Mental Health - July 2007

3 Months ago, my doctor took me off all of my medication, I went through withdrawl and was put back on the meds when we told him I wasn't able to eat from withdrawl and the physical side effects. Back on the medication now, for the past 3 months I've beome increasingly more depressed and I find the only thing I can do is be on Answers, though it drives everyone I live with insane. I have all the symptoms of major depression, including violent, suicidal thoughts.
I had to switch psychiatrists (long story). I'm on: Lexapro, Ativan, Trazadone, Klonopin and Lithium. I have to go in on Monday to a new doctor to 'go over my files', but they won't perscribe anything I don't think.
I AM NOT ASKING FOR A DIAGNOSIS. I've been taking St. John's Wort in addition to my meds and it does nothing. Is there any way to get me throught the next couple weeks when my self-destructive thoughts are increasing every minute?

2007-07-28 10:34:44 · 14 answers · asked by take me to your leader 3

Black men. I am biracial (moms white & dads black). My father was a very negative figure in my life & I believe I had never build any daughter/father relationship. The only feelings I had towards him was hate. How could I be more open towards black men in sexual relationships? I had never dated really b.c all my life I lived in black neighborhoods so I never felt comfortable even flirting. I made very few friends that were black, but they were never the typical negative sterotype of a black person. I look on here & see girls whose mixed w. bw,but they identify themselves as black & date black guys. That seems so foriegn to me... I get the whole culture, but w. ME in the pic is a totally differ vibe. I also delt w. black girl jealousy in school or by random strangers. It's crazy! Idk why, but as a third person, I ask the same thing. I almost feel like I can't have a life living in the ghetto. I don't identify w. it. Most black guys harass me b.c "I'm sexy.." I hate that. Makes me sad.

2007-07-28 09:23:46 · 13 answers · asked by Biracial Brat 2

usually i dont have a good memory with things but every day i constantly forgeting things that are somewhat important also the fact that i cant remember my dreams and i would really like to. so basicly what i am asking is do any of you know how to increase momory give me a better one. better yet get rid of memory problems completely. or at least give me an explination on why i got a bad memory and one thati think is getting worse.

2007-07-28 09:10:18 · 3 answers · asked by darkfairy 2

Do you think this is true? Would appreciate your views and ideas

2007-07-28 08:45:08 · 35 answers · asked by nickywireobsessive 4

2007-07-28 08:39:36 · 4 answers · asked by smilingontime 6

that im 30, live alone in a one bedroom flat, feel extremely lonely and empty, have coped with a long term mental health problem (borderline personality disorder).....have never made a single friend in life or never been in a relashionship with a girl.....hardly own any posessions, live on welfare...have never been employed because of my mental health condition......live with a painfull past full of abuse and trauma and bullying.....i have the ability to assess and process the damage thats been done to me at the hands of others........plus
as i sit here i endure painfull thoughts of how i wish my life was, have goals and ambition that seem far out of reach..impossible to achieve, which are : a loving girlfriend , having friends who care, having fun, feeling happy and secure..owning my own home, to live with my partner in...and finally my ultimate wish: to emigrate from england to the u.s or canada or australia...just to build a new life else where..& and as i sit here alone tonight..

2007-07-28 08:39:03 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been stressed, depressed, and worried, about alot recently, and i need a counsellor. My parents wont pay for one, and i dont have the money atm. so I was wondering if someone knows of a online counselling service, like via email or something? THanks

2007-07-28 07:12:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-28 05:43:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I only used it a handful of times and its left me with anxiety and panic attacks

2007-07-28 04:12:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

213 day, as of today.
previous record: 204

2007-07-28 03:19:37 · 25 answers · asked by marfan's syndrome 3

I'm going to summer school in college, & I feel this high amount of anxiety that's mentally blocking me from doing my schoolwork because of fear of failure. & it's also making me depressed enough to not be able to get out of bed. I have my college degree, but my GPA was very low. I'm taking extra undergrad courses. & I just feel mentally blocked from being able to do my schoolwork. & also, when I read the 1st 3 letters of my reading assignments, my OCD unwanted thoughts pop in my mind uncontrollably like crazy.

Should I give up? I feel like I'm about to mentally go insane.

2007-07-28 02:05:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i should be happy because i have a good family (even if they annoy me a lot at times), my parents look after me, i still live at home, they bought me a car, i earn my own money, i have a fab boyfriend and good mates...but i still feel depressed at times...
recently ive been close to tears all the time, i try not to show people...
my friends are always busy and i never get to see them these days because they are all working, i only work one day a week and im stuck at home with my brother...so i feel really lonely...the only time i feel better is when im with my boyfriend or with my friends but as soon as im back on my own, i feel really sad, lonely and depressed...
can anyone help?

2007-07-28 02:03:20 · 12 answers · asked by belleoftheball 2

Everytime there is black genocide in Africa the rest of the world takes notice and acts all shocked and reacts by openly condeming it and all the human rights groups such as amnesty international all get involved to try and stop it and the bloody useless UN talks about sending in peackeeping soldiers and the whole bloody world sits up and takes notice but at the same time the rest of the world is keeping quiet and are turning a blind eye to the white genocide that is going in Africa especially in South Africa where white farmers and average white civilians are being brutally raped tortured and murdered by racist black extremists because they are white.

Since the end of apartheid in 1994 over 2,000 white farmers in South Africa have been murdered and many of them have been murdered in the most horrific and dehumanisng ways. The stories are absoloutly shocking and sickening and one of the worst stories i heard of was of a white couple with a 6 month old baby living on a farm that were murdered and their 6 month of baby boy was wraped in newspaper and was set on fire alive and burnt to death and i also have seen photos of the dead babies burnt body and it is absoloutly sickening and it makes me so angry that the rest of the world is keeping quiet and is turning a blind eye while evil atrocities like this are happening.

Why wont the useless corrupt UN and all the other human rights watch groups condem and take notice and take action against the white genocide that is being committed against the whites in Africa.

The rest of the world particuarly Europe America and Australia condemned the white South Africans because of apartheid and are now keeping quiet and are turning a blind eye to whites in South Africa being slaughtered by racist blacks.

It just makes me so angry.

If you are not aware of the genocide being committed against whites in South Africa then watch and read these videos and stories pasted below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irFrAb9MXJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2E9oz4dfLs&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?search=&mode=related&v=Ix93E-sM7Uc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxM_DrIijyY&mode=related&search=
http://www.stopboergenocide.com/index2.html
http://www.africancrisis.org/photos45.asp
http://southafricasucks.blogspot.com/2007/07/adapt-and-diesouth-africas-new-motto.html

2007-07-28 02:02:17 · 5 answers · asked by john M 1

2007-07-28 00:52:21 · 15 answers · asked by mad&sad 2

one ugly, ogre of an adult? im aging prematurly, with dark circles under eyes, im balding. i have 2 missing teeth, (front, bottom row) i have injuries that never healed, torn akle ligaments....its like sometimes i look in the mirror and im physically staggered, i cant get over it...like times just rushed in and caught up with me all of asudden.. ageing with my imperfections and all, an injured knuckle thats never healed to.....all to much to bear..
has anyone ever else felt like this? how did you get over it?

2007-07-27 23:51:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are the signs of skitzophrenia? is it possible to know if someone is skitzophernic without psychoanalysing them? basically, does anyone know anything about it?

2007-07-27 23:00:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it possible for someone who has been suffering long term from depression (17 years) to be actually suffering from negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

The person concerned does not have hallucinations, visual or auditor . Has never had them.

2007-07-27 21:34:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-27 20:34:37 · 11 answers · asked by Bob the invisible man 1

but then he disappeared...with occasional cryptic emails popping up here and there. he does have bipolar (on medicine). How could I be SO wrong about him being into me? His actions showed it... he gushed about it, too. he jst stopped calling me. just like that. Why was I so convinced -- am I a silly girl?

2007-07-27 20:29:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am so sick of feeling like this but want a non-medical treatment.

2007-07-27 18:58:41 · 16 answers · asked by Kate 1

im terrified of balloons. idk why its just i dont like the noise they make when u blow them up, i HATE the sound of them rubbing together, and im TERRIFIED when they pop. i just am afraid. i really dont like to be around them. i think its because when i was little, i had a balloon pop in my face. i really dont know. they just scare the crap out of me...

HELP ME OUT!

2007-07-27 18:34:18 · 31 answers · asked by chocochic101 1

Since they're considered as serious? Like if a person is REALLY suffering OCD, would some psychiatrists say "Bipolar", just so they can make more money because labeling them with OCD isn't considered as serious to them? That's what many people tell me. When I was in New York, I lived in a homeless shelter with 40 other women, & EVERYBODY had a diagnosis of schizo or bipolar! Was that a crooked, lazy psychiatrist or what? & he viewed my OCD unwanted thoughts as Bipolar racing thoughts.

I have never been diagnosed with bipolar until then. & I have a new doctor, & she says I don't seem bipolar.

2007-07-27 18:18:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The phrases aren't even close to english, or any language Ive heard for that matter, I just know they're coming from satan and I can't stop them. I repeat each one 820 times and 1226 times if the mine is shining, it's scary and I feel as though Im bound to my bed when Im doing it. I dont sleep anymore, help.

2007-07-27 18:14:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

im just 22 years old.i always get angry.is there any side effects to our body,mental or skin?

2007-07-27 18:14:26 · 7 answers · asked by maxie 1

I was diagnosed with this condition by my child psychiatrist. Now that I'm an adult, the doctors are saying I don't have it anymore. Do you think some psychiatric medications cause tics?

& the doctor who diagnosed me told me that my TS kicks in when I'm going through stress or anxiety. Some people think that I don't have it because they think I'd be ticking no matter what, stressed or not. My outbursts are worse when I'm angry & stressed. But one doctor said, "No, that's not TS, it's just impulse control, & you're bipolar." He turned out to misdiagnose me so he can make more money.

& people say I use my TS as an excuse to get away with suffering consequences for my behavior, but that's not true. The tics & outbursts are involuntary.

& it's a struggle to get or keep a job because of this condition because of employers thinking I'm just behaving inappropriately.

2007-07-27 17:43:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-27 17:02:32 · 12 answers · asked by fatandsmooth 5

2007-07-27 17:00:13 · 23 answers · asked by Docta Jones 4

i love them..I think they are calming and the air smells nice when the rain is pouring...i like to sit on my porch when there's a lot of rain or if it is storming...i know it sounds weird but it's the truth...

2007-07-27 16:21:00 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-27 15:42:50 · 10 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6

No doubt of her guilt but there were many exigent circumstances that while ignored in her case have helped other women in similar circumstances...rape by a trusted family member( christian pillar of community of a stepfather?)and cries for help that were ignored or downplayed...
what is the true state of mental health care in this country and why is the need for it soo stigmatized that people cannot seek help for fear of social repercussions

2007-07-27 15:32:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous