Mental Health - July 2007

My brother-in-law has schizophrenia and occasionally has violent outburts and threatens other patients and staff members. He has been kicked out of several long term care facilities. He hasn't harmed anyone yet but has broken furniture and punched holes in the wall. We need a place that won't boot him out everytime his meds aren't doing the trick. We live in the southeast.

2007-07-21 15:31:04 · 6 answers · asked by Hammer 2

2007-07-21 14:18:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have some turbulences at my customer. There is a decision to reduce the consultants. And this is also relevant to me. End of next month is game over at my customer.

I have to decide what to do then. They want to offer me a job in their company. I will think about it. I am consultant and manager. But I don’t want to be part of this company. I don’t like the culture there. But it is better than nothing. And now I have
working from morning till afternoon .

But 15th of August I don’t have work. But then I don’t earn money .

If You have time then no money.

If You have money then no time…

2007-07-21 13:54:49 · 5 answers · asked by vipada m 1

i'm 25 years old i put myself down, i been on ssri and benzo's there's days i feel good and some are bad. i cant piss in public, i have horrible IBS, Gerd, what the hell am i suppost to do i exercise i feel down i go somewhere to a game i feel down there days and places i feel good

need help and advice big time i been have GAD AND Depression For 8 years i tryed alot of medicine is it sucks

2007-07-21 13:47:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am so depressed. I wish my life was different. Sometimes I wish I was dead. I don't want to kill myself. That's wrong. I just wish sometimes that something would happen to end my life. I don't think that anyone will miss me. My family hates me. They don't appreciate anything I do. All they care about is that I pay the bills, cook, clean, and give them what they want. This includes my boyfriend. He has taught our daughter to treat me the same way. I can't afford counseling. With him not really helping pay the bills money is way too tight for something like that. Has anyone else every felt this way? What should I do? I'm being serious. No dumb a** answers please.

2007-07-21 13:37:12 · 8 answers · asked by crystal g 2

I know it seems contra logical, but I won't fight it anymore. I accept it is inseparable from my personality. I noticed people like my dark side more anyway. If I can't beat it, I should join it. I don't have to be evil to be soulless or empty. I simply exist. The lights are on, but nobody is home.

2007-07-21 13:15:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ppl say to learn something new everyday..Is it wrong, or does it mean i want to be a know-it-all person???

2007-07-21 11:41:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-21 11:29:56 · 9 answers · asked by lynnleger11 2

I'm taking Citalopram which is generic for Celexa right now and have been for about a few weeks. but I also have a little pain in my back. I want to start Trazodone or Amitriptyline because they have been known to help with pain magagment. I have a slight form of OCD and I heard that Trazodone or Amitriptyline could be useful for OCD and certine kinds of pain.

If I were to pick between Trazodone and Amitriptyline, which one would be better to help relieving OCD?

2007-07-21 10:53:16 · 6 answers · asked by bradlitazole 2

The older I get the more I feel like Im sleeping through life is there anything that can help me

2007-07-21 10:08:09 · 8 answers · asked by jj06 1

if someone suffers from depression then is it always going to be more likely they'll suffer again. is it just some personalities are more likely to suffer from it? cos what if you really change as a person, change your outlooks and coping mechanisms. then if a terrible even happens further down the line (eg. death of someone close to them) do you think the depression will creep into their life agian?

2007-07-21 10:06:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 14,and I have read about the asperger syndrome and its symptoms and I found myself thinking "I do some of that stuff!"

*I have a way I do things and I want to do it that way no matter what,and I get pissed off if I don't

*I am really good at computers and foreign languages,but that not good at any other subjects

*I have a pretty awkward posture while sitting/sleeping etc.

*I get "lost in my own wolrd" really often and have a difficulty paying attention sometimes

*I get obssesed about things I like and I could talk about them for hours!

*I kind of have a stimming habit,which is sticking my thumb in my mouth,not like sucking it as a baby,but more like biting the edge of my thumb...I usually do it while thinking,or making a decision,I find it pretty relaxing...

I have no particular problem in being social though...I have a lot of friends and I like chit chatting!

So,could I be half "Aspie" or something like that???Please,give me some serious answers!

Thanks in advance,
Sophie

2007-07-21 08:03:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have very big problem in my confidence i have 28 years..and iam still afraid from meet somebody specially if he my manger or some body i have business with him i mean any face to face situation... i have alose problem in my confidence...and this affect on my way in talking ...and iam already do not have any way to talk and my mind is very close not open i can not open some smal talking with any one with me in the work ....all people try to avoid me ....i think iam boring and this come from iam not talking and if iam talking i will say nothing important ....and if i will say some thing imprtant i will say it in bad way ...........i ahve to die ....i have bad life ....i never go to doctor ...and i dont know if the doctor have medince for this case.....plz some body help me

2007-07-21 07:08:54 · 8 answers · asked by star s 1

I am scared of hearing the word "no" when I explain how a really great service help people. I just don't feel inadequate when I hear those customers say "no" to me. I do take it personally and know I shouldn't, but I don't know how to deal with it. I want to get past it because I do want to be a success at this or at anything I do..... Please help me!!

2007-07-21 06:28:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

medication?
i hear different views on this....my psychiatrist said that meds arnt the best treatment for bpd and personality disorders, that they dont respond well to medication, and the psychiatrist told me to alot of the medications are addictive and have side effects..
but then people on here tell me that it sounds as though i have a chemical imbalance and i should seek getting on meds....
so im confused now..
my symptoms are extreme low moods everyday...dont have any highs...morbid , obsessive racing thoughts about the same things everyday....thoughts that spin and race...making me feel disorganised and muddled....flashbacks to traumatic memories of victimization & bullying....nightmares....high levels of anxiety each day & worrying and finally, a chronic rage problem that ive struggled with for years, i used to have explosive outbursts in public..but i control it better now, although the feelings are beneath the surface, the rage impairs my ability to function & live my life

2007-07-21 06:19:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

how can she hear positive voices instead of voices ordering her to do things. has anyone ever heard of that.

2007-07-21 05:49:49 · 9 answers · asked by debbigeri 3

What do I do? I just can't keep friends

2007-07-21 05:30:41 · 14 answers · asked by ♥Remi♥ 4

...female have to go through treatment to get over meth and alcohol addiction? Just curious because the ex is now in for the 4th time in 3 years. Continuous violations also keep her as an inmate in the state prison system. I really think she likes life behind bars.

2007-07-21 04:51:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Often times when I read stories, either true life or fiction, about people who have relationship or friendship with someone who obviously needs psychiatric help, they end up abandoning them and never speaking to the person with the mental or scoialdisease. Of course, this is good for the sane person, but what about the mental unstable person? Are they just left to their own devices and do something horrible like kill themselves or even someone else?

Can mentally unstable and people who suffere from severe social issues get help and eventually live normal, happy lives? Or are they just shunned away from society and either stay in mental hospitals for the rest of their lives or avoided and ignored and never receive the help they need?

2007-07-21 02:56:02 · 4 answers · asked by HCL 2

WHAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE FOR DEPRESSION BESIDES MEDS?

2007-07-21 01:54:46 · 23 answers · asked by pgks 1

My mom was admitted to hospital from a nursing home and the staff did not know she has Alheimer's. So they were asking her questions and giving her instructions and getting responsses that made no sense.

2007-07-21 01:45:19 · 6 answers · asked by mog2 1

I need to know all the information possible. I think my daughter may have this. Is it a mental illness?

2007-07-21 01:17:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm flying from Seattle to Hawaii nexy week. I suffer from severe panic and flying always triggers it.

My doctor prescribed me Xanax for my trip in .5 mg piles. instruction are to take aqs needed.

I'm curious from experienced users, how much should I consider taking. I want to be really calm, so 1 mg? Maybe more? And if I get a high enough dose, is it guaranteed to prevent me from having an attack?

2007-07-21 00:03:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was diagnosed as Bipolar 1 on Thursday (I'm 18) and I kind of wondered of validity of the diagnosis as I haven't had a high energy period in awhile. But right now, I am currently feeling very scared for no reason. It is 3:30 A.M. and I can almost feel as if there is another presence in my room. I am getting paranoid and scared for no reason. I've always had these fears at night (even thinking that someone was under my bed and going to grab my legs), but I never thought too much of it. But right now it's actually severe.

Is this a sign of bipolar disorder, in particular, a manic episode? I don't FEEL happy or euphoric right now... just fearful and scared and as if I can feel a presence.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

2007-07-20 23:34:20 · 7 answers · asked by Reginald VelJohnson 2

about a woman suffering from schitzophrenia
it must be 20years ago
when it was shown on t v

2007-07-20 22:55:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now my fingers are going to have to wag twice as fast to make up for my heads disability's.
Sometime I feel the torture chamber is the only place left for me.

2007-07-20 22:00:53 · 17 answers · asked by Albinoballs 5

I am under stress all the time...24/7...its been like this forever....i know have high blood pressure and currently have an ulcer...i think i might even have an eating disorder now because i get sick if i eat ANYTHING....even something as simple as ice cream ( i eat ice cream to try to relieve my stomach). So tonight, i just started to burst out laughing for now reason. Uncontrollably......Is my body just trying to find something, ANYTHING positive because it is sick of the stress???? I can't concentrate at all on anything and i can't stopthinking about whats bothering me.......My health is going down hill.....im an insomniac....have been up 3 days straight.......i would appreciate some advise.......just some tips on how to cope with this or something of that sort.....i will reward 10 points to anyone who can give me some advise.........I'm sick of this mental he*l........thank yall alot.....

2007-07-20 21:57:22 · 12 answers · asked by mao ying 3

I am a slightly above average looking guy, but I'm afraid to go into any relationship with women because at the beginning it's fine, but after some time the woman will find me *unuseful*, it's not because I am unuseful, on the contrast, as I said I am better than most guys, not just my look. The real reason is that I am nervous, I am so nervous that I freeze at times, that I can not behave like who I am, that I follow the girl's words or actions. I feel so stupid.

So I wonder is that a name for this disease, I can not date anyone if I don't cure it. It's so terrible.

Thank you for your help.

2007-07-20 21:47:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

this feeling grabs my mind and some times i feel minor pains in my stomach or breast. i worry alot about this . is it depression or anxiety, should i take some vitamins to feel better? im in despair.

2007-07-20 21:00:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

its been years since ive been able to go to sleep at 10 or earlier. I usally dont get to sleep until 5 or 6 in the morning now. Then i sleep until about 2. I try exremly hard to sleep earlier but i just cant do it. I never have been able to. I feel like im in a diffrent time zone then everyone else. Havent seeked a doctors help for this yet but i plan on soon because in a couple months college starts up again and i need to be able to go to sleep earlier. So in YOUR opinon..am i an insomniac?

2007-07-20 20:57:38 · 9 answers · asked by Calabrese9876 1