Mental Health - September 2007

I'm pretty sure I have bipolar. At the moment it's not possible for me to visit a doctor (my mother believes that this is just a phase, that has been going on for the last 4 years...).

I'm doing my best to cope with everything and I have come a long way with the help of my best friend/boyfriend.

Please don't say go and get help behind your Mum's back, because I have tried and it made everything so much worse.

But basically this is my question. My moods go up and then I have a major down. There is always a severe low that follows an extreme high.

I'm really worried because I've had a major high for the last week and I've been sooooo happy. I'm scared that I am going to have a really really big low soon.

How can I handle this? I'm really scared.

2007-09-01 23:18:32 · 15 answers · asked by ★☆✿❀ 7

I have been taking anti-depressants for 4 years now.(how time flies!)It started off because I was getting bad P.M.T. and I was on a low dose of 75mg a day.(Effexor)For the last year I have had that upped to 150mg per day and while I feel that it has helped me I still get really bad days where I am unbearable to live with,I hate myself and feel that I have no friends.My doctor has said that I am suffering from depression,stress and anxiety which I believe to be true.I just wondered if things will ever be better or if I will be taking these pills for the rest of my life even though they aren't 100% helping me with the dark days?I am asking as I am due to go back to my G.P. next week for a review.Thanks.

2007-09-01 22:20:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

with me going in and out of jail has caused my wife to be manic depressive? i'm a recovering meth user. she is taking topamax and lamotrigine. but why does laugh tysterclly right after she takes it? do you think its contagious? do you think she probably caught it from me? she's never done drugs in her life but the thinks she does is because she is manice depressive but me personally is because i was a meth user. how could that happen to my wife?

2007-09-01 22:10:35 · 3 answers · asked by ILoveMyWifey 1

Mywifetakestopamaxandlamotragineandsheactsmorekrazyie!Her doctortoldhertotakeitonceadaybutwhenshetakesitlaughs more hystercllyrightaftershetakesitandthenextdaysheokuntilthe medicateisfadingawaythenshelaughsagainandwhentakesitagain thenshestartslaughingagain.Doyouthinkicouldbethecauseofher bipolarness?ShehassocialanxietyandwhenIfirstmethershehada verysheltedlifeandherparentsnevertookherout.Hermother neglectedher,herdadabondedherwhenshewas2yearsandher grandmotherabusedher. ItookheroutandwhenIdidthatswhenall thesethingsstartedhappening.Firsttheanxietyshestartedhaveing outburstsbecauseshefeltparnoidaboutwhatotherpeoplethought abouther,thenwhenoursonwasbornshestartedyellingathimand beatinghimandthedogup,i'mnotsureitsbecauseoftheabusefromwhenshewasa childanditsbecauseofthelackofsocialrelationshipsshe'severhadoritsbecausei've beeninandourofprisonandijusgotoutrecentlyandonprobationagainbecausei'marecoveringmethaddict.she wasn'tthiswaywhenimether.doyouthinkitsmyallmyfaultbecauseiwasntthere?

2007-09-01 22:06:22 · 9 answers · asked by ILoveMyWifey 1

2007-09-01 22:00:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive been cutting for 4 years nd i have no intention of stopping...it keeps me on track nd keeps my mind of of suicide. do i really need to stop?? my councellor thinks i have depression, but im like into hiding how i feel. i act veree happy around my mates nd my mum doesnt exactly need to deal with my problems, she has plenty of her own..has anyone else ever had this kind of thing?? i cant see wat is wrong with harming myself along as i dont harm anyone else...

2007-09-01 21:54:53 · 9 answers · asked by Ebony F 2

Ever since I was almost ran over 3 times on my bike, I've constantly been having nightmares about it. Every time I even think a little about it I start to have a panic attack.

2007-09-01 21:45:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I Need Help!! Showing family home made movie!!!?
My mom wont let me show this video to everyone tomorrow, and i was thinking of presenting it before the big party. It's about my cat and she says it's "immature"... I still have time to edit it on microsoft movie maker but i don't see ANYTHING wrong with it!!! Whta can i do!?!? :/

It would be awesome if you could critque it pleas! :)

thank you :D

2007-09-01 21:01:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know what's wrong with me,i just feel like crying all the time,and really sad lately.and i have no reason why.is it a teen thing?someone please help me on this!!!

2007-09-01 20:33:11 · 7 answers · asked by Δ 2

I think about death a lot since my 2 heart attacks But I don't know who to ask about stopping this concern so I can go on with life

2007-09-01 20:08:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm a firm believer in prayer. i pray to God that he heals my wounds of all the pain and abuse i've been thru this past 7 years.
there are times when i get into a zone about my pass and i feel stuck in that moment. any ideas on how to stop thinking of my ex striking me?

2007-09-01 18:22:58 · 17 answers · asked by 1212 2

My grandmother has moderate to severe dimentia (sp?) so we decided to let her move in with us. It has been a month and she cries almost every night, forgets everything, and is very selfish. Half the day she is a wonderful and kind, functional person, and the other half she is crazy with dimentia. What can we do for her? We can't send her to live alone and a nursing home is a very expensive option. Is there anything else?

2007-09-01 18:10:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whenever school starts or my family and I go on a vacation, I always get severely sick. I throw up, try to stay home, everything. Especially when school starts, and I know I'm stressed out, but my parents dismiss it as heart burn. And it's not heart burn. I think I have some kind of mental disorder, but I'm not sure what. And I really don't want to tell my parents about it because they think I've grown out of these weird symptoms by now, but I've been suffering with them ever since I was nine years old, and I'm fifteen now. They just won't go away, and I've been to the doctor before, but to no avail. What should I do?

2007-09-01 18:01:05 · 7 answers · asked by Just.Me 2

well I am a freshman and in 7 months i want to try out for cheerleading i am curently working on doing a split is there anything else i should practice??? and if so how do i learn to do it??

2007-09-01 17:54:37 · 3 answers · asked by ladybugs380 5

I have a friend who I have known for about 25 years. He is miserable all the time. It's taken me 25 years to understand this. He seems very self-absorbed, very self-focused. He doesn't fit all of the criteria for any one personality disorder. I thought Narcissistic...but doesn't fit it all. BPD? Same thing. Depressed maybe, but I think it's so much more. He has serious struggles with relationships. Can't sustain one for long. Very destructive to those he's involved with not because of deliberate abuse, but because he flip-flops so much. One never knows where one stands with him. He has no interest in his family and has basically turned his back on them in a passive way. He is career military. Very unstable emotionally, so tends to shut out emotion. Can someone give me some guidance? I'm trying to point him in a direction, but the map is upside down and turned around!

2007-09-01 17:51:07 · 8 answers · asked by tiffany_willis 2

FIRST OF ALL YOU CANT ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU IF YOU KILL YOURSELF.JUST THINK THERES A CHILD OUT THERE WHO HAS NO FATHER, THERES PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAS NO FAMILY , THERES OLD PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NURSEING HOMES WHO NEVER HAS COMPANY, OR A CHILD WHO NEVER HAS A MOTHER ARMS TO HOLD OR HUG THEM,OR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A FRIEND TO TALK TO. AND THERES SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING ON YOU AND YES THERES SOMEONES DAD AND MOM AND FAMILY WHO NEEDS SOMEONE TO TALK TO BECAUSE NOW THEY CANT EAT , SLEEP BECAUSE THEIR CHILD COMMITED SUICIDE AND THEY ARE SO TORN APART THEIR LIFES ARE MESSED UP BECAUSE THEY COULDNT HELP THEM. AND THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACE LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVED AGED YEARS THEY MISS THEM SO MUCH, AND GOD WONDERS WHY THEY DIDNT COME TO HIM, HE WAS WAITING. GOD SAID KNOCK AND HE WILL OPEN, ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE HIM, SO PLEASE BEFORE YOU REALLY DECIDE YOUR GOING TO KILL YOURSELF THINK OF THESE PEOPLE WHO COULD USE YOU IN THEIR LIFES AND THINK OF YOUR FAMILIES.

2007-09-01 17:34:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-01 17:00:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Already on meds. Dr. on vacation. I feel like crying but I can't bc of the meds. I can't concentrate on what important. I lost weight. I feel like something is eating inside my stomach. I don't want to go through another day of misery. I am too lazy to care of myself. I have force myself to get up and shower and do something. I hate my life. I feel like there's no real help. I really don't believe any dr can help me. I feel so trapped because I don't feel like my life will ever really get better. I smile and laugh, here and then but mostly after when I am alone, I feel my reality. I take the meds and my dr. has really adjusted my meds many times that I feel hopeless.

2007-09-01 16:10:54 · 12 answers · asked by little bear 2

lol

2007-09-01 16:05:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK, I'm going to ask this.

I am always nervous when I have to present or say something in front of a group of people.Or when, for some reason, all eyes are on me. I get very nervous and my heart pounds and my face gets red. I feel like I'm going to faint or collapse. This happens mostly at school.On the first day of school we were suppossed to right 3 things we are good at and 3 things we need to work on. For the second question, I put Be better at talking in front of a group of people. Big Mistake. My teacher has been calling on me to answer everything! He thinks I don't notice but I know he is doing this to "Boost my confidence" The thing is, I have NO problem answering things from my desk when I can't see everyone looking at me. How can I stop him from having me answer EVERYTHING?

Also, we have been memorizing poems that we present to the class once we've memorized them. We did our first poem last week. I knew the whole poem perfectly. And even if i didn't, 12 people said it before me, giving me plenty of time to know it. However when I got up front, I got really nervous and my hands started sweating and I said the poem OK, not great, but it was a very short poem, Now, how can I be less nervous when presenting???? PLEASE HELP!!!

2007-09-01 15:55:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-01 14:14:57 · 15 answers · asked by MARIPOSA 2

I have borderline personality disorder as well as PTSD, and for the past week i have been over the top stressed; i dont know how to explain it other than acute stress.

I was considering going to the ER in hopes of getting some med to help calm me down, i cant eat, cant sleep, cant do anything... My body is in terrible pain.

But i am not going becuz i am afraid of being kept in the mental ward... I was put in the hospital 2 years ago for a suicide attempt, and i am a cutter, i havent cut in a month though so i dont have any recent wounds, just scars...

What are my rights as a citizen, meaning, what would it take for them to put me in the hospital against my will? And what does it NOT take, if that makes sense?

OK let me put it one more way cuz i really need someones thoughts... If i just go in for acute stress, will they give me something then release me, or granted my past, will they keep me? Thank you

2007-09-01 14:06:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lately i just feel really down on myself. A long time partner whom was my first love ended it with me and a few days later we are back together. I was so hurt when he told me it was over i thought about suicide but didnt want to do it. I get very emotional over nothing and keep thinking about all the what ifs in life. Everything that goes wrong in life just gets to me.

2007-09-01 13:50:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I AM 18 AND I CAN'T LIVE THE REST OF MY FREAKING LIFE LIKE THIS! PEOPLE OFTEN PULL FKING PRANKS ON ME TO WATCH ME GET PISSED AND THEN TAPE THAT ON FILM AND BLACKMAIL ME! IT MAKES ME MAD AND THEM LAUGHING MAKES ME MAD EVEN MORE! YESTERDAY THEY PUT A DEAD RAT IN MY CEREAL WHILE I WAS IN THE RESTROOM AND I GOT SCARED AND STABBED ONE OF MY FRIENDS WITH A FORK! HE HAD TO GO TO THE FREEKING DOCTOR AND THEN HE PUNCHED ME! WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSSED TO DO ABOUT THIS! IF I GO TO THE DOCTOR THEYRE GONNA GIVE ME THE SAME CRAP THAT YOU "I'M THE SMARTEST PERSON HERE" PEOPLE DO! SO DON'T TELL ME TO GO TO THE FREEKING DOCTOR TELL ME WHAT ELSE TO DO BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK! AND IF YOU TELL MY TO GO TO THE DOCTOR THEN I WOULDN'T HESITATE EVEN FOR A NANOSECOND TO SHOOT YOU.

2007-09-01 13:38:01 · 13 answers · asked by Walter 5

2007-09-01 13:35:17 · 6 answers · asked by bugsbunnylookalike2001 5

I have been cutting for a year now. Most people say you can't do it in moderation, but my cuts have not gotten any deeper than they were, and my urges haven't been much bigger. Granted, it is addictive. I stopped for a couple months thinking it was over, but I started again. As much as people say this all the time, I honestly think I have it under control. This isn't a suicide attempt, to be honest, suicide scares me a lot. And I don't hate myself enough to do so, I actually like myself. It's merely liking the feeling I get afterwards. I don't think I'm closer to suicide than anyone else is, people just have different ways of relieving stress, such as writing, or running, which can still not be healthy if they are ignoring the problem. It's all how you deal with it emotionally, right? You may not understand, and I may not understand why eating relieves pain, or running a mile. I guess I don't understand...I'm just confused on the subject.

2007-09-01 13:14:30 · 14 answers · asked by blah 1

2007-09-01 13:09:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Losing someone is terrifying as some of you may know.
but i was just wondering what symptoms or effects/affects does it have on a person, and how does it vary?
what was it like for you?
do you know how it has effected someone else?
do you know if you had any physical problems or phantom illnesses afterwards, or did someone you know suffer in that way?
did you shut it out? or cried all the time? were you agressive to people? did you ever feel like you were going crazy, or were constantly paraniod? and what about?
a lot of questions i know - but im hoping with a little bit of understanding and a second opinion i can understand myself.

I'll apreciate any opinions, comments, sources, or first hand experience in this subject - they will all be taken notice of.
thankyou.
take care peops

2007-09-01 12:15:28 · 15 answers · asked by lookadifferentway7 1

2007-09-01 11:59:31 · 2 answers · asked by JIM 4

when i was young i used to cry whenever i was at my babysitters because i wanted my mom to hurry up and pick me up because i hated being there, anyway my babysitter use to call my a crybaby when ever i cried. now as a 15 1/2 teen every time i cry i feel like a weekling. i think it's silly to cry, but i have been crying a lot lately and i feel like i am nothing but a big fat stupid crybaby what should i do?

2007-09-01 11:53:05 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous