Mental Health - July 2007

My girlfriend cuts about every week and every time i tell her i dont want her doing it she says that theres nothing wrong with it and she cant actaully die because of it, and i cant find any reason she shouldn't. Is there a reason why she shouldn't?

2007-07-24 11:14:02 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother is seriously going nuts. She was diagnosed with Lyme disease a few years ago, but she claims that none of her treatments have cured her. Lately she has been drinking, taking xanxax excessively, making up stories, forgetting what day it is, and has excessive mood swings. Please give me suggestions as to what I should do....I don't think you can commit anyone anymore.

2007-07-24 11:07:26 · 8 answers · asked by NICOLE S 2

My 15 year old daughter has anixety. She doesn't like taking pills. Is there anything that she can eat that so that she won't have anixety. Any help would be helpful. Thank you.

2007-07-24 11:01:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doing a research paper and cannot find a website other than AMA that can provide stats. that are not white supremist. need fact not hatred.

2007-07-24 10:54:52 · 3 answers · asked by Denise N 1

2007-07-24 10:51:16 · 6 answers · asked by curious_25m 1

I'm staying over at my brother's house because my parents are on vacation to Mexico, and I'm sleeping in my little nephew's room that's colored blue. The theme is castles and dragons. On the bottom of the wall it's painted to look like a wall's castle top, painted grey. My parents often leave town and leave me with my sister but that's when I was in school. So they decided to leave me at my brother's so I would have some company when she left to work. but this is the first time that I felt really bad last night. Last night was the first time ever sleeping here. My brother isn't here either so it's just my niece, nephew and sister in law. We get along well and everything. But I don't know why I just feel so bad being in that room. I relocated to the kitchen because I have to do online homework. I just couldn't concentrate and I felt really bad in that room. could It be because of the color? I know color has to have something to do with it.

2007-07-24 10:44:06 · 4 answers · asked by AudreySmiles 3

Sorry i know this isn't really regarding mental health, but i thought i would get alot more smart and sensible responses here in comparision to other sections.

2007-07-24 10:39:30 · 19 answers · asked by Blackout 2

2007-07-24 10:38:55 · 6 answers · asked by feemebe04 3

I'm afraid of going out because of being judge by other people. When I do go out I tend to sweat alot even though It's not hot and I can't seem to think correctly and end up getting nervous. It's hard for me to make eye contact with people or even look them in the face. I don't wear my glasses to avoid seeing people well. So they are blurry in a distance. And I'm overweight as well which I think that's what is causing it but not sure. I do exercise's like running and such but then get all unmotivated and depress. And I'm really worried about the upcoming round having to go pick up my schedule for senior year. I'm 17 by the way.

2007-07-24 10:33:58 · 9 answers · asked by Preb 3

2007-07-24 10:27:28 · 15 answers · asked by oliveee 1

2007-07-24 10:22:06 · 10 answers · asked by ηιgнt Vαmpιяє 3

though, the diabetic levels are not under control, some diabetics eat sweets abundantly and suffer. my question is , by applying aversion therapy, can the behavior modification therapists create feelings of aversion towards sweets?

2007-07-24 10:15:50 · 4 answers · asked by geyamala 7

i worry all the time. i worry about every little thing. i'm afraid of dying, getting cancer, and getting sick. oh and throwing up.

2007-07-24 10:02:54 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will leave the house. I have great anxiety about having people over to the house. I can't relax if someone visits. Most of the time I just don't answer the door. I have difficulty going to places where the exit isn't visible. I am not good with people or forming relationships. I'm great at joking around, but not at joining groups or becoming a part of a group.

Is it social anxiety?

2007-07-24 09:45:40 · 6 answers · asked by Gracie L 1

When you take 1 t3, how do you feel when you are high. What are the side effects? Is it the same feeling as weed?Is it better to swallow or snort t3? I dont car if isnt good or not...i just took some so i cant go back...so serious answers please

2007-07-24 09:45:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it normal to feel tired but then still it takes hours to be bale to fall asleep..that has been ahppening to me lately..its like im sooo tired but my body just doesnt go to sleep right away

2007-07-24 09:36:39 · 22 answers · asked by $CMoney$ 1

I'm severely depressed and have been for over 7 years. But lately i've been feeling worse. It seems like every year that passes, my symptoms get worse. I have absolute no energy or motivation to do anything, even things I once loved to do. I feel like I'm going crazy, i dont know what do to anymore. I tried to get help from my family, but when i told them that I've been depressed for years, my sister laughed and my mom didnt believe it was serious.

look, i have tried to self-cope and try to think happy thoughts and try to make my life better, but it doesnt work. Its a cycle, i feel good one day, the next i want to die.

I really cant take it anymore. i've been living like this for a long time and i'm sick of it. i know theres ppl out there who feel the same way as i do, so my question is how do you cope and get through each and every day, without succumbing to suicide?

2007-07-24 09:26:09 · 12 answers · asked by rudie_can't_fail 3

THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION!
I just graduated from college and I am trying to find a job. I have applied to more than 50 jobs and it is getting very tiring and I was starting to feel like a real failure. I just found out that my mother has been sabotaging my chances of getting hired to some great companies because she has been giving bad recommendations. I used to work with her in the family bussiness and she TOLD me to use her as a reference so that my employeers could see that I have job experiance. She has been discouraging them from hiring me, one even fired me once they talked to her. I found out by accident when I over heard her talking to one of my possible employers on the phone.... She does not know that I know this and she is still telling me to put her phone number and information down as a professional reference like she is trying to help me.

She does not have a job, has several higher educational degrees. When I meet people she tells them bad things about me

2007-07-24 09:00:58 · 19 answers · asked by Queen459789 1

i am 12 and i am deppressed nothing seems fun anymore

2007-07-24 08:52:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who thinks this way. I talk to other people who have anxiety, depression, bipolar, OCD. I have them all, yes they do get in the way, but I don't look at it that way like a lot of people do, everyone seem to think why am I cursed with this? They don't think in other perspectives about it though. It makes me a stronger person in the long run, it's who I am, it makes me have high intelligence, mainly the OCD because of the complicated thinking patterns. I feel different and i like different, I do like being the same as the rest of society. Since my OCD, i'm obsessed with numbers and I am obsessed with my grammar and spelling. That's 2 important things that I look at as a gift, i'm good in math and science because of it and also writing and reading. There's so many opportunities out there that I have the intelligence with this for because I have these disorders. Also, I understand, people who don't deal with this you may not understand what i'm saying, i'm just putting it out there.

2007-07-24 08:24:08 · 9 answers · asked by It's MIRANDA!!!! 4

apparently it is agoraphobia. i hate shops because they are too closed in, when i go in i rush around and i dont care who i knock over or bump into. i never try on any of the clothes iii want 2 buy because the changing rooms r far to small and i have panic attacks. at school i am scared of crowds because i hate 2 many people standing round me or behind me. i have 2 sit at the back of buses because i hate people sat behind me so much. is there anyhing i can do, how can i deal with this?

2007-07-24 08:11:18 · 4 answers · asked by Sanskia 3

Recently I have been getting repeated thoughts about harming the people I love, in sick disquieting ways. I do not want to hurt them though! I just get these thoughts and they won't leave me alone and it makes me ill every time the pop up, like actually ill (I have what I think is kind of a anxiety attack thing). I don't want to act upon any of these thoughts, which I do not want to go into detail about because it is so sick and wrong. The just come suddenly and they won't leave, it starting to keep me out at night I am really getting depressed about this, It makes me feel digesting and ugh. It is almost like OCD, there are obsessive, violent thoughts (but don’t people with OCD just obsessive over things like germs and counting and stuff?), but I have no rituals or anything to do to get rid of them. I'm I just a freak? Is there anything I can do?

Sorry If I was being a bit redundant, but this is really getting to me.

2007-07-24 08:02:16 · 19 answers · asked by Lily B 2

I don't like telling people what to do and what not to do BUT my husband and I want to start a family in one to a couple of years and I am terrified him taking E could effect our future negatively. I am researching, so I can show him that it does have risks. Any tips and experiences are highly appreciated!
Thanks.

2007-07-24 08:01:17 · 36 answers · asked by Milly 2

2007-07-24 07:39:11 · 3 answers · asked by stretch_drive 2

2007-07-24 07:28:13 · 5 answers · asked by learner 2

I dont have insurance quite yet, I have been on lexapro and can not afford it right now. Does anyone have any good suggestions on anything that is good substitute. I exercise regularly and eat right(most of the time.)

2007-07-24 07:25:36 · 7 answers · asked by LeLeblue 1

The majority of people with Bipolar disorder DO NOT have constantly changing moods.

In fact, the mood episodes last weeks and months. You may be manic for 2 months and depressed for 6 months with normal moods in between.

Rapid cycling is rare, even then it usually means 4 episodes per year

NOT EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY!

**Learning post ****

2007-07-24 07:23:01 · 15 answers · asked by riptide_71 5

I started on cymbalta 6/22/07 with 60 mg., felt sleepy. After two weeks, I was put on 120 mg. and started taking it at night. Early in the morning I wake up with these weird images behind my eyelids and it is hard to wake up and even after waking up, I am fuzzy for a while. Has this happened to anyone else?

2007-07-24 06:52:50 · 3 answers · asked by Marsha J 1

I feel so bad that it's partially complete-not even halfway. The only reason why I didn't drop this course is because I'm classified as a Grad Student, even though I'm in the Grad Prep program, & I had to keep my 9 hrs. for Financial Aid purposes. I couldn't afford to drop & pay the money back. All I can say is that this semester wasn't for me, & I've been out of college for almost a year. The only reason why I wanted to try Grad School is to strengthen my skills as a Spanish major, & I don't even think I'll make it to Grad School, even if I passed your class with an A. Writing papers is one of my weaknesses, even though I have to try to overcome that fear. & plus, I didn't get to get my disability accommodations because my doctor & case manager keep giving me the runaround with the paperwork to try to get my accommodations, & plus, a lot of bad stuff has happened to me this summer that I can't emotionally deal with.

With the Grad Prep program with the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, they instructed me to take NON-Spanish courses of 15 hrs. with NO prerequisites & make A's & B's in them. & I feel like I've been given the runaround for that because the Spanish Dept. for Grad School is telling me that I need to have 15 hrs. of ONLY Spanish & Straight A's. So now I'm confused. I guess I did poorly in those Psychology courses because I've never before taken upper level PSYCH courses, & I've never taken a RHAB course, either. This is my 1st semester @ UNT. I think I probably can do better next semester. & by this course having 1 big paper & no tests for the summer, that shocked me. I guess 2 mistakes I made were that I was naively thinking that because this class had no prerequisites, it was supposed to be an "easy A" & the other mistake I made was that I let my depression from other problems get the best of me. Yeah, I know I had ALL semester to do this paper, but I think that what happened with my family problems, home & financial situation played a HUGE part in me feeling depressed. I've tried to seek tutoring, but when I every time I called, nobody answered. & I had a counseling appt. @ the Psychology clinic here on campus for the 1st time yesterday, but I had to cancel the appointment because for the past 2 weeks, I've been depressed enough to not be able to move & been having stomach pains & nausea because of my anxiety. The doctor @ MHMR increased my medicine, but I can't start the increased dosage yet because of insurance purposes. I have to wait until my pills are gone.

It may seem like I didn't try or put enough effort, but I know this is the best I could do, being under this pressure. Under less stressful conditions, yes, I could've done better. Shoot! I wonder if I need to be mentally hospitalized for a while. I'm trying not to let it get to that point. I know I shouldn't blame myself for my disability-related issues, but I feel like such a TOTAL loser! I shouldn't feel that way about circumstances beyond my control. I'm about to cry right now because I feel like I did something wrong. & yes, you can say I'm disabled because my mental disorders, like Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, & Major Depressive Disorder's symptoms get in the way of my everyday functioning. Because of this, I can't even get a job. But I don't see how I can't keep a job, but other people with mental illnesses can lead productive lives. I should be able to, as well. In the workforce, I always get discriminated against & no one wants to hire me, or my supervisor always wants to fire me because of my symptoms. But my depression does cause poor performance.

I wish I could be happier. People do everything in their power to try to make my life HELL & try to stop me from trying to succeed. My family has done a great job of it. I'm the only person in the family with a college degree, but what good is it to have a degree in Spanish & not be fluent? That's why I decided to go back to school. & I didn't know until the last semester of my undergrad career that my professors told me that the University of New Orleans's Spanish undergrad program is not enough to make us fluent in the language. But I guess UNT's program won't either since they have the same course content-Ancient Literature. That won't do me any good since I want to be a translator & interpreter. But it'll help refresh my memory.

Sorry for talking too much. & thanks for understanding & listening.


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2007-07-24 06:27:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-24 06:19:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous