Mental Health - March 2007

Hi, i suffered from a major infestation of acne when i was a young teenager (i still do now but not that serious and they left scars all over my face) My mom brought me to see the dermatologist because she pitied me, i became an 'indoor' person, my social life was affected and i didnt even look at anyone and always look down.

the derm prescribed me some medicines like accutane etcetra, it worked but just temporary. i started to look for other ways on how to improve my condition, even changing my diet. i became so obsess with being clean and all, afraid that germs might cause my acne. i kept washing my hands. i even wipe my face with tissue papers instead of towels after bathing. thus, i have to spend money on tissue papers.

i also got really mad when people touched my face because i always feel that their hands are dirty. i dont go out always. when boys talk to me, i tend to look away. sometimes i just feel like crying. is there a sickness in me? thank you.

2007-03-31 23:37:56 · 11 answers · asked by maureen 1

for years now ive watched things like samurai jack and played games like final fantasy... but ive become to open to it the thought of not being boud by reality, i get extreme emotional pangs and depression when thinking about being out of reality in a world with dragons or where the world is unknown and unexplored, i hate this world so much i even find it hard to walk straight its like im smoking cannabis or something ive stopped caring about people my family i cant love and all i care about is my imagination, i dont socialise other people seem very different like things i cant understand which makes me avoid people and i keep finding myself depressed by myself in the woods or in dark places please tell me someone feels the same its all i can think about i feel im going crazy :( please anwser me... thanks gavx

2007-03-31 23:30:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i had this problem for 4 years and i don't know what should i do about it and most of the time i spend at home i got also panic attacks around people please help me to find the solution

2007-03-31 20:08:12 · 7 answers · asked by abuquta_abuquta 1

Would the treatments be the same?

2007-03-31 20:00:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you find something hard to handle, a situation, what is to blame? Isn't that a sign of depression? So is it you? Or is it the situation?

2007-03-31 19:34:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter is 17 months old, and I know its normal for moms to worry, but I feel like mine is way out of control. I'm always worried about my daughter. Everything horrilbe that could happen to her, goes through my head. I work, so i'm not able to watch her, and it upsets me so bad that I can't eat, I cry, my stomach starts cramping, and my chest starts hurting. Even when i'm at home with her, when she falls asleep I look at her and think about how she has her whole life ahead of her, how am I going to protect her? I just feel so scared..so so scared ALL THE TIME. We're going on a plane trip to visit her family at the end of April and I am so terrified to get her on that plane. Please somebody help me with some advice or support. I just took a Klonopin to help me calm down ( They were prescribed to me after I passed out at work the first time)

2007-03-31 19:04:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you know of anyone who takes, by prescription and the same doctor, both Klonopin and Ativan?

2007-03-31 18:46:43 · 8 answers · asked by thefinalresult 7

I'm ugly and always had problem with my self-esteem so I went to a psychiatrist and all he was talking about that I should believe that I'm good looking and that someone out there thinks that I'm beautiful....etc but what difference it makes if I can't change the way people think about me?
I'll always be ugly

2007-03-31 18:30:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay so there aer 3 different ones i think i might have

1. de-personalazation disorder
i think i have this one. i alwasy feel like i'm on the outside looking in. that there is like no 'me' that 'i' doesn't it exsits, just 'sarah' exsists ((my name)) and its like i'm in a dream or something. idk...its like sometimes i get a flash of what i must look like even though i cant see it. i seriously think i have this.

2. dissasotiative identity disorder
its either this or the one before this one. cuz like it feels like there is either no 'me' or there is 'sarah' and 'me' and it gets annoying. cuz somtimes i'm dressing and acting like sarah and somtiems its 'me'

3. eating disorder not otherwise specificated
i'm pretty positive i have this. i try to throw up after eating like 300 calories, but i cant. and then i restrict majorly. like under 600 cals a day. and i think i'm the hugest thing on earth. then soemtimes i'll eat everything in sight...ugh

okay so do you think i have these

2007-03-31 18:12:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-31 17:43:27 · 4 answers · asked by borncountrygal 1

such as antisocial, histrionic, narccistic, borderline, obsessvie-compulsive...

2007-03-31 16:58:14 · 9 answers · asked by vaness_mbs 1

im 14, i know i have to see a doc but my parents dont understand why i want to see a doc so ive been talking to my counsler

2007-03-31 16:57:49 · 21 answers · asked by baby doll 2

... and I'm starting to get worried...

My mom kicked my dad out when I was younger and I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.

I feel a lack of love...

I'm worried...

Please help?

2007-03-31 16:51:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes when I go to the mall or when i'm walking around I look at everyone.. and when i see all the people I say to myself "everybody has a story." It fascinates me. The mailman. The bus driver. The cashier. The asian lady doing my eyebrows. The homeless man i see everyday walking home...
everybody has a story of there own. A story to tell.Thats' why i tend not to judge. Everybody does something for a reason. And everybody has a story. 6 billion stories...I am a teen who is lost... Knows what they want for the future (want to be a filmaker) but doesn't know how to accomplish it. Been through the worst things anybody can imagine. Poverty.Molestation.Homelessne... what's your story?

2007-03-31 16:34:57 · 10 answers · asked by The REBELution! 3

Hi there. I just had my baby on Tuesday (March 27th). I got home on Thursday and I am going crazy. Literally crazy. I have a husband and a three year old child at home. I am going on a hormonal odyssey to hell. I was already taking Zoloft 100mg for the pregnancy, but now I am thinking of starting to break an additional pill in half to increase my dosage to 150. Any ideas on this one?

My biggest problem is that I am unable to leave the house, as per strict orders from the baby's doctor. She is to be kept away from people until she is 6 weeks old or so. I don't have anyone who I would dare to trust to watch my newborn, I don't have any family around, or other support. I feel so alone. So how can I possibly go to get help for my problem?

Also I feel guilty because I am tired and overworked, my blood count is still low, and I am cranky to my three year old, who is the sweetest kid in the world. The whole reason I had this baby is for her! But now I feel horrible like a rotten mother, or

2007-03-31 16:01:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why shouldn't someone on antidepressants drink alcohol? I was just wondering what the interaction would cause...

2007-03-31 14:53:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

are there statistics that show the rate of suicide among careers?

2007-03-31 14:25:07 · 18 answers · asked by aremmat 1

Here is what happened: Her job that she absolutely loved just got eliminated, and she is having difficulties finding a new one. Also, she has been training for a marathon for the past 2 months and she's been working so hard and just the other day she injured her legs. Now, she can't run in the marathon, and she feels as though she wasted last 2 months since she had been skipping doctors appointments and work and all her social committments to train. In addition, this was the last year she was going to be able to run in a marathon since she is going to be too old next year (in her opinion). Today, I tried so hard to cheer her up, but she just sat there and said "It's official. I am depressed." Now, usually she is a very positive person who tries to look on the bright side of things, and I have never seen her so upset since her father died 7 years ago. PLEASE HELP ME!! What can I do??

2007-03-31 13:38:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am new to a mental health team that goes out and helps the homeless with services (housing, food, etc.). I am coming across a lot of folks that are having perfectly clear conversations with themselves. As a budding mental health prfessional how do I deal with that? DO I ask what they are talking about or to whom they are talking? Do I just let it go, etc. etc. Any professional direction would be appreciated!!! Thanks!

2007-03-31 13:23:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a single mom and my bills are more than my income. On top of that I'm having a lot of problems at work and am worried I might lose my job. Sometimes I just want to run away from my life. It just feels like my troubles are going to swallow me whole. Does anyone else ever feel this way?

2007-03-31 12:26:52 · 4 answers · asked by hthr_1974 4

1. Are all clinically diagnosed mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and OCD due to a lack of serotonin in the synapses?

2. Do all these illnesses thus require medication for life?

3. Why are other forms of treatment often given, like behavioral and cognitive? Can these also restore the levels of serotonin?

thanks!

2007-03-31 12:24:36 · 7 answers · asked by Peter P 1

2007-03-31 12:17:23 · 16 answers · asked by Danielle C 1

What is the symptoms of depression and i s there any way to treat it without medication?

2007-03-31 11:56:03 · 9 answers · asked by nikdastk2 1

Why does he bring this junk up when he knows it hurts me to be reminded of such terrifying experiences? He asks why didn't I report these. Because that in itself is hell. How can he think it hurts him as much or more than me? We're talking about many years before we met. When he brings this garbage up, it is like reliving it again. I had made peace with it being over and done with, but he doesn't get that HE is hurting ME, by making me think about it over and over? He says he's got to pay for someone else hurting me. Sounds kind of warped to me, but if anyone has an idea how this makes any sense to him, Please Help. Don't suggest I still prosecute the guys, or go for more couseling. My past is past. Like 1980's past...

2007-03-31 10:56:02 · 16 answers · asked by baglady 7

14 yr old daughter is having hallucinations that do not seem to match anything except street drug use, but (tested!) not using drugs. describes as individual people in large groups dissappearing, or fingers on hand dissappearing - ('I can only see dad's mustache and glasses'). have found some migraine-aura based art to ask her if representative.
need more images to work with - more ideas? her fadeouts seem to focus on people - objects they are holding can seem to float in the air. she is being treated now with Geodon, 3 weeks, reports 40% improvement in symptoms. hallucinations associated closely with severe depression - bipolar and epilepsy in separate close family members. wits end! she has a history of cluster-migraines since age 6. need definitive way to clearly descrie the visual halucination for the psychiatrist, neurologist and therapist to work with. but don't want to imprint her with ideas! thought some pictures would help.

2007-03-31 10:38:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

hello i am 14 years old and i have depression problems i get so depressed so easily but i don't really show it except i always get mad at people and i don't even realize im doing it!! and i get stressed out alot but mostly depressed!!!! what so i do is there anything i can do like any extercises or pills or something that i can take but please help asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


GOD BLESS

2007-03-31 10:30:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like no matter what you say or do no one takes any notice of you.

2007-03-31 10:08:35 · 20 answers · asked by no1shylass 4

i've been on anti-depressants for the better part of 14 years, age 17 to 31. for the most part, they keep my head above water, calm my panic disorder and help with my depression. that being said, i'm not so sure people should be on these drugs year after year and many sources i read say that it's ok to go off if you're feeling better. i tried going off a few years ago and didn't last because of anger issues. i am trying to go off again (actually, i AM off now - of celexa) and i'm having the same problem: anger! the anger is for no real reason and i am not having any problems with depression or anxiety/panic. i've not hurt anyone or myself, but i find myself angry/irritable at just about everything. i don't want to go back on the medication, but i don't know why i'm so angry. has anyone else had this problem going off anti-depressants? is there a light at the end of the tunnel? please share your experiences or advice. thanks in advance.

2007-03-31 10:02:53 · 9 answers · asked by callisto9 2

just started taking it and am worried about it, but i really want it to work and was wondering anyone elses experiences on it? Thanks!

2007-03-31 09:55:14 · 9 answers · asked by estkijedsco 4

I don't want to spill my problems all over the table when I don't even know if you will listen to me. I just wanted to tell someone that I never stop thinking about it. I'm always thinking about suicide. I constantly contemplate killing myself. Can anyone help me?

2007-03-31 09:11:04 · 23 answers · asked by Jenn 1