Mental Health - October 2007

Whenever someone at school talks to me, it's like I want so much to be able to speak this time, but I can't make anything come out. Sometimes there's something simple I want to say to my mom or my friend but I have to force it out because I'm afraid to. My mom has always talked for me when I couldn't. I get nervous at the thought of people starting to talk to me at school. When somebody says they like my shirt or something I want to say thank you but all I can do is stare at them. I had like a panic attack before girl scouts because my mom was gonna leave me there alone and then when they wanted me to introduce myself I couldn't say a word. I want to talk to my mom about all my problems but all I could say was "Do you think something's wrong with me?" People always say it's just shyness that I'll grow out of. People ALWAYS tell me they used to be shy. I truly doubt they came close to what I feel every day. I'll be back with more information....

2007-10-09 15:24:04 · 10 answers · asked by Aiden 2

My neighbor has been really strange as of late. Just yesterday his wife showed me that for the last month he had been saving his feces in empty pickle jars. I nearly vomited when I seen it. Apparently he believes that an energy crisis is coming and that he'll need the feces as a sort of fuel. He's also been up all hours of the night....and this is after losing his job in the summer. Could he be right about a coming crisis and this is some useful tactic? or is he dillusional?

2007-10-09 15:12:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a problem with stammer and it’s really embarrassing and stressful for me. I only seem to have that problem with certain words or when I am talking in public, or when I talk to an stranger for the first time. The thing is that I just got a promotion to a management position, and I will be forced to speak in public a lot and also to perform job interviews. I think that people wont take me seriously if they hear me stammer and I am getting very self conscious and nervous about this. I was told to go to speech therapy, but I was wonder if any one out there has an advice or had the same problem that can give me some tips on what to do on my own. Thank you so much!

2007-10-09 14:36:23 · 7 answers · asked by G.B. 2

between me and whoever the person is

2007-10-09 14:32:49 · 9 answers · asked by Blah Blah Blah 3

im posting this to see what other people think about me.

Im 19 years old, and ive had a not so perfect life. Ive never seen my dad, ( he left when i was born). And my mom was a drug addict. Ive lived with my grandparents my whole life. I consider my self very anti-social, i dont like talking to other people, and when i do i never know what to say, and mix up my words and say something that makes no sense, i prefer to keep away from talking. Ive been like this my whole life, ive never had any friends, and never had a girlfriend. Ive felt alone my whole life. And now my grandparents forced me to get a job, or i get kicked out of this house, so i got a job at a grocery store, ive been working there for about 2 weeks. I HATE IT, i hate seeing people, i hate talking to people. Everyday i wake up depressed. I have no choice but to be depressed and work, if i quit the job i have no place to live, i see no point in living... pretty pathetic i know.. tell me anything good or bad.

2007-10-09 14:08:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know someone who has all kinds of stuff stored away in boxes some for over 30 years, and can not even remember what is in them but is fiscally unable to get rid of any of it. what is some like this called and what would cause someone to be like that,

2007-10-09 14:05:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 13:48:52 · 2 answers · asked by lewisfindley2008 1

I have several things I need to do and am not sure which order or the best way to do it. I need to do the following
Loose 50 lbs
Quit smoking
Quit taking Effexor.
I am not sure in which order I should do this. I KNOW quiting Effexor will be a long process. I have done this before and it took months. (Like 6)
For quiting smoking, I will be doing it cold turkey. I will not be using any of the quit smoking aids. (for financial reasons)
Does anyone have any advice for me as to the order I should work on this.
Thanks so much!!

2007-10-09 12:39:55 · 13 answers · asked by lovin life 3

sometimes I'll get some type of weird feeling in my nose. It's kind of like a dense smell, but i'm not really smelling it, it's more like i am feeling it in my upper nose. Well, I have probably 10 different ones and whenever I get that feeling I get an extremely vivid memory of something very unimportant from a long time ago. Sometimes I'll forget about that feeling and it will come back randomly and I'll feel really familiar with that smell/feeling. I doubt anybody can relate to this, but is there some type of name for this?

2007-10-09 12:34:30 · 3 answers · asked by Daniel H 2

I have had depression for 3 years now. and this year has been different I have depression and seasonal depression so the fall and winter is worse. how can you tell you no longer have it? my doctor says I can be growing out of it because my brain hasn't fully developed because I am not 18-20 yet. so my question is how do you know you have overcome depression? --thanks!

2007-10-09 12:32:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 19 years old and have been dealing with social anxiety and depression for as long as i can remember. I had a few close friend but got into a huge fight with them a couple of years ago since then i have no life. My social anxiety and depression has caused me to drop out if school when i was in the 10th grade, I never had a job because of my fear of what people are thinking of me and also embarissing myself in front of other people. All i do everyday is wake up watch tv all day and sleep. I feel like im the only one going through this. I want to get my life back on track any one have any advise?

2007-10-09 12:07:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What will do this? One's suppose to make me sleep and the other is suppose to make stay up right?

2007-10-09 11:44:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for others on this.

Example, thunder... super loud bass, etc.

I feel like my hearing is going to go and it ruins my whole day.

I understand most people probably hear it and move on but I can't.

2007-10-09 10:57:28 · 4 answers · asked by NozDontKnowMyNamz 3

Am I the only one that doesn't like people? I'm very anti social, but when I do decide to talk to people they turn out to be complete idiots who try to fight with me. I prefer to be by myself and not have any association with anybody. Is there anyone else who feels the same way I do. Is this normal?

2007-10-09 09:56:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

and has a new girlfriend which is destroying me.I just found out I have latent TB infection it just seems everything that can go wrong is going wrong. I dont have any friends. I am a homebody person that never go anywhere. my ex was like tha only person i had to hang out with and talk to. i just feel very depressed and low.What in the world can i do to feel better.im only 24 but i feel like im 74. I have no energy like no purpose. help

2007-10-09 09:34:22 · 6 answers · asked by jordynorr100 1

In December of this year, I am going to slowly wean off of paxil, and move to 5htp. I went on paxil for mainly anxiety, which it completely took care of, and I've read tons of success stories on 5htp. My question is, what are peoples experiences and thoughts with 5htp or moving to it from an antidepressant?

2007-10-09 09:08:04 · 1 answers · asked by movin2thabeeet 1

"Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!"

2007-10-09 08:07:24 · 4 answers · asked by Holiday Magic 7

I'm ugly :(
I have no real friends, I hate my life, college, going out...I hate myself. everyday is full of pain and stress, my depression gets worse.
I don't know what should I do to be happy, no one respects me in my family and ******* people think that they're better than me just because I'm ugly.

please tell me what should I do?

2007-10-09 07:56:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) I have only one dr at my college campus and he tells me he can't refer me to anyone even though he's retiring. The other drs on campus refuse to treat me bc they don't know me.
2) I tried those walk-in clinincs and most told me they can't help me and most don't want to take me in as their patient as their are a shortage of drs.
3) I have no money to hire a special psychiatrist
4) No, I don't have a thyroid problem, I've done those tests and blook work
5) There's no support group in my area
6) I already tried Online support group kicked me out bc I used words I didn't know were allowed. I apologized but they still kicked me out.
7) The only way to get help if I really hurt myself and they would be hospitalize me but I'd rather not put my parents that ordeal again.
8) My older sister was institutionalized and never got better and ended her life.
9) Going to church would not work bc I met a bunch of phoney people who pretended to care. I don't want superficial friends

2007-10-09 07:53:43 · 16 answers · asked by little bear 2

I was seeing a psychiatrist but now I'm in college. He had me prescribed on an antidepressant (Lexparo, for 10 months) and now I want to call him about beginning to taper off of it. Is it OK to call him about this? Or no because I am not paying him this way? Thanks for the input.

2007-10-09 07:20:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

tarnished, brandished and labelled, because entries will be put into your mental health records about you?

and then this will cause you to misportrayed to emigration officials....( because i want to emigrate from britain) and also be misportrayed to employment agencies....where they won't take you on?

has anyone got a view about this?

i have a long mental health record with borderline personality disorder...and i worry how it will affect my goals and ambitions of emigrating from the uk.....and finding employment and just getting a life.

im 30 years old and had a traumatic life and suffered since 15

2007-10-09 07:08:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How was it and how did it feel. Did it help

2007-10-09 06:27:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got a prescription for Provigil and my insurance company will not pay so I have been researching online for the cheapest pharmacies. Does anyone know where I can Provigil at the best price? Before I shell out more than i should have to becuase of the insurance company can anyone tell me their experience with this med? I have heard it helps with depression some...is this true? I have severe depression and any improvement is better than none. I did a trial and it did help with my alertness enough to where i want to keep taking it. Even if i can get only 4 hours of work done, it is better than no work at all. I am curious about the rumor that this med helps with depression in adjunct with anti-depressants, which would be a godsend to me. I do not want none of that Ritalin type crap. I guess i just wonder where i can find this medicine at its lowest price? can anyone help me?

2007-10-09 05:39:24 · 7 answers · asked by notsoanonymousiguess 2

My friend hoards everything from television sets to cases and cases of food. He cannot buy just 1 of anything, he buys everything in the case or 2. He just recently put of 4 shelving units for his "finds" He has put shelving units up in every room in his house and he has 1 room just for what he calls "storage" He has 3 freezers full of food in the garage, 1 freezer full in the breezeway and a fridge full in the kitchen.
He is divorced, all his kids have moved out and are adults. His house is so full you cannot move around without climbing around cases and cases of food...everything from stewed tomato's to soup.
He has 5 water jugs full of water. He has a room full of plastic containers full of stuff. Its unbelievable. I cannot marry him unless he stops this nonsense and gets his life together. He is a great person except for his hoarding and filth. Have psychiatrist ever come up with a reason for hoarding?

2007-10-09 04:18:29 · 5 answers · asked by happydawg 6

hi im a mother of 4 boys i have a 16 year old who smokes canihbis im getting worried his mood changes are realy bad he not going to school never comes home when told sneeks i suffer from depression my self im scared he might try some thing stronger

2007-10-09 03:53:56 · 39 answers · asked by ANGELA S 1

2007-10-09 02:10:38 · 4 answers · asked by geetha y 1

An Ex Girlfriend was very insecure, once said she is not normal but had a good job, she sometimes had black eyes as if no sleep or was it depression? Not a confident girl as she was so so attached to her female friend, when her friend got a boyfriend and got married, my ex flipped and just kept running away.. what do you think?

2007-10-09 01:24:23 · 5 answers · asked by sean O 1

Im a 15 year old female.. for the past year now I've been feeling terrible..I get so sad over everything and lately I have considering suicide more and more.. I can't sleep much at night, my appetite is less than what used to be and all I want to do is sleep all day, it is effecting my grades and ability to play sports,my mother wants to put me on meds because of my sleeping(she does'nt know i've been thinking about suicide) Can fix this myself without my parents?

2007-10-09 01:22:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mil is considered to be mental. Her daughter said that her grandmother was like that as well. My mil has done some awful things to me. She once told me that her daughter hair was longer than mines, which is very untrue. When I ask her about why she said this, she claims she dosen't remember at all. Her Brother In-Law (Bil). practically attacked her saying mean things to her about her being sick and not doing enough chores around the house while married to his brother. My mil recited every bad thing this man said to her, but yet she cannot even remember all the horrible things she has said and done to me. How come she knows every bad thing someone else does to her, but she can't be honest with me when I ask her about something bad she has done to me? What I want to know is, is she really mental or just lying??? She receives a check every month and goes to the Mental Health Center.

2007-10-09 01:08:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can live without water I can live without food I can live without dress I can live without my eyes I can live without my nose I can live without my legs I can live without my hands I can live without my brain I can live without my liver I can live without my lungs I can live without my kidney I can live without my heart I can live without my mummy I can live without my daddy I can live without my aunty I can live without my uncle I can live without my sister I can live without my brother I can live without my wife I can live without my children I can live without the world I can live without confident But I can’t live without my friend ? Yes truly I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi I can’t live without my Aarthi

2007-10-08 23:24:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous