Mental Health - September 2007

I have been with my boyfriend in an open relationship for nearly 3 years. But I am finding it hard to see a future since he has been on antidepressants for nearly 5 years now. We don't seem to do anything and somedays he prefers to be alone which I know is the nature of the illness. It also has an impact on his kids when they come to stay at his on their weekend

2007-09-27 11:29:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean, is it just being sad for a day or two or something more, cuz i hear about all these people taking anti-deppresants and what not, so it seems a little serious and how do you know if your deppressed?

2007-09-27 11:25:16 · 5 answers · asked by Beans 5

2007-09-27 11:14:21 · 7 answers · asked by master52007 1

I was sexually abused from the ages of 7-20. I had a daughter as a result. I met a man online and married him to get away from that hell. I then met another man and fell deeply in love with him, keeping it from my husband. Then that man killed himself because I couldn't find the courage to leave my husband for him. I haven't told anyone any of this. I feel overwhelmed. I am grieving for a life lost..both his and mine. My one chance to be happy...gone..and its my fault.

2007-09-27 11:07:59 · 10 answers · asked by +VeryFemale+ 1

will the symptoms become worse or will it sooner or later disapper?

2007-09-27 10:46:19 · 13 answers · asked by sexy beast 1

My sister has ben attemting suicide for the last year and was admitted into a protection facility. She moves out in one month. I need to be able to help her. I should have noticed the symptoms, so I blame myself for it. She told me when she gets out she will keep doing it. Im scared, how do I help her. She is only 15

2007-09-27 10:43:36 · 7 answers · asked by Floating Cloud 2

I have heard and seen from multiple reliable sources that gum improves your memory. But is it true? Don't say yes or no please find the study. Thank you.

2007-09-27 10:34:41 · 1 answers · asked by ktunkers 2

My husband and I highly suspect that my mother in law has Asperger's syndrome. She was diagnosed with ADD as a child. She may really have ADD but she also shows several symptoms of AS too. Over the last 6 years I have observed her say and do many things that are socially rude, hurtful and judgmental. Because of this she has no close friends, strained friendships with myself, her coworkers and family members. She doesn't look at you when you are talking to her, she does HOURS of book and online research about specific topics, she gets very anxious when routines change, she doen't understand when people are losing intrest in what she is talking about. After she hurts/bothers/offends people she becomes very depressed and then the anxiety/depression cycle begins again. We love her and want to help her in any way we can but we don't know how to approach this subject with her. Any ideas would help. We don't want to embarrass or hurt her, we are just concerned! Thanks!

2007-09-27 10:32:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm going to see a psychiatrist next thursday and im pretty nervous and im quite nervous because i don't want them to turn around and say "your just a teenager".I'd be so humiliated.
1)I self harm and i have for ages.Im 17 and i've been hurting myself intentionally since i was about9.I've been cutting/hair pulling/punching/scratching and pouring hot water on myself since i was about 14.2) when i was 13 my nan died and a couple days before or after my birthday i took an overdose.
3)I have problems havingconversation with someone. With my best friends and family i just pop out these peculiar ideas, and with classmates and that i don't speak. I sit unable to look people in the eyes. I had confidence councelling which didnt help.4) i'll be really excited for no reason 'vibrating' with energy and chattering about nothing5) I have delusions.I think im characters of films or religious prophecies.ATMi know its fake,but at that time i dont.6)I get extremely down& its killing me all the time

2007-09-27 09:46:03 · 11 answers · asked by dozykat 2

My 9 year old neighbor was diagnosed with ADHD after extensive testing when he was 5. He starts fires in the house at 2 AM when everyone's asleep. He's all scarred up from setting himself on fire. He's mouthy, mean, violent and repeatedly calls the cops on his parents when they try to discipline him. He's been on all the ADHD medications and behavioral therapy even now. Nothing helps. The police suggested reform school since the regular school can't cope with him. His parents are seriously considering this.

I understand that he's mentally ill, but there has to be a solution to his parent's living hell. Any suggestions or thoughts are appreciated.

2007-09-27 09:08:21 · 14 answers · asked by MissKathleen 6

Ok right now I feel like jumping off the nearest bridge literally, can someone talk me out of it?

2007-09-27 09:06:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-27 09:03:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

For about 2 years now she has been on aderol(which is horrible) for ADHD but she doesn't really show the signs of it. I looked up Aspergers Syndrome today and some of it sounds a lot like her, some does not. She sometimes does strange things like repeatedly flap her arms or put her hands in front of her face while she opens and closes them really fast. My mom will gently push her hand down but it pops right back up like she can't control it, she usually says that she doesn't realize that she's doing it. She only makes friends with people who are older than her or younger, she doesn't know how to interact with children her own age. She is VERY eccentric, doesn't care about what the other kids are doing, all she wants to do is sing, listen to music, and talk about horses. She loves drawing and painting, and is very good at it. It is impossible to have a 2 sided conversation with her, IMPOSSIBLE.

2007-09-27 08:39:38 · 3 answers · asked by getalifeFATTY 3

Well, Im coming up 14 years old and im 5,5, and well everyone says im too skinny, yet when i look in the mirro i see well, not a skinny person, ive begining to notice a few boness are sticking out where they werent sticking out before and it scares me, i can feel the bones but in the mirror i dont see anything,I feel i have to constantly weigh myself and even now my friends are worried about me, yet i dont see it. iis something wrong with me?

2007-09-27 08:26:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went to see my therapist this morning and he's upset with me in regards to me speaking with someone on line, he thinks I'm going to have/suffer consequences for this, I disagree. Later we got talking about my week end which he also thinks is being "risky" and to some degree he's right on that, he knew when I left his office I was holding back something about this coming week end that can be very self destructive, later I called to confirm an appt. for a PAI test tomorrow and asked if I could speak to him about this.. he said no. I ran out of time today in his office and now the weekend is coming and I don't see him until Monday, what do I do, I'm desperate now.. I've cut up my arm pretty bad just in anger and frustration,and I need to spill the beans before it's too late..Help, please be serious, I'd appreciate it.. Thanx

2007-09-27 08:12:58 · 4 answers · asked by chantale 31 3

Okay this is going to sound gay but i want to enter x factor (singing comp) but im scared of what all the populor kids will think when they see me on tv help im really good thanks cool answers please :)

2007-09-27 08:03:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have really bad social/group anxiety, what is a good medication to take? I currently take wellbutrin 100mg twice daily for depression which isnt that big of a help to me. The wellbutrin does control moodswing at times off and on. I am really concerned with my Social Anxiety since I work in a group setting at work and will be starting school at night in two weeks and I am sure will be required to make Oral Presentations. PLEASE HELP!!!!

2007-09-27 07:57:43 · 6 answers · asked by BlessedBeauty81 1

2007-09-27 07:39:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm always so depressed, and i'm constantly told i'm worthless or something and my parents always fight and i'm failing school or at least i feel like it. so how do i tell them

please dont tell me to get help i live in mexico i dont speak the language, we're pretty poor, my parents dont really give a **** about me, i dont know anydoctors here i cant visit places in the united staes

2007-09-27 07:30:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I swear i can not handle him and i am going to have a nervous breakdown.... he smarts me off and screams all day... he has been on Ritalin, Adderall, and Foclain and it makes him so much moody..... i really can not handle him and dont know what to do... and i love him so much, but sometimes i feel like i can not do it anymore... he is on clondine for sleeping and it is the only thing that helps, i guess because he never went to bed... he does now with a kicking and screaming fit... he has been kicked out of kindergarten three times this year and only been to school for 3 weeks... he will not sit down and he is hyper... then out of all three A.D.H.D medicines... why didnt anything work?? he was perfect on Foclain for the first week... after that it got worse than ever... i really need help... he goes back to the doctor tommorrow... what medicines would you recommened?? he needs something because he is worse than ever....

HELP ME PLEASE!!

2007-09-27 07:16:09 · 14 answers · asked by i♥holio 5

Ok, I do not have the classic textbook symptoms of bipolar, but I do question if I have it. Below are the reasons why.

1.) I procrasstonate
2.) I sometimes go a couple days without taking a shower.
3.) I become "obsessed" with finding a craft that I can sell to make money on Ebay or online. Flooded with ideas, but nothing thats really original that stands out that will make a profit.
4.) I often find excuses not to go to work.
5.) I dont ever feel "sad", but I do feel angry with myself that I'm slacking too much. I feel the anger for only a moment (like a second or two), and then it passes.
4.) I know I've got to pull my life together, but just can't KEEP the ambition to do so.

2007-09-27 07:15:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've asked this before and I thank all of you that've answered, but I should've mentioned that a personal trainer was something that I was not interested in. I just don't have a desire to train someone other than myself. Anyways, here is my old post, so if anyone can think of something else, please let me know.

I enjoy working out, but with work and all, I hardly have the time and often feel too tired after work to even get "a lift" in. Is there any type of, i don't know, anything out there that would pay me to work out, say, twice a day? I'm not talking modeling or playing a professional sport since I'm just an average Joe Blow. I really don't think there is anything, but hey, maybe someone knows something I don't.

2007-09-27 07:09:56 · 7 answers · asked by Azrael 2

I need 12 hrs sometimes to feel slept. But, at the same time I feel bad physically. what can i do to reduce the mental stress?

2007-09-27 06:44:31 · 6 answers · asked by relaxrx 2

Please dont call me lazy or tell me you have to work etc etc
If you dont have depression or GAD you wouldnt understand. Feel lucky that you don't

2007-09-27 06:41:32 · 7 answers · asked by qq5121971 2

if not, how do they differ? if possible someone ould explain to me with a example.

2007-09-27 06:22:28 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1

My mom is the black sheep of her family b/c she did not get pregnant when she was in high school, She did not have sex until she married my dad. Every time some thing bad happens with my ****** up family. My sister and her sisters and my granny make it seem like its her fault. I love my mom so much she is my best friend, Y does her mom have to always blame her 4 everything that goes wrong? I'm so sick of cing her cry at night b/c of her "family" My mom has been hurt alot, My Granny even told my mom its her fault her dad got drunk all the time. I want my mom to not even talk to her family anymore. I hate them so much 4 doing this to her,

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do u think I'm wrong 4 not wanting her to talk to them anymore

2007-09-27 06:20:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just had surgery on the 31st of August & I got 6 weeks paid LOA for that, but I am really stressed out & do not feel like I can go back to work at this point. I am due back on the 14th of October. I did talk to my primary care DR & she will only give me 1 week written excuse. I had asked her for 2 months. I need some suggestions. I am not even sure I need to use my DR. but I was trying to go that route. So, anyone that can help with some good advice, please respond.

2007-09-27 06:20:27 · 1 answers · asked by Alison R 1

all i do is think about is death...im so scared to die...im 18 years old.. i know im young but i cant sleep or do anything cause i always just think about it...i dont understand..why do we learn and love if we just die one day..its all just gone..it seems pointless..makes me feel like i shouldnt even get out of bed to do anything...but after i caculated how many days a normal person lives it scared me so bad...only 23000...thats so short i think...what should i do some one please help me i feel like im going crazy

2007-09-27 05:19:59 · 34 answers · asked by jimmy m 1

2007-09-27 04:31:57 · 10 answers · asked by breanne s 1

Hey can anyone please help me with this problem.
The last two nights in a row my girlfriend has had periods of total memory loss, she comes home from work fine then something just clicks and its like she is someone else.
The first night I just put down to her being tired but two nights in a row I really am starting to worry. The hallucinations are she always talks about this other girl thats in the room with us whos magic but who doesnt like me, the girl also tells her to do rude vile things but she refuses to do them, on one occasion 'the girl' told her to kill herself. I tell her the next day what she said and she laughs and cant remember any of it.
The second night was alot worse it was almost like there was another personality involved..and she was alot more depressed and wanting to hurt herself. After i finally stop her hitting herself she cries and says make her stop.
I really have no idea what is going on can anyone please help. She also has Borderline and anxiety problems.
tnx

2007-09-27 03:12:46 · 7 answers · asked by Perri 1