Mental Health - April 2007

well a lot has happened over the past year, and I've been really upset, but most of my friend don't really understand and keep telling me to 'snap out' of depression and to 'get over it', because they feel that everyone has problems in life and i must be 'strong'
apart from my mother, nobody else seems to understand.

what do I to do?

2007-04-16 22:45:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

i do stutter.. and i hate it. can you please help me.

2007-04-16 21:55:44 · 4 answers · asked by xeno_shej12 1

2007-04-16 21:46:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I started VCE 11 this year, and i'm finding it really hard to cope. I did really well previous years, i got A's and stuff but this year i seem to go downhill and i'm really scared i won't get into uni. It seems as if though nothing i do is right, and i've already tried my hardest. I've started smoking to dim down the stress and it feels like i'm going to explode soon, i get depressed when i think about my exams and how i am going to fail it if i don't get A's. How can i do better?

2007-04-16 21:34:10 · 2 answers · asked by little.clown 2

I have serious symptoms of a psychiatric problem, called boderline personality disorder.
I don't know how to sovlve things, and seem to lose myself.
I seek for professional help, pls.....

2007-04-16 21:08:30 · 5 answers · asked by §Y¨£¦p¨Ó~ ¨ 2

I have major insomnia and even the strongest Ambien CR doesn't put me to sleep combined with Seroquel and Klonopin; plus some other night medications I have to take. My shrink knows about the problem but, I don't go back to see him for another two weeks. I really don't know if I can last that long without losing my mind a little. I'm running out of things to keep me occupied. I can't concentrate enough to read. I write all of the time. I'd say I'm getting about two hours of sleep a night. So, any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

2007-04-16 19:59:10 · 7 answers · asked by jamus 2

2007-04-16 19:12:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i cant leave my house----i just was wondering if anyone has any recomendations----of any kind----in order to get out-----im already on meds for other mental illnesses ( bi-polar, borderline personality....dulisional disorder---self-injury....+ others)-------this isnt new, but it has NEVER been so intense---the sheer panic, of going out----by myself---its killing me---all i have are these disparing thoughts and tremendous worry, that---its just out of control---please........if u have any experience, please share ur thoughts w/ me-------thanks! i think the biggest concern of mine---is other peoples judgements---that everyone has about the people they see in day-to-day life....and.......my life just sucks---im bored as hell----in my apt..and i cant leave---to do anything else...my energy feels like it drains to zero, everytime im "almost" ---- "out the door"---so.........then everytime i attempt---or better----almost attempt to leave......i just cant---------so, tahnks again---

2007-04-16 18:47:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

(can i get serious answers please!!!!)

do i have an eating disorder.
i dont think i have but its getting to that point where, deep down, i know i dont feel right.
i lost my appeitite
i refuse to eat
and (as much as i dont beleive them) my frinds say that its clear i have a problem and i should get help...
my family worries to cause im european and im suppoese to have some meat on me, but i dont think i have a problem. then again i cant relly trust myself anymore.

what do i do, where do i go to get help. i dont want the whoole world to know!!!!!

2007-04-16 18:10:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i will pray for you. yada yada yada. really. im pagan. you dont see me telling everyone ohhhh you should really talk to my gods they could really help you out. no. because let them find their own path is what i say.

2007-04-16 17:44:59 · 7 answers · asked by darkling 5

and should be doing but am too..unmotivated to do for myself. Isnt that a good thing? If i get him to make me do them?

2007-04-16 17:36:34 · 4 answers · asked by darkling 5

What are the characteristics of the different types? Which types are harder to cope with and why?

2007-04-16 15:51:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, I have recieved answers minutes ago about a suicidal friend. The answer seems to be to not be afraid to be admitted into a hospital. Does anyone have a referral to a place in Houston, Texas where my friend can seek treatment with no insurance and no money for medical treatment? PLEASE HELP!

2007-04-16 15:49:41 · 7 answers · asked by Krystal 3

i have a problem,i always think people are talking are talking about me, how can i get over this ???

2007-04-16 15:32:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Alright in one of my previous questions its been established that my very best friend needs counseling. So i refered her to the couples therapist my fiance and I have begun seeing in preparation for marriage, she also does individual therapy. My friend has confessed to me that she abuses medications, she takes excessive doses of her prescribed and over the counter meds. She cant even go to sleep without taking these drugs now she says. Now, can I privately tell the therapist I am worried for her and what shes doing? Will that be overstepping my boundaries? Is that her choice to tell? I dont want anything to happen to her but I dont want to divulge info if its supposed to be confidential...I really am not sure of what to do. Can you help please thank you.

2007-04-16 15:06:07 · 16 answers · asked by charli_red1218 3

My brain feels fried like slush and I definitely feel a whole stupider. Ive done marijuana, cocaine, shrooms, and painkillers because I used to hate my life. I stopped doing all these things about 6 months ago, and now I will never go back to them. The thing is, now that Im ready to live my life, My thoughts are not intelligent anymore. My brain feels like its cooked. I cant sleep. It takes me 10 times longer to process information than it used to. My head actually starts heating up when I have to think things quickly. Im 27 now, but know I cant live the rest of my life this way. Is there anybody I can see that can help with the brain? Other than a psychologist or psychiatrist? Already tried them. Dont want to be on meds since my brain is now functioning at such a low level. I shutter to think it will always be this way. Please help. I cant live like this. I know i made bad choices. I think this may be permanent brain damage. I need to see someone bad

2007-04-16 14:21:03 · 14 answers · asked by daniel o 1

I know of many natural medications;ie: Passion flower, Valerian...the list can go on. Has anyone ever used a natural medicine for SAD that has significantly helped them..which one?

2007-04-16 13:05:01 · 7 answers · asked by bianca_ca777 2

2007-04-16 12:42:00 · 3 answers · asked by felixnovak80 2

He is 25 and an alcoholic and is prone to unpredictable and violent outbursts. He lives with my mom and last night he flipped out at about 3am because she wouldn't give him cider. He beat her up and smashed up the house (and there is a 1 year old baby, my sister's living there too although he didn't go near her). I called the police and my sister warned him that they were coming and he headbutted her and ran away. The police came and found him but my mom doesn't know what to do as she is scared of what would happen to him if he went to prison, and he has nowhere to go if she kicked him out of home. My dad passed away a year ago. My brother went to rehab once but drank while he was there and after 3 weeks they said his treatment was finished, there was no follow up and the social worker doesn't want to know, she said "what can I do about it?". He was meant to go to counselling but he said it was no good and stopped going. He doesn't work, just sponges or steals money from my mom

2007-04-16 10:46:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have this obsession of sorts where all I can think about is my death. You know how when you go on vavcation and it is almost over how you dread going home? That is how I thik. When I look at my husband I think about how getting old will be, depressing stuff, I think about death constantly, will there be a life after death? I feel like I am constantly dreading "death" and the unknown. When I sit at the table and eat with family I think about how this is only "temporary" how one day we will all be dead and we won't know each other anymore.

I have diagnosed anxiety disorder. I take a small dosage of xanax when I have an anxiety attack. I take no other medicatins.

Is this depression? I feel like i cannot even enjoy the "now" as I am already anticipating the end of life in the future., It is not like i am 80 years old either, I am not even 30 years old yet!
HELP!!! Is this a disorder?

IS THERE A NAME FOR THIS DISORDER AND IF SO WHAT IS IT? DO I NEED TO BE ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS

2007-04-16 09:21:53 · 12 answers · asked by Clargy7 1

Well thursday night i was very depressed. My friend had to like calm me down in order for me to not she had to tell me all this stuff to make me feel like i was doing the wrong thing. I knew i was doing the right think but what ever.

2007-04-16 09:04:50 · 8 answers · asked by blackshadowbabe33 1

hi everyone,

i used to take drugs, on average about once a month for about 4 years (between the ages of 20 and 24) and i can't forgive myself for it.

every now and then i think back to some of the states i got in and i just feel so stupid, guilty, ashamed and scared of the future (i.e. will i go mad etc).

i don't really have many other problems except for mild anxiety and depression which has been brought on by a tough uni course i'm doing and being in a long-distance relationship. this anxiety and depression i'm working through with a counsellor, but i can't seem to shake this one element of intense guilt.

has anyone been through similar things and got through it?

thanks

2007-04-16 08:39:31 · 128 answers · asked by colejoe79 2

I have been petrified of dying ever since i can remember it actually makes me feel sick to think of it sometimes

2007-04-16 08:38:59 · 15 answers · asked by patjoub 2

An obese 17 year old was pregnant and never told her parents. She ended up having the baby on the laundry room floor while no one was home. She saw the infants hand move and stabbed her own child a hundred and thirty something times before throwing her in the trash.

2007-04-16 08:37:17 · 9 answers · asked by Sami 1

my big sister was in a car crash and had a miscarriage. ever since then shes been under a lot of depression and this really worries our family and her boyfriend.
she refuses to speak to us and is very moody and snaps at her boyfriend all the time, though he is very patient and loving

how do we help her out of this?
she cries so often because she lost her baby?

2007-04-16 08:33:04 · 12 answers · asked by lizzie h 1

2007-04-16 08:16:59 · 3 answers · asked by Richard H 1

My husband is bipolar. When he is stable everything is OK...but he is not stable so much of the time. He is in treatment, but the ¨experts¨ achieve only amatuer results. He makes me and the kids suffer his illness along with him. I´m worried for them...and for me too. What to do?

2007-04-16 08:11:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many did you take?

2007-04-16 07:50:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know a teen who has been cutting and I don't know how to help her with what she's going through and to find other ways to cope other than by cutting. Obviously counseling is an option, but other than that, and until that happens (she's refusing to go and is making no suicidal gestures or statements, just superficial scratches on her body when upset so there is no cause to call a hospital or authorities, and I am not a teacher or practitioner, so I don't think ther is a duty to warn situation here, is there?) what can I do to help her?

2007-04-16 07:43:11 · 7 answers · asked by Roma 2

I have been quite depressed for a long time, almost a decade, and something sad has happened. It's nothing horribly terrible, mind you, but my boyfriend of 2.5 years broke up with me a couple of days ago and it definitely does not help my ambition, drive, or sanity. I know it's only been a couple of days, but that's why I premised this saying I have depressed for too long.

The time has come to get rid of this ridiculous laxidazical attitude and move on to something (and someone [ that someone being myself]) better!

2007-04-16 07:36:26 · 17 answers · asked by GiGi 2