of information that 35 yrs. allowed to enter.
the best way so far i can explain was the flawed memory drive. this are only now beginning to start to work, that really doesn't help me, i still feel isolated, but now i feel too.
where would a person like me fit, if this is all that can be acheived? i never gained a degree, but the ideas are just there, now i understand being human.
can this kind of person ever be accepted, a flawed memory drive, but now feeling?

2007-02-11 11:29:06 · 4 answers · asked by michelle c 1

even if the person is perfectly healthy?

2007-02-11 11:25:59 · 6 answers · asked by SoldierSide 1

2007-02-11 11:25:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a recovering addict and my current doctor knows this - he prescribed me Ambien for my chronic insomnia and told me it is not addictive and he would never give me anything that would jeopardize my sobriety. while doing some research on my own i found MANY cases of Ambien addiction, withdrawal, etc. Does anybody know if there are any non-habit forming sleep medications out there?
I understand that someone with an addictive personality like me can become 'addicted' to anything but i'm trying to be careful and take it only when i really need it. I would like more options to discuss with my doctor. Does anyone have some better suggestions? Thanks!

p.s. i've only taken it twice, it works great but the stuff i read makes me nervous about using it frequently

2007-02-11 11:19:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do they have the right to not treat, based on the possibility that they feel my child will run, even though she is consenting to treatment?

2007-02-11 11:13:00 · 4 answers · asked by mamaghost2001 1

2007-02-11 11:03:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been on the drug since 2003, taking one 100mg tablet daily.

2007-02-11 10:55:45 · 8 answers · asked by mitchell k 1

2007-02-11 10:41:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems like there are quite a few bipolar people that have not been diagnosed. I recently figured out what bipolar is and I see the symptoms in a lot of people I know personally. Im not a doctor or anything but when i see someone that has all the symptoms I start to wonder how many people are out there (like the people I see) that are not helped?

2007-02-11 10:28:11 · 8 answers · asked by Toothie 2

I'm a control freak...and I need to learn some ways to try not to be one

2007-02-11 10:24:12 · 7 answers · asked by <3 Jennie <3 2

2007-02-11 10:11:48 · 9 answers · asked by clorenda23 2

i really need to know my parents are driving me to the edge

2007-02-11 10:09:37 · 34 answers · asked by True jugalette 1

PDA, skinny-dipping, doctor's visits, sex, changing in the locker room. I'm perfectly comfortable, while most people don't seem to be. I never flaunt it or purposely find reasons to undress, but at the same time, i have never felt strange about it, either. Is that "normal"?

2007-02-11 10:03:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had weird dreams in the past and quit having them but in the last 3 nights or so, I have been dreaming weird things, like pushing my grandmother (who is dead) in a wheelchair downtown but she kept getting out of it and walking on her own and I had a really hard time keeping her in the wheelchair. Most of the other dreams I cannot really remember now, but it seems like I was trying to either take care of someone or help someone out. I have not changed my bedtime routine or anything, but I have been sick and am taking antibiotics - that is the only thing different Any ideas?

2007-02-11 09:50:37 · 5 answers · asked by Denise C 3

2007-02-11 09:48:37 · 11 answers · asked by mememe 1

I mean does it like have something to do with the enviroment you grow up in? Or is it just something purely biological?

2007-02-11 09:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by Jaded 7

Please help me!!! i beg my dad to take me to the mall almost everyday! but he will never take me because i already have lots and lots of clothes! but i still want to go! im soo addicted to the mall. any advice too lower the urges for wanting to go to the mall.

2007-02-11 09:33:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous