Mental Health - October 2007

2007-10-08 15:58:20 · 5 answers · asked by player9900 2

I'm not good at anything.
I have no skills.
I believe I might be manic depressive.

2007-10-08 15:32:35 · 31 answers · asked by Megan H 2

OK.

A friend of mine who is 14 (I'm 16) who is going through a lot of crap right now (Her father is dying from a genetic disease that she has, her mother has severe MS, and her sisters are mean) has started cutting herself. I cut too, though, so we have really bonded (Yes, I'm safe about it. It's just a negative coping mechanism, nothing to freak out over). We are like sisters.

Well, her mother walked in on her cutting, yelled at her because it is "just for attention" and then on Friday took her to a general practitioner who put her on antidepresants and ordered counseling.

I am horrified! A general practitioner ordered antidepressants for a young teen? And then sent her to a counseler instead of a pyshicatrist? They can't even change her prescription! And what does a general practitioner know about treating 14 year old girls?

Anyway, my friend asked me if I would go with her to her first session. Is that acceptable? She said she trusts me more than anyone else she knows..

2007-10-08 15:31:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

*Creating fantasy rituals in the head and performing them as if they were reality.
*Possible visual hallucination of a women in my bedroom.
*Seeing bright green light behind my eyes and hearing a piercing vibrational sparkling noise.
Now, my OCD and depression are constant. 24 hours a day. I get no release. No freedom. I cant even leave the bedroom. anymore. Help!

2007-10-08 15:11:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been taking Remood and Rivotril to fight depression and anxiety. I need to get off Rivotril as it is addictive. Also, Remood is not really stopping my rapid moodswings. I have a psychologist to discuss this with but any suggestions on new/effective drugs that work well against the above mentioned problems? thanks in advance!

2007-10-08 13:31:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you down, depressed all the time or you can be happy or feel great sometimes. Durring a day can you have mood swings grom sad and crying to been happy and feeling good. i know it is possible if you are bipolar, what about if you have anxiety or depression or both.

2007-10-08 13:25:36 · 11 answers · asked by The Blade23 1

I feel horrible. My uncle's fiance's daughter committed suicide yesterday. I feel terrible at school, and came close to crying at school. I am in eight grade, and kids are mean. This is the third teenage suicide in the past six months, the sixth or seventh in the past two years. Every time there are nasty rumors about the people that committed them, especially among the eighth grade. I almost cried buying clothes for my uncle today, and don't know what to do for anybody. She was stunningly gorgeous. How can I deal with the rumors, or even with the teachers talking about it? I don't have problems with crying, but I don't want to cry at school. Should I just ask the kids to stop talking about it around me? My best friend is there for me, but I don't know if I'll be able to hold it together when she's not there, and she's only in one of my classes.

2007-10-08 13:18:38 · 4 answers · asked by The Broken Doll 4

I'm not asking people to respond with answers such as getting more hours of sleep but I'm asking if you do start falling asleep, what can I do right then and there to keep myself awake? Like hit myself to death, or pinch, or what? Suggestions are welcome.

2007-10-08 13:02:39 · 4 answers · asked by Josie 3

Im feeling so wierd lately, My mother is on lots of meds and since she came home from the hospital she has not been the same. She knows the doctor is giving her six months at the latest to live. Her heart, kidneys, and lungs are failing. In the meantime I work fulltime and feel so guilty that I cannot be there all the time. I come to work thinking about my mom and my dad who is also not that healthy thinking that they are going to fall or set the house on fire. I can't afford to quit my job to be with them all the time. I go after work alot and on the weekends, Also my daughter who is in her last month of preg. is there alot. What I want to ask is my mother is not my mother anymore, she is hateful and mean and wants to die all the time. I know that I should want to be with her but ....it's really hard and of course I feel guilty as heck. I hate the way I feel and I need to stop it and quit thinking about myself and think of her. Does anybody have any advice for me? I need it.

2007-10-08 12:45:30 · 7 answers · asked by shawnie 3

Okay firstly I am 19 Years old, and I am still living with my parents. My Dad has been abusive since I can remember, especially verbally, he has treated my Mom bad many times as well. Neither of my parents knows I am gay, they hate gays and my Dad might kill me. I keep thinking maybe I could move out but that is hard for me too do as I only have about 3 thousand in cash to go some place. I wish I could find a BF too so I am not alone all the time, but I can't do that even, every time I try to talk to other guys on myspace for some reason they aren't interested , probably cause I am not very good looking which MAKES MY LIFE WORSE. My dad frequently insults my intelligence when I work with him, constant things to make you feel stupid and down. I keep thinking now maybe he is right, I have like no friends I never did well socially, IDK what to do sometimes I feel like dieing and I cry for hours thinking about how ESCAPE here or make my life better but IDK what to do any ideas?

2007-10-08 12:11:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I did something extremely horrible. I lied to my parents about my grades in college the whole 4 years I attended. I even forged documents to lie. I only lied to them, no one else. I didn't mean to start it just happened. But because I did that they were off my back and a good grade actually felt good and a bad grade actually felt bad. I;ve never had that before. now they're going to find out since my brother attends the same college. I was doing fine freshamn year but my grades slipped a lot sophomore year because I was so depressed. Plus when I started I was so depressed I swore that I was going to kill myself before I graduated, I've since changed. i don't want to tell them because I'll go back to my irresponsible self if I do. What can I do? My parents paid for every year except for senior year. I've lied to them in the past about my grades in high school but they foudn out. This is now taking a huge toll on me and has gotten me mroe depressed than ever.

2007-10-08 12:05:54 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

If someone commits suicide they are obviously in pain or have problems that they cannot solve. Sometimes its mental anguish....sometimes its physical pain that they feel they can no longer endure and that medicines no longer give relief so why should people feel hurt? Why shouldn't people feel pleased that the person is relieved from all the pain that they can no longer endure. Its OK for everyone to say that we shouldnt do this but who on earth wants to live with physical pain day in and day out and not to be able to sleep. not to be able to enjoy life any longer. When life is a constant pain why bother to go on...as Hamlet says....To die....to sleep no more...etc.

2007-10-08 12:04:04 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay um. im 13 and ever since i saw this movie, ( give or take a month or so) ive worried about like growing up becoming like crazy and hurting someone. and likee.. i think like wow yur going to go crazy soon and hurt that person. but i love that person to death. i would never want to hurt them. When I stopped worrying about it for about a month, i never thought of this.. but when it started again. it bothers me so bad. some nights i cry myself to sleep. im happy when im occupied. and dont think about it as much. i think i may need therapy? but id know how to bring it up. or can someone give me some advice? and like. i dunno why im thinking this. it scares me. id want to ever do that


oh btw i saw the movie like in april june or july.. idk

2007-10-08 12:00:23 · 19 answers · asked by iheartyew34343 1

My anxiety is so bad.
Im so fustrated. Ive been sick for 5 weeks and
im fustrated enough that i want to cut.
Im trying to quit, i know i need help and im in counciling and i told my parents. But i stll want to.. I need to.
Please, please help

2007-10-08 11:21:42 · 7 answers · asked by Ash 2

When ever I face/see someone I tend to smile at him/her no matter of his age/ relationship with me. Be it my mother/father/brother/fried/stranger/kids just about anybody thinking that the other person is wowed by my looks. You know "Oh how handsome he is kind of" thought. I will be oblivious to the sense of situation or what he/she is saying. My mind is never actually in any actual state of sense. Only when I hear some news such as a close kin/friend achieving something which I am not able to OR real bad news affecting my life then at that moment I feel that my brain is working properly (that I can take sensefull decision) but after some time it is the same old condition. Because of this my social life have become nearly a nightmare with limited interaction with people.

This is why I do not interact with more people and spill over my
foolishness.

Hope you guys can give out of the box advice other then usual Yoga/ Psychiatrist Visit advice.

Thanks for your contribution.

2007-10-08 10:09:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't think about dying or killing myself. I try to get joy out of my life where I can.

But in all honesty, if I had a magic pill at home that I could take before bed that would put me into a gentle sleep and I would never wake up again, I would probably take it.

It's not that my life is bad, it's just not really that good. I have no family, very few friends, a crummy job, I do have a master's degree and solid work experience, but because of my lack of interest in life, I have never excelled to the level I should have.

I do take antidepressant medication. But it only works to a certain degree. I understand life is short and why not enjoy as much as possible. But instead of ever going anywhere, I stay in my house and eat and watch tv.

I can't even daydream or envision what I want my life to really be like. Am I just bein weak?

2007-10-08 09:59:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

no drugs plz

2007-10-08 09:53:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Serious answers only please.
I'm going to be 25 soon and I'm still completley dependent on my mother. When I was growing up my father was never around for me, and my siblings were way older than I am. i was also homeschooled most of my life, so it's like my mother was the only "secure" thing in my life. I knew she'd always be there for me, but I havent been able to get over that. I still rely on her for alot of things and I know that I'd be completely lost if anything ever happened to her. (when she's gone for a long time and Im not sure where she is, I start to worry that something happened, I know I wouldnt be able to cope without her) It's getting pathetic. I mean I know theres nothing wrong with loving your mom but I need to figure out how to become an independent woman. What can I do to stop feeling so dependent on her? Even growing up I couldnt spend the night at friends houses because I worried that something would happen to her while I was gone. Why am I like this?

2007-10-08 09:52:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 08:53:37 · 8 answers · asked by vici 4

i know this must sound crazy as im a 28 yearold woman who suffers from an over active imagination and find it hard to sleep with the light off as my imagiantion is so vivid i see things that are not real, i want so much to sleep with the light off but always end up with it back on, when my man stays im fine but when im on my own my imagination plays up anyone else the same?

2007-10-08 08:33:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's Thanksgiving and I just spent the weekend with my family, who I only see about once a month. I was so happy this weekend, and then today I had to go home. Usually leaving my family is hard because I feel sad, but this time it is worse, esp. around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I can't stop crying and feeling depressed, even though I have a lot to be thankful for.

Is it wrong to feel this way?

Btw I'm 21 married and on meds for panic disorder and depression.

2007-10-08 08:16:31 · 5 answers · asked by Annie 3

just curious as to what the full duties are please!

2007-10-08 08:02:23 · 1 answers · asked by H1976 5

We are three brothers and one sister. One of my brothers (3rd among 4 sibs) is schizophrenic. I am married with one 5 years old daughter and I got married outside my family. One of my paternal uncle and 3 of my cousins from my three different paternal uncles also got schizophrenia but one of the cousin is doing fine now after treatment. But my brother has no chance of healing though he is getting treatment. My parents were not related in anyway before marriage.

2007-10-08 06:31:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm sure that I have depersonalization disorder. I use to have panic attacks, where I couldn't breath, I got dizzy a lot, my chest tightened, etc. Now it's pretty much this hell-hole of a dream-like state. The bigger problem is that I know I need a therapist, but I can't ask for one. My mom knows I deal with this (I'm sixteen, btw.) When I first told her about it, she suggested a therapist, but I freaked out and said no. But now I think I really need one. I'm desperate. I need this to go away. How do I ask for a therapist though, when she has so much going on in her own life? I keep chickening out. What should I do? I keep crying and it keeps getting worse and worse, to where I don't remember what reality is. Please, please help.

2007-10-08 06:31:24 · 11 answers · asked by littlemoochild 3

how does the admitting process work, what do i say, how can i get admitted

2007-10-08 05:58:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi guys- this is to those of you who are unfortunate to have been diagnosed some form of depression- be it clinical or otherwise. I really don't want or need silly answers so honest answers only please. The doc changed me from Sertraline to Amitriptaline(excuse the spelling!!).

What I need to know is it normal for really bad side effects to kick in- like a withdrawal dissiness? or do you think I need to go back to the gp? there is no support for people like us out there. I was on the Sertraline for 2 months before changing btw. Ive been taking these new ones for 2 weeks.
Your advice would be most welcome thank you

2007-10-08 05:24:58 · 7 answers · asked by Scatty 6

2007-10-08 04:40:13 · 25 answers · asked by pugie 3

2007-10-08 04:32:41 · 7 answers · asked by naybe1968 2

they say that when you divorce someone with borderline personality disorder, they eventually try to hoover you. get you back in some way. however they say when you divorce a narcissist, they just flat out cut you out of your life like you never existed. i thought my ex had borderline but after her nasty filings in court and her total lack of communication in 5 months and her even buying another house already seems to indicate narcissism. If so, how do you deal effectively with someone who is very narcissistic? what's the best way to handle them through a divorce? i've read a lot about the disorders and she has a whole host of personality disorders going on. it's hard to pinpoint. all i know is that she is not right and very, very ugly on the inside. How should i deal with a narcissist during divorce.

2007-10-08 03:35:05 · 7 answers · asked by survivor 1

They would really help because I have to plan a halloween party and balance schoolwork at the same time

2007-10-08 00:23:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous