Mental Health - June 2007

Intellegent answers only please, phsycologically speaking-what are they missing that would give them interest in me?

2007-06-22 02:51:58 · 8 answers · asked by shhhhhhhhhh 3

I've been talking Lithium & Lamictal for over a year and neither affected my weight. A few months ago I started taking Depakote and it has caused me to gain about 15-20 pounds. My eating habits haven't changed at all since I started taking it but I still continue to gain weight. I know that's one of the side effects but I was curious why that is.

2007-06-22 02:42:05 · 12 answers · asked by Bonzilla!! 3

sometimes Ill hear a song or even a jingle from a commercial on T.V. and itll replay in my head all day.The more I try to forget,the more it plays.Often it will be the stupidest song from a advertisment,or a tune I hate.Am I going crazy?

2007-06-22 02:41:15 · 2 answers · asked by TomatoMug 3

2007-06-22 02:30:21 · 2 answers · asked by Jeremy W 1

2007-06-22 02:12:59 · 9 answers · asked by andy p 2

its bringing back so many memories of my own childhood, the beating constant being told off all the time punished for nothing, and yet at the same time i am finding that it is helping me to understand why i felt so worthless, even sometimes why i still do sometimes. I find it very theraputic in a way, should it?, the book is just a boy by Richard mcCann its really helped me to understand alot even though not the same

2007-06-22 02:07:01 · 15 answers · asked by hairy armpits 2

I dont know why, but I am always feeling like I cant get enough air... i concentrate on my breathing, and try to take slow deep breaths, but I feel like I am not getting enough, I am really prone to having a panic attack, I have fainted, its really annoying, I dont even need to be in a stressfull sitution, like reading a book at home, its weird, and I am sick of it, its been happening for about 6 months now, and its not any worse at any time of the month. I thought it was a pre menstral thing at first, but its def any time.
I am not scared of anything, and not particually depressed, although I have a history of it.

2007-06-22 00:33:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who honestly feels awake right now? Or who wishes that it wasn't Friday so that we had an excuse to sleep past the alarm just because we can!

2007-06-22 00:24:41 · 8 answers · asked by sweetsistah 2

am tired of everything already...

2007-06-22 00:14:53 · 10 answers · asked by Hapi 1

i feel giddy after playing chaos theory,swat and cs..why? or sometimes after using computer...why? pls tell me how to conquer this problem

2007-06-21 23:54:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am very worried about my husband, I don't know whether he has a mental problem. He is definitely a jeckyll and hyde character, but in conversation he said that he deals with situations by creating lots of boxes in his brain where he keeps different sides of his personality and numbers them so when he needs a particular one to deal with a situation, he brings that one out. I said that we all have different sides to us which we bring out to deal with certain situations and people but I wouldn't go as far as numbering them, he replied "thats because I am structured and you are not". He has no friends who come to the house, yet he is very social at work. He says he needs a few days a week on his own as he needs peace and quiet and any situation however trivial stresses him. If I touch my feet, I have to wash my hands, everything must be clean otherwise he is stressed. He has his flat where he stays 3 days a week which resembles a clinic, everything is symmetrical and painted in white.

2007-06-21 23:03:10 · 13 answers · asked by Nancy S 1

child abuse

2007-06-21 22:52:58 · 7 answers · asked by Farida Y 1

help! im constantly paranoid.....who has had problems with this and how can i improve it??? my newist sicknesses are appendicitis and cirrohis....help

2007-06-21 22:12:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

awful nightmare. I have 3 children, aged 13, 10 and 4, I keep having this terrible nighmare that I'm really hittng them hard, I don't mean a smack, I mean like fighting with them, like punching my 4 year old. It's making me so scared when I wake up in the night and it's had me in tears. I absolutely adore all 3 of my kids so why this sickening nightmare? It's having a really bad effect on me and I feel really bad that these thoughts could even be in my head. Can any1 explain why I'm having these nightmares?

2007-06-21 22:01:39 · 17 answers · asked by Jane H 4

we feel our mother is a mental case for the following reasons:
1. Prefers "boyfriend" over her children, because she has said when her children grow up, they will leave her alone and atleast she has the "warmth of a man" next to her. (every guy she has been with has left her)
2. Constantly repheats herself over and over. She is at work and will call every 2 minutes asking if we did what she wanted and after we said yes.
3. COMPLETELY denies that something is wrong with her, & says she is perfectly normal, also says "we" are the crazy ones for pointing it out to her. She always feels she is correct, and never is wrong.
4. Emotionally abuses family members [i.e. i should have aborted you]
6. has so many clothes in her room she can't even sleep in it. everything is piled up to the point she cannot open her room door
7. constantly has her room door locked because she thinks someone is going to steal something
8. prefers to spend $$ on clothes instead of putting food on the table.

2007-06-21 20:46:00 · 8 answers · asked by anonymous<3 2

i need a way to help me fall asleep because my mom is worried about me and tells me that i need to have a normal sleeping pattern. Im a 15 year old boy and i have already been to the dr about it and it doesnt seem to be improving. im taking zoloft and seeing a therapist because the dr. thinks that i have things on my mind. She's right, i know that im up thinking about things, but sometimes i'm not thinking at all its like my subconcious is thinking too loudly so i can hear a machine hum that stops me from sleeping but i dont know what i'm thinking about. how can i stop myself from thinking when i dont know what im thinking about? im getting worried because therapy and meds havent worked and ive tried some other things, but it gets better then worse i dont have a sleep pattern. somedays i would get no sleep or just 2 hours. how can i sleep?

2007-06-21 20:00:52 · 17 answers · asked by destructo_mystique_shadow 2

I just found out that my friend is cutting ( i self harm too, and i dont want advice that will sound hypocritical), i am really worried about her. I told our school co-ordinator, but i dont think she's going to do much, I'm more worried about my friend than me coz she cuts, and bleeds, were i scratch, pick and bruise, i'm scared she'll accidently go too deep and end up dead. What can i do to help her without being hypocritical?

2007-06-21 19:09:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

She was living in another state, and she said she had to move because the Dianetics people were after her. So we drove thousands of miles to help her repair her home to sell it and help her move out. She kept talking about the "new owner" and what he wanted done. Then she said her son bought the home. We ended up wrecking our car while we were there. She came to our state and stayed for a few months and then moved to another state where some relatives live, then moved back to where she lived before, with her son. She does not like our "home" state for some reason. She has also in the past told us that aliens are walking around posing as humans and she has a detector to tell the difference. She took us to the Scientology Church while we were visiting her, and believe me, it is scary. There are people walking around and around the block with walkie talkies or something. Now she says her body is covered with a fungus. Is that possible? She changes her name all the time.

2007-06-21 18:24:09 · 7 answers · asked by confusedmom 1

My son who is a young teen has said for two years that he is depressed. We encouraged him to eat better, sleep better, exercise more, see more people, see less people, but to no avail.

He's been on antidepressants for four weeks and said he feels no better. His cousin just wrote me after they spent a little time together and she said he cried that he was worthless and a burden.

He is very talented, has many friends, and is passionate about several interests. However, the past few days, he said he is in a down cycle, and he really has no interest in anything - except getting together with his friends or chatting with them.

He told me recently that my (his mom) mood swings from happy and calm to stressed and angry so quickly that I make his environment stressful and unhealthy. This kinda stunned me, because I have to cope with his father, my husband, who has been very depressed and very manipulative. Lots of times I'm happy and calm because he's not around.

2007-06-21 17:56:48 · 18 answers · asked by freshfields 1

I am bi-polar and take Effexor ER and Lamitcial, plus at night I take Kolipion to help me sleep. He doesnt think that this medications should effect me that way. Someone help me out please.... I need information to give to him so he can understand...

2007-06-21 17:54:06 · 8 answers · asked by Pivey 1

im starting one but whenever i write down my fealings i get all upset again. what am i supposed to write?

2007-06-21 17:39:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

me and a few other online users have found sweet relief with this. i wrote a whole big thing on it earlier. i take 21st century st johns wort. ive had depression my whole life, did the whole pill doctor thing, now cant afford that. so i tryed st johns wort. i take 2 in the morn,it works fast. my racing mind quieted down, i am more confident, can deal with the most stressful things now. have more energy, less stress, and sleep better. and there arent any side effects.try it. and for those who have your opinions, think about this, have you ever actually been depressed? because if not, quit telling people what you think you should do when youve never experienced it. im trying to help people.
remember. everyone is different so it may work, it may not. just like any prescription. so try it you never know. i just dont want people to feell like i have. what works for me may work for someone else. take every day. if you stop your old feelings come back fast. it dosnt stay in your body long.

2007-06-21 17:14:33 · 8 answers · asked by solas lethe 3

2007-06-21 16:39:35 · 9 answers · asked by Perfectly Unperfect Gurl 2

i think i might because i worry about little things and for example everytime a person comes near me or just stares at me i feel like they are going to hurt me or touch me somewhere where i wouldn't wanna be touched so then right away i get real nervous and everything so could it be/??

2007-06-21 16:38:03 · 8 answers · asked by Perfectly Unperfect Gurl 2

I am 17 years old and I went to my doc today and apparently I have gained over 20kgs (44lbs), and I am now classified as obese. I have never been underweight, never been average weight, but generally I border on the boundaries of overweight and average... So this has come as a HUGE shock.

I have severe depression, and have recently changed meds AGAIN, and because of depression, I guess I comfort eat sometimes, but gaining that much weight within like a couple of weeks is REALLY not normal is it?

I am trying to eat healthier again but it's hard because of the depression and the fact that I feel so fat and ugly.

It's especially hard being in high school...

Has anyone else had any HUGE weight gains from medication for depression... I am currently on seroquel and lexapro.

Thanks in advance.

2007-06-21 16:36:18 · 11 answers · asked by Mischief_managed 3

Hi

I just want somebody to tell me what to do, thing is I have been diagnosed schizophrenic, but after all I don't consider myself mad or something. What I see is that I've had a horible childhood, even tough I always did my best to make everythng look ok. At home, I was abandoned one could say, bot by parents and b grandparents and aunt and uncle. I had to play alone, whether it was in the garden or in my aunts room. I feel my mind hasnt ben stimulated a lot. In kindergarden school apprenticeship people didnt play with me either i hink its because of my attitude which i consider like a show i had to learn in my family, be a good girl always agree with them, plus they never took me seriouslyor anything. in fact i wasnt even allowed to cut myself a piece of bread or fill in something to drink idk how that makes you feel but i think thats not normal. once my mum left me alone when i was 3 r 4 and at that age i had my first hallucination, the ones i have now are the same but stronger.

2007-06-21 16:29:55 · 5 answers · asked by 76 2

2007-06-21 16:23:47 · 13 answers · asked by Ginger 1

who the heck am I really?
I forget.

2007-06-21 16:23:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

What kinds of ADHD/ADD treatment options are there besides medication?

2007-06-21 16:12:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother is in the process of a complete mental break down. I am so very scared that she is gonna do something to hurt herself or my stepdad. I am a pregnant mother and a wife that is taking on her mental state. I just got off the phone with her and she made a few comments durring the hour long schreaming (on her part) and crying stent. I just dont know what to do to help her now. She is a manic-depressive that has just gotten finshed with a long bout with cancer. I dont want to wake up with a phone call or knock on the door from the police telling me that my mom has done something terably wrong. Please someone anyone give me sone ideas on what I should do in this situation!! (Sorry for the bad grammer and typing)

2007-06-21 16:00:37 · 5 answers · asked by Mrs Florek 3