Mental Health - June 2007

I have an 8 year old boy who is VERY active and his teacher and a pshycologist is telling me to get him tested for ADD which I am sure he would be diagnosed with. They are saying he may need meds and I dont agree. He is very active and popular and helpful. He is an amazing kid who does well in school and writes stories that would blow your mind :) I love the way he is and wouldnt want to change it but dont want him to get in trouble for being so active. How can I curve it some without medication?

2007-06-24 05:42:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, I always loved the color blue, and have a lot of stuff in blue. But, for some reason I WANT to like green.At first I couldn't, but now I don't know if I like green or not... What should I do? Don't tell me to see a psychiatrist because of this anxiety...

2007-06-24 05:38:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

her. her sis is 10 yrs old n is kinda....... rowdy in her sleep. So sometimes, the 10 yr old ACCIDENTALY kicks out. but the 5 yr old makes a really big issue out of it.
The 10 yr old is going to be 11 in august and I think she is nearing her puberty. she is very........ aggressive..... at this stage.

so how do i deal with the 2 of them?

2007-06-24 05:34:32 · 6 answers · asked by Knowledge Seeker 4

I always find when i am the most depressed ( i do suffer from clinical depression and have seen my doc/counsellor etc) like at the moment, i spend a lot of my time lying on the floor, as aposed to a couch or bed etc it's as tho i feel numb and i just lie there staring at things...i have heard other people doing this (lying on the floor) during depression, does anyone know why this would be and also do you have a place were you tend to go when your suffering?


no nasty comments please
x

2007-06-24 05:31:33 · 28 answers · asked by SH2007 6

2007-06-24 05:21:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

can depression/anxiety make you feel sick like have the chills but when you check you are not actually sick and don't have a fever?

2007-06-24 05:02:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

calm down my mind.. I dont know why.. my mind is always thinking in things always hurt me.. I can't explain but nothing works for me I take pills for it I try to do excercise but nothing works for me just I get on bed then my nervous start to feel in my feet and my heart beat so fast

2007-06-24 05:02:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just from breaking off a friendship or being apart from a friend for the summer? Good lord, I pray not.

2007-06-24 04:45:57 · 10 answers · asked by Friends_with_Buttercup! 2

2007-06-24 03:49:04 · 6 answers · asked by two_kee_kees 4

My anxiety is getting so bad ive had it a year now and ive avoided medication up untill this piont ive only been taking the meds two days but they are making me feel sick its like an acidy feeling and i feel all hot in my head and chest is this just me being paranoid about this or should i stop taking the medication. I couldnt even leave the house yesterday.

Im taking lexapro 10mg everymorning
And yesterday went into a panic so took a xanax and that seemed to bring me back down but i had a headache as if it was like a mild hangover or something. Im not sure if its just me making a big deal out of it coz the doctor said they take a week to work and that if they make me feel worse to let him know.
Has anyone taken this med before?

2007-06-23 23:58:39 · 16 answers · asked by dearlydemented 2

i have been doing a little research recently on the results of overdosing on paracetamol (panadol).. i have taken up to and including 50,000mg of paracetamol at a single time.. been given parvolex as the antidote, but i have read that you can still be effected in years to come with liver failure.. is this true? can anyone give me information about this..

2007-06-23 23:42:20 · 3 answers · asked by Dirinda 2

Well, I just found a spider in my blanket and now I'm scared to go to sleep...I sleep in my living room on the floor so it kinda makes it worse but I like sleeping on the floor better than on my bed...Anyways, how can I go to sleep without being scared of waking up with bites all over my body?

2007-06-23 21:29:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

in the uk?

Personally I think the government should give the employer of a person long term mentally ill and on incapacity benefit, half of the money they would have given the employee if they were not working for about six months in order to incentivise the employers, and make it easier for the mentally ill to return to work. Otherwise the long term mentally ill have hardly any chance of getting a job with so much discrimination about.
The employer wins out by getting the money. The employee wins out by been given a more level playing field and a chance to prove himself and bypass discrimination. The government wins out because they only pay half and after six months they stop paying it and get someone of incapacity benefit.
Rant over.
Has anyone got an answer to my original question

2007-06-23 20:55:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its 3am and I can't sleep. It seems if it can go wrong it has gone wrong and my mind just wont let me sleep. Ive tried counting sheep and tried to think good thought and well just about everything else. I know it could be worse don't get me wrong but, how do I turn my mind off....

2007-06-23 20:30:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there any other way to get rid of the emotional pain without endangering my life?please help,I can't live with this BS any longer.If your just gonna criticise me like everybody else just go **** yourself and leave me alone.

2007-06-23 19:22:06 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I met Jack (not his name) in high school (I'm in college now). He was always very awkward and tended be rather annoying, but I tried my best to be patient. I used the grin and bear it approach: that worked until about 9mos when a friend of his committed suicide and Jack turned to me. I just reminded Jack that he is loved and there is definitely a purpose to his life as he was worrying me that he might commit suicide. So basically I tried to help him get through this, but I'm pretty sure that he fantasizes that we're in love now (he's schizophrenic and I am NOT in love with him). He texts me, emails me, calls me, tries to see me multiple times daily!! He tells me that he can tell anything to me and loves me. I try my best to be a friend, but not lead him on, but he won't take 'no' for an answer! He tells me that he can't control himself and I'm concerned about my own safety/sanity.Since I live close to him I'm afraid to block him because he'll just show up at my house. Any ideas? TY!

2007-06-23 18:03:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do not sleep well, I don't want to take drugs but I don't know how long I can go on like this. It's like I can't stop from thinking!

2007-06-23 17:46:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

im serious this is no joke, i barely let my parents or sibling hug me, i dont like hugs , i dont like being touched, and i BARELY SAY "I love you" NO I was never raped or molested before!
but im affectionate to my cat, cuz shes soo cute,
i rub her belly and hug her alot and kiss her head..and i say 'ilove u'
but i barely hug my parent, the last time i hugged them was many years ago.
its like i dont like human affection
i'm 16, my brother makes fun of me
he said ''I wonder what your gonna be like when u get a boyfriend''
which is true when i think about it, probably thats why i dont care to have one

so isnt this kinda normal? just my personality?

2007-06-23 17:25:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-23 16:49:05 · 26 answers · asked by ocean 1

my dad tells me that he thinks I'm bipolar...

im a teen, & never in my life do i recall having a manic episode, my brother never had a manic episode until he was in his early 20s, it was then he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder

i've been depressed since i was age 9 til age 14, those are the times when there was death and change in my family
i attempted suicide at age 13, i was hospitalized
although i'm naturally shy, at age 9-13 i barely said 10 words a day in class, i literally felt MUTE and dead inside...people would make fun becuz i was so QUIET
i lost so many friends because i keep keepin to myself and am very avoidant, i literally am a loner now...
when i was 9 i remember going to a funeral and i didnt want to get out of the car, my dad trying to pull me out, i was screaming at the top of my lungs which was weird since there was these 'guests' close by usually i'd be ashamed and be ''a good girl''
i still have suicidal thoughts..

DO U THINK IM BIPOLAR?

2007-06-23 16:44:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wouldn't make sense to have support groups for people with depression who are feeling suicidal? Instead there are groups for people who are survivors of suicide, I don't get it. Maybe if they had groups for people who are suffering with depression they wouldn't have to have as many groups for people who are survivors.

2007-06-23 15:34:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-23 15:14:12 · 6 answers · asked by firstyearbabyboomer 4

It seems like whatever I do, I can't be the best--or even my best. Dancing is my love, but I don't feel I'm good at it. I take two classes, and the teachers constantly point people out and say who's good, and I'm never one of them. I don't even think they know who I am. I love dancing, but why bother if I'm not good. I can't like doing something if I suck at it....

2007-06-23 13:31:41 · 15 answers · asked by kibodanzaliebe 1

Im 165 IQ and whatever I focus on if i have talent in that area I will excell and not quit.

If I am focused on a rose and the whole world blows up-I am a happy camper the rose is ok!

yet I love Jesus heart and soul and live every day helping people who each has a unique gift and is precious to Jesus.


well did you know that there is at least 6 different types of ADD. and that for many types mine included-this works for me=omega 3 cold water fish oil gel 1000 mg tabs with high epa, taken with a good oil like natural peanut butter or olive oil to help it break down in the system and be absorbed helps stablize them rather than addict them to a prescribed drug

other than that I like to focus on sharing my salvation and helping others get saved=prayer and salvation the key to the more abundand life=John chapters 3&10.
WELL do you know there is more than one kind of A.D.D.?

2007-06-23 11:49:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i smoked with my friend and the weirdest thing happened? we were haughing uncontrollably and it felt like we left somwhere. We both talked about is afterward but we could not understand what happened.. it was like we floated somwhere and we could feel ourselves come back after we stopped laughing. It's really hard to explain. What happened? I heard somone call it the weed connection? what is that?

2007-06-23 11:19:28 · 5 answers · asked by keesha 1

Hi. I have a bit of a clothes/appearance anxiety problem and my therapist wants me to go extreme! This is part of my CBT therapy. For example: Wear one sock red and one white. Or wear a shirt with a large stain on it. May be dye my hair orange? (gulp) Any other ideas on what I can try?

2007-06-23 09:31:54 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3

well i saw on the news som thing about ufo's over o'hare airport so i was bored and i checked some stuff about aliens and everything there scares me now and im scared for some reason can someone help me get over this dumb fear af aliens and ufo's

2007-06-23 09:21:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been very depressed lately, having suicidal thoughts, and almost bought materials to commit such an act. The circumstances are complicated, and I don't believe committing myself to be the answer. I've spoken to the national hotline a couple of times already. Most of these negative feelings have been coming from being in my current living situation.

I really think I just need to go somewhere for a few days, to get my mind off of the situation... because everything around me reminds me of a fond memory and I just get upset over it *i.e. my furniture, my bed, etc.* so if I just find someplace thats safe and tranquil to spend some time, with no phone to deal with, I think I can get through this.

It's kind of an odd request, I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions. I live in the state of florida, and i have a little money to spend that I had set aside, but not nearly enough to commit myself to a mental hospital, and I dont want to put my family through that situation.

2007-06-23 08:33:49 · 12 answers · asked by chris o 2

been a victim so long unable to stop vicitimizing myself and need help to change the vicitim mentality

2007-06-23 07:44:04 · 9 answers · asked by Todd S 1

2007-06-23 04:57:47 · 2 answers · asked by up a tree 3