Mental Health - June 2007

I was on 50mg of Sertraline (generic zoloft) for about 6 months, and decided to quit them. My tapering was, to say the least, a half assed attempt. I cut the pills in half for a week, then stopped taking them altogether. Yes, I know this is not recommended. And now, I can see why. I am dizzy, shaky, extremely cranky (like 24/7 PMS), my brain feels foggy, I want to cry...the list goes on. I guess my question is how long can I expect these symptoms to last? And will it get any worse or is this the extent of it? I am going to try Linda Bassets Attacking Anxiety program, which is like a self help Cognitive Behavioral program. I really dont want to be on medication. I dont have anything against it morally, its just that i fel like taking a pill like that, to me, is admitting to myself I cant do it alone. And I refuse to believe that. :) Thanks in advance for the answers, good or bad. :)

2007-06-13 06:13:19 · 1 answers · asked by Jadesun24 1

2007-06-13 05:57:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone was asking how do you have a lucid dream...I don't know what it is...

2007-06-13 05:07:08 · 9 answers · asked by Little Green One 1

i was standing on the top floor of a multi story car park on saturday and felt like jumping off but my gf was there and she stopped me and took me home. i fear she might leave me because... well i just have a feeling. help me plz!

2007-06-13 03:26:08 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just looking at the differences or if they are linked as a condition

2007-06-12 23:44:50 · 19 answers · asked by Ashmiss 1

I heard a lot of stuff about computers and how harmful they can be, but now I heard about when electromagnetic radiation affects some chemical in our brains, so that chemical needs a day to restore and that can cause problems.

I hardly wake up. I dont work hard, even if I live and work on a farm (modern technology = less work). I am about 4 hours per day on a computer. 1 hour in the morning (cause there is nothing to do) and then few hours in the evening (talking to my friends on msn). I go to sleep at about 11 and wake up at six. this is just fine for me to sleep, I can wake up, but there are days when I just cant wake up. I would just sleep.

sometimes I go to bed at 9 and I already wake up (without alarm clock) at 4 or 5. I just wake up, open my eyes and I cant sleep further. but this morning I fell asleep, I missed half of the work (luckly father wasnt pissed) and I am still sleepy.

btw I'm 19 and male.

2007-06-12 23:34:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just as the question says...

2007-06-12 23:30:34 · 9 answers · asked by Hannah S 1

This chick took the time to post 4 questions before she commits this supposed suicide. PAH- LEASE!!!!!! Who takes the friggin time to get on yahoo answers before they kill themselves?

2007-06-12 20:17:16 · 16 answers · asked by nocturnalangel_71 2

such as if its healthy..so on so forth.

2007-06-12 19:55:40 · 4 answers · asked by Sini. 2

Ok...so when I was little I used to have night terrors but they have stopped ever since I moved to the house I live in now. But sometimes before I go to bed and I am trying to fall asleep my whole body goes numb and I get really scared for no reason and I see faces ...and I can't even describe how scary it is. And its hard to snap out of and I just lay there super scared until it ends. I can't move no matter how much I want to. I have been doing research and some people get hallucinations called hypnagogic hallucinations which are hallucinations people get between waking and sleeping. Has anyone experienced this sorta thing and does anyone know anything about this? Am I having a "hypnagogic" hallucination?

2007-06-12 19:29:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

m 27 have not lived with either for 10 years. my mom is feeble minded and has one foot in the loony bin, my sister is not the sharpest tool in the shed. here is what happedn. my OB doctor i swtiched from him bcuz he wouldnt write me the note i need to go on matnerity leave. so after i swtiched to a new doctor, he went behind my back and called my HR and told them my post traumatic stress disorder is acitng up and asked if they cover that under FMLA. i had no idea he was going to call them nor did i even consent to it. i ddint want my job knowing my PTSD was acting up i told him that under doctor/patietn privalege in confidence. i fired him over it and told hime he broke the law. anyway my nutty mom decided to take it on herself to call him on her own accord and beg him to take me back as a patietn and tell him that i need a doctors note. then she called me and says " gee i took care of everythign hes so nice " i said ' yeah of course hes being nice h can lose his medical license

2007-06-12 17:25:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i hate it when i keep feeling like i need to be neat

2007-06-12 17:23:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just cut myself for the first time and i have no idea why im 13 and i dont know what i did it for but i want to do it again should i and what should i do? what the hell is wrong with me i ahev been wanting to cut myself since i was 8 i have thoughts that no kid would be having what the hell is wrong with me?

2007-06-12 17:09:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am so sad. Everyday I wake up searching for my purpose here on earth. I already decided I was going to help people.. aid them.. maybe join the red cross and i will.. i am working a part time job to aid a child in a different country this summer before i start my sophomore year of college. anyway.. i am becoming a midwife nurse to aid babies and mothers... but my dream is becoming a hollywood actress.. because it is what i have wanted to do all my life.. and not only that.. my salary can help me aid a lot of people... but im discouraged because of all the competition out there and i have never done anything.. i cry because i want to travel the world.. and have the chace to help people.. individuals. i dont know why i want to help so much i just want to.. and it makes me upset im not anyone and cant help... my fav. actress is Angelina Jolie because she basically reflects what i want to do in life.. but she has a chance to help and i dont... sometimes i pretend i have the money to help.

2007-06-12 16:52:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

how could she punnish me for her own pleasurer , i no they all laugh at me and my cowboy hat, lied cheated killed and used me for a mirriad of things . and now relish the pain i feel for loving her, no more though .im sleeping her away for good.
nevr to worry about her many swallows under mthe bridge , where i lay my head. and my thoughts of her to rest.

is that right?

2007-06-12 16:33:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, so I'm 15 and I guess at this point in my life I'm dealing with a lot of problems that teenagers face, but I feel very overwhelmed by my problems and just want to escape. I mean my parents are controling and want to know exactly everything that is going on with my life at every second, me and my best friend of 10 years have now went our separate ways for now and I'm very upset about that, and then me and my boyfriend broke up that I loved very much. So lately I have been experimenting with drugs, but nothing serious. Basically marijuana and some pills. I just used them to get away for a while and to feel stress free. I've just been thinking that maybe this could be a little more serious than tipical teenage stuff, and that it's probably depression. I make excellent grades, there's no problem there, it's just everything else. I cry a lot and I am almost always sad and I don't even know why half the time. I'm just fed up with dealing with everything. And no I'm NOT suicidal!
Thanks

2007-06-12 16:05:17 · 20 answers · asked by elizabethxoxo 5

isnt it horrible?? ugh god i cant take it anymore. i mess up all the time. i feel like i am senile or something. are you absent minded? what are some stories of your own?

2007-06-12 15:26:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm on Adderall for A.D.D. and I'm getting a prescription for Xanax to help me cope with a speech class I'm taking. I'm also going to behavioral therapy to cure my anxiety without drugs. I'm not looking for any remarks from people out there that have the same mindset as Tom Cruise. The Xanax was just prescribed as a "quick fix" until I've finished my behavioral therapy. I've been ducking out of speeches since middle school, which I'm realizing now that I shouldn't have done. It's only made the fear worse since I have no experience in giving a speech. Anyway, does taking Adderall and Xanax together have the affects as taking Xanax alone?

2007-06-12 14:52:57 · 7 answers · asked by ♥ Yoga Girl ♥ 2

How do each work?..... and what one is better for what kind of case of mental illness or depression?

2007-06-12 14:51:25 · 4 answers · asked by theartisttwin 5

I wouldnt want to catch an anxiety attack on a plane. pls help
thanks

2007-06-12 14:51:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm getting frustrated, this is really hard for me, I can't go anywhere, I can't even get home from work late cause my mom gets like anxiety attacks she worries about EVERYTHING!!! Today I got home 45 mins late, I tried to call but I lost connection. I dont talk n drive, so by the time I got home n looked at my cell she had called me 8 times!! And when I walked in the house she was crying cause she was worried about me. I'm 20 years old btw, I want to help her but I also want freedom what can I do??? Thanks in advance for you answers...

2007-06-12 14:40:44 · 8 answers · asked by εїз TANYA εїз 4

ok, I read the wikipedia article, but I can't concentrate well because of my depression. I do stare with no change in expression for hours. But I can get up and go make myself a bowl of cereal.

I went to the psychiatrist today and under "affect" he wrote something that started with an A and I couldn't tell what he wrote.

Anyway, how do you know if someone is "catatonic"?

2007-06-12 14:19:51 · 9 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7

2007-06-12 13:53:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-12 13:30:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 21 years old. My mother wants to die at home and I am going crazy!

2007-06-12 13:23:29 · 21 answers · asked by Lori M 2

Can anyone tell me what different types of anti-depressents there are (SSRI's, beta blockers or whatever) and which brand names fall into each category?

2007-06-12 13:17:12 · 5 answers · asked by theartisttwin 5

Since Nov. 2001 I have been in and out of Mental Health Facilities and on a lot of meds for many different disorders. Over the past 6 years I have been mis-diagnosed with: bipolar disorder, schizo-affective, OCD, depression, panic disorder.
In Jan,the hospital diagnosed me again with extreme anxiety and was on my way home to finally make friends and a new life.
So I joined Yahoo Answers to get to talk to people. I lasted five days. I stood up for the aspects in my life that kept me alive those years.
Twisted sick people 'clone' others and make them look bad. I got in an argument with some and had to delete my email-I've been obsessing about it ever since. I started sinking back into my 'illness' because these 'clones' not only make me look like a fool and confirm that no one can be trusted, but make me feel like I have betrayed everything I stand for and what kept me alive. Culture, Religion, Morals.
Fun Fact: Monsters who 'clone' people, are doing more than just harmless fun

2007-06-12 13:07:43 · 4 answers · asked by take me to your leader 3

there's supposed to be a tornado where i live and i am sooooo scsaredd any words of support? i really need it

2007-06-12 12:59:26 · 37 answers · asked by J.A.K. <3 5

i am a 13 year old girl and i have an anxiety disorder. i was wondering if anyone had any tips for dealing with an anxiety disorder. i have had this since i was seven years old and i take medicine. Sometimes i feel so lonely. Any advice from someone who's been there, done that?

2007-06-12 12:56:14 · 5 answers · asked by girlnextdoor 3

2007-06-12 12:04:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous