Mental Health - May 2007

My son just got diagnosed with autism. How, and why does this happen is my question. I will love him no matter what but I want to know more about the causes of this dissorder

2007-05-20 14:12:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have had no morbid pasts in my life everything has been so joyful and perfect and now for the last year (when nothing has happend) i am extremely depressed. I dont know what caused it and i a soo confused!!!.....help!!!

2007-05-20 14:10:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay im a senior and graduate next sunday which is great except im NOT looking forward to senior party simply cause im not close with any of my classmates at all. i really dont have any friends anymore from my school. to tell the truth i dont even want to go to the party cause it would be very awkward. i just have alot of anxiety about it. help!!!! what should i do

2007-05-20 14:08:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

She is 22 years old and is going through a lot right now and had a panic attack about a week ago. Plus she has been dizzy, nauseated, and suicidal. I told her to try the natural supplement 5-HTP thinking that might be the best along with a multi vitamin plus extra B6 and B12 vitamins. However, I also told her about SAM-e and St. John's Wort. I also thought about suggesting L-Theanine (in addition to vitamins and 5-HTP) as well but didn't mention it. I figure if she doesn't show improvement in about 3 to 4 days I might recommend going to the doctor for an anti-depressant. Do you think this is a good plan or do you have any other suggestions I could give her? She is a sweet girl that is going through some tough times and I really want her to feel better. I have known her for 3 years and this is the worst she has ever been. :(

2007-05-20 13:44:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do these people do this,&what are the long term effects on the children

2007-05-20 13:42:51 · 4 answers · asked by pickart 1

Some how I have gotten into a mindset where I spend all my time agonizing over decisions, even the smallest decisions. I have changed completely and been diagnosed with severe depression, crying allll the time, not eating, not sleeping, no idea how to get back to my old self. I feel that this depression is a result of a major life change coming back from overseas, however it has been going on for 6 months now and nothing has changed. Other people think that it may be repressed emotions from the death of my ex boyfriend 2 years ago, however I feel I have dealt with that. Is it possible this could be an underlying cause?

2007-05-20 12:09:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-20 11:40:33 · 11 answers · asked by Maggie Mae 5

Doctor put me on anti-depressants while i was on the controseptive *depo* injection.. I'm 20 now and im convinced my gp shouldnt of mixed those two things together.. When i was on both i turnd suicidle after a year and a half i came off both due to my depression got worse.. Do you think my gp done a mistake which now has affected me mentaly? If so can i put a complaint in?

2007-05-20 11:20:42 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2

i have nightmares alot like most nights and i was wondering if any one new how i could stop having them some of them are really horrible and disturbing and its not nice

2007-05-20 11:15:28 · 6 answers · asked by emo_gurl_x 1

I have a friend who had become really sad and doesnt really talk to me anymore and she seems so unhappy. I think that it is depression and i was wondering how do I tell someone cause it seemds like out of all our friends that I am the only one who sees it. Her family doesnt see it either. What should I do??

2007-05-20 11:05:16 · 13 answers · asked by babe_101 1

I know people usually say listening to soft and smooth music helps you sleep easier. Some say techno or trance.
Can someone be a little more specific and tell me which type is the best?
Thanks

2007-05-20 10:45:25 · 13 answers · asked by happybunny 2

2007-05-20 10:35:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I understand that stimulants like ritalin and concerta, etc. make non-ADD people act like they are on "speed" but actually works to slow down the mind of someone who is ADD. Does it help someone with ADD focus better, avoid distractions or both?

2007-05-20 08:29:34 · 4 answers · asked by wngtsuwgalc 1

I know if someone has extreme moodswings from 1 sec to another that this could be bipolar. I talked with a few people who are on medication for it. Our kids believe that my husband is bipolar and when I suggested, to get him checked out by a Doctor he became angry for just believing that he might be.

2007-05-20 08:18:59 · 12 answers · asked by Irene S 2

Why hasn't it been made?

2007-05-20 08:14:17 · 15 answers · asked by Me Encanta Espanol 4

2007-05-20 04:29:04 · 5 answers · asked by boatguy26@sbcglobal.net 2

I never had a job I liked and I prefer to mope around and waste time. I never liked schoolwork but I forced myself to do it although I chose an easy major in college. Generally my room is messy. My question is, could this be related to something psychological (my parents never let me do any kind of work when I was a kid and people have mentioned that I never grew up) or am I just inherently lazy? Do others struggle with this or do most people like to fill their days with meaningful activity?

2007-05-20 01:50:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been on citalopram for coming up to 3 weeks now. Since being on them I have been constantly plagued by thoughts of hurting myself. I have even overdosed on ibuprofen (I was checked over in hospital for this one, I did take 64), st johns wort (did take 26, 300mg but didn't tell anybody) and have even taken 5 one-a-day allergy tablets (again didn't tell anybody about this one either). I have also cut myself, though they are mainly scratches, apart from the one on my wrist which is small.

Though I still feel low this morning, with not much energy I haven't thought about hurting myself at all. I have been quite impressed and cannot explain it. Is this a sign that te citalopram is beginning to work.

2007-05-20 01:42:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi

I live alone in my house, I don't have many friends and the ones I do all have there own lives and relationships don't seem them much.

I split up with my x financee 2 years ago, we were together for 6 years. Now I am living alone for the first time ever, I had a fantastic live before with her always busy and in love.

It's been two years and I never thought I would still be in the same situation I am not mr confident, but can talk to people fine when I know them. I admit I am not one to walk up strangers and start chatting, I do go out on the town occasionally and have not meet anyone.

It's been two years and my hope has gone in a way, I am sick of working all week and then spending the weekend watching TV staring at four walls. I just want why I had before when I was happy, and feel like life is passing my by don't have any holidays or some one to cuddle up with etc.

I am just very lonely and sick of the same rountine, maybe I should go the docs?

2007-05-20 00:26:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

alot of times when i hear something i think is beautiful or messed up pretty much anything that makes me emotional to the point i cant get it out of my head and have to keep thinking about it i have trouble breathing and i start crying.it happens mostly at night and its why alot of times i cant sleep.

2007-05-19 22:50:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a very active female, married and still working. My question relates to older people (other than me but also for me when I am much older). When my father died my mother went into a retirement resort mainly because my sisters thought it best for her to get settled somewhere before she reached to urgent stage (e.g. health deteriorated). As a trained nurse I was trained to think differently - there are all the resources in the community that one needs to stay in you rown home as long as possible and this should be encouraged. As it was my mother's memory went very quickly from the shock of being on her own in a unit, out of her usual environment (so she lost confidence in driving the car and lost her independence, familiar faces and activities). (She was 87yrs and lived a VERY active life previously, including playing golf twice a week, did the family business wages, met with friends etc. ). She went from bad to worse. What is your opinion?

2007-05-19 21:58:26 · 7 answers · asked by Marceau 2

For the last 8-9 months, i've been having strange things happen to me. I make up things that i believe but don't realize i make up until someone proves it to me. And then, there's a man who follows me everywhere. He stares at me while i'm in my bed at night or waits in the bathroom with me when i'm taking a shower. i know he's not real but i see him. I'm losing grip on reality. Even more now because my friends think that i'm a compulsive liar so they're angry at me. I don't know what's going on. What do i tell them? I don't mean to lie. I mean, and it's not technically lying. I do things that end up being..not real. Am i hallucinating? I've being crying a lot as well as thinking of suicide. I don't want to. I feel so alone. I have the most amazing girlfriend in the world and i don't want to hurt her. But even her, right now, can't help me. I need help. I need a listener. I'll take anyone right now. please. i don't know what to do.

2007-05-19 20:58:33 · 16 answers · asked by ? 1

I have problems w/ school, started at last year (my junior year) and I have been ditching school and walking around just relaxing, just trying to get away. I hung out @ a local park, but had gotten raped. My parents found out and told me straight out that it would be dishonor to my family if I told anybody. I couldn't really concentrate, so I just kept ditching to the point police came to my house. I was really scared and stressed, I couldn't think of anything to do. I really want to end my life, I attempted suicide. I dunno what got over me but I just did it. So I got sent to a mental institution and also got sent to a group home and was just comfortable with myself. But when I got back home, everything was cooled down. It's been about a year since it all happened. I'm ditching again and doing the same things I did before. I CAN'T stop and I don't know why. I have "depression" but my medicine seriously makes me feel even worse. I don't know what's wrong with me. I want t

2007-05-19 20:06:34 · 4 answers · asked by asdf 3

I need some advice on what to say to her (she is 24). I am afraid of saying something wrong and make it worse. She is getting professional help and seems genuinly motivated to get better. Should I tell her I think she is beautiful and not overweight, or will that make her focuse more on her appearance?

2007-05-19 19:01:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-19 17:51:33 · 4 answers · asked by Karen Walker 2

It's been, what? Three years now since I started self-injuring. Why can't I stop? Severe injury scares me - the extreme self-harming people I just think about as if they're crazy. I could never go that far. I'm mild with my harming - and it only occurs a few days every few months. My depression has gotten better over the years - I'm still not, what you would say, happy though. Lately I've been feeling more out of whack, for lack of a better word. The symptoms of Depersonalization disorder seem to hit the nail with how I feel (and have been feeling). I tried, I really did, to go to therapy at my college campus. But I couldn't do it - I was too scared. I don't tell my family anything - they have no idea how I feel. I'm past 18 now so I don't feel burdened to say anything to them really. There's that common phrase "rollercoaster" in reference to emotions. I believe that my depression will worsen in the future and I may do something drastic that I'll regret. I just don't know what to do.

2007-05-19 16:22:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i keep having sucidal thoughts and keep trying to suffocate myself

2007-05-19 16:13:23 · 22 answers · asked by kc_fan06 1

I can't remember any details of my life from before I was about 11. Is that a sign of a medical problem? And I'm just scared and upset that I don't remember. The only way I know things that happened in my life during that time is if some one whos was there tells me what happened? Is this normal? Will it possibly come back to me when I'm older? I'm just really freaking out about that. I've only noticed this recently when I reminisced with some of my childhood friends and I could barely remember anything.

2007-05-19 14:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please don't assume I'm talking about myself.

2007-05-19 13:48:59 · 1 answers · asked by Ωмΐŋǿשּׁ§ 3

im doing a presentation on paranoid personality disorder, which is a disorder where people's personalities tend to be distrusful and suspicious of others.
what would be a good eye opener/ attention getter for my presentation?

- i cant find any clips or movies where paranoia is demonstrated

2007-05-19 13:47:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous