Mental Health - November 2007

What does it feel like? I've read lists of symptoms and a few people (including ones on this site) have said that I may very well be bipolar. But I think I need to know exactly how it feels from the perspective of someone who is bipolar to know.

I do know that I have Seasonal Affective Disorder and I read that SAD can lead into bipolar disorder, so if you know anything about that, please explain as well.

2007-11-17 10:49:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

about it and shout back, because of the outrage at the way people are treating me, they turn it back around on me like im the baddie, and that its me mispercieving it all wrong because i have borderline personality disorder?

so in everyway they use my illness against me...use it to their advantage.
ive experienced abuse bullying, victimization all the way through my life.
ive had long term psychological problems because of my past and months ago was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
ive experienced aloofness, dismissiveness, abrupt, patronizing behaviour from doctors at my surgery, i filed a complaint and had to leave the surgery to get a new doctor.

they filed in my notes that it was me who was argumentitive and who had an outburst when i never.
so theres an example of my disorder being turned around against me...
im worried it will give people the green light to psychologically abuse me, then when i get upset, its turned around on me like its my fault

2007-11-17 08:45:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

jealousy about anything..

2007-11-17 08:06:03 · 14 answers · asked by lonlie 2

2007-11-17 07:55:06 · 7 answers · asked by Theodore 1

I'm asking because I'm out of work on leave because I did attempt suicide while I was at work, and I was really drunk, and no one saw it coming, but I've been working there for 6 years so most of those people know me. I'm not too sure how to approach the situation when I return to work because if I were someone else, I would think I was a real asshole because I have a one-year-old and a fiance at home. I don't know what I was thinking, I have been really depressed and drinking really heavily, so I'm concerned about how people are going to act around me and if they will hate me for being selfish. I am about to go into a partial hospitalization program, so I am getting help. I would keep this to myself but from what I understand, everyone already knows, as news travels fast in my job, and there are many people in my dept. But if you knew me, would you still think I was the same person? Please be honest, and thank you for your answers.

2007-11-17 07:45:34 · 27 answers · asked by Veridian 2

I don' t know what to do. I'm an older teen with no job and bad grades. I feel my life is hopless. I take pills already. And I just feel like dropping out of high school and live in my parents basement and never see the light of day. I listen to songs that make me sad. Am i hopeless?

2007-11-17 07:38:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm 14 and im depressed. my mom says i don't talk to her anymore and i don't do anything with her anymore. i lost interest in life and i feel worthless. im not thinking of suicide though. i don't want 2 tell anyone but what can i do

2007-11-17 07:27:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

it's a long story, but my 23 year old wife is bipolar. she used to have really bad panic attacks 5 years ago. she is on two different medications for it. the past year has been filled with stress and money problems for us. she has lost a ton of weight and she doesn't look heathly to me or others. the other night she was panicking so bad she was sick to her stomach 20 times. this was normal for her years ago, but hasn't happened in along time. im very worried about her and i don't know what to do ? im starting to worry that she may not be taking her meds, because she lost her medicade and the pill refills are expensive. you can just tell in her face shes panicking all the time, and shes pale and always tired. i just don't know what to do to help her and im wondering if i should talk to her mom and dad and see if we can all get together for an intervention of sorts ? any advice or opinions on this would be welcome. we don't have a ton of money and we have no insurance to see a doctor.

2007-11-17 07:09:13 · 12 answers · asked by smooth3006 1

2007-11-17 07:07:06 · 3 answers · asked by Sylvia B 1

How do you defeat self doubt, nerves, feelings of inferiority and low self esteem?

2007-11-17 07:04:23 · 6 answers · asked by insane penguin 3

I feel so lost and confused all the time, like a child in a world of adults. Why is life so confusing?

2007-11-17 06:55:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've never heard anyone say, "She was born with schizophrenia," Is this a valid diagnosis, and perhaps only induced by some type of addiction, drug, or form of mental illness?

2007-11-17 06:46:40 · 8 answers · asked by lilys.petal 2

Hello vacuumland,
Next week I'm going to be up in front of the class again after being off on stress leave and other medical problems. I've been back at the daily salt mine for a month now and am quite comfortable with being back. However, I'm not looking forward to delivering my first lecture on Tuesday. BTW I teach technical subjects to adults.

Anyone out there in vacuumland have any words of incouragement or any coping stratiges, the one I was given for the first day back helped quite a lot.

2007-11-17 06:42:40 · 1 answers · asked by Dangermanmi6 6

He is in constant pain evey day. He will not talk to a professional about this. I have thought about contacting his medical doctor. Do you think he will listen to me? Is there any more I can do. It is to the point that I dont want to be around him, I know this is wrong, but what can I do? Please help.

2007-11-17 06:37:45 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

He used to be very calm, smart, affectionate and collected. It seems though as the years go on he gets worse and worse. It's really starting to worry me because mental health runs extremely strong in his family, his great grandfather was mentally ill, his grandfather killed himself, and his father is in a mental hospital for schizophrenia. Now he flies off the handle very easily. When he is upset he doesn't leave me alone and keeps aggravating me until I'm bawling. I will even beg for him to leave me be for a while but he will back me into a corner and scream and scream, he never used to do that. But it's extremely odd, once he calms down, it's within a matter of minutes that he's cracking jokes and trying to be affectionate, when i'm still hurting like hell. I've been walking on eggshells with him trying not to set him off. He's impulsive and even the sentence "can that wait until after our bills?" will drive him mad no matter how calmly i say it. whats going on here???

2007-11-17 05:25:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am not shy anymore... i do talk.. but i really don't know what to say.. i wanna be the fun, giggly person like i used to.. btw im in year 7 (12 years old) people still think im shy and quiet... and someone said.. "your like... the class mouse" grrr... -.-

2007-11-17 05:15:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-17 04:40:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everything can be so down that it drives me to SI and then it can go to normal and then it can go to me bouncing off the walls and not being able to focus on anything...

It seems I get major mood swings sometimes, it is weird. Yesterday at work I was in a decent normal mood for a while and then the last 3-4 hours I was there I just get this burst of energy, can't keep still, can't focus on my work at all, can't get anything done, forgetting stuff like crazy. But still with lots of anxiety, like wanting to scream 'cause I am trapped in this state that I can't do anything to fix it.

Maybe it is from trying to hide my true emotions, I had this moment at work where things kinda hit me and I was just really down. Then someone asks me what is wrong so I say "nothing" and cover it up, then like 20 minutes later the anxiety and bounciness comes in.

2007-11-17 03:01:05 · 5 answers · asked by ZAK ATTAK 4

There's NO POINT in worrying but alot of us do it anyhow! What is up with that? I worry 24/7, I know it doesn't resolve anything but my brain is too powerful to stop! What can I do to distract my worrying?

Thank You.

2007-11-17 02:28:46 · 9 answers · asked by ♥Innocence♥ 1

Before my diagnosis (bipolar), I self medicated big time. Drugs and alcohol mostly, but I have even used food like a drug. It seems that I become addicted to everything I touch... It is a constant, daily struggle to stay clean and sober but it is so worth it. I used to look for escape. Now I find it frightening to be out of control. Your experience?

2007-11-17 01:15:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

But looking for something where it do not involve people i care about... Something to ease pain or keep me busy eaither or or one in the same...

2007-11-17 01:14:00 · 3 answers · asked by nncywlndr 1

I've done everything. ive put tape over my clock so i dont see time. i turned my tv down so my concentration is off that. i drank milk and had a sandwitch.. i took a bath i took a benydryl. i lay in my bed, and i canot find a comfy place. :((
any suggestions? plz.

2007-11-16 23:58:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this because i drink almost everyday a 700ml bottle of whisky,, and am past the stage of drunkeness... Ive come to realize its because i think i am depressed. I mean who in their right mind can drink that much and still be sober? I need help!!

2007-11-16 20:04:12 · 9 answers · asked by none 1

i always feel like killing myself and theres no point in living, it seems like breathing is just a time passer until we all die. i've actually considered suicide, it scares me i think that way but i do.
but i don't cut.

i don't know what to do about this,
so?

2007-11-16 19:54:06 · 25 answers · asked by shes_electrik 1

i just got in a accdent not to long ago like couple of weeks and i cant sleep at all cause of the nightmares and i just go in a flash back all the time... when i go in flash backs it bring up the feelings and everything i felt when it was happening.. i dont know what to do is it ever gonna stop ? are these feeling ever gonna go away? are these flash backs ever gonna stop?

2007-11-16 19:53:50 · 4 answers · asked by smitroadergirl 1

I have a problem staying on a schedule for more than a week, for a few days I can get myself to bed and up again at decent hours but then as the days go by, I go back to my old habit of sleeping longer hours and then staying awake longer hours until my schedule is completely opposite of what it should be. I have tried ambien to force me to sleep on time but all that does is make me feel like I am dreaming weird dreams while I am still awake. About every 3-4 weeks it recycles and I am back on track, but only for a couple days before I get screwed up again. Any suggestions?

2007-11-16 19:06:19 · 14 answers · asked by energy-101 2

So many of my friends are depressed. And I don't mean they are just sad or pessimistic, I mean they are clinically depressed and taking medication and getting therapy. The thing is, they have totally valid reasons for being depressed. Dysfunctional childhoods, family suicides, abusive lovers, health problems, unstable parenst, etc. It seems like they can never get the love and care that they need. I care about my friends a lot, but I alone can't love them as much as they need. I don't know how to help them feel better. They all want to die, and I don't know what to tell them. I know the first step in getting better and finding the love you need is learning to love yourself, but how can people love themselves when no one else seems to love them?

2007-11-16 18:55:34 · 9 answers · asked by lucidparade 2

I mean, do you ever feel like you don't want to do anything at all? Not sleep, eat, watch tv, see anyone... I got sort of worried when I had this feeling for the first time, because I'm too depressed to do anything, but sitting here doing nothing just makes it worse. If you do ever get to feeling like that, what do you do?

2007-11-16 18:52:33 · 18 answers · asked by Nyara 4

Y'know, I just found out I'm graduating today, and now I'm scared out of my mind because I think some huge "impending doom" is going to come crashing down on top of me, and I'll be crippled or killed or something before it happens. I found out my sis wants to take me to Latin America to translate for her, and I feel like the plane's going to crash either on the way there, or on the way back. I went to Jamaica for a funeral and I was okay with it. But when I went back for the cricket semi-finals, I was almost certain something would happen to me--for no other reason than the fact that I was enjoying myself. Why can't I just be happy, or experience happiness in peace??

2007-11-16 18:35:43 · 13 answers · asked by Angelisurifrie 1

I have chronic depression. Last week I came off Lexapro after 2 years and onto Lovan / Prozac which as far as I can tell has NOT kicked in. I am depressed teary bascially cant work, everything irritates me, Im bitchy and hostile. I cant keep going like this...How long til the Lovan works? I think I am experiencing the withdrawal from Lexapro... so Im thinking I should just go back onto the Lexapro... but what if the Lovan kicks in and will eventually make me better than the Lexapro did? I dont know what to do......If anyone has experiences with these two medications please share.... the world has collapsed on me.

2007-11-16 17:55:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous