Mental Health - August 2007

my shrink says i was smoking to self-medicate my depression, but i smoked way too much and had a psychotic episode so i found out that i unfortunately cannot smoke anymore.
what are some ways that you have dealt with depression?? i just moved back in with my dad and i have no friends in this town. what do i do

2007-08-20 16:21:42 · 10 answers · asked by jack 1

plz i need ur help im tryin to sleep at night yet my body wont allow it so i try staying up then sleep at night again but i fall alseep during noon how can i fall asleep during the night? Please Help!school's coming and i need to wake up right please help :(

2007-08-20 16:08:14 · 9 answers · asked by Rain 3

I need to verify this.

2007-08-20 15:48:45 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1

got a family member showing signs over 10 years of it.. now he's an adult. doesn't believe anything is wrong with him. boy really needs help. mother at wits end. only serious adult minded individuals need to apply. he feels there is nothing wrong with him so won't see a doctor. some really deep stuff going on in his head. jekyl hyde stuff. everything is other people's fault. what do you know? can share? thanks.

2007-08-20 14:36:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anthony Y 1

im a daughter of 2 psychiatrists and i think im really depressed and ive tried talking to my parents about it but they dont listen and are in denial that anything is wrong with me they think i just making up. feeling like i want to die all the time.......................is not making it up.



i need your advice and help to help myself before i self destruct

2007-08-20 14:29:46 · 12 answers · asked by revolutionary female 2

2007-08-20 14:29:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Before answering this question, I would suggest you search the web. See Szasz, it may give you a greater insight.

2007-08-20 14:19:32 · 13 answers · asked by All-One 6

A few of my freinds know I cut, and so does my Aunt. They want me to stop, but I just can't. Now I feel really depressed, Is there really anything left for me in this life? I mean everyone's got to die sooner or later. I just don't know anymore....

2007-08-20 14:19:25 · 16 answers · asked by Alyssa B 1

i been having dreams that someone is cutting my hair...slowly...not everytime i see anything that might be able to cut my hair i feel like i have to...i hate my hair rigth now and i never had this problem...wth is going on with me... i almost tried to shave it all off andi have VERY long hair (i am a female)

2007-08-20 14:02:11 · 3 answers · asked by finally happy =) 4

2007-08-20 13:52:11 · 3 answers · asked by Shawty_babe 1

2007-08-20 13:41:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lately i have been acting way off from my usual self and i am completely aware of it when its happening but i feel too pissed off to care that im acting the way that i am so i keep it up. Usually i will be fine for 2 or 3 days. then for 1 day i am incredibly hateful and angry at everyone and everything around me. i have recently started hitting my boyfriend every time we get in a fight.. i wake up in the middle of the night and start attacking him.. not remembering it the next morning.. all day for that one day i am angry and uphappy.. then i go to sleep and bam, the next morning its back to me again. i know this is happeneing and i don't know what to do.. i have researched several personality disorders and mental health issues and i seem to have a few symptoms of many disorders.. do i need to go see a doctor or does anyone know what is going on with me? its like im not right in the head anymore and i know it... im completely aware of what im doing at the time.. i hate it & want tostop

2007-08-20 13:40:05 · 17 answers · asked by Hailey's momma 1

I'm pretty sure my boyfriend has Borderline Personality Disorder and we're struggling to keep our relationship going. We've been together for 18 months and are both in our mid-twenties.He is frightened to get counselling as he doesn't want to face up to it I think.He knows he has some kind of mental issues and when we looked on hte internet,his issues or symptoms seemed to fit BPD perfectly.I've tried to help him by speaking him through his episodes calmly but he says I don't try hard enough.He's never been violent and we love eachother dearly,although we're having time apart at the moment. Is there anyone with the same experience that can enlighten me?

2007-08-20 12:21:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thank you everyone who replied, its really helped.
I just wanna know what everyone thinks is after death?
Im petrified of going hospital tomorrow, but im also scared to commit suicide because of what happens after?
xx

2007-08-20 12:07:50 · 6 answers · asked by Joanna P 1

My cousin was diagnosed with Bipolor, she asumes having 'episodes' means your cutting and hurting yourself. Well when we asume she's having an episode she'll talk nonstop, organize, bring up past issues, cry randomly, count things over and over, and other such random things. Are these part of the bipolor diagnoses, and is there anything we can do about them?

2007-08-20 12:06:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If anyone saw the people cover about the break in murder in Chesire Connecticut and read the story then you'll know. Well I live in Connecticut and that article really scared me and now I'm afraid its gonna happen and I just need to know how to stop thinking about it, especially because I sometimes get panic attacks when I think about death too much.

2007-08-20 11:17:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have mild bipolar, and I find that I often have too little energy to exercise, even on weekends when I get a full night's sleep. Does just having bipolar cause sleepiness, even when one gets enough sleep at night?

2007-08-20 10:59:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I been studing for the series 7 stock brokers exam. I been at it full time for about 4 week. you need a 70% to pass . the test is hard and long. 6 hours an I am a slow learner. I been doing better But now I am just so burned out that I cant even read or study. the company I am working for wants me to test this week NO WAY I CAN PASS. I AM FEELING REAL BAD NOW

2007-08-20 10:50:03 · 3 answers · asked by skillwithtools 1

I have a severe aniexty problem
And since Saturday ive been wondering whether to do it...
i really think i want to tonight
My best friends abandoned me and i have no hope of getting better yet =[ no tablets have worked and i havnt been able to leave my house in two months.
Anyone got any advice to help me push thoughts of suicide out of my mind?

2007-08-20 10:31:31 · 38 answers · asked by Joanna P 1

ok, well im thirteen. i have panic attacks. it will go eventually because thats what my doctor said.
he gave me lexapro to help me with my panic attacks.
will it work by two days?
are the side effects really bad?
my mom and i are not talking because shes scared of the side effects.
please help me.
thanks!

2007-08-20 10:24:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

that I can get some medication. My best friend's mother is a psych nurse and she's told me I have all of the traits of being bipolar. I've also done my own research online and stuff. Seems to be true. I don't want to self diagnoise myself (doctor's hate that). But, my mood swings have gotten out of control. Or is there anything that I can do without medication to help me? I have 2 children (a 9 month old & a 4 year old)& a fiance. I feel it's unfair to them to be treated this way. Please... any advice would help. Thanks.

2007-08-20 10:03:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My girlfriend and I have been going out for 7 months now and recently she told me she is not comfortable about the way she looks. SHe even told me she made herself throw up and couple times. She eats barely anything and tells me shes not hungry. I beg her to eat and she just says No. And she is not fat at all!!! shes skinny!!! shes athletic! someone please help me! she doesnt want to listen to me. =(

2007-08-20 09:59:25 · 9 answers · asked by ruunie3 2

the name Harry comes to mind!

2007-08-20 09:47:24 · 7 answers · asked by sehoy 1

Hi,
I suffer from anxiety attacks and am taking 50 mg Luvox daily for anxiety. How do i know when the medicine is working? So far ive been taking it for 8 days. Is there some sort of feeling im supposed to get? I dont know what to look for to know that its working. I had a panic attack two days ago so i know its not working yet. Is it supposed to be a happy sensation or what?

2007-08-20 09:32:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i cant turn it of the rest of my family is watching it.
i cnt be bothered to go upstairs
im now all depressed. what should i do?

2007-08-20 09:27:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend (woman) who is in mental anguish over the betrayal of someone she loved (boyfriend) and want to send her some loving words of comfort, understanding and hope that not only will her heart heal, but that love will come again. thank you.

2007-08-20 09:01:16 · 6 answers · asked by lindajean57 3

my mom has parinoid schizorphrenia and she thinks everything is evil and she thinks someone is watching her, she calls me names if i don't throw something away that she thinks is evil and she hits me sometimes. there are pills for this disease but she won't take anything. how do i tell her that not everyhing is evil and tell her to t take some medicne that would make her feel better? plz help!!

2007-08-20 08:32:18 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

if you have them or you dont know how to controla a situatiion, you always like to cry and all. That the person himself is to be blamed. But i have seen most pf the people having these disorders have been through trauma, abuse and ignorance through their lives. Isnt it true that situations can cause you these disorders. i think that no one in this world would want to be unhappy by themselves cause we try very hard to be happy. Just like a person can become handicapped by a physical accident, cant a person develop some mental disorder after a trauma or abuse. is the person himself is to be blamed. I believe sometimes even chemical imbalance is the cause. What do you think?

2007-08-20 08:03:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm just worried if that's a symptom of something (like alzheimer, dymentia, stress.. etc). Anyway, she is 66 and very healthy and very active. But I just don't understand why she always mumbles and talks to herself whenever no one around. My daughter also noticed this and she was also kinda scared. One time, I surprised her and interrupted her.. then she pretended she was just singing. She's been stressed emotionally , am not sure that's one of the reasons too.

2007-08-20 08:01:12 · 7 answers · asked by pinaytechie 2

Whenever I'm at a place where there is a lot of people, I get social anxiety.

I keep thinking in my head, don't embrass yourself and don't talk to yourself so that people don't think I'm a weirdo. High school kids used to joke about if I was on drugs... which I'm not

I embrass myself so many times that I just don't want it to happen again

Tonight, I was at a friend's wedding. People were telling me how beautiful I looked. But I kept on worrying about how I would act.

How can I overcome social anxiety?

2007-08-20 07:31:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous