Mental Health - May 2007

2007-05-21 23:38:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can i deal with it its when i come home when i work a late shif i feel really down what can i do to prevent it or quicjly stop it?

2007-05-21 21:49:57 · 5 answers · asked by dazzi_4592 1

Symptoms? Causes? Anyone have Bipolar II and want to share experiences with the disorder?

2007-05-21 17:54:43 · 7 answers · asked by *Stargirl* 1

I'm a survivor of childhood sexual abuse which turned into years of severe PTSD. Now I've been in EMDR sessions for about two months. I follow a holistic diet/lifestyle and have no real contact w/my family (I'm too "handicapped" for them to deal with).

I went to San Francisco for a week for job interviews/checking out the area. Didn't land the new job and there's no PTSD support group (yes I tried lots of sources. But nothing). And the toughest part of being there? Walking down the street on a beautiful day and some trigger (a sound, tune, a color, etc.) sets off flashbacks or dissociating. I try all the tricks I can to stay grounded. But many times it doesn't work. Which makes me think, how do I cope with this? What will people think? In the past dissociating was so bad I literally couldn't walk 50 yards down the street without ducking into some alley to try and focus again. And I don't want to live my life like that anymore. Any suggestions on how to cope better? Thanks.

2007-05-21 16:49:02 · 4 answers · asked by ginzawasabi 2

okay, so for some reason i can't sleep. at all. i either forget to go to bed at my regular time because i don't get tired, or i DO get tired and i just can't sleep. i always have too many thoughts, and they're not even stress-related. i'll just be laying down and a steady supply of stupid irrelevant things pop into my head. for instance, i couldn't sleep last night because i couldn't stop thinking about popcorn. don't laugh, i'm totally serious. whenever i try to clear my mind, new thoughts pop up in my head,constantly, so i can't sleep. do you think i have ADHD or something? should i be taking pills for something? or am i just stressing really weirdly? this is starting to really be a problem, because i only get about 4 hours of sleep a night, and i'm 13, so i keep falling asleep in school. what do i do?

2007-05-21 14:49:19 · 10 answers · asked by katty claire 4

I have major depression and suicidal thoughts constantly. I'm hurting myself and seriously considering overdosing on pills. How bad am I going to have to get before I will be hospitalised to get the help i need?

2007-05-21 13:37:19 · 18 answers · asked by farrellangela 2

I know I have ADHD which I have never been to a doctor for. I've had it since I was young it is very hard for me to keep my job to remember things and to be organized it is very difficult. I currently do not have health insurance. I an looking for a doctor in San Diego California that I can get help with I want to treat this. Thanks!

2007-05-21 13:07:06 · 5 answers · asked by PuesYo 3

like the guy who committed the massacre at VA Tech.

I think on ABC News they said that he had no expression on his face when he did what he did.
Theres many other murders who are like this but I am just using this one example. They also said that he had no mental illness.

2007-05-21 13:01:48 · 17 answers · asked by Alexander 6

i am a 15 yr old girl. i think im depressed but im not sure. lately i have been feeling sad all the time and wanting to listen to sad songs. my life is normal but i keep thinking that its horrible. i feel like crying all the time. i dont want to go anywhere. i love to eat and ive been eating less lately. one minute im happy the next i want to cry. i want to be by my self alot. i get really mad easily. and i keep wishing that i have a lot of issues, like edie sedgwick and stuff. i also keep feeling like i dont know who i am and i dont know what to do with my life. i dont know why though. am i depressed?
i also have all of the signs of an anorexic person, except i actually eat. but i want to lose weight really badly.
and i cant talk to my parents about it because they'll just yell at me and ask me why id be depressed since i always get everything i want. pleaase help.

2007-05-21 12:17:39 · 21 answers · asked by OOH LALA 1

2007-05-21 12:05:48 · 3 answers · asked by misslonely2009 1

Since returning from overseas i have been on a downward spiral and somehow ended up a person i hate, i was fine for hte first month or so but have now been chopping and changing jobs, obsessing over decisions, thinkning all the time and diagnosed with severe depression, i have been seeing a counsellor for 6 weeks and on anti depressents for 5, however all i have done since returning is talk about what problems i have or what i'm going to do and me me me , which i have never been like and i hate the person that i am now, i'm so quiet and can barely hold a conversation with anyone, im' a little space cadet and now people dont know how to act around me, and i dont blame them for the way i have been lately, its been 6 months and i have been going over the same things.......have other people with depression been horribly self absorbed?

2007-05-21 11:57:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My dad is nice but he thinks his answer is the only right answer!! I don't know how to talk to him. He will yell at me like my buds dads yell at them!! HELP

2007-05-21 11:31:10 · 6 answers · asked by soccer player 1

Why is it that I'm embarrased to go out in anything less than jeans and a sweatshirt, while some one who in my view should be embarrased just to walk out of the house in the morning can wear short shorts and a tank top? (>.<)

2007-05-21 11:13:55 · 6 answers · asked by blackcat3556 4

I have been put on Mirtazapine 30 mg and have gained a stone and a half in 4 weeks, my stomach is protruding and hard, I eat a healthy diet with lots of fibre,fruit and veg. Is it possible that the Mirtazapine can cause such a serious weight gain in such a short period of time? I know it says side effect is weight gain but this is ridiculous? Only sensible answers please

2007-05-21 10:40:50 · 10 answers · asked by GERALDINE S 1

I was wondering, can some anti-depressants make you sleep a lot. Like most of the time?

This is for someone I'm worried about, and I know they are asleep and not just lying in bed.

Thanks.

2007-05-21 09:53:03 · 16 answers · asked by sparkle 5

I have really weird mood swings,i have been particularly depressed lately and i find that i'm very irritable,angry and moody. The slightest thing someone says to me or does annoys me. My mom also suffers from depression and is bed ridden,she constantly wants my attention and because i'm battling with my own depression i slapped her face out of anger today. I hate the way this depression makes me feel,i'm scared i cant control myself sometimes,and i drink whenever i get anxious,help?

2007-05-21 09:44:28 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, The other day my parents took me to the Kook Doctor
They where quick to diagnose me with adhd and now heres the thing they Prescribed Meth yes Methamphetamine A.K.A
Desoxyn How can that dang physciatrist, and my parents get away with this!, I have been told time and time again not to take crack and meth etc Now WHY IN GODS NAME ARE THEY GIVING ME METH!
And i get Straight A's i don't think its possible to get them and have "adhd", Now i might get kicked of the ******* honer roll

2007-05-21 09:40:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

the accident now do u think its possible for me to get bi polar from the accident?

2007-05-21 08:53:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 07:38:46 · 5 answers · asked by KJ123 1

Hi. My best friend has recently moved to another town, about 10 miles away. Before she left, she used to drink maybe once or twice a week, and smoke a bit of weed every now and again in social situations.

However, since she's moved away, she's been going out alone to drink, smoke weed, and has recently used cocaine. She admitted to me the other day that she resents her parents making her move house and that she first started doing drugs to get back at her parents (as she thought they couldn't stop her) but she's now addicted.

She's a lovely girl, very intelligent and pretty, but I'm really worried she's going to turn into a waster. She works at a leisure centre, where most of her colleagues are drug users, and it was actually her boss who gave her cocaine.

I really want to help her, and I've tried mentioning it to her, but she doesn't really think she has a problem. Her parents do have their suspicions but haven't done anything. Please help :(

2007-05-21 07:24:36 · 13 answers · asked by pinhead_hey 3

Okay so i just started having these out of the blue and i have had 2 already today im only 14 years old my dad thinks im faking it and my mom is gone my grandma is the only one who believes me im not lying or pretending these things are awful my heart races and my hands get all shaky I feel as if I can't breathe normally and sometimes i feel dizzy or lightheaded what can i do to convinve me dad that its true??

2007-05-21 07:15:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone know some key signs for someone that is trying to hide usage of cocaine? my friend lives an hour away now and i cannot keep track of her actions all of the time...she had gotten into it a year ago pretty bad ....but she tells me that she isn't still doing it....but i guess i never know if she is telling me the truth to cover it up

2007-05-21 07:10:19 · 16 answers · asked by confused 2

My 81/2 yr. old boy has been a difficult child ever since he started walking and talking. Now he is impossible! In 2nd grade, he can't be bothered with school - hates it, although extremely smart (but only in what interests him). He just started to swear, calls me and my husband names, and is very violent - hits little brother (3yrs), friends, has tantrums, and could care less about consequences. Nothing scares him, and he has no respect for others OR himself. His pediatrician and his now 3rd counselor say it's "only" behavior, and that it will pass - but it's just getting worse. I have him on a behavior modification chart where he earns allowance or faces consequences - it worked for 2 weeks, and now he doesn't care. I have taken away everything that has any meaning to him - toys, heelys etc. There's nothing else to take away. He now threatens me and my husband that he will run away or kill himself. I have read countless books on behavior, but nothing works.....
I am clueless.

2007-05-21 06:33:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I smoked for my first and only yime 3 days ago ever since then ive been feeling like a loser what should i do?

2007-05-21 06:13:05 · 16 answers · asked by Yup Yup 2

Currently on fluxotine for depression (Aug06). B4 that I was taking cliprolax for over 18 mths.Feel as if getting no support from my GP-just keeps referring to SAD & should try 2 come off the drugs in time. Makes it even harder to tell the doctor how I'm actually feeling. He is not aware of all the self harming and self loathing I'm experiancing, nor the extreme highs. Eg Sat & Sun was an extreme high, thought life could not get any better, looked at myself in the mirror and thought I was pretty/sexy, felt I could achieve anything. High sexual desireToday was a different story, I couldnt get out of bed, eventally got up at 3.30pm looked at my self in the mirror and thought how could anyone like me. Hated myself, have no role in life, better off not here.Thats when the harming beggins and lashed out at my leg with a knife. Legs arms torso covered in marks. I feel trapped with no one to help. I'm on a waiting list to see a counsllor but still no appointment! I can't go on like this

2007-05-21 05:43:58 · 18 answers · asked by Lash81 1

So, here is my story and I definately need help here.

I am IM-ing with my sister earlier this morning and realized that my boyfriend is depressed. It didn't take her telling me; it took me telling her a story and I had to stop and say WTF...he is depressed. Now; I will give you a simple reasons why I am thinking this is the case. If not then maybe I am crazy...(which a little).


Doesn't go out all weekend will sit inside if you let him.

Constantly has something ailing him.

Eat's way too much

Sleeps during the day alot if you let him, and then is up all night.

Doesn't do anything such as yard work. Got him to cut the grass twice...now I am doing it.
Will sit in his p.j's all weekend!
Spends money irratically...
Will let his mail pile up for three weeks.
Complaines to me about every little thing I do wrong.
Now, I know most people would tell me to leave, but I do truly love him and want to stand by him. I want him to get help, but I am afraid? what 2 do

2007-05-21 04:53:38 · 4 answers · asked by pattiof 4

I am a very stressful person and have been suffering from chronic headaches

2007-05-21 04:12:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Look at this question, it is still open, please answer it if you will and answer this one too.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070518120857AAKujnB&r=w

If we are unwilling to protect our babies then what? They are our future, why can't things change?

2007-05-21 04:06:23 · 3 answers · asked by Friend 6

....something physically wrong.E.g. --when I feel i cant breath good I think it could be my lungs or something.
And I'm not a hypocondriac, believe me.

2007-05-21 03:51:10 · 2 answers · asked by birdwings_65 2

im bored to tears, does anyone have any sites i can visit on my breaks so i dont die of boredom? k thnx.

2007-05-21 03:49:21 · 3 answers · asked by derpdaderppderp 2