Mental Health - March 2007

i've been feeling very down for the past 5 to 6 months, and i think i might be depressed. i also think i might have anxiety problems because i get worried over very small things, which eventually stress me out and make me feel dizzy and feel like throwing up. i told my doctor that i think im depressed and he said im not. he never asked me any questions. he told me my personality is too bubbly, but i NEVER acted bubbly. my mom would never believe im depressed because she doesnt think 19 year olds have any stress watsoever. what do i do? keep in mind that i dont feel comfortable talking to my parents about anything

2007-03-01 13:43:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

yesterday i cried myself to sleep and today i cried for like the whole day and now my eyes are burning and my head and stomack are killing me. is it unhealty to cry?

2007-03-01 13:37:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that people get really happy, confident, and feel like on top of the world. Why would that be a bad thing to have? Im confussed. I heard that SSRI's could cause it, and thats under a side effect. I just dont understand why being extremly happy is a bad thing for.

2007-03-01 13:27:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-01 13:25:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My whole family has been visiting her everyday for about six hours each day. I have too however, this has been making me exhausted and taking a toll on me. It is stressing me out I have college and cannot really concentate because of this situation. Are we visiting my grandmother too much in the hospital? We are there everyday for almost six hours. I feel it is getting too much, my grandmother has been in the hospital for a week. Is this too much? Should we limit our time at the hospital? Also, my mom is hysterical and bosses the nurses around. What should we do?

2007-03-01 13:20:06 · 7 answers · asked by brooke992002 2

its like ive boxd off those feelings or emotions i culdnt deal wiv my feelings after my x left me.so i spose ive blankd out those feelings to the point of isolateing my self.could this be attributed to the condition of psycosis which i ave been told by the hospital crisis team i was suffering from or am suffering from.a kind of schitzprna i think it is.Could it be that causeing me to stay on my own and not ave those emotions in my life

2007-03-01 13:15:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

he is always locking keys in cars, not having housekey, he runs all over the house in the morning to find his things before work, and, he always comes back home because he forgot something, is this a sign of a sort of Autism? Oh, and he's always late.
It's really beginning to become a problem for us. He's an electrical engineer.

2007-03-01 13:10:42 · 7 answers · asked by tamilynn 3

2007-03-01 13:10:33 · 12 answers · asked by faith.inyou 2

I've tried it a few times & am considering trying it out again.
Has anyone here ever done this? If so, what did you think of it?

2007-03-01 13:00:08 · 2 answers · asked by Lost_Lady 3

So does it?

2007-03-01 12:58:43 · 7 answers · asked by seifer1237490 1

I have tried Lamictal but it caused weight gain so Im going to be going off that. The lithium i think works to a certain degree. Geodon makes me soooo nervous so I am going to be going off that. I need a mood stabilizer or antipsychotic drug to level me out with the lithium. So basically anything that does the job without weigh gain or anxiety.

2007-03-01 12:50:40 · 10 answers · asked by b 4

2007-03-01 12:45:58 · 7 answers · asked by Trauemer 3

I have ADHD. I have been on Adderall during college. The doctor that Dx is no longer practicing... I don't have insurance. I am a graduate student that has been given by the school psychoanalyst Rx Wellbutrin to treat lack of focus and spaciness. The campus doesn't do ADHD testing anymore... I can't get in to her... there twice a week... ran out of WB. My delima is that I need more Adderall. I got some from my cousin who is ADD. It brings me to normal. I have an appointment to see a medical doctor next Thurs. He was willing to give me more WB last time I was there... although he wasn't the one who started the treatment.. I turned him down since: I have to take it daily, causes insomnia, high BP, irritability... and I can't afford it at all. When I talk to him I don't want to sound like a druggie. My campus did not diagnose me with ADHD but I need treatment. Any suggestions? Any alternatives I can ask him for? I am thinking of going to MEX, but not wanting to. :-(

2007-03-01 12:43:34 · 12 answers · asked by LifeIsPassion 2

Yeah yeah, I get the whole "so depressed you can't handle it anymore." kind of thing. But seriously, some of the reason's people commit suicide is just so stupid. I know someone who talked about doing it, I got so ticked off at her I ignored her and sent her cold looks for weeks.

I mean, after all, there are people that have it so much worse then others that commit suicide. Is it wrong of me to think so lowly of these people when they are so self-centered they have to go off themselves before thinking that there might actually be others upset over them? I know people who have really had it rough, druggy parents, in and out of rehab, had to restort to prostitution and now is about to be put back in custody of her druggy parents (she's 16). And she is still able to smile and do better. When there's little miss MaryAnne whose boyfriend broke up with her. Does she look to her friends? No. Her family? Screw them. She's threw with life, so she kills herself.

Is it wrong to think this way?

2007-03-01 12:33:57 · 21 answers · asked by Mimblewimble 4

2007-03-01 12:32:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok I'm not sure if this is anxiety or stress but, when ever I go to animal care I get so much anxiety or stress that my stomach turns until I'm in the building doing work. I think the reason is because when I first started going there and had to restrain a dog it jumped at me giving me a warning growl and I think that somehow tramatized me. I've tried to tell myself to get over it but it doesnt seem to work. I know this sounds silly but I really hate feeling like this because I do love animals, so my question is which is it and how can I relieve it?

2007-03-01 12:21:54 · 12 answers · asked by Dog Lover 6

I love to make people cry. It is the biggest rush in the world to make someone cry! Is this weird do think!

2007-03-01 12:19:07 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think your life will greatly improve if you decide to become exactly as I am.

2007-03-01 12:15:06 · 5 answers · asked by John D 1

Im depressed really depressed. I hate myself and my body. How do i go about getting these meds. I dont feel loved or anything anyone whos ever been depressed you know exactly how i feel. Ive contemplated suicide and i want those thoughts to go away i want the depression to go away. Please help.

2007-03-01 12:13:57 · 14 answers · asked by Un-Happy Gilmore 4

The literature states that Effexor XL is prescribed for generalized anxiety disorder,panic attacks, social phobia. Is the amount of Effexor XR prescribed different for all of these disorders?

2007-03-01 12:07:22 · 4 answers · asked by lagosalado67 1

2007-03-01 12:00:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have servere anxiety disorder and I want to know from someone who HAS it and is currently taking the medications for it, what do they really do to you? Do they make you numb and so that you don't really care about anything? Because that is not what I want at all. I don't want to be the person who is dull and does not care about anything. Do they just get rid of your anxiety and have no other side effect on your personality? I really hope they don't change who I am because I have an appointment to actually get the medication in a week, and I'm nervous. It would suck to become a whole different person after taking the medications, although it will be awesome to stop worrying about everything..lol

2007-03-01 11:58:58 · 6 answers · asked by Themi 2

so since i sarted my new job last year in June I have been dealing with alot of stresses at work along with the passing of my father in 2005. I have been noticing increased irritability, excess worry, restless sleep, muscle tension in my back, headaches, sweating, no concentration, nausea, frequent bathroom breaks, tiredness, trouble staying asleep and being startled easily. My doctor seems to think I am bipolar with anxiety but when I looked up the syptoms of a bipolar I only got 3 of the 13 symptoms. I feel I have been misdiagnosed and that because I have had depression in the past they are just assuming I am now bipolar. I am 25 now but when i was 15 I had a drug addiction that I told my Dr about. Its my feeling that she doesnt want to prescribe me anxiety pills because she feels I will become addicted to them. I may just be paranoid here, but I'm severly confused about my talk with the Dr. Should I get a second opinion? This anxiety is effecting my work and life.please help

2007-03-01 11:55:43 · 10 answers · asked by bobbie21brady 5

2007-03-01 11:55:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

was severly abused ( physical and mental) as a little girl but made a good life for myself! I hardly ever think about it anymore, except!
during those years of abuse I taught myself to watch my cues with people ,so that I could sense what they where up to or what kind of mood or intensions they had ,so I wouldnt get hurt and reach safety before things would escalate ! today , unfortunately, this has not changed! and while I am very acurate on reading people I seem to go on the offensive pretty much right away , later then as I get to know that indevidual a little longer , sure enough , they are what I sensed they are! this is not such a good thing as it has gotten me in trouble quite a lot and I am labled at my job! but I cant seem to shut off this defence mechanism! what is there I can do !

2007-03-01 11:40:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-01 11:34:22 · 8 answers · asked by M C 1

Today I went to my Grandfather's funeral. I haven't been feeling good since. I have been very nervous and have been thinking about death and scaring myself into panic attacks. I just keep seeing the casket and him lying there in my head. Is there anything I can do to make myself feel better?

2007-03-01 11:33:13 · 5 answers · asked by Dave & Sunny 2

2007-03-01 11:31:40 · 12 answers · asked by miller278 1

2007-03-01 11:27:32 · 18 answers · asked by Mom 2

2007-03-01 11:25:37 · 5 answers · asked by Mom 2