Mental Health - August 2007

they have?
ive had life very hard all the way with trauma and abuse, bullying and victimization throughout high school..never made any friends in life..was sexually abused at 3..my mental health problems started at 16 as a result of prolonged bullying through three different high schools and not being able to mix to.
im 30 now and recentley been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, from my understanding is tough to treat to, i have very low moods constantly, a chronic rage problem where i cant even go outside and live my life for fear of having an outburst.
i live alone in an apartment on welfare,no friends, cept quite alot on the internet, never had a girlfriend. i feel extremely lonely and isolated..even ostracized...damn..feel sorry for myself...feels like im hovering over a dark void/abyss of no known return.a black hole.
then i browse myspace profiles and see everyone grinning, smiling, huge ridiculous grins, enjoying their lives.
someone tell me how this is fare?

2007-08-08 11:05:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-08 10:53:02 · 9 answers · asked by dr_pepper_eutopia 1

I'm kinda sad but for no reason, and not all of the time and no one can tell that I am. I feel like not talking to anyone, but I'm normally a very sociable person, thats why I don't understand why I feel this way!?! Anyone else feeling like this lately?

2007-08-08 10:31:38 · 5 answers · asked by lindseygirl 3

I work at a convenience store that is owned by a Korean couple. They have recently become short-handed, so they decided to temporarily hire the son of some friends of theirs, who are also Korean, to help stock the store at night. For the past several nights I have been working the graveyard shift with this punk. Mind you, even though he's not officially an employee of the store and is only working there temporarily to help the owners out, he somehow still thinks he has the right to boss me around and to critique my performance. Don't get me wrong. I don't mind getting CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, but he doesn't give me that. Rather, he's a complete asshole towards me and acts as though he has authority over me, which he does not. Generally, I'm able to get along with most people, but he's definitely an exception. I refuse to take his B.S., and whenever I stand up for myself, he has the nerve to accuse me of having a bad attitude! HA!What's your take on the matter?

2007-08-08 10:01:43 · 9 answers · asked by tangerine 7

I'm a 5'6" male, and I wish I was taller. How do I accept it and if anything enjoy it and feel proud of it.

2007-08-08 09:57:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

im 15 and this is my third day on my period. im bleeding heavy. i usually dont. when i wiped, there was a lot of blood leaking out of me! i dont know where all of this blood is coming from. what should i do? it feels like im loosing a lot of blood. i told my mom. she said not to worry. i didnt cut myself down there, so why am i bleeding so much. i never bleed this much. it seems like the blood is coming from somewhere else. help! am i gonna die? im loosing a lot of blood! im scared!

2007-08-08 08:43:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, i'm going to post this in both the mental health section and the religion and spirituality section, since I don't really know which it belongs in.

I've always been obsessed with theology. I started becoming completely taken in by it when I was about 7, and was amazed by the different belief systems and religions of the world. I hopped from church to church and from religion to religion, on the one hand wanting to 'settle down' into the 'true religion' and on the other hand just wanting to learn and see as much as possible.

I've just turned 18, and it's starting to seem like a burden. The problem isn't just 'finding the right religion' (although, undoubtedly, that's a part of it) but rather an unceasing power it has over my life - even my dreams are religious. My whole life it's been an almost schizophrenic thought-pattern, and I never seem to be able to escape thinking about it.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just who I am, and i've learned a lot, but I can't

2007-08-08 08:26:30 · 9 answers · asked by Pebbles 5

2007-08-08 08:10:34 · 8 answers · asked by Leaving on a jetplane 3

I have bipolar and an upcoming ssi hearing. I had benefits before but a past judge took them away because he thought i was lying about my mental illness. My lawyer won the right for a different judge at a new hearing. My therapist diagnosed me. My doctor thinks i only have narcisstic personality disorder, dysthymia, severe depression, and impulse control disorder. She's no help. My lawyer agrees I deserve the benefits and fels that the judge had no right to take away the benefits i applied on my own to receive after being denied at a previous hearing. Would you please give me an thoughts you have on this and what you feel i need to do to be able to obtain my benefits once and for all? thanks.

2007-08-08 08:06:35 · 5 answers · asked by DustyRose 1

Hi. I have been dealing with this disorder for quite awhile and even though i wouldnt admit it, i came up to realise that this is not normal.. and i would like to know what it is/ and what should i do about it.

Financially, i don't have the money to pay for a psychologist right now..


I always have this weird feeling of being hypher, like when i'm watching t.v and i switch it to the sports channel and see a basketball match, i'll suddenly have a brush of energy that will make me get up and play basketball ... it's like i have a feeling that i'm gonna be the best at that. it's really weird!!.. or sometimes i watch a pretty good movie, Like ali? or something.. then after the movie i'll have this fascination of being a boxer.. and might even think about boxing!.. and again, i'd have a feeling that i'd be really good if i did that, or if i did this etc!.. I'm easily influenced.. it's pretty weird..

And i can't sit still for a few minutes its always i gotta have to be doing something..

2007-08-08 07:24:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need the name of a good antidepressant. I was taking Wellbutrin SR up until last june. I thought I was "better" but slowly I've realized how my mood has changed. I'm angry and b***hy ALL the time. I hate my job (more so) and people in general make me sick.

Lately I've taken to "saying what's on my mind" which for me...isn't always a good thing. Like, i telling one of my supervisors or GM's to go F* themselves almost daily. Or I feel like crying.

I just hate everyone and everything. I've been so horrible that I've basically pushed this guy I've been going out with into some other (nicer) girls arms.

Anyhow, im seeing a new doctor and I just wanted to know of some REALLY good AD's (aside from WB sr)

2007-08-08 06:51:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom is 64 & has been steadily declining in memory & behavior since 1990 or so. She's visiting me from back east & I'm wondering if she's losing it!

Here's some of the stuff she's been doing & only getting worse:

**She constantly repeats herself. If you remind her, she'll just keep going & tell you not to listen or ignore her
**She talks about the past whenever she opens her mouth
**She has about 5 subjects that she talks about & won't come into the "present" without going back into the "past"
**She will provoke arguments & then pretend like she did nothing wrong or change the subject immediately
**She'll ask for something and then say "never-mind".
**She won't walk to the corner by herself out of some "fear" but won't say what it is.

She is a staunch Christian, however, and can engage you in religion, Jesus, or the bible like Freud or Einstein.

What GIVES?

2007-08-08 06:48:40 · 12 answers · asked by konshesgirl 2

2007-08-08 06:38:58 · 11 answers · asked by sammy1jo 1

I am so jealous of my boyfriend's ex-wife. I know it is wrong, but it drives me insane. I am upset that he married her, I don't think that he can outdo his wedding. It sounds like it was a beautiful wedding, the kind I would have wanted. However, he had that moment with her and it can't be repeated, imitated or reproduced. I am afraid that if he proposed I would be unhappy, that it would feel like when somebody already wasted the "surprise" for a party on someone else...then you walk in and get the afterwave "awe...surprise!!!". So I think I have some psychological issues, or at the minimum extreme low self-esteem...obvoiusly. It all makes sense, I was sexually abused when I was 7 years old. Sometimes I think I may have Borderline Personality Disorder. Anyway, I love him and he's a great guy. I don't want to hurt him anymore...I have issues. So I think of leaving him quite often. He deserves better, he deserves a good wife. The problem is..I think he already had her.

2007-08-08 06:30:46 · 5 answers · asked by Who C 2

I am coming here for positive advice and compassion only please... I deal with negative a lot and now I need strong people to help me through this. One problem is : work..and changes that always happen that aren't fair. and I am trying to get into what I really want to do in life....and get out of this work environment I have been in for too many years. I want to work for airport operations. I also love children and animals . I have impeccable customer service skills and love people from all backgrounds. I have a lot of experience working with people from different countries. I do not live near a major airport hub and know it would be a lot easier to get a job in that field if I did. I am looking at other jobs and just applied for one in a different field just to stay within the university where I work.

Wish me luck.

The next issue is a mentally controlling boyfriend of 2 years who I love and do not live with. It is SO HARD to let go.

2007-08-08 05:32:00 · 3 answers · asked by USA 2

I am not in the mood to go to volleyball practice and my mom will make me even if i dont want to... i need a really good excuse?? PLEASE!!!

2007-08-08 05:28:06 · 14 answers · asked by =] 1

I was just reading about seroquil and several times in the article it said "SEROQUIL is not intended for people under the age of 18" which just reminded me... when I was 15 (I am now 18) I was put into a behavioral health facility for teens. I was given an array of drugs during my stay, which was only for like 3 weeks, one of them being seroquil. I noticed that almost every other patient there was also on seroquil. The nurse told me it is an antipsychotic. I am NOT psychotic and neither were about 1/2 the other patients there. I know it is also used to treat bipolar disorder, which I also am not. When I was checked out, I was not given a prescription for seroquil so I just stopped abruptly, which any doctor knows you're not supposed to do. I am just curious about 2 things. Were they just giving it to everyone to keep us drugged and under control? cause that stuff knocks you out for hours. And is this legal or is there some way I can inform someone about this and put a stop to it?

2007-08-08 05:04:05 · 6 answers · asked by jessika 2

a lot of thing have been goin on latley like school, friends, my boyfriend and some other stuff
and ive started 2 get really depressest and dont know what to do
i dont want 2 talk to my family bout it becasue they wont understand and i dont see my friends as often and ive trierd talking 2 my boyfriend but he doesnt understand
what can i do 2 make me well happy again
[[ please dont copy and paste loads of writing thanx for your help]]

2007-08-08 05:03:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you do when you feel stress?what is the best way to do to feel relaxed and have a peaceful mind?

2007-08-08 04:23:24 · 13 answers · asked by philjp 1

My son takes eskalith, risperdal and now seroquel but he seems worse than ever. Anyone succeed with seroquel?

2007-08-08 04:01:03 · 8 answers · asked by suzycreamcake 2

2007-08-08 03:39:22 · 13 answers · asked by ? 7

My parents are driving me crazy so I thought I'd see a therapist. Then I read this scary story about a woman who was turned down for insurance because she saw a therapist years earlier, even though she wasn't medicated or anything! I know whatever I do through my insurance company will be disclosed in the future, but how bad could it get? I don't need medication or anything, I just want to talk through the problems with someone before my baby comes in 2 months. But I'm more stressed out about this insurance stuff than I am about the actual problem with my parents! I can't afford it out-of-pocket. Should I be worried?

2007-08-08 03:15:42 · 7 answers · asked by ♫ Sweet Honesty ♫ 5

My husband is constantly telling me how much is wrong with him and has something new every other day. He's physically one of the strongest people I know and I know this is all in his head. Nothing I say or do is right - I can agree or disagree and he gets upset. What's the best way to handle someone who believes he is ill and is not?

2007-08-08 03:12:22 · 9 answers · asked by nita5267 6

Dr. allows me to pick one which I'm comfortable with. I AM and WAS on Zyprexa and after a period of stopping it (Dr. allowed), it didn't seem to be working now...
Q1) Which antipsychotic drug would not seem to be knocking people down that easily? I don't want to feel drowsy and sleepy all the time. Please give name (of Rx), dosage your are taking and share your experience.
Q2) If stopping antipsychotic meds too quickly, what are the possible side effects?
no prank please....

2007-08-08 03:00:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

it's a long time scince i wanted to tell these problems of mine to some one professional.
my problems began when i was born i mean it has always been the same for the last 19 years.
i really don't know what to do please help me,now i will explaine u what my problems are.
my problems are my parrents,they dont understand me,they want me to be perfect (from their point

of view) & i am not,so they want to make me perfect,but that's not possible so the result came out

for me to be a suicidal instead of perfect.
they are so religious they wont permit me to have a boy friend mor go to any parties,or make up

when i want to go out,ok im ok with all of that but u know sci8nce i dont have any of the funs

above my only fun is watching movies & listening to music,you know i can't live withought them &

they blame me for that ,they tell me you are not normal,i accept that but they are the only things

in this world that make me happy.
i don't drink alcohol,i do'nt smoke

2007-08-08 03:00:45 · 16 answers · asked by melanie 1

Been taking 20mg then upped to 40mg daily for 2 years. I'm convinced it's not working as i'm still depressed, crying and panicky. The doc reckons i should carry on with them, wot do you think?

2007-08-08 02:59:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend in new zealand has been on them permenently for the last 10 yrs. I cant see her dr prescribing them for that long so i was just wondering if they are readily available to buy anywhere?

2007-08-08 02:56:21 · 9 answers · asked by JustJem 6

How do you get happy? Born w/it? I have a caring hubby, 0 Kids, so $ problems. I take Prozax it does nothing.
I am in my 40's and have a lot (so I am told). I am attractive, take nice vacations, drive a new car, andI exercise....and when I fake it good a great personality. But I don't even want to get up in the morning for same 'ole thing over again. What on earth is wrong with me. I've already been down the Pyschiatrist visits, after several different one's I gave up. I know happiness come from inside....how do I find it?

2007-08-08 02:55:47 · 8 answers · asked by TropyWife 1

I need to know how you handle it when someone you love has it. What can you do to help them?

2007-08-08 02:55:02 · 6 answers · asked by ChicaRose 1

since a week after my 13th birthday ive been rape 12 times over four years by a man i dont know. I was in and out of hospital because of depression etc and confided in a nurse there who was brilliant. Then i got transferred to adult services one day and never got to say goodbye or thank you. My dad hired a private psychotherapist but i cant seem to talk about it. The Nurse was the only person who new everything and i could nobody could ever replace her. im so stuck.

2007-08-08 02:51:05 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous