Mental Health - June 2007

Driving was always a thing I thoroughly enjoyed. I drove to Germany, around in th UK, you name it. Until one day when I started to get a driving phobia. Now I can only drive within my 'comfort zone' which is not big believe me :-( and I even lost my job because I cant drive there anymore (27 miles away!!!) I get severe physical symptoms when I know I have to drive somewhere i.e. sickness, palpitations etc. My life is greatly restricted and all nice Summer Sunday Road Trips are fucked up. I am all right up until the night before when I wake up shivering and feeling sick. Its like a blockage in my head, for I want to do it but something prevents me from doing so. Any help is appreciated.Thanks

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2007-06-02 18:15:07 · 5 answers · asked by HomerJay 2

Does hearing voices (combined with increased aggression and mood swings) ever just happen without connection to a larger mental disorder? What I mean is, does it just happen to some people?

2007-06-02 18:12:05 · 6 answers · asked by RAAM 1

I feel myself slipping into depression again. I keep thinking that last year at this time, I was busy planning out activities for my daughter and myself.

She is 15 now and spent last summer with me. She lives in another state with her Dad. I gave him custody during the divorce.

She is supposed to spend at least 4 weeks every summer with me per the Visitation guidelines. My ex-husband never follows them though.

He moved due to job reasons and left her with his mother. He may be losing his job now also.

I went to stay with her, but came back after a few weeks. She is very upset and does not want to speak with me let alone visit me for the summer.

I feel sad because we had a great time together last summer. I was finally able to be the mom to her that I wanted to be.

I would like her to come visit me this summer also. I live in another state.

However, if she does not I am looking into classes for myself. Is this selfish to think of myself?

2007-06-02 17:41:55 · 8 answers · asked by Stareyes 5

A friend of mine is trying to kick the meth habit on his on. He has a job therefore no time to go thru the rehab process. His wife and kids depend on him to keep a roof over their heads. He works like 12 hour shifts 6 days a week and it's really hard to just try and stop but he know and wants to badly. Can anyone give me some ideas of what might help him get through this a little easier so he don't relapse.

2007-06-02 17:23:04 · 5 answers · asked by Mystery 1

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2007-06-02 17:15:44 · 7 answers · asked by Subhadra Roy 1

A while back (4-5 months ago) I was having a really hard time, really stressed, just bad. I had self-injured for a long time before this (not like cutting, but banging my head against walls, scratching myself), and it escalated during this period. We were having a "post secrets" program where I live, and I put up an anonymous "post" that confessed my problem. This was a long time ago, and it's been a long time since I've hurt myself. Today someone (an adult) put a note on it saying I could talk to them about it "off the record". I know talking about it with someone would be a good thing, but it's been a long time since I've regularly self-harmed.
It's just not something I want to talk about, but this is a good opportunity to get it over with. I really don't know what I should do. Help?

2007-06-02 17:10:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 years ago I Snorted a bunch of aterol then smoked some meth, a couple hours later, i laid down to sleep, but couldn't so I got up and everything went dark and i started to have a seizure. I went to the hospital and they gave me some meds to get the stuff out of my system and slow my heart. A few weeks later I took some lexapro with beer. A few hours later I started to have an anxiety attack. I went to the hospital and found out that I had an eratic hart beat and they had to slow it down with an ivy and meds. Ever since then I have been having anxiety attacks. Not every day, but once in awhile. I thought my heart wasn't beating right and the dr. said that all the adrenaline my brain was releasing was causing me to have a split heart beat. He perscribed me paxil. I took it one day and started freaking out. I had a major anxiety attack. So I never took it again. I have such a phobia of those types of meds so I can't take them. any help? i dont do illegal drugs anymore or drink or smoke.

2007-06-02 16:57:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are 2 explanations about mental illnesses. The scientific one says that they are due to an imbalance in brain neurotrasmiters. The spiritual one says that mental illnesses are caused by spirits. But which one goes first? Is it because the imbalance in brain neurotrasmiters that one is able to perceive things that normal people can´t? or do the spirits attach to our aura cause this chemical imbalance in the brain? Your answer will be very useful

2007-06-02 16:55:23 · 6 answers · asked by Lisa 4

In order for me to go on job interviews and previously to finish school with lots of people I have needed to be reliant on Xanax (legal) to not run to a safe spot from wherever I am. I also have depression and ADHD. Is it Ok to be prescribed so many prescription drugs if it makes me a productive member of society? I feel I will never have an absolutely free choice in taking them one day. Thoughts, please!

2007-06-02 16:52:33 · 7 answers · asked by sliverofdignity 3

Or is there a good site where I can research mental disorders? I'm trying to find out more about them for a book I'm writing.
So, is there such a thing (as the disorder above)? I thought I heard about something like that, but I don't know where.
Thanks!

2007-06-02 16:48:08 · 5 answers · asked by The Phantom's Opera 1

I am intrigued by the character Dr. House on the TV series "House" because he seems like a man betrayed or disillusioned. That's why he seems to always act cynical. I also have heard that stand-up comics are people who were idealists but have been let down by life. They make jokes to ease the pain. If you once loved life but feel let down or betrayed, how do you regain your former enthusiasm for life, assuming it's still inside you but hiding?

2007-06-02 16:40:54 · 4 answers · asked by holacarinados 4

2007-06-02 16:29:27 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-06-02 16:25:17 · 35 answers · asked by r koirala 1

i know someone who gets mad over EVERYTHING.. it developed over the years and got worse and worse, she gets mad so fast and the littest things from being happy to being mad and it takes alot to get her happy again, because she will not talkabout what is wrong. but she has been getting more attitude more and more over nothing. one minute shes fine the next she is bitchy.

2007-06-02 16:05:25 · 11 answers · asked by just me 3

I've had depression for almost two years now, and have been on mirtazapine for awhile which helped quite a bit- but lately my depression has just gotten loads worse and a lot of the time, to be honest, I just feel enormously hopeless. For people who have dealt with severe depression before- how did you cope? Did you have anything that helped you out day-to-day? Any thoughts or advice here are greatly appreciated- thank you!

(PS- I've been in counseling for a little while now as well, in case you were going to suggest that ;) )

2007-06-02 15:45:49 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello. A year ago I started having these horrible symptoms: extremely depressed, thoughts of harming myself and others, feeling of getting crazy, etc. I seeked professional help...the doctor diagnose was that I had Depression. He prescribed Cymbalta and Zyprexa, the symptoms went away. My question is....Why did the doctor say that I had Depression and he prescribed Zyprexa (antipsychotic drug) usually used for hallucinations? Did I have something else? Maybe the doctor did not tell me the whole diagnose for me not to get worried or scared?. How will Zyprexa withdrawal be? I am going to get these horrible thoughts again when I stop Zyprexa. Please help

2007-06-02 15:36:38 · 5 answers · asked by Lisa 4

I am going to a place next weekend where I will be hypnotized. Normally, I think this is just a bunch of hooey, but my mom's friend went last weekend and said her niece got hypnotized. I am a little bit nervous now, but is this really possible?

2007-06-02 14:32:50 · 6 answers · asked by Miss Understood 2

Are u a clean freak? what would classify you as one?

Most, of all are they any other married men like me?

I am a cleannn freak! I clean with bleach soo much, that I sometimes get cuts on my hands!

I always see more women as being the clean freak, so I am curious to see if there are any other dudes like me. However, the question is not limited to only men.

2007-06-02 14:31:47 · 5 answers · asked by hot_rican_4_ju 3

2007-06-02 12:05:40 · 6 answers · asked by Janelly 2

Some nights i get a feeling that the trees are alive, and there is an atmosphere in the air. I do not see things black and white, plain and simple like most people. I get feelings of fear and a parranoia that consumes me and it also feels like i am ment tobe somewhere else or i am not belonging in my body.

I am ment to fly into space like a spirit or something and become free from myself. When the weather is warm like now and i go out something consumes my senses and it feels like the world is melting or i am missing out on something and not fulfilling my full desires? i dont know. its like an anxiety and general fearfull/worrysome feeling.

2007-06-02 11:21:27 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm getting depressed because i can't do what i love, NAILS. someone reported me for working from my house. what do i do now?

2007-06-02 10:26:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

a yr ago i have been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder and have been in therapy and ssri's since then.
my wife and i have been in marriage councelling roughly the same time and additionally seeing therapists and councellers. i walk on eggshells everyday (for 15yrs now). my wife left a trail of detsroyed professional and personal relationships leading back to 2 counts of rape in her early childhood. her father who has been a long standing alcoholic passed away late last year.
we tried everything from 'languages of love' which only i end up speaking, sensory integration work, only her needs are met now.
there is no intimacy, no kindness and no support from her since the conception of our daughter 2 yrs ago.
i wake up to her shouting at the kids at the breakfast table. she spends all time at work and never joins our activities.
everything points to bpd and i sit between divorce, custody battle or hoping for another 15 yrs for things to change.
this is the only love i know .....

2007-06-02 08:49:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my best friend is a depressed, suicidal cutter. and i am at a loss for what to do about him. he can't and won't go to his parents because he's terrified of mental instituions, and the school counselor didn't do anything when a couple mutual friends of ours went and talked to her about him. the only thing that did was make him not trust us anymore, so i don't know just how suicidal he's feeling. he keeps dropping hints that something might happen to him over the summer, and i am concerned. i have no idea what to do, i want to help him. all of his friends who know (my self included) have let him know just how much we care, and it just goes in one ear and out the other. he's really sensitive about these matters. he utterly flipped out when we went to the guidance counselor. he has mentioned that he would like help, but i don't know who to go to. does anyone have any ideas for what i can do for him?

2007-06-02 08:49:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it something that we humans can control? or is it instinctive?

I'm a girl who has been accused of being cold and structured and I seriously don't see myself that way. I really want people to see that I do have feelings just like any other human beings.


Just goes to the show that what we think of ourselves don't match with the reality.

2007-06-02 08:41:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my dad commited suicide 5years ago on my 30th birthday,hed been battling depression for a long time,without being selfish how can i properly grieve 4 him,when i still dont 4give him 4 doing it,let alone on my birthday,as every year on my birthday,i just stay in bed for the whole day?ive tried counsellors but didnt feel they were for me???????

2007-06-02 08:40:21 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont want to go back on drugs like paxil
i have bad anxiety and mild depression

2007-06-02 08:18:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bascially because they feel they cant help that person etc etc

2007-06-02 07:56:08 · 13 answers · asked by b 4

To begin with, I am diagnosed with GAD as well as Panic Disorder. I've gotten the Panic almost completely under control but I still experience anxiety on a consistant daily basis..Anyways, I'm now starting to notice that when I become anxious my hands will tingle...I don't know what really causes this but I am interested to know if this is common or if it happens to anyone else?? The tingly-ness is not really accompanied by any other noticeable symptoms except agitation because I'm anxious at the moment. It goes away once I start calming down, usually within 10-15 min.

2007-06-02 07:39:00 · 5 answers · asked by Kelly 1

I believe that I may be suffering from depression. There are days when I am physically hurting, I can be watching "dragon tales" and I start crying, many things like this happen all the time. I don't want my husband to know, we have talked about this before and it makes him sad and angry (don't get me wrong he is great). I have been acting like I am happy, this has been making him happy, but inside I feel horrible all I want to do is cry. Please if you know anyway I can fix this without having to go to the doctor please let me know. Please don't post if you are going to say go to the doctor, I do not want medication or go to the doctor.

2007-06-02 07:17:24 · 15 answers · asked by Confused 2

2007-06-02 06:49:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anya S 1