Mental Health - May 2007

i dont know what i am supposed to do, it feels like my like is not worth living anymore and i dont care about anything. i am seeing a counsellor and am on anti depressants, they do nothing. has anyone got some advice on this? i've lost the love of my life because i have depression, its a little unfair i think.

2007-05-10 08:34:12 · 7 answers · asked by david b 1

I started taking lithium on Tuesday. It is Thursday morning right now. I am wondering if anyone has experienced muscle type pain shortly after starting lithium. I am also wondering about small tremors. I can't see myself tremor but I can feel it, like everything keeps contracting and releasing. And I just generally feel like crap. Please anyone help. I realize that some of these things might go away after awhile but if I am going to be like this physically I would much rather be manic or depressed and not feel like crap all the time.

2007-05-10 08:22:18 · 5 answers · asked by michaelj7790 1

I can only remember a couple of events (with very few details) from age six through 10-ish. Before age 6, it's like I didn't exist. I can't remember anything! It really scares me because I know that nearly everyone else has memories, lots of them, and happy ones. They also say they can remember things from about age 2 or 3.

What's wrong with me? Some say that I was so traumatized that I just blocked it all out. Is this true? If so then why can't I even remember what the trauma was???

What should I do?

2007-05-10 08:09:04 · 12 answers · asked by glitterybunnies 2

One of my superiors at work nonchalantly handed me a pamphlet on our Employee Assistant Progam, which is free mental health and nutrition counseling. It seems kind of weird. Do you think this means they know something is up or it's routine to offer it?

2007-05-10 07:55:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

things are really hard at the moment. im 14 years old and one of my best friends is in rehab for depression and self harm. Only two other people apart from me know much about it. My other friends keep asking me questions but i just sit there silent. I phoned her but the school nurse talked to me and said i shouldnt because she is refusing to talk to the councilers there and she tells me things on the phone, the nurses theory is that if she cant let her feelings out to us she will talk to the counciller. however shes getting worse and she still self harms with her nails in there. shes been level 1 for 3 weeks now and im really worried about her. they say if she doesnt start talking theyll chuck her out.
ive been writing letters to her but does anyone have any advice on how to help her ? im so worried about her.
thankyou to anyone that can help.

2007-05-10 07:52:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My eleven year old brother verbally abuses and threatens to hurt me. he shows signs of bipolar disorder and is always angry. what can i do?

2007-05-10 07:48:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have mild hypochondria, and I'm curious how other people deal with it. If you have it, how do you cope?

Most of the time, I panic thinking that I have every disease under the sun, but then try to fill up my time doing other things. I'll call my boyfriend and have him talk some sense into me. He's a pre-med student, so he definitely provides comfort. I'm sure I drive him crazy, but it does help to just hear someone say it's okay.

It's such a weird thing to have to deal with. People think it's funny and lame, but this is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's very scary when you can't control the panic inside of your mind. You feel like a paranoid lunatic, but it all seems so rational.

2007-05-10 07:41:14 · 6 answers · asked by SammityvilleHorror 2

is there a store bought pill that is like adderall, or is there something that is close to it

2007-05-10 07:29:39 · 9 answers · asked by lil_dreamer_girl_07 1

I'm 20, and I often feel very enervated and I don't feel like doing anything except being with my friends and daydreaming. I skip classes a lot and I almost never have the energy to study, and if I do it's always at the last minute, like in the middle of the night before a test.

I feel that I don't have the energy to care about myself or my life. I keep dwelling on the past and hardly ever think of the future, or the present. I hide in my daydreams; tv-series, movies, books... and pretend that I'm someone else, someone who is not so scared of life, who is not worthless, withoute skills and has no future.

I distance myself from the problems and challanges in life and I feel powerless and unable to get through them. I just want to hide and do nothing, close my eyes and hope that it will sort itself out without me.

I have never hurt myself physically and I am not in any way suicidal. But I feel my life is quiet pointless. Often I don't even have the energy to do things I enjoy. Help?

2007-05-10 07:06:34 · 8 answers · asked by loveless_sselevol 3

I have these dreams off and on enough so that they are repetitive. The subject of the dream matter is the same, but what happens is always different. I always cry in my sleep when I dream those dreams.

2007-05-10 07:06:28 · 9 answers · asked by my_own_weaknesses 1

Im sorry but i dont have the damn guts to take these damn axiexty pills hate to be a whinner is there a natural way to help aniexty i was reading about the st.johns wart for depression is there something like that for severe aniexty i can go buy@ like the health food store or drug store?any help is very much apprecaited and thanks for the other commets on my other question.

2007-05-10 07:01:47 · 7 answers · asked by ~~~~ 4

First of all, I suffer from BPD. I met this guy, and I like him and would like to keep him. However, I find myself having separation anxieties and unbearable disappointment and depression because of a minor, but not so minor to me disappointment from him. I am starting to hate myself and thinking I may never change and recover despite being in therapy. I don't want to ruin this relationship just like everything else.

2007-05-10 06:56:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

People get depressed but definitely not every case is the person diagnosed as suffering from depression, so what is it that determine whether we can or cannot be diagnosed as suffering from depression and how do the measure that amount?

2007-05-10 06:46:57 · 9 answers · asked by -JoEL- 1

ive been lots of meds for bipolar, borderline personality disorder, bad depression, nothing has worked, i also have been hospitalized twice in a psych ward. i am considering ECT but many people tell me it's got a lot of risks. has anyone been thru ECT and did it work for you? any side effects? please help.

2007-05-10 06:20:29 · 5 answers · asked by A&Q 2

im having issues with tryingot stay happy. i have been happy all the time, but when my bf is depressed i always end up depressed and idk y! how can i stop this!

2007-05-10 05:53:39 · 7 answers · asked by Angelique 1

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2007-05-10 05:41:20 · 3 answers · asked by valley girl 1

Can this have a negative impact on you? I am trying to quit smoking and I suffer from clinical depression for which I take Prozac, but it feels like I am feeling extra depressed for the past few days.

2007-05-10 04:58:49 · 11 answers · asked by kyeann 5

People keep telling me I do! I can't help it, its who I am. How do you stop yourself worrying about this?

2007-05-10 03:27:52 · 10 answers · asked by Moral Kiosk 6

My friends mother was schizophrentic, she seems to have some symptoms,

2007-05-10 01:27:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went to my doctors today for anti depressants (im 17 btw) it has taken me 4 years to pluck up the courage as counciling didnt work when I attempted suicide at 13 as i lyed to them but they said i had to be 18 (which I feel ill be dead or ill have had my arm ibn scars by then) to get anti depressants! It felt so embarrasing and feel 10 tyms worse as they sed i need to be refered to sum ppl to get what i need .. I'm not a crazed lunitic just unhappy... did any one get anti depressants at 17 or lower as I feel so stupid and embarrased? ( Why is this law in place ppl come to a doctor for help and then leave them for months feeling worse and embarrased)

2007-05-10 01:07:11 · 16 answers · asked by amy12xxx 1

2007-05-09 17:17:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have this problem that can mess up my career i.e.my future and theres nothing i can do that i can think of. im thinking about killing myself but then i think about my mom and dad and brothers then i change my mind. but later on i think that they will get over my death a couple of years so why not end the hurt. but i dont want to go to hell, but sometimes i think this life to me is hell. help

2007-05-09 17:11:40 · 13 answers · asked by The Greatest . 1

My son is allergic to benzo's. We tried every single one, and everytime he took it he would swell up bad. The doctor prescribed him Lexapro for his panic attacks but since he can't take the xanax to help him with the Lexapro for the 1st week, he prescribed him Vicodin. A low dose of Vicodin and only 1 bottle with NO refills. But still, will there be any interaction with these two? I know xanax or other benzo's would be best with the Lexapro but he can't take it.

Also, why do people need something with the SSRI when they just start? Usually xanax I know, but why?

2007-05-09 16:33:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

But you feel like it is not like just snapping your fingers , It feels like a bed of nails or empty shell alot ... please comment...

2007-05-09 16:32:36 · 9 answers · asked by nncywlndr 1

hyperactivity, insomnia, irritability, impulsivity, worsening of depression, suicidal thinking and actions, headaches, heart burn, anxiety and generally feeling disconnected or bombarded by the world around them.

When I share my experience on Prozac, I always get a friggin' thumbs down! Even my psychiatrist didn't believe me and upped my friggin' dosage to make it worse!! I believe he was out to drive me crazy like it was fun for him or maybe he'd get more money if I ended up hospitalized, thank god I was too smart for that. THe money grubbin' idiot.

Is faith in SSRI's superseding genuine negative reactions to the medication?

2007-05-09 14:39:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

this afternoon I sat down and watched three squirrels eating popcorn. I watched in fascination and for about 30 minutes I forgot my life sucks. I found a tiny slice of happiness today. So I am wondering ; have we forgotten the pleasure and maybe even a little joy in the simplest of things even though watching squirrels is kind of stupid and ridiculous? does someone out there know what I mean?

2007-05-09 14:28:54 · 11 answers · asked by molly 6

What would be the best route to go for this prob.

2007-05-09 14:07:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

been in here for 7 months for chemo treatment, dont know what tomorrow holds for me. dont know if i'll make it for another 6 months.

2007-05-09 13:31:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I display all 8 symptoms of schitzophrenia. My parents don't seem to think I'm crazy. I think I need a phsychiatrist, but my mom dosen't think so! I don't feel like talking to my counselor, she is a complete and total idiot. And she dosen't really help you. So please tell me whether you think I'm schitzophrenic or not? Or if you're a shrink, can you give me...like...a test?

2007-05-09 13:19:59 · 10 answers · asked by Hiram Abiff 3

2007-05-09 12:51:58 · 9 answers · asked by Kay M 1