Mental Health - October 2007

I stutter alot when I am nervous and when I am exsited and the more I think about what I am going to say it makes it worse, like when I read and I am nervous and it is a word that is a little more difficult then I have to think about it to pronounce it then it makes my stuttering worse. and you guys will probably say just try to stay calm, I try to but it is too hard.
PLEASE HELP ooo---ooo

2007-10-24 10:31:52 · 8 answers · asked by Dusto 3

okay. so i'm not perfect i used to do drugs when i was in 9th grade. And on rug really stuck with me. Atteral. I can't help it. I havn't had any in almost a year.
[yay for me]
but i'm worried about myself. what should i do, before i start to become desperate to get some.

2007-10-24 09:56:09 · 4 answers · asked by Kaylani 2

2007-10-24 09:14:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my friends really worrying me shes always said shes fat and shes not at all. She always said she would never go on a diet but suddenly its all changed its as if her whole life is changing .. shes started not going out for meals incase people are watching how much she eats and is always weighing her self and making her self sick after meals im the only person who knows about this and she doesn't want me to tell her parents what should i do !!?

2007-10-24 08:55:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've had severe social anxiety for almost 10 years now and it was triggered by a really rude comment a co-worker made while I was at work. The anxiety started then and it's gotten progressively worse. It's gotten to the point where I don't even answer my front door anymore. I'm married, but I met my husband before I had the severe anxiety and I was a whole different person, I was fun and outgoing and worked outside the home, (at the job where I got the rude comment). We were just friends then and I had a boyfriend at the time, he wasn't seeing anyone. Anyways, 4 years later, my boyfriend at the time and I had broken up, due to the severe anxiety, and my now husband and I ran into each other. I already had the severe anxiety too. We talked just a lil and exchanged phone #s. I told him about the anxiety by phone & he said we could take our relationship as slow as I wanted and that he wanted to help. Well a couple months later I felt comfortable enuf to start going out, (more below)

2007-10-24 08:52:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 08:49:05 · 5 answers · asked by nonenonenone 1

I am asking this because lately I have been so feeling so overwhelmed with depression and my lack of motivation for anything, that I don't even bother going to school anymore, even though I am supposed to graduate this year.
(and from college too)

and my parents keep screaming at me for being a failure and messing up my life and they insist that I get a job at least if I am not going to go to school anymore.
This just adds to my stress.

I know that I want to end this pain and do something with my life but how can I if I can't even get out of my bed in the morning and I don't have any emotional support from anybody..??
I don't have any friends either.


I want to get help but how can I if nobody understands ??

2007-10-24 08:26:10 · 46 answers · asked by Mariana 2

PleaseHelp!!

2007-10-24 08:22:14 · 16 answers · asked by Ashley B 2

u are born - u suffer, u loose parents - u suffer, u loose other relatives - u suffer, u get illnesses - u suffer, u must go thru absurdal things like formal education and career bullshit - u suffer, u pay your mortgage for decades - u suffer ... etc

u get most of these great gifts from just being born to this world
its given! no need to do anything to get this misery!

now u need to do really ALOT to get some positives to outweight those negatives. is this fair? dont keep saying this is life, blabla, look at this honestly and say why would u bring anyone to this world... just to give yourself a chance to outweight negatives to make your life less negative ... but transfer this problem to your child?

2007-10-24 08:18:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My everyday is becoming a routine and it makes me sick. What things do you think should I do? Thanks.

2007-10-24 08:02:58 · 6 answers · asked by Rees 1

doctors say it was a reactive depression due to life avents because i was working long hours got married moved house i have two young children which is fair enough but i would say they are good life events.i was so ill i had to take time out from work because i couldnt sleep,eat i lost a lot of weight,i didnt want to go out and was very anxious i was put on paroxetine 20mg i have been on them a year now i have been back at work 6 months still have bad days now and again but dont we all i get slight side effects from tablets like delayed ejaculation(which was great at first because i felt like a stud) it soon gets annoying when you havent finished for over an hour doesnt always go down to well with the wife.it also gives you nightmares but i suppose its 10 times beter than being depressed.the only thing is i cant seem to get it out of my mind i suppose im scared i might go mad because its linked to mental health and it is such a taboo subject how do you forget about it and get on

2007-10-24 07:49:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 07:24:22 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 07:22:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 47 and have had anxiety attacks going back to my teens. But, I can remember one paticular time that it really knocked me down! I was living by myself at the time, and life was a bit overwelming too. And that attack(not know it was panic attack at the time) I thought I was headed to meet my maker with a sure heart attack!! Now.. I have attacks still, but I have medication that helps control them much better. So those of us who have experienced these FUN MOMENTS, what was your most fearful experiece looking back??

2007-10-24 07:14:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I take prozac at 9:30 every night but when I try and sleep its really difficult is it becayse of the prozac as it's not the time and didnt start when I started taking prozac??????

2007-10-24 06:17:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I watch TV or movies..etc, and someone is being strangled, I feel like I am being strangled too. I start feeling pressure on my throat and I have to turn away. It even happens when I see a drawing of someone being strangled. Am I crazy or is there something wrong with my throat? help!

2007-10-24 05:50:33 · 4 answers · asked by I think I'm Dumb ~Amy~ 7

When u look at something u have 2 do ...?
Like a math problem - u can do the whole thing / visualize in ur head within a split second n then work out the whole thing step by step in ur head or onto paper ?... Or is this just me ... ? ~JG
1 second ago - 3 days left to answer.

2007-10-24 05:38:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

On october 17th, 18th, and 19th i drank very heavily. Just a party weekend i guess, and since then i can't focus @ all. Saturday the 20th i was at a college football game and i couldnt care any less where i was, i just wanted to fall over and sleep. Its been 4 days since then and i still can't focus all the way, i can't focus on school work, i feel dizzy sometimes, i forget short term things easily and i stumble around the house looking for random things. My friends are all very concerned and so am i? i doubt i suffered permanent brain damage... but im just very scared that i may have damaged something else. I have been drinking tons of fluids, and eating a ton. Please help me out, i am not sure if i have made any improvement over the past 4 days?

also, the 3 days i drank keep in mind it was mostly hard alcohol and i am 5'11" and weigh 135 pounds.

thank you all

2007-10-24 05:30:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

To make a long story short, I've suffered from depression and mental illness problems since i was about 14. IT affects every aspect of my life, including, work, frineds, personal relationships. I Finally went for help a year ago because i could no longer handle the situation on my own and was feeling, once again, that i wanted to die.
I have attempted suicide two times in my life, both times i was saved by my fiance, he found me unconscious and took me to the hospital.
I have been diagnosed with:
severe depression,
panic disorder,
GAD,
Agoraphobia,
and
Bi-polar.
( i dont know how all this is wrong with me, but thats what the psychiatrist says).

My family history is that on my fathers side there is a strong presense of mental illnesss, more specifically bi-polar. MY grandfather, father, and old brother were all diagnosed with being bi-polar, and my father and grandfather both committ suicide due to not getting help. My older brother is currently on Lithium.

2007-10-24 05:29:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-24 05:22:08 · 4 answers · asked by Jeanette50 1

Please excuss me and no offence is meant at all, but I was wondering if someone could explain houseing in America to me? For instance, if someone can't work or is on an income that means they can't aford to buy their own home is their any goverment rental housing available? Also, say if somone was in an abusive house living with family and had mental health problems would there be any agencies that would help find that person and maybe their partner a home that they could afford? Thanks for any help and excuss if I have not worded it correctly but I hope you can understand what I'm badly trying to ask!

2007-10-24 05:18:40 · 5 answers · asked by Eye see! 6

Here's a dilemma - you are obliged to tell your insurer of any changes to your circumstances, even if not in the policy (concept of utmost good faith) and not to do so could invalidate it - but how good is your faith in the system and the understanding of mental health conditions? Don't you just fear your premiums will go through the roof and that your condition won't be understood? Have you disclosed your condition?

2007-10-24 05:16:40 · 8 answers · asked by Miss Behavin 5

2007-10-24 05:14:05 · 7 answers · asked by Jeanette50 1

This book,Titled,"It took someone that cared"Will not only answer many of your questions,but renew your goals and inspire your determination.Its a must read.

2007-10-24 04:52:54 · 1 answers · asked by paul a 1

i need help with housing.i dont have insurance ,and help withmeds

2007-10-24 04:27:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What can I do to help him? He says he'll just sleep it off or whatever. Just noticed this when he started acting sort of weird while we were chatting on AIM. He says he is getting separation anxiety with me.. so something I can do? I told him not to feel embarrased or feel bad about it, because he said he sort of did. So if someone can explain what this is with adults - I'm 19, he's 20, almost 21. And what can be done to calm him? Maybe some information, please and thank you.

2007-10-24 04:25:59 · 14 answers · asked by 111 2

I've been having an emotional affair with a man since January. We e-mail each other several times a week. When I read his letters, it's like getting a "fix", something like a drug addict would feel after taking whatever drugs he's addicted to. If I don't get his letters for a few days, the high starts to fade and I start to feel "withdrawal" symptoms. I get very irritable and short tempered. When another letter arrives, I'm on a high again. Am I imagining these feelings, or can there really be something chemical going on?

2007-10-24 04:25:54 · 6 answers · asked by J Mack 3

There are small children in the home and it can be very hostile - a lot of yelling. Can the children be taken from the home by an agency? I can't report this because it is a family member, but on the other hand I feel I should, since there is possible jeopardy involved. Talking does no good - everytime the conversation is turned around to deflect the truth.

2007-10-24 04:24:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 24, finished my degree, got a good one and even did a post graduate qualification. I got into a lot of debt with my studies, and now I can't seem to find a job. I am living with my parents but they have given me three weeks to move out. I can't get a house because I still owe rent from my last one, and have no one to guarantee me. I have no idea what to do, and the thought of ending my life as the easiest option just keeps popping into my head. I don't want to be a burden to anyone, but I don't want to hurt anyone by killing myself either. But I don't want to live on the streets, I wouldn't have a clue how to survive like that. Eliminating myself seems like the best thing to do...I can't rely on friends to stay with as it doesn't seem fair. I can't cope with being an adult. How do I cope, what do I do?

2007-10-24 04:22:00 · 18 answers · asked by Katrina W 2

Just curious, I know what the root of mine is, its this neighborhood and having to live in a small house with seven people! The icing on the cake was when a teenage boy threatened my one year old daughter, it was racially motivated because we aren't from England we are from the States so this has put an extreme amount of anxiety in my life. But we will be moving to a new safer neighborhood soon and I expect that in a bit of time my anxiety shall subside.

2007-10-24 03:53:48 · 7 answers · asked by Lori M 4