Mental Health - April 2007

is the persons judgement impaired

2007-04-06 12:05:32 · 8 answers · asked by scott 1

I had a painful interaction about a month ago with one of my grown nieces (who is very important to me). I'm depressed and ruminating a lot--doing a lot of self destructive, self abusive thinking. When I'm busy, it temporarily stops, but then the ruminating returns sooner or later during the day. I don't have enough professional help at the moment. The ruminating is leading to a very bad emotional place. When I do talk about my negative thoughts, I don't seem to get the support I need and it's getting worse. Now I feel too vulnerable about these thoughts to talk about them. I was already depressed before this happened. Any suggestions? Thanks.

2007-04-06 11:25:34 · 6 answers · asked by ava 5

And cannot get out and I struggle. We are caught in the middle of Too much for help and too little to pay. I Stay at home with the 2 kids and one on the way. cant afford daycare and no subsidity so I can get a job. Anyone else there right now? I already had a breakdown and I cant do this anymore.

2007-04-06 10:37:44 · 5 answers · asked by Angelus 4

I've been on Paxil for a few months, 20mg now slowly increasing. Geodon did nothing but make me nauseous so I have been prescribed Abilify (2.5mg). After reading about it, I've seen a lot of negative side effects and a lot of negative stories about being on this drug. I've also seen many sites state you cannot overheat or dehydrate on this drug. I'm constantly playing football so I don't know how that would work out. So what do you guys think? Should I give Abilify a shot or not? (paranoia makes me worry about side effects of it so I leave it in your hands)

2007-04-06 09:08:32 · 3 answers · asked by Rich M 1

Telling abused women that they deserve it? Telling a person who says she's thinking about suicide to suck it up and deal? What's next? Are you going to tell a rape victim she was asking for it? I haven't even looked for that, because I'm afraid of what I will find. Seriously, what goes through some people's heads on this site??

2007-04-06 09:01:30 · 7 answers · asked by tygrlili99 2

I hate myself sooo much. I do suffer from depression, eating disorder, anxiety at times. I see a counsellor but i don't see her again for weeks. i have no one to rely on. I feel fat and i just want to crawl out of my skin right now. i always want to hurt myself because i feel i deserved to be punished..and i dont know what to do.

I have been to my doctor..lets just say they are all less than helpful..infact i was told i would grow out of my eating disorder, it was just a phase.. was then sent to a phychiatric nurse for being suicidal and she told me that all "stupid teenagers" thought suicide was a way out.. oh and also accused me of lying and said that i was "throwing everything back in her face"...just because i wasn't agreeing to the statements she was making about me! Oh and someone i confided in for months and who supported me completely dumped me as a friend, my mum said i was a shame on the family and also broke my confidence in her by telling other family members about me!!

2007-04-06 08:59:25 · 196 answers · asked by SH2007 6

2007-04-06 08:39:31 · 6 answers · asked by gerardnolting 2

I know common wisdom would suggest this, but is there scientitic evidence of this. I know about seasonal affective disorder and sunny climates but what about the other types of depression.

2007-04-06 07:50:27 · 12 answers · asked by Ken 2

U often feel weird when u wake up ... but my problem is when I wake I feel weird and find it diff to look at other peoples face . I look like doped all the time , my concentation is also wavering all the time . My eyes have becmoe kinda grav.. whats all this ?
Is it internatal or external ? Have u had such feelings ?
I get afraid when i look at myself in the mirror cause I feel I have a piercing eyes , and i feel ppl might be lookgn at me etc...
all these social abnormalities !
Please help me

2007-04-06 07:21:46 · 2 answers · asked by WaterGuy 3

it's been 4 years since my beloved nephew died in a car accident.i think of him all the time and not a day goes by that i don't cry for him.i was in therapy almost a year which was a waste my psychologist did not help me.i have been on almost every anti depressant known they don't work.now i keep thinking he may have crashed on purpose i think he was depressed but i am not sure.his best friend also died with him.

2007-04-06 06:45:04 · 8 answers · asked by pdk3@sbcglobal.net 2

This guy continues to follow me. He is the absolute 'profile' of a serial 'something'. He is small, indiscript, no girl friends, no family, has entry level jobs (gas station attendant, KMart stocking person). Keeps flirting, telling me he loves my 'lady like' behavior, way of dressing, being polite, etc.. Now, he's started with telling me he IS flirting with me (knows I am very married), and keeps saying he "really wants me to not be so happily married, 'cause he really is SOOO attracted to me'. If he were not such a sad case of being a 'lost soul' I would have told him to get lost OUTLOUD a long time ago. I never like to hurt feelings. Still, he IS scaring me. I do NOT in any way give him ANY idea that I am interested. I keep telling him, "you know my husband...........we are very happily married.". Now what? He won't quit. He scares me.

2007-04-06 06:06:49 · 13 answers · asked by laurel g 6

Our 16-year-old daughter is severely depressed she is currently seeing a therapist and this next week she finally has an appointment with a psychiatrist. (it takes weeks to get a new patient appt.) They are going to put her on an antidepressant. Before we go I would like to have as much information about these drugs and teens as possible. Which ones seem to work the best, what kind of side effects can we expect, how long before she begins to feel better and any other advice you may have to offer on this. I really appreciate all the information you may have to share with me.

2007-04-06 05:50:52 · 11 answers · asked by Lilacs 2

I get sooo angry
sooo worked up
sooo confused
sooo upset
sooo kinda happy
and most of the time i dont know how i am feeling
some one called me a messed up self harmer
how can i control theese feelings ? i get soo confused most of the tiime i just wanna beat myself up =[
i dont understand =[
help...

2007-04-06 04:46:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-06 04:28:52 · 15 answers · asked by oohtea! 3

She does not believe she has mental health issues. She gets focused on something and cannot get off of it. Her ex husband she divorced 23 yrs ago just died and she wants to find out everything on his death certificate and read a coroners report and on and on and on. She has called me about 20 times over this. She has her 24 yr old son paying her bills and claims she cannot eat because she is so poor, but she shops non stop.
She says she has MS and I do not believe her. She claims she cannot walk, but just recently, she put her own trim in her house and she goes thru department stores and shops every week and goes to garage sales and it seems to me like she walks fine.
She uses MS thing for sympathy. She does what she wants when she wants. She walks around home just fine, but carries a cane into the grocery store in town to get noticed and anyone who can trim a whole house doesnt need a cane.
How do I ignore her? Her son works full time and she thinks he needs disability.

2007-04-06 04:15:36 · 12 answers · asked by happydawg 6

i talk in my sleep A LOT! but my mom just said that i was cussing in my sleep, now how the HECK do i prevent that???!!!!

2007-04-06 04:08:35 · 13 answers · asked by funkymunkee45 1

2007-04-06 03:47:21 · 13 answers · asked by CITYguy 3

ok, heres the story. My friend has a daughter that is out of control. she is 8 years old and is beyond being ill behaved. Her behavior is connected to being bipolar. She screams profanity, says things like shes going to kill my friend with a knife, etc... My friend is a 47 year old single mother and is just in tears everyday. The school complains about her and say they cant teach her. She went to a hopital and they put her daughter on so much medication that she was scared. Shes afraid to commit her to a mental intitution or something like it because she may not get her back, but in the meantime she worries about her own safety, and her childs. There has got to be some kind of help out there for her besides drugging her child up! where can she contact to get real help, and not have to commit her permanatly?

2007-04-06 03:39:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK heres the thing. I have been diagnosed with clinical depression and have struggled with it all my life. My objection is people using the term to describe natural moments of feeling down and grief. I have found that many people confuse these things with actual clinical depression which isnt something that just goes away with time. I cant tell you how many times people have discovered my illness and said something like "youll get over it" or "cheer up". Does anyone else find the liberal use of the word annoying?

2007-04-06 03:31:52 · 11 answers · asked by Zyprexa 1

2007-04-06 03:29:17 · 4 answers · asked by moin imod 1

i recently went to the dr. and got medication for OCD, while she said it will help (and it does) it will not take away all the symptoms.
i notice my symptoms pick up when i am stressed and/or tired.

does anyone have suggestions on how to deal with the thoughts and reactions in OCD? and the anxiety that comes with it?

if you have personal experience with an anxiety or OCD disorder, your opinion will be highly appreciated.

please, no mean or degrading comments. thank you!

2007-04-06 03:20:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

As soon as someone is slightly sad or melancholy do they receive a prescription for anti-depressants ? or they are told to buck up.

Is our society trying to hard to be happy all the time? do we lack any time for introspection & melancholia?

2007-04-06 02:11:09 · 37 answers · asked by thunor 5

2007-04-06 01:08:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok i have to perscriptions here one is citalopram and the ohter is fluoxetine and i dont remember what they are for? any one know

2007-04-06 00:19:57 · 5 answers · asked by Gina B 4

As in was treated for depression- was let go but need help but don't belong in a facility because according to my doc that is only for really crazy people- so where do people go who needs mental help but doesn't talk to voices? But I need to be somewhere for awhile

2007-04-06 00:03:03 · 2 answers · asked by banana 3

i am very irritait of my hunband nature. he love me only my body and he cath me again and again and lot off kiss and touch to my body. i am relly frustrate this type of behavior. i dont know what i do i think he love only my fegure only . he do many type of irritate talk to me i am 33 year old lady i have 2 male child.

2007-04-05 23:36:40 · 14 answers · asked by RADHIKA S 1

These people live above me and they are sooooooooo loud they stomp and run around like animals! This bugs me because they do it at six in the morning on weekends! I do not want to go talk to them so what else can I do. I am going to lose my mind if I hear another "BOOM" above my head again! It is these little kids! Help!!!

2007-04-05 22:45:49 · 8 answers · asked by Angel 2

My date of birth is 29-Aug-1981, I feel very tired and I am lack of knowledge in any of my subjects. My memory is

very poor I am unable to learn any thing in my subjects. My concentration is very low I can not read any book more

then 10min. I feel like sleepy all the time when I am studying of doing any type of work which required my brain to

be active but I feel very much sleepy and tired all the time.
Doctors pleae help me to and tell me how I can feel active and my memory can be improved.
Thanks

2007-04-05 22:18:27 · 20 answers · asked by lineup2007 1

I want to help someone get an assessment before he changes his mind. He cannot be an inpatient at the hospital, so that option is out. I do not agree with the idea of a medical doctor. Do I have him call a psychiatrist, psychologist, or the hospital and ask them if they have anything or can make referrals that will work around his schedule? Or will any of these do? Should I make the calls or let him take charge of his life and his dilemma and just guide him and make suggestions?
How long does a day patient usually stay for?

2007-04-05 19:21:05 · 4 answers · asked by deva s 3

There is this girl I am with. She hurts me a lot, But I still love her. I can't expect anything out of her and I am trying to change that. Every time she makes me feel depressed, I start scratching my arm until it bleeds with a knife or nails or whatever. I also occasionally bite the flesh off of my knuckles. I just don't know anybody that will listen to me. Is it worth staying with the girl?

2007-04-05 19:14:19 · 12 answers · asked by the1andonlyadam 1