Mental Health - October 2007

2007-10-02 12:19:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can concentrate, and don't procasinate a lot. The problem is that I can't keep doing things for a long time.

No matter what it is - school paper, writing, reading a book, etc - I can't do it for long periods of time. Also, I tend to get sick of things like bands and tv shows because I listen or watch them too much.
Any advice? I want to be able to love doing something for a long time, and not just get sick of it in a week.

2007-10-02 12:18:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm psychology major/ human health and wellness minor, and I've been recently weighing my future career options.
I know that psychiatrists prescribe meds and psychologist generally don't, and a psychiatrist has a higher salary, but what are some of the other significant differences? and what exactly does a therapist do? or is it just a different name for the same thing?
I really want to get into the medical field, but I also want to do counseling and talk therapy, and do more than diagnosing and prescribing medication. Are there psychiatrists who do more behavioral modification therapy than medication therapy?
I'm a 4.0 student so grades are not a problem and lots of schooling does not bother me, nor does the idea of medical school; so beyond that, what are some of the major appealing and unappealing factors of the different fields?
Any info (especially from people in the field) would be greatly appreciated!

2007-10-02 12:06:04 · 2 answers · asked by milleresque 2

is that anxiety? stress? nervous? joy?
how would describe it?

2007-10-02 11:46:13 · 6 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3

If so, what is it and what can be done to prevent it.
Example: I worry about getting a 94% in a class even though it is an A.

2007-10-02 11:16:07 · 2 answers · asked by buck 2

2007-10-02 11:10:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

As with many I assume, depression makes school difficult for me. It is very difficult to concentrate in class and to do things like focus on homework or reading. It feels like I am often falling behind hopelessly, leaving me in difficult situations. I manage to do pretty well still, but it is a painful and stressful process. Any tips/advice from people who have experienced similar things?

2007-10-02 09:56:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

7 months ago i had an abortion
after that i just havent been myself
its supposta be born in october sometime
and i did have depression
i lived of paracetamols
because i thought they would take the pain away
i would take a tub of them to bed with me
i would wish at night that
i would go to sleep and never wake up
i felt like no one would notic if i didnt anyway
but my boyfriend helped me get over that a bit
but im really depressed i started to cut my arms
i havent tols any one
but it almoct gives me a sence of pride
ive never acomplished anything
and seeing blood made me feel like
i had done something right for a change
i dont know why
i get really bad mood swing and
i cry all the time
what can i do to help this i dont like it
and i want to change
i cant go to the doctors
and i cant talk to my family
and i cant get antidepression
so any other surggestion would be great
thank you everyone =] xx

2007-10-02 09:43:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

how do i know which one is better for me to see. depressed have mood swings anger cry all the time... to name a few things.

2007-10-02 08:50:57 · 6 answers · asked by Martha Focker 1

How can i tell her that her outfit is makes her look fat without her going off the deep end? she's not exactly thin - well not like some of the other models you see with eating disorders - and i don't want to come right out and say "you look fat in that" even though she does. she knew i was into skinny girls when we met, so it shouldn't be a surprise to her that i think she's too big. any suggestions?

2007-10-02 08:45:16 · 8 answers · asked by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7

one of my really good friends got a concussion on friday, and the past couple days he's been acting like a totally different person. and it's not good at all, he's being pretty mean. can concussions mess with your emotions? can they cause mood swings and stuff?

Thanks For All The Help!

2007-10-02 08:35:18 · 6 answers · asked by me,it'sgAbby 2

I think what happened was that I was too hyper(always am) and they asked me about any medications i might be taking and I told them that I was bipolar and taking an antidepressent. Do they have the right to fire me with only the excuse being I dont fit in when 3 days previously the mgr. was saying I was doing wonderful at training. I loved the job and am really hurt by this.

2007-10-02 08:18:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

im struggling to strive for in this life?
if i do take the suicide route will i then be with people and somebodies i dearly want to be with?

instead of struggling cold, alone and lonely, struggling with bpd in a one bedroom apartment, with no friends, no life, never had a girlfriend..obsessively thinking about my dreams and goals of emigrating, building a new life away from britain.

if i do the termination, will i go to a life i want to be, where i will be loved and understood...where i wont be lonely anymore?

2007-10-02 06:39:17 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi, when i was 15-16 i went kinda crazy, and had to go to 2 different mental hospitals. Well I snapped out of it and now i can't do anything with my life, as it will come up on any decent background check. I need some advice as to what to do. I can't buy a gun (in NJ anyways) and I know I won't be accepted as a cop. and I am having a hell of a time joining the National Guard. Can someone please give me some advice?

2007-10-02 05:09:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

for the past 8 yrs i have done nothing but ruin our finances and even ended up bankrupt. i see myself spending so much. we are again in debt that he doesn't even know because he thinks the bills are already paid for. when im out there buying lotteryticket it's like i blank out i don't even think about what im doing until i spent it all. i also fight with my self to stop but i always think that the next one will have the jackpot. I have been diagnose with Bipolar and off my meds. i don't know what to do at this point! telling him will be out of the question. i have slip into a depression because of it. every morning i wake up that it will not happen and it does. this past week i spent $2,000 when that could've gone towards bill. What should i do? i need help!my family does'nt deserve this. i have a wonderful husband..not perfect, but very close to it. i know if i tell this he will probably leave because he is tired of living like this.i can't help my self so plz don't judge me.advise

2007-10-02 03:15:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you take things more seriously, will the rules become harder?

2007-10-02 02:34:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the difference between a therapist, psychologist and a psychiatrist?

2007-10-02 02:32:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

The last 6 months have been a bit of a nightmare for me. In June I got flooded and had to move out of my home and now I've broken my car by over filling it with oil. On top of that I'm looking to buy a house with my girlfriend and that's stressful enough. It's odd all the stressful things seem to happen at the same time isn't it?

I know I shouldn't complain and there are people a lot worse off than I am.

2007-10-02 02:29:50 · 13 answers · asked by nickyboyzuk 1

It's a nightmare - he stopped taking his full dose, and has started to relapse, and I have to nag him every day to take it - but I work and can't watch him all the time, and dread him having another psychotic episode (he is already mildly manic) - he won't see the mental health nurses and has been sectioned before because he lets it get too bad - I am at my wits end - what can I do to get him to take his meds?

2007-10-02 02:24:58 · 8 answers · asked by Miss Behavin 5

I have always been really moody. After I dated someone who was bi-polar, I looked I to it and I have alot of the symptoms. I started seeing a psycologist and I told hr that i thought i was bi-polar and she said i am just depressed. She prescribed me to two different anti-depressant medications and neither had the least bit of an affect on me. I have Medicaid and I can't go see any psycolgist I want. I have a very stressful life for a 16 year old and its getting really hard to tolerate. Why should I do?

2007-10-02 02:23:48 · 11 answers · asked by Sara McCall 2

My mother is decompensating from bipolar disorder by not taking her full dosage of medicine. How can I place the medicine in her food or drink while masking the taste since the medicine is very strong?

2007-10-02 02:05:31 · 2 answers · asked by ? 3

For as long as I can remember, i have felt like I am never alone. I find myself talking out loud when no one is around because i feel like someone can hear me. I can't go to the bathroom without checking to make sure someone isn't in the shower, and i don't like to change my clothes; i will find ways to cover myself as i take my clothes off. Sometimes it is worse, sometimes better. I am fine in public and with other people, this is not a feeling that i am being judged. I thought this was normal for a while but it's really not. I am 22 years old. Please help.

2007-10-02 01:55:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm feeling really bad for her, but I can't help but think she's going to lose her mind and hurt herself after losing custody of the boys. She's obviously in need of some serious help, I don't understand why she doesn't go get some. She has all the money in the world, why won't she turn her life around?

2007-10-02 01:50:29 · 10 answers · asked by tlimsisnw7 2

I know someone who gets really angry and sometimes violent when he drinks too much alcohol. I am wondering if this is indicative of some mental problems he has, or if it is possible that he is perfectly healthy mentally if he stays off the alcohol. Does he need to see a doctor or is stopping drinking all that he needs to do?

2007-10-02 01:42:20 · 13 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

that everyone knows who iam, and im being alienated.

im being prevented from reaching my goals in life, being prevented from reaching my dreams....which are to leave britain, to build a new life....i want to emigrate back to france or the us.

but i believe the british people are persecuting me, keeping me here, in britain and hampering everything i try to do.

i have BPD and have had life very tough..im 30 now.
i live alone....very lonely, and keep thinking about my goals in life.....which is to move away, build a new life, away from britain.

are you going to help me, or are you just going to answer this question and be against me and belittle me like the rest of them are?

2007-10-02 00:48:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey SI is self-injury aka people who cut, burn, hurt themselves on purpose...i was just wondering what people generally think of my kind of people (and u don't have ot worry about insulting me) i just want to know if it would be safe for me to "come out" as a self harmer...

2007-10-02 00:14:47 · 25 answers · asked by scarred_cutter 3

My son is suicidal. He attempted suicide twice last year, but luckily I found him in time both times. (yes he is getting a lot of help from psychiatrist and psychologist). Some days are good and then we have the really bad days. I am on alert all the time, not knowing what is going to arise today. My husband tells me that I thrash around all night in my sleep. (that is if I am in bed, not sitting up all night with son, talking him through the bad times, hugging etc, just being there) I am so tired and so scared. I just want to know if you are in a similar situation, what do you do to save you sanity? I love my kids and will do anything for them. By the way my son is 24.

2007-10-01 21:16:08 · 8 answers · asked by jojammum48 4

2007-10-01 20:55:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been under so much stress both from my career and my relationship and it is making it so hard to sleep. When you are under a lot of stress, and your brain and heart just won't shut up at night, how do you deal with it?

2007-10-01 20:39:22 · 11 answers · asked by leeannie 2

I have been a long time member of this community (Yahoo Q&A). I changed my nickname because I want this post to be completely anonymous and untraceable to my person. I am in my 20's and suffer from OCD. I am sure people like I have plenty of stories about their psychiatrists and therapists. I'll share one with you and hope you will share one with me.

My first therapist was a psycoanalyst who knew absolutely nothing about OCD. She saw everything as related to the penis and penetration. If you have had a psycoanalyst as a therapist you know what I am talking about. A particularly nasty symptom of OCD are the obsessions about homosexuality. You are bombarded with mental images of people of your same sex having homosexual sex with you, or you being sodomized, and are unable to turn it off and think of anything else. Your level of anxiety increases tenfold and you just want to off yourself. If you haven't been diagnosed, then you are not aware this is part of the disease and you may be

2007-10-01 20:02:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous