Mental Health - May 2007

no...you're not "ill". chances are you are experiencing the natural symptoms that are part of the decline in reproductive hormones as we all age (both sexes)-for females, you can get this & still have your period. these things can be mild or even disabling in some people. hormone treatment will rid it.

what this hormone decline is called is andropause in men & perimenopause in women, this falls under the category of menopause in general. this can start as early as age 5 in people. the symptoms are the same for both sexes.

there are more symptoms than those listed above, 35 to be exact that you can get (if you're not having some now). for reference on this, you can see these websites:

andropause (male menopause)
http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=53&a=5977

35 symptoms of menopause
http://www.project-aware.org/Experience/symptoms.shtml#doom

--posted by someone who cares. no one will try to offer you anything to buy, this is free. look it up, it may help.

2007-05-01 20:08:19 · 2 answers · asked by wise fishy 2

Xanax has done wonders for me. I used to have extreme yelling screaming fits that I could not control when under stress and would have trouble breathing. But after taking Xanax on an as needed bases it has calmed me down. After a few months of using it I now have figured out how to stay calm without it. Now I hardly have incidents anymore were I need to take it. In fact after such a succesful therepy, the Xanax has been sitting on the shelf for six months without me needing it. I think that it deserves to be called the wounder drug of our century! It had such a positive change in my life!

It's only addictive if you dont follow your doctors instructions. Otherwise when used properly like I did, it can be a wounder drug.

2007-05-01 19:51:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

there are these two kids in 2nd grade at my school and they are always doing something stupid like throwing milk at each other and licking other people@ People laugh at them, but im just trying to figure out what the hell is happeinig! Im confused!

2007-05-01 19:31:05 · 9 answers · asked by TwilightFanaticTeamJasper(: 2

my friend sent me a really strange text over my phone the other day it read--- My brain is f@#&ed up. I feel like a walkin dead person. Like I feel death. My brain and my body. I feel like i'm dyin.--- she has talked about going to pine rest before but never went. I'm wondering if there is a way that i can get her into something like that.... Or does she have to actually attempt suicide before its out of her control??

2007-05-01 18:50:12 · 7 answers · asked by lisas_lost 2

Just wondering...thanks.

2007-05-01 17:56:51 · 7 answers · asked by LMW 2

I don't have 2 distinct physical voices that I hear, but there is what seems to be 2 arguing thoughts that I hear...

I don't hear voices, but I have 2 inner thought voices that argue on stuff, is it normal?

2007-05-01 17:11:49 · 16 answers · asked by Rube 2

i feel as though i have failed miserably,it seems like my llife has just become meaningless.will he ever be able to live a normal life?he is so filled with anger that turns to weeping im so confused i dont know what to do somebody please help .iam lost i dont know if there is anything i can do to help,will he be able to stay in a normal school?i feel like a failure i see my hopes and dreams turnig from hopeful to a life long dependancy can anyone point me in wich direction to go-how can i help-i can i stop jim from falling apart-and myself

2007-05-01 16:42:37 · 10 answers · asked by resigned 5

I was thinking about writing on the trend of young people cutting themselves (commiting self injury). Is this too depressing?

2007-05-01 16:30:36 · 7 answers · asked by misslonely2009 1

I need help with this I think I might want to try to get help...dont tell me im stupid i dont need that right now thanks...i need serious answers...and lets get a grip...guidance counselors...not helping...i just need a way to ask for help. i dont know how. telling your mom that you think you might have an eating disorder might be a bit of a sensitive subject...dont ya think? so if you could help...i dont know how to say it...i dont know whether or not i should...i dont know if i can possibly make myself say it...cuz well...ummm. not easy to talk about at all. i mean its not supposed to be talked about...its not. and yeahh...so confused...cant put up with the war in my head any longer...these voices are killing me...

2007-05-01 16:11:42 · 3 answers · asked by meetmethere 3

1) Is it possible for minors to check themselves into one?

2) Can you choose which institution, even in a different state?

3) What are the pros and cons of going to one?

Also, I'm not sure if I got the definition correct.. A mental institution is where they take suicidal people or those who self harm, yes? Or is that rehab?

2007-05-01 15:20:24 · 7 answers · asked by No 1

I have depression, anxiety and lots of free time. I try writing, doesn't always help. I've tried exercising, that's a laugh. I still do it, but it's not making me feel better. Music isn't working anymore. I have almost no friends left. I have no one to talk to except my therapist I see every other week. But still isn't much. I don't know what to do. It's not like I have anything to binge since I am in the dorm. But I just hate feeling like this. I just want to feel better...

2007-05-01 15:02:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are the signs of depression? sometimes I just feel like nothing. blah. you know sitting in my bed for hours looking at the celing. ignoring my alarm clock. I am drifting away from friends. I am being really quiet. and I HAVE CONSTANT HEAD ACHES. i get so upset I MAKE MYSELF SICK. but....there is nothing for me to be upset over. i am confused?

2007-05-01 12:46:06 · 17 answers · asked by lalala 2

I Dont Feel Like Crying At All, I Have For The Past 7 ****** Years, I Have Rage Pissed Off, I Tryed SSRI's I Currently Take Xanax 3 Years, What the hell should i do i want to get rid of my Gad For Good

2007-05-01 10:11:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that every person has problems, but lately I've been pretty down. It comes and goes, but sometimes I get really emotional! On these days I could cry with the drop of a hat. I feel like I can't control my emotions, but they are going haywire! My mom thinks that maybe I am depressed or just over stressed. Can that happen this often? It's weird because I am usually a happy go lucky person, but lately I've been really emotional and pessimistic. You know it's bad when you can even notice that something's wrong. Can anyone help?

2007-05-01 09:41:54 · 19 answers · asked by Raspberry 2

I cant seem to not be depressed.

2007-05-01 09:35:45 · 5 answers · asked by j t 1

Anyone taking this and tried to get off it? Also has anyone had the sexual side effects? No desire....

2007-05-01 09:01:21 · 2 answers · asked by kendall_c_williams 2

I was on prozac for around 3 years, and I gained 40 pounds..I quit taking it about two weeks ago, will the weight come off? i walk regularly and am *trying* to watch my eating. Also, I feel no different being off of it, should i be aware of mood changes/

2007-05-01 08:43:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend is depressed. he is just now dealing with things that happened to him almost 2 years ago. He had a bad car wreck, got divorced, and his grandma died. i am curious about OTC medicine such as saint johns wort that r for depr. and if u have used them. also we cant afford alot. plus i need to know how to reassure him some things. he told me last night he is ****** up and is only ******* me up (i think because of everything he is feeling) he said he feels like he is going crazy. and he is affraid he is going to break my heart like he did his ex. i dont know what to say to those things. all i could tell him was it will be okay, we can get through this, im hear for you and hold him. i dont feel like that was enough. any suggestions on how to help him with out a pychiatrist (we cant afford it)...he has a hard time opening up. all suggestions welcome. if u have been depressed or know someone what helped u get through it?

2007-05-01 08:39:37 · 8 answers · asked by DP 3

My gf was sexually abused by her ex for 2 yrs. It's been half yr since she broke off. Just 2 days ago, we were kissing and hugging at a staircase when her mind snapped, and she mistook me as her ex, curled up, recoil as if I'm a serpent when I wanted to hold her back . Her body shivered, and she passed out twice. Then she ran up and down the stairs (while I'm begging her to stop), and ended up twisting her ankle badly. She appeared dazed like a zombie thereafter. I wanted to bring her to clinic but she recognised it and didn't want to. Later in the night, when she snapped out of her daziness, she couldn't remember anything from our kissing. She didnt even know why she hurt her ankle.

Please help. What is she suffering from? Other than this incident, she behaves normally, except for hyperventilating whenever flashbacks occurs. She couldnt sleep well, and seems to suffer from sleep apnea (she could dozed off anywhere, anytime within 30 secs). She refused to see a doctor.

2007-05-01 08:22:52 · 25 answers · asked by step_lin 2

I've maintained a light friendship for four years now with a girl that has very few other friends; she calls me her "BFF" but I don't feel all that close to her. She was in an abusive relationship in the past and wrote me off over it until her ex disappeared. When she came back around and I had guy trouble, she stabbed me in the back. She apologized, but has admitted to gossiping about me recently. Now, she's engaged again to a guy that can't hold a steady job or a friendship. She admits she doesn't love him and is still looking at options. She wants to go through with this wedding in six months. Her maid of honor (her sister) quit speaking to her, and now I've landed that glorious position. She has actually disinvited my husband! That doesn't convey unconditional support on her end-- so do I have to be supportive when I don't agree with her? Can I back out????

2007-05-01 08:13:46 · 10 answers · asked by at work 2

She is getting older and has not worked in years.

2007-05-01 08:05:53 · 4 answers · asked by nutritionist34 1

2007-05-01 07:27:57 · 6 answers · asked by sarah r 1

once dead....how many generations will remember you anyway? Unless you did something of importance, who in the world would even care you were here in the first place?

2007-05-01 07:23:13 · 9 answers · asked by TNT 1

As a child I have gone through a lot of trauma that I believe has affected me in a bad way. I was sexually molested at a very young age by my moms boyfriend, her later husband physically abused me and beat me. I was then put on medications to treat ADD. Riddling I believe is what it was called. I would not gain weight, I was very skinny and always emotional, and crying. I would get beat more because of this. My mom would not believe me when I told her of all these things that have happened and are happening. Then after their divorce she was fine with me and my two other siblings. We moved a lot, and I found it harder and harder to make new friends. Well I stopped taking riddling and I was doing just fine without them. I did get in trouble a lot with authorities and teacher during my middle school and high school years. When I did my last move while in school it was the worst. Everybody loved me then hated me, I stopped being myself cuz I did not fit it. I tried hard to please my mom.

2007-05-01 07:00:22 · 18 answers · asked by Martin2006 1

I have been depressed for a while now and with recent circumstances I have been severely depressed and I dont feel the need to eat at all. I have eaten anything but a slice of pizza an a small cookie in 4 days and I have lost about 18lbs now and I am getting scared of so much loss in weight and not having the urge to eat anything. I am going to the doc in about an hour and a half but I am just so afraid. I cant sleep, eat, hard drink any fluids, worried, feel sluggish, wake up during the night, rapid heart beat, irritable, withdrawing from friends and family. I cry and just cant get over this.

I dont know what the doc will do or prescribe me. I wouldnt wish this feeling on my worst enemy. I know meds are a not a fix. My gf is 5 months pregnant and she dumped me and I dont know if it is hormones. But I am worried to death because I want to be a family and feel like my hopes of a family are on the line here.

2007-05-01 06:50:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, I am not kinky, just so you know, but say I have a certian thing that really turns me on more than my boyfriend. Do you think that maybe trying to imagine him in/doing that certian thing that is a major turn on will help with me coming faster? It's just weird because yeah, he turns me on. But the other thing (that I won't tell him. i won't tell anyone) is MORE of a turn on, and when we are just "playing" around, you know, he gets a hardon VERY easily and quickly, and i don't. It kinda bothers me, I mean cause the last time we were "playing" it took a awkwardly long amount of time for me to you know...and I just hope that nothing is really wrong with me and maybe there is something I could do??

~Pat

thank you all. really. No joke, I am so thankful that you people help.

2007-05-01 06:36:34 · 6 answers · asked by Patrick. 1

Is advice is useful & effective?

2007-05-01 06:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by Janu 2

When i go to sleep, i get really bad night terrors where if i don't try and wake up i will die. Most of my dreams are of me being attacked or chased. I know when i'm dreaming because i try and move my body but this never happens until near the end when i'm about to be hurt. i tell myself over and over to wake up but it hardly ever works and i start to panic and i wake up crying and screaming. I have these dreams atleast 5 times a week. for the past 6 months. and now they'r really starting to get to me. The first one i had was when i lived witha friend. i went to bed but woke up, i could not move any part of my body even though i was awake. all i coudl do was move my eyes. And sitting on my legs was a figure which seemed to be unnatuarl. and kept moving closer to my face stretching out ts hand over my neck and laughing. i dont no how long i was like that for but it felt like ages and i was crying and screaming. finally i moved my body and it disapeared. Any help apprciated.

2007-05-01 05:48:56 · 16 answers · asked by Pingu 1

I think i suffer from social anxiety, and i know i need help...but the first step of going to the doctor/therapist is the hardest. I dont know how to push me to go....please help!

2007-05-01 05:30:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Soon to enter the House of Representatives is HR 1592, a bill designed to protect EVERYONE against hate crimes, including crimes against a person's race, religion or sexual orientation.
The full body of the bill can be read here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1592

Now, here are some quotes from wholesome Christian sources:
"Despite what its advocates say, this is not about crime -- it's about special treatment," said the Family Research Council. "HR 1592 would further carve out 'tiers' of victims, putting more importance on crimes committed against a Rosie O'Donnell than against her next-door neighbor."

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200704/CUL20070426b.html

"By refusing to accept the amendment on religious freedom, the Democrats have proven their purpose is to silence Christians," stated TVC Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon.

http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=3064

2007-05-01 04:53:25 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5