Mental Health - October 2007

I've just been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (yet to be confirmed). I've looked at some literature relating to it - googled it, of course, - but now feel more confused and anxious.
The various grading systems aside, is there anyone who has bipolar disorder and is functioning normally? Is it possible to remain productive during episodes of depression? How long does it take to stabalise and can it ever be cured (cured in this instance means no symptoms whether taking prescribed medication or not is immaterial)
Is their any information other people have found particularly helpful?
The offical advice seems so peppered with 'ifs' and 'buts' I'm lost!
Thanks
Ash

2007-10-20 03:29:20 · 9 answers · asked by Bewildered 2

Im a senior in high school. I spend most of my time in my room, the only other thing i really do is go to the gym. i have no friends, every oppurtunity with a relationship ive had ive failed. i dont talk much, i think everyone hates me or that people do not like me even before i meet them, that they talk about me badly. i get angry easily. i am certain i have manic depression because sometimes i will be happy and then the smallest thing can send me into a depression that lasts for months. i dont know waht to do or how to change my situation and when i try to nothing works.

2007-10-20 03:14:07 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I called crisis last night in trying to deal with some issues. I wouldn't contract with her not to harm myself but did agree to calling her in a half hour, which I did, then told her I'd call her back in hour which she hesitated but agreed to. My plan was to go home shower and shave and go to the hospital willingly, I knew I was a major threat to myself. Problem is that 10 min into my shower and someone is pounding and kicking at my door, I thought it was the police so I ignored them and finished my shower. It quietted down now for awhile so I (in the dark) went to see if I could figure out who it was..."bang" at the door, the cop was waiting for me in my poarch. Needless to say I had to get dressed and be escorted to the hospital where they kept me over night and all that in less than 12 hours. Now I want to freak on crisis for not taking my word, and I more than ever really want to do harm to myself to prove a point. pills,cutting everything and anything. Now I am a risk..a huge 1

2007-10-20 02:43:29 · 17 answers · asked by chantale 31 3

2007-10-20 01:55:21 · 11 answers · asked by Nanci Raygun 6

Is it just cause I had some weird food beforehand, couldn't sleep, or what?

2007-10-19 21:27:59 · 10 answers · asked by spontaneity♥ 2

2007-10-19 21:23:24 · 15 answers · asked by Jon 3

How do you deal with a person who is abusive due to their bipolarism and schizophrenia and intermittent-explosive disorder?

Who has had experience with people like this, and have been in romantic relationships with them? Did the prescribed meds work? Did they stop the craziness and the abuse???

2007-10-19 20:45:50 · 6 answers · asked by Daniel's Woman 2

2007-10-19 20:15:29 · 4 answers · asked by Duchess of Cookieshire 6

For example, yesterday I was talking to my older sister and I said, 'The trire tacks...'

I meant to say 'the tire tracks' but I got the 'r' from tracks mixed in next to the 't' in tire.

And another time, I said, 'My clogged are getting pores.'

I meant to say, 'My pores are getting clogged.'

There are lots of other examples of that happening when I'm speaking...it only happens sometimes though.

I get frustrated and irritated with myself cause all the words I want to say and know what I want to say get mixed up.

Why is that?

2007-10-19 19:54:16 · 8 answers · asked by Duchess of Cookieshire 6

My sister is turning 11 this 26th of October. She has an extremely hard time making friends, and has overall poor social skills. She does poorly in school and has trouble with the easiest problems, finding math and reading excruciatingly difficult. She has recently developed a twitch in her fingers and is always shaking her head as if to remove invisible hair from her face. She always makes funny animal noises and acts like she very immature in respect towards her age. Also, she is extremely innocent not a clue about what all the other 6th graders talk about. I can't stress it enough how much she blows tiny problems completely out of proportion. Just right now she spilled a cup of water on her bed and started crying for half an hour because she is afraid of germs. She is the youngest in a family of 4 other siblings. I desperately want to see if I can assist her in any way, if anyone can tell me what exactly is wrong that would be of great benefit to me. Thankyou, Godbless.

2007-10-19 19:52:57 · 4 answers · asked by Best Guy 3

they want to project their rubbish on me, discredit me, spread rumours about me, making it out that ' their ' interpretation of me is the correct one.....getting people to outcast me and ostracize me....they want to ruin my image....drag my image through the dirt.
how can i handle this fact?
for i know that there are people outthere that hate me and wish to misportray me to others.

im a aging 30 year old borderline personality sufferer, and ptsd sufferer, whos had a very hard traumatic life.....i live in a one bedroom apartment, on welfare....never been employed....never made any friends....never had a partner....

im trying to get the right treatment and therapy.....to put my life together after horrific times...trying to put the bullying, abuse behind me.
but i know that theres still alot of people outthere who hate me, and want me to suffer more

2007-10-19 19:37:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i broke up with my boyfriend which is something i can't help but do often
he is mean to me but... i always end up back with him
well this time he said it was final
he won't answer my calls
i've been severly depressed lately...
i don't know what to do
i can't eat sleep i just cry
everything makes me cry
i can't breathe...
and i'm confused about our relationship but i can't get him back... i hate myself

2007-10-19 18:43:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm curious about my friend's behavior and what probably caused it. I know for a fact that he didn't eat all day and had a few drinks because he was upset about relationship problems (not with me) but he didn't sound drunk. The funny thing was he kept forgetting what I had just told him, and at one point he said he didn't remember that I had already driven down the road I drove back on. Could that be caused by low blood sugar, or would it be more likely that he was stoned, or just a bit nuts? Normally he is a bit absent minded but a very smart person.

2007-10-19 18:41:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do depression sufferers know they are depressed? I'm not talking about people who say they are depressed just for sympathy, but those truly suffering. How is true depression categorized/identified? What are the common procedures for dealing with depression?

2007-10-19 18:33:12 · 9 answers · asked by Mike 4

Someone asked me a question and I heard it, but my brain didnt process the question until the 3rd time in a row they asked me. I learned an important lesson that day I need more sleep desperately...

2007-10-19 17:46:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is what my boyfriend. he is on depaoke 1000 mg and seroquil 400 mg klonapin 75 zoloft 50.i ask him if he hears voices anymore ( he did in High school)

-its not sumthing i deal with much, i take my meds pretty effectively.i havent heard like as violent stuff or as negative stuff......i still hear distracting noise& distortions
- i used to hear screams
-i do in bad episodes, if i flip out and scream and cry ill hear screams in my mind
-they havent been like that in a while
- ive really been better with that
-like ill just hear things that arent there
-like echos that dont exist
-at night, like talking, not clear voices, but background noise
- i would say once or twice a month i get them badly
- normally just a little sometimes two nights out of a week like im in a crowded room


his doctor said its about minimizing the effects of the disorder and benefiting the me without causing too many side effects of the medecine exact science.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?!

2007-10-19 17:37:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have attempted suicide twice.
Once when i was 5 and i first saw passionate love on t.v.(when you like a person as your romace partner, wanna have kids wiv them,sex,wtc) and i was so scared that this would happen to me and i decided it did'nt wanna live in a world like this anymore so i drank perfume(i had watched a cartoon and i thought that the bottle was poison). I had to be taken to hospital the next day but was out in another day
Then when i was 11 i had to show the new kidd from japan around the school and i was anrgy that i always had to show ppl from other countries who moved here just beacuse i have lived in 7 different countries in my life and can speak various lingos and the kid(in japanese) kept calling me avergae and normal which made me run in front of a car but the car stopped, the driver yelled @ me and i went back into school. No1 saw or reported this.So have u ever attemopted/considered suicide. I consider suicide like 3 time sa yr but then change my mind l8r

2007-10-19 17:27:06 · 13 answers · asked by possessed by insanity 3

how will these medicines react with one another and what side effects will they cause.

2007-10-19 17:11:32 · 6 answers · asked by sambo 1

Carly Fiorina gets canned at HP, then cashes a check for 22mln. I don't get it!

2007-10-19 16:29:01 · 8 answers · asked by The Oneder 2

I'm very ashamed of myself.. I did these following things within the last 3 years:

Got out of a domestic violence situation w/ my fam.

began taking my anger out on my sister when she didn't deserve it.

Think of alot malacious things to do or say to my family and myself (ex. Runaway, abandon family, cut myself, etc)

Found out I had a fetishism, and have even became connected w/ someone (8 years older than me) who shares the same fetishism.

Hurt peoples' feelings (who were trying to help me or get closer to me)

I feel really very bad. I want to try and break out of my bad habits and temptations and just change, but looking back at this, I'm not sure I can ever forgive myself for all I've done. I don't know where I should start or what I should do first. I don't know if God can forgive me for my behavior. I just feel very guilty, this is all my fault and I just want to turn around and become a better person now, what can I do?

2007-10-19 16:21:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous_Teen 1

I have never been organized at all! I am living in clutter and I'm in a mess. I can get things organized but then, it just becomes messy again. It's everything! from housekeeping to my car. My finances are a mess! I need help!!! or at least to be pointed in the right direction.

2007-10-19 16:04:46 · 4 answers · asked by Cindy 1

tonight i have to stay up until 5 am for a school activites besides energy drink what would really help me stay awake?

2007-10-19 15:50:57 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 15:37:09 · 10 answers · asked by Over The Rainbow 5

i have had these for years. however i took myself off my meds about 2 months ago and do not feel depressed anymore i think the damn meds were doing it. i may have a spurt of depression here and there but not nearly as bad as i was however my anxiety is overwhelming. i cant enjoy life! i constantly worry that every move my kids make will result in them getting badly hurt. i feel i am stopping them from being normal kids that rought around. also my car anxiety omg its sooooo bad. to the point i dont want to go anywhere anymore because im scared. storms are another big one. if it looks like a storm coming i wont leave . if we are out and i see lightening we have to pull over and go in somewhere. no smart *** answers please i am being sincere. i considered counseling but with my husbands work schedule and moving to a new city i have no one to watch my kids while i go.

2007-10-19 15:31:28 · 6 answers · asked by myourchisin 3

2007-10-19 14:40:05 · 3 answers · asked by J-Boy 1

A month ago my freind go stabed with a knife (realy no joke) and latly he has been very depressed. Dos anyone know a site so something for dealing with something like a tramatic expirienc?

2007-10-19 14:00:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like some practical advice without the preaching or judgment that normally arise with this topic. I have serious issues with food which I am actively trying to overcome. The problem is I swing violently between not eating at all and being super thin to eating moderate amounts of generally healthy food but finding myself compelled,(and I do), to throw up and being a healthy but still slim size. I feel so torn and confused, I am trying to get better but when I do start to eat well and start to put on weight,I panic and become severely bulimic. My mental state is frazzled and jittery when I am in that phase. I am severely stressed and anxious and the self loathing is immeasurable. However when I don't eat it eliminates all the internal stress because I just don't think at all about food. I feel better with the anorexia, my weight issues are easier,(because I know I'm slim), I just feel more stable and I'm no where near as anxious. I also have bipolar, what do I do?????????????????

2007-10-19 12:33:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering,

Happened to me, we are 50 years old

Do you think it hurts to die ?

Do you think you cannot get into heaven if you die ?

What if someone wants to die but friends & family call the law & the suicidal man drew his .44 on the police, so they say & they shot & killed the suicidal man.
Serious opinions only, please.

2007-10-19 12:16:00 · 9 answers · asked by Amanda H 5

What will happen if you were to be tickled for so long?

2007-10-19 11:43:15 · 7 answers · asked by Matty 1

ok so there are a lot of people @ skool that are just jerks i mean they are just plain out assholes and they do any little thing they can to piss me off. so when they do, these thoughts go through my head about like attacking em something you know. like I just wanna stab them with a pencil or poke em in the eye with a rusty fork. AHHHHH GOD I HATE EM. my friends just laugh when i tell them that , but I really do want to stab them like in the arm with a pencil. just so they will shut up. could I get in trouble for that if like a teacher or someone heard me even though I wouldn't really do it (even though i want to) would people think I'm crazy ???? JUST ASKIN

2007-10-19 11:24:43 · 5 answers · asked by KayLa 2