Mental Health - September 2007

I'm 13. I have many of the symptoms. It takes me forever to fall asleep at night. I usually don't wake up in the middle of the night, but when I do, I can't go back to sleep. I fidget constantly. I have lost interest in many of my favorite activities. I hate being around my family and participating in family activities. I have trouble concentrating in class. I feel horrible all of the time. It's not like normal sadness, and I can't seem to understand what's causing it. If I am depressed, shouldI get help? Based on the information given if I do have depression, how would you rate it on a scale of 1-10? I've never felt like this before. If not depression, what is it?

2007-09-03 09:42:45 · 9 answers · asked by Meaghan 1

your character? turning people against you, telling them not to talk or get involved with you?

how would you quell the anger you feel inside? but also, if this was occuring how would you deal with matters?

im hoping for intelligence answers
thanks

2007-09-03 09:16:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am bipolar but not yet on meds and feel like i am losing reality. I am in my house with everything shut and locked. There is no reality except for what i can see. I need someone to help me back.

2007-09-03 09:13:50 · 4 answers · asked by cutiesfl 1

Hi, I have this medicine that was prescribed to me by my doctor after telling her about my fear of presentations. It is called (HALF-INDEAL LA). She told me it's better than Xanax. I'm too scared to go to the college because of my fear. Does anyone have an advice to help me? Please help.

2007-09-03 07:39:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am suffering from sleeplessness and depression. My symptoms.. I toss in bed a lot struggling to get sleep. Even in sleep, people beside me say i scream and yell a lot. I get unpleasant dreams a lot... they include Snakes, departing my friends, losing someone whom I like the most, deaths of my grandparents,... a lot more horrible stuff. I am suffering from this from 4 years. I even feel depressed a lot for no reason. I cry even for a small sentiment or anger. I am desperate for a solution. My age is 21, completed my engg. I am good at my academics and soon I am going to join india's largest software company. No doctor is taking this seriously because of my age. I am in desperate need for a solution. Please offer me a really good solution. I hope you understand, and if you are a doctor would you mind to contact me? If no, please feel free to write me a mail. I need a good treatment from an efficient doctor. I ensure i wont use your services for free (if anyone contacts me).

2007-09-03 06:11:50 · 9 answers · asked by Omkar Kandarpa 2

Okay, so my boyfriend is really scared and nervous when he always see's me why???

2007-09-03 03:52:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-03 03:21:20 · 14 answers · asked by Mel 4

Ok, ive cut my legs. A large area at the top but they are only very little surface cuts. I've realised ive made a big mistake and i dont wanna tell my girlfriend. Its hard to hide it from her so does anyone have a quick solution to get the cuts to heal as fast as possible. Im desperate. Please

2007-09-03 01:47:19 · 18 answers · asked by Faith 1

Im starting high school tommorow. Im overweight. I have GYM class and I think I have social anxiety. From my other 2-3 questions about it, you can go read them. I dont feel like re-explaining it again. From middle school, EVERY YEAR I had gym because I would not dress and sat out on the bleechers. I failed every year. Explaining why I have it this year again. When I would play in sports like in basketball or football, I couldnt concentrate. One time we were playing b-ball on teams and I kept messing up because I thought students were laughing at my fatass. In football in 6th grade, this kid goes "CMON FATASS WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" I really wanted to cry. I got so mad and wanted to knock him out. How can I put this into my head that "if you call me fat I dont care" Its some what in my head, BUT I cant turn into it. People in eighth grade used to call me "big boy" and "fatass" but it never hurted me that much.

2007-09-03 01:39:01 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan M 1

PLEASE HELP!

My wife has become addicted to Yahoo Answers ... it started with 1 or 2 questions a day just to be sociable ... now it's getting out of hand ... she's on about 20 answers a day so far ...

Does anyone know of any 'help' groups she could attend to wean her out of this addiction? Alcoholics have AA etc ... is there any other method other than cold turkey?

Maybe there's patches available (like the ones you get for smoking)?

Please help ... it's her turn to make a cup of tea and she's just sat on the laptop answering questions!

2007-09-03 00:04:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

im 30 now but im aging not very well, im bald, i have im perfections like two missing teeth, at the front, bottom, due to accident years ago..
im very tanned, and my skin as turned bumby and course looking, even though i use face wash and the moisterizer.
i have deep blue saphire eyes which upsets me because i feel it looks unusual because im native american heritage, but i feel my appearence makes me look like an ugly aging white guy...and i feel it makes me not look like my race, who iam..

im wondering if anyone can relate or advise?

2007-09-02 23:31:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

How?

2007-09-02 21:21:55 · 5 answers · asked by Need T 1

i would like details please on their behavior, how they act at home, how they act in public... really just anything about it. i'm trying to learn more. thank you

2007-09-02 21:16:02 · 3 answers · asked by maysoccergrl 1

I'm 23 yrs old, studding electronics eng. and I do onot like it but I have to. I used to get Valproate sodiome and Feloxitine. I feel lonely and depressed.

2007-09-02 20:17:14 · 6 answers · asked by MIMI 1

i'm a senior in college and i know i have to be makign decisions, like do i want to go on to grad school? where /how if so? what d oi want to study? do i want to get a job? do i want to move ( oh hell yes ). but then i lose my cheap insurance, oh hell no! and the thing is, when i try to think of what do i really want to do in my life, i cant really think of anything. i realized, i'm depressed. and is it normal for a person to feelt he way i do? i jsut dont know how i can be expected to be looking at grad schools, making big decisions, or scouting locatiosn or anything, when i feel like an engine running with not much steam.
waht woudl you do if you were I/

2007-09-02 18:38:51 · 8 answers · asked by the Bruja is back 5

kind of like a computer when it frezes and you can not think of anything ...no emotion . no words... just nothing for a few minutes .. what is that called

2007-09-02 18:38:20 · 10 answers · asked by vis 7

Simple and straightforward-I want opinions.

2007-09-02 17:30:29 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6

My friends brother has all of a sudden been acting weird.
She told me today that in the past 2 weeks he has been depressed and paranoid.
He believes that everyone is out to get him and has even said that the toilet paper is even wired.
He has never been violent and has now started pushing and swearing at his mum and sister.
He is 28 and has just had a baby with his partner.
He is not on drugs and my friend does not know what to do and I don't know what to say to her.
She has called every hotline but no-one will help her.
They say that he has to agree to get help.
How can someone in that state think there is anything wrong with themselves when they think others are the ones with problems.
I don't understand.
He is in a bad way,so what can I do to help my friend?
I feel helpless.

2007-09-02 17:16:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend that is state diagnosed with a mental disorder that has been taken advantage of for $ from a woman. I was wondering if he has a strong case even though he gave her the $. Is he mentally incapable of making these decisions? I know she altered some checks he wrote to her so that might help in his case but he also I believe just wrote her blank checks. (yes I know very dumb). Is he S.O.L. or does he have a case since he is state diagnosed with a mental disability?

2007-09-02 17:06:34 · 11 answers · asked by battletoadsrule61 1

2007-09-02 17:03:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think I might have something such as OCD. Whenever I use a hot iron to straighten my hair, i make sure i unplug it. I say it outloud that I unplugged it, and I tell people I unplugged it. Then, we get in the car or leave the house. I always always always think it's still unplugged and I'm afraid the house will go on fire. But inside, i know that it's unplugged and nothing's going to happen.

I also do the same thing with my cell phone. If i use my cell phone, and then put it back into my bag, two seconds later I'd open my bag and check to make sure my phone is inside. I know it is because I just put it back, but I have to visually see it in order to believe it. But I will keep checking the phone over and over again. I'm afraid of loosing it, I know that, but it's annoying how I'm so overly paranoid with it.

Help =[

2007-09-02 16:54:33 · 21 answers · asked by allis0nx3babyy 4

Does it harm children to be sent to college at a very young age by their parents?

2007-09-02 16:51:18 · 26 answers · asked by sokrates 4

sometimes im so sad all day then the next im happy and jolly
i cry in bed sometimes
i have so much school work that i feel like im just piled with hw and books! please help me
with ne advices

2007-09-02 16:29:15 · 6 answers · asked by hi. 2

a while ago i let a friend stay with me and my bf because she was having a hard time at home, she then manipulated my bf and nearly slept with him under my roof. This has scarred me pretty badly, like really badly. I already suffer with depression and anxiety and this made all my symptoms come back full blown. You see my problem now is that i feel the only way i will stop thinking about it is if she is dead, this is how much hatred i have towards her and ive never felt this before.. i wouldnt do anything like that of course, but i mean how can i stop feeling like this.. please no answers stating the its my bfs fault because i know for a fact it wasnt.. any help thankyou!!

2007-09-02 16:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by honeychild_star 3

2007-09-02 16:06:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok, see, i have been feeling depressed just recently like for a month, i have lost interest in doing a lot of things, and just feel sad all the time and cry probably daily for no reason, and i do cut. i live in sort of strict family, and if i tell them, they would think im just being dramatic and send me to my room. i dont know what to do, and i feel like only one of my friends understands, but encourages me to get help. im really scared, and dont have many reasons to feel this way. i have been having a lot of pressure and drama at school and my brother gets everything and i always get the blame. thats all i could think of but want to get help, but im scared of my parents. im only thirteen, so i guess it would shock them to, im home alone a lot, so i cut on my shoulders and legs. i do it on my legs so when they ask what happened i can say i cut myself shaving because i use arazor to cut, please help me and give me advice- charlo

2007-09-02 15:58:45 · 26 answers · asked by charlo 1

i am finding myself crying at the slightest things, i am 27 and have a 4yr old. i get cranky very easy, and i feel like i dnt have control of my life anymore.

2007-09-02 15:46:40 · 6 answers · asked by beck 1

I've just started with 37.5 mg of Effexor and have found my anxiety has just gotten worse. Does anyone else have a similar experience with this type of drug and does it get better?

2007-09-02 14:02:33 · 12 answers · asked by bianca_ca777 2

I have a good friend who has confided in me that he needs to get some help for his alcohol problem and does not know where to start.

Does anyone know of a good resource for this? He is in Tampa and if there is a good local group I could send him some info.

If anyone can share a personal experience that would be great!

2007-09-02 13:42:38 · 3 answers · asked by TimD 2

I have bipolar and am married. As with any couple, there are areas where we don't get along. We've been together 5 years.
In my case, the usual sticking point is that I am not good about picking up after myself. I was not trained to do that as a kid, and learning it as an adult is hard, but my husband admits I do better. However, I still am not good at it, so he criticizes me. Trouble is, that most times I am trying, and just forget, sometimes due to the short attention span of bipolar itself. Other times, I am forcing myself to make supper and I already figuratively have one foot in the mental hospital, and then I can't clean up afterwards. I tell him I am severely depressed but he forgets because I try to act normally and don't go on and on about it. He feels that he can't criticize me because then I get VERY upset (true!) But I really CAN'T take it when I am depressed. How can he have his upsets & me not be ready to suicide over them? I get good medical care & take my meds.

2007-09-02 13:36:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous