Mental Health - October 2007

I am a 16 year old girl who has been battling depression for 2 years, do I see a therapist or a psychiatrist? whats the difference?? Please help and don't be mean...

2007-10-03 15:58:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

THESE HANDS!!!!!!! I CAN'T GET THEM OFF MY WRISTS!!!!!

what is up with these hands!!! SKETTIOS!!!!!!!!

2007-10-03 15:53:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My doctor prescribed me Ativan yesterday after I had a fainting spell that he attributed to stress/anxiety. I asked him for a non habiting forming drug because I have a history of addiction. After looking it up online, I've found that this drug is habit forming, but I can't seem to find exactly what the drug is. I'm only taking 0.5mg as needed. Can it still be habit forming in such a low dose? What family of drugs is Ativan in or what drugs are similar to it?

2007-10-03 15:20:14 · 3 answers · asked by There's a party in my tummy! 4

I have been on Effexor for about 2and a half months now and lately when I do walking I get heart pulpitations and feel really weak and sick. I have not been excercising since being on them and this has never happened to me before. I would like to go back to the gym but if I feel like this each time I just cant go. Im putting on weight and its really frustrating.

Please, genuine answers.

Thank you

2007-10-03 15:06:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

meds again.

2007-10-03 15:02:36 · 6 answers · asked by babygirl 4

i wish i was of a differesnt race such as asian or white ect.......

my mom especially makes me hate my race. anytime she comes home all she does is argue over dump stuff like why did i by spam or why did i buy chinese food or if a fork accidentaly fell in the garbage. and i mean she arguessssssss
and i'm not fat either! that's only the tip of the iceberg never mind my other family members.

their all hypocrites and child molesters.
by the way, i chose my avatar to be white :)

2007-10-03 14:58:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Her medications have worked wonders, successful in having her own business for 10 years. But now the medication isn't working. She has been on Haldol, and Throzine for sometime. He voices are back and harmful. She can't drive, do her business and she has to eat foods that are packaged. She is going to go into hospital so they can regulate her medication better.
What kinds of medications are new? Any suggestions on what I as a caregiver and co owner of company can do to keep this business a float? This is all new to me. We have been together for over a year and I have never seen this before in her. I new she had this mental illness, but never experienced it with her. Any help suggestions would help.

We own a computer sales, service and web design company. She does all the technical and I do all other.

2007-10-03 14:56:03 · 2 answers · asked by ? 3

i feel like a joke i think i should become a commedian

2007-10-03 14:53:01 · 5 answers · asked by MakinMoney 2

so today i realized that if i where to die like now i would not even care. i just look inside of me and dont see anything of meaning. i dont care if i die. im only 17 my parents devorced last christmass and my girl friend broke up with me maby that helps. now i look at every body i know and they are a s s wholes. im not going to kill myself but if something happened i really would not care. i have nothing im lonley.

2007-10-03 14:25:42 · 4 answers · asked by kkkk53564367 2

no one knows how I feel inside, i j ust want out. i don't cut, at least alot.

2007-10-03 14:06:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Panic attack type of symptoms, heart racing, paranoia, trembling, locked up like frozen inside.... if you are in the presence of someone showing typical signs of a drug user??

I've been clean over two years by the grace of God.

I wonder if anyone else who is recovering from addiction experiences these symptoms. It's never anyone I know, it's just randomly in public places...in the community that I live...not "friends" of mine...just people who look and act high..it freaks me out, to a point of physical and mental panic.

How can I deal with this in a better way? I almost feel as if I am on meth again when this happens... horrible fear and irrational thoughts..its scarey.

brings back bad memories. After two years I would think this would slack off but it seems to be getting worse?
I don't want to be so strange. It's embarrasing if I am around people I know, it's tough to hide what's going on inside of me., and I know so much of it is trauma from the past., my perception

2007-10-03 14:06:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

being not raped but severly taken advantage of at age 13 and a virgin?(at the time) i have not seen a proffessional but have taken many online tests insiting i might possibly have PTSD. my score usually ranges in the 80's to 100 i have many of the symptoms and have had two panic attacks because something reminded me of that terrible night. i also have spells of irratability, anxiousness, depression, and terrible guilt. DO I HAVE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER???

2007-10-03 13:59:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-03 13:50:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

well this is my pathetic plea for help because i have no life, i'm a completely insignificant human, unloved and unneeded by society. during the week all i do is go to school and space out for 7 hrs. all i can think about during school are all the other things i could be doing to help the world. i'm stuck in this fckin s-hole of a city learning useless numbers so that i can go to college, get a job, have kids, retire, that dull cycle. sometimes i just want to run away and join the peace corps or some b.s. like that, actually helping people. people dont understand me. everyone at my school thinks life revolves around money and clothes and hollister sh*t. does no one care about the state of the world? 1000s starving everyday? i have very few friends, and none of them think about anything deep the way i do. i feel completely alone. during school i feel like i'm just going to fail anyway and end up on the street asking for change for food or killing myself. please give support...

2007-10-03 13:43:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

when a woman stays in an abusive marriage,is she responsible for the consequences she suffers as a result??
seeing as we are all responsible for our own problems
what are your thoughts??

2007-10-03 13:31:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I looks like there is less stress going on in these little islands; do you think that they are happier than us?

2007-10-03 13:26:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

h, I feel ashamed to admit I hate myself, I'm lonely and I want to die, bc I'm a Christian (and that is all that's keeping me here. It's the ONLY reason I've got). And bc everyone thinks I'm smart and that I have it all together. I feel like even if I look for help, even the shrinks won't give a shiht. I wouldn't know where to look anyway. I have no money for help either. I sleep like 18 hours every day. I don't have any dreams. I can't do any work. I have a speech tomorrow and I haven't even read what it's about. I'm gonna flunk college. Good. Then I won't have to go anymore. Nobody would care if i left but my mom.

I've never felt like this before. I've always been normal, never emo. Why doesn't God just let me go home? Why am I writing this here.

2007-10-03 13:00:05 · 13 answers · asked by Mrs. Eric Cartman 6

to suffer from more than 1 disorder? i've been researching and a lot of them seem to sound like me. ie: bipolar, post tramatic stress disorder, dissociative amnesia/identity... is there anyway to be sure besides professional diagnosis?

2007-10-03 12:49:32 · 8 answers · asked by lily 2

I dont remember hearing about it as much ten years ago. Why is it booming? Is it a hoax?

2007-10-03 12:33:24 · 8 answers · asked by hollygolightly 5

2007-10-03 12:24:57 · 17 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6

i get bad pannic attacks when my friend leaves the Apt. & bad phobias, what shall i do? can we be friends? leave your e mail here & ill contac you, If your a caring person, you can always edit it after i e mail ya, im scared stiff,

2007-10-03 12:08:53 · 3 answers · asked by little sparrow 2

It is definitley in my nature to over think everything, but this is taking the joy out of this amazing time in my life. Any suggestions? Anyone else do this to themselves? (in pregnancy or anything else) All opinions are treasured. Really. Thanks!

2007-10-03 10:15:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a lot of emotional problems. Throughout my life abuse has followed me at daycare when I was little, at home, and later sexual abuse from my neighbor. My parents socially isolated me, so I have no idea how to make friends or how to relate to people. I feel tense in my throat and I feel hot, and my stomach gets in a knot whenever I have to talk to people at work or even people I have know my whole life like aunts/uncles. I have quit jobs because I couldn't handle the noise because of my PTSD(diagnosed by a counselor). I have been to many counselors, but I always quit before I get to the meat of the problem. I just can't deal with it. Bringing up old stuff just makes be feel like a zombie and then my PTSD gets worse. I have never taken anything, but I think that temporarily taking a drug would help me stay with therapy. Can counselors prescribe drugs, or do I need to see a clinical psychologist?

2007-10-03 10:00:31 · 3 answers · asked by love 6

2007-10-03 09:26:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have many issuse as a g/f im needy i have depression and i have issuse with feeling neglected i get mad at little things and stupid things to start a fight i want to change and know i can but y do i still do it and i always push him away when i dont want him to leave but im afraid im bring him down but he says hes crazy about me and loves me so is there any easy way to help me change or deal with the isseues(when i catch myself i get really mad at myself andit only gets worse not better? idk) help if you can please

2007-10-03 09:18:07 · 14 answers · asked by Ash 2

because more than often if a poor guy mans up and takes care of the bullies himself someday, he invariably becomes an evil person himself (he has crossed his line of innocence). So when he was bullied, nobody respected him. Now after he takes revenge also nobody respects him.

Should the person really have continued wasting his life, since the time he was subject to bullying? He was not going to get respect from anyone at any time anyway.

2007-10-03 08:55:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i've taken a deep breathe to calm down
i need more answers because i want to take more time voting for the best answer
thanks for who ever answers my question!

2007-10-03 08:38:21 · 11 answers · asked by dude 5

personality disorder?

how are you supposed to go on when you just want to recover and be loved, liked and accepted?

ive had a long mental health history and i seriously worry theres people who will use that against me and ostracize me because i have borderline personality disorder..
i already live alone, dont have any friends, never been employed....had an exceptionally rough time...and now i feel ruined and hopeless.
im 30 now.
everytimes i talk about my goals and dreams in life its like no one supports me on it.......its like i walk alone with my ambitions in life...which are to emigrate from the uk, far away, to a hot climate and build a new life.....meet good christian friends...a fiance wholl love me for who iam....these are my dreams...and no matter how bad things get i dont want to give up on them..
i walk alone in life...in a cold, dark empty place....in my cold lonely heart its like the antarctic..isolated & alone thinking how i can reach these goals & find happines

2007-10-03 08:13:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey i need a good clinic with a really dedicated and hands-on psychiatrist. ive had this since my previously undiagnosed benign positional vertigo last november and right now im tapering my rivotril (clonazepam) intake to ween off addiction, i also used to take zoloft but i cut that med out months ago (a bit expensive). so anyway i really dont wanna give up on life and everydays such a struggle (not only with going outside, even at home i feel very.. strange. im just not normal) i know what normal is cause i was normal before this traumatic incident happened. so please help me out, again a very dedicated psych whos had experience with this/these problem/s and are very successful, maybe in pasig/makati/qc area (i live in cainta bordering pasig) thank you so much...

2007-10-03 07:24:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

A month ago today my daughter passed away at age 14. It was out of no where she suffered a seizure that killed off all brain stem function (though for 4yrs she was on the waiting list for a lung transplant and had no history of seizures). Last night and early this morning as I sat checking my email I could hear her breathing! Her urn is in the same room as my computer and I could hear her breathing. I am not making this up. When my mom passed it was also unexpected and I never experianced this. I accept my daughter is gone and I am at peace with her being gone as she fought for most of her life and beat all odds. When I say I hear her breathing its more of the Vent she was on during her last days the "exhail" of the machine. I remember it so clearly as I sat next to her bed or laid in bed with her when she was pronounced brain dead as we waited on the transplant team to come take her to donate her organs to other children.

2007-10-03 07:19:07 · 12 answers · asked by texas_angel_wattitude 6