Mental Health - July 2007

my friend (41) has had previous experience of depression, and recently it seems that his symptoms are comming back. He is of course willing to go back to medication if the symptoms persist. what I need to know is that if he says he needs his own space, should i leave him alone or try to be there for him?
btw, this is a long distance relationship!

2007-07-24 04:58:11 · 19 answers · asked by gem 2

i was in treatment for an eating disorder about three months ago.. and randomly my parents kicked me out again. we've struggled to get along for years.. my therapists have a theory that i function as my family's "scapegoat." i was advised to move out of their house..

then my insurance decided not to cover my stay at the hospital.. and i was discharged with no plan for after my hospital stay. ever since i left, i get the overwhelming feeling that there's only one way to solve all of this...

and i mean, i cant even get a loan to continue on in school without them. if i move back home, i subject myself to the verbal abuse and threats that i've been trying to get away from for years.. yet it doesn't seem like i have a decent future without their help.

the compulsion to just end all of this madness is looking better and better each day. the idea of taking my own life is seeming to be the only way that i could get myself out of this.

2007-07-24 04:40:04 · 14 answers · asked by ami08248 2

and many more emotions?

i feel weird :\

2007-07-24 04:30:17 · 6 answers · asked by MWAH. 3

Suffer from post traumatic stress, nightmares, and pain so bad I wish death, but the nightmares are whats really bad, advid hiker, bible reader, study constantly on nautical history, world wars and am now in a relationship that is wonderful!!!! How do I get rid of the nightmares?

2007-07-24 04:20:23 · 4 answers · asked by suzyqyoursis 1

2007-07-24 03:54:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, can you take something for it?

2007-07-24 03:00:10 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so, how

2007-07-24 02:55:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

whats is the best medicine for this ...but not xanax ,klonopin ,.valium, buspar any other meds that worked the best thank you

2007-07-24 02:41:08 · 6 answers · asked by william b 1

I usually find myself on this internet about 6-7 hours daily, literally.

Whether it be on Yahoo Answers, Yahoo Chatrooms, Yahoo Messenger, Myspace, ect....

How do I limit myself to way less time?

Thanks.

2007-07-24 01:38:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anxiety attacks

Nocturnal panic

Nightfears

Nightmares

2007-07-24 01:30:29 · 6 answers · asked by Heather C 4

My g/f has been going thru depression. Lately she has been having some suicidal thoughts. When I got back from a weekend business trip she has a Large bandaid over her wrist. After a 21 question session, she finally admits that she tried cutting herself. Last week she burned herself with a cig...intentionally. She is supposed to see a shrink..but not soon enough! she doesnt want me to worry about her, but what else am I supposed to do? I am furious...how else am I supposed to feel? Can someone give me some USEFUL helpful advice?

2007-07-24 01:09:51 · 6 answers · asked by suprwmn45 2

2007-07-24 01:04:37 · 3 answers · asked by raghu v 1

2007-07-24 00:29:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What I mean is....

Sometimes I'll think negative, sometimes horrible things about someone close to me, for instance, my father, or my mum (it happens most often with her and she's the one I'm closest to). I'll sometimes think... "I hope she dies in a car crash" or if she's cooking something "I hope the oven explodes" Or sometimes I'll imagine bizarre scenarios in which im doing horrific things to my parents that I can't even begin to describe. And the strange thing is I don't mean to think these sort of things! What's also strange is there's virtually no hostility between my parents and I.

This sort of thing doesn't happen very often... but I get a bit worried when it does.

So what could all this mean?
Is this... normal?

2007-07-23 23:44:05 · 9 answers · asked by smiley754888 1

I work for mental health, in Health Information Management (medical records) and I have copies of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental DIsorders editions !I, III, III-R, IV and IV-TR.

I wish I could find a DSM-I. I have searched on Ebay for about a year or so. I have only seen two or three offered on there in this time and I was outbid each time.

I don't even care if it's the original book, I'd be happy if it was copied on a copy machine or something.

It isn't really necessary, just personal interest. However, there is some use for my job since I sometimes have to interpret really old mental health records to help somebody get services, government benefits, etc.

Thanks.

2007-07-23 23:03:11 · 6 answers · asked by majnun99 7

Hi, I am asking for a friend because she is too embarrassed to ask. She has Bi polar 1 with rapid cycles and also suffers from HSD, she is taking med's for the Bi Polar but her symptoms for HSD are getting worse, when she was first diagnosed and medicated she was normal again but recently her 'cravings' are getting out of control. Does anyone have any advice, she feels she is going crazy

2007-07-23 22:12:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can bad dreams wake you up and cause you seeing and imagining things, otherwise, make you have hallucinations?

2007-07-23 21:39:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

im 17 and my parents made me take these depression pills zoloft is what i think it was and it made me have severe muscle spasms in my neck and made my neck crunch over to were i could not move it and now since that happened i have had anxiety/panic attacks and all kinds of things and i never had these before neither did i have depression my parents thought i was depressed but i felt like i always have felt they thought i had depression because i stayed in the house alot but really i had just found out about ''online gaming''(xbox live) and was obsessed with it and never left the house and they thought i had depression .right when i started taking the pills i felt weird like my neck was shaking but didnt think anything about it and just kept taking them till eventually i wound up in the E.R and cant rember anything from that night but does the aniexty and stuff have something to do with that?because i never had all that until i went to the E.R that night

2007-07-23 21:33:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I seriously think I need it. Right now I am so depressed, and lately I've been having really suicidal thoughts and stuff. I'm too embarrassed to tell anyone, though, because my parents do NOT take me seriously on these kind of things. What do I do? I've seen a school counselor before and it has done NOTHING to help me. What do I do?

2007-07-23 21:27:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

he is 21 and it is always happening every night ... when his dad is away ...very difficult situation...we talked to one board member who lives across from him like we do and he said he turns up his TV....any suggestions? thats why I am up right now because he is keeping me awake!

2007-07-23 18:04:06 · 4 answers · asked by Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes 4

sometimes I just worry, or have this heavy, something is wrong feeling for no reason. I'm not usually a negative person, so what gives? I really feel weighed down by this sense of dread, that something will go wrong or I will be hurt/betrayed in some way

2007-07-23 17:46:24 · 7 answers · asked by Megan 4

i know i need help and i want to get some but i don't want to tell some1 and let them tell the 'rents but I'm scared and don't know what to say. any help would be accepted

2007-07-23 17:45:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes I'm Thalassophobic. I mean i can go in there i can stand and i am basically okay. I am just paranoid for some of the time. but when it comes to deeper ocean, starting where its up to my shoulders, I'm so scared of it. Even if i'm on a boat. I'm so afraid... anyone else have a phobia?

2007-07-23 17:10:09 · 24 answers · asked by Shae O 2

Okay, I'm not quite your average teenager(or maybe I am, no one is sure yet), I'm ALWAYS sad. I cut myself with razors, beat myself up, and constantly have a very low sense of self-esteem. I'm in the last stages of summer away from school, and insted of having fun with my friends, I tend to go to a room turn the light off, turn my mp3 player on, and laydown entirely unvisible under a blanket. And here's the kicker, everytime I'm about to tell someone how I feel, my emotions go on the defensive and I put out a happy sence of feeling. Is it just that on some sub-concious level I don't want to be happy? People say my life is good.....but I don't really think so. I tend to shy away from help and people entirely, without even knowing it. I have a theripist, and a loving mother that are willing to listen......but im not willing to say anything. I believe my mother(diva_dan74) is the only reason I haven't killed myself yet. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-23 17:06:42 · 12 answers · asked by ... 1

I am trying to decide which direction to advise my boyfriend......who will hopefully get better real soon!!!
Thanks!

2007-07-23 16:19:17 · 4 answers · asked by Static 2

People who have had a serious depression, do drugs, have had a difficulties getting along with others, or who have been abused- Are they most likely to get a tattoo than a person who has not? What’s the Psychology behind it?

2007-07-23 16:03:02 · 4 answers · asked by venom90011@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-07-23 15:42:21 · 17 answers · asked by Texas Cowboy 7

My husband just got back and I am looking for any good books or anyone willing to share their experiences with me. This is tough and no one could have prepared me for how much stress there is. I guess I would love to know if others suffered the same problems and made it through. Any light at the end of the tunnel.
Thanks!

2007-07-23 15:39:09 · 2 answers · asked by firerysoul 1

Some people show their emothions and some other dont ,what are the advantages of each group ?what do you try to do ?

2007-07-23 15:34:02 · 4 answers · asked by Kathie 2

be sexually abused as a child and to block out the memories, but still suffer side effects like depression, anxiety and intimacy issues?

Serious replies only.

My sister was sexually abused by my grandad and since I can remember I have had all of the above symptons.

2007-07-23 15:12:33 · 6 answers · asked by Alexis 2