Mental Health - November 2007

I recently discovered that I may have "Social Anxiety Disorder", and I would like to see a doctor about it. The problem is .. I don't have insurance, My dad was telling me that churches have free/cheap clinics you can visit. Are medications for these types of diseases avaliable through these clinics, or do they only provide medicines for sickness (ex. Flu/Cold/Allergies)? I know this may sound silly, but I am already scared to see a doctor about this, and would at least like to know that I'm not asking something stupid at this clinic...

2007-11-14 15:58:53 · 12 answers · asked by Squeakers 4

I feel like a failure........?

ok well sometimes i just feel like im going no where in life and that i will end up like my half-brother: a 30yr old drugie. Thats not what i want to do or be. I sometimes feel like a failure because i dont meet up with my parents expectations. They want me to be more helping around the house, which i am but it gets to the point where i just want to have some fun, im 15.

I mean whats the point of life, go to school for 12years and then hopefully go to college, and graduate. Then maybe if your lucky enough get a job in your major,because not every graduate is guarenteed a job in there major.

I ask you....why is this? Whats the point of life?

2007-11-14 15:58:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you been depressed for years and just grown used to it, like learned to cope with sadness and live your life just enough to get by? Anytime anyone sees how you feel they become concerned, but they really shouldn't worry, because happiness happens so rarely that you don't even miss it?

This really gets on my nerves. Is anyone like me? I don't even generally like happy, peppy people. Is that something wrong with me? I wish I could find people who were comfortable with the dark side of life and didn't seek drugs or anything. I feel so alienated all the time, I suppose thats part of the problem.

2007-11-14 15:55:48 · 8 answers · asked by LoneliestGirlInTheWorld 1

I know it's ironic asking this on a computer, but I figure I might as well try to solve it now rather than later.
I always spend my time on the internet, and lately this website has been doing most of the damage. I can't just turn it off because I need to use the internet for study and job searching. However I always end up here.
I have acknowledged my addiction and tried taking Dr. Phil's advice but it's not getting any better. Is there anyone out there who can help?

2007-11-14 15:43:05 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anybody ever started life over again in there 30's? If so what parts of your life did you star over and where you succesul at doing so?

2007-11-14 15:34:26 · 7 answers · asked by sb0983 1

I tried to refill my perscription but it would not let me cause it was too soon to fill and by the directions given by my doctor. I took my last bit of medicine Sunday. I called him 1st thing monday morning saying I was out and I needed him to call it in since it would not refill it because of whatever. It has been 2 days and since I have no had the medicine it throws me off and I have had a migraine all day today no matter how much tylenol I take and gets to the point where I throw up. I called my local pharmacy and told them of my situation and they saw who my doctor was and was just like yea he never calls bak. They were nice enough to give me 3 days worth of pills. If he doesn't call me back tomorrow I am going to leave him another message....but is there a way where like I could get his a$$ in trouble cause it should not take a doctor 3 days to return a call no matter how buzy they are. I pay him to treat my depression! Much help appreciate thanks!

2007-11-14 14:34:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

all the time. Im going to college and I feel like Im doing it ten years too late. I just feel like Im worth nothing. I cant sleep or think. Im single with no kids and I dont know what to do. Please help?

2007-11-14 14:33:57 · 9 answers · asked by GIOVAN R 2

recently i have been feeling depressed. and feeling fat. so a few days ago i tried throwing up my food on purpose. i did that for about 3 days. and on the 4th day i got really mad because i wasnt able to throw up. i still sometimes find my self thinking about throwing up when i feel fat. or after i eat. i don't want it to become an addiction. but sometimes i can't control how i feel. any suggestions for me?


please answer seriously.

2007-11-14 13:11:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-14 12:25:04 · 33 answers · asked by phepho 2

I am HIV positive,HepC positive,I suffer severe depression and migraines.In the past S weeks my cat of 16 yrs died in my arms,1 week later my friend from highschool overdosed on crack then my grand mother died.If thats not enough,I had to cancel some appts.! with my drug councellor and the other with my therapist.I also had to cancel with my therapist 1 week before cause I got the flu shot and got sooo sick.Anyways they both have accussed me of lying and being on drugs.I have to see these people cause I' m on probation.What do I do?I am not on drugs?Do I offer a blood test?This stress is bad for my health.Therapy is suppose to help?

2007-11-14 10:54:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

thx!

2007-11-14 10:38:05 · 2 answers · asked by Windy 1

This morning when I woke out of bed, rather then the normal waking up, instead I experianced a frightening and inexplicable hallucination for about 5 or 10 minutes. It started out with a normal sound like ringing of the ear and then was followed by opening my eyes and finding out that my room turned into a bizzare cartoonish orange with slight hues of purple around it with incoharrent wisper like sounds floating in my head . It was accompanied with a slight feeling of confusion and a major feeling of worry and fright and heart pounding, it felt like an alarm was going off inside my head and that alarm felt it had something to do with my struggle with school work. I had no idea what the f*ck was going on and that strange psychic disturbance lasted about 5 or 10 minutes. I was so scared I was debating with myself if I should call 911 (which I probably should have). I am going to see a psychietrist or possibly a neurologist as soon as I can but in the mean time can someone explain.

2007-11-14 10:21:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is procrastination considered a disorder? Is it included in the DSM? I've looked all over but I can't find a definite one way or the other. If you have a refference to your answer, that would be much appriciated.

2007-11-14 10:14:45 · 2 answers · asked by Dead Wizard 1

im 100% sure i have depression and anxiety, my college counselor told me i need meds, but that means i need insurance, and my parents' siblings are certifiably crazy and they told me i will NOT be depressed, they wont allow it... im so scared to tell them, but im so sick of feeling like hell and feeling like dying..

2007-11-14 08:58:00 · 22 answers · asked by Me 1

Yesterday, my best friend was killed for no reason other that an arguement, that lead in him being stabbed in the chest, and dieing. The man whom did such deed, in now faced with murder, my friend can rest,others feel, but I feel he cannot. I'm 900 miles from home, cannot say good bye, and just a bundle of anger. How are such things dealed with properly, from those whom have been through this?

2007-11-14 08:33:32 · 12 answers · asked by Tuck 2

when i am anxious nervous or angry i pick the skin at the sides of my fingers till they are red sore and bleed. Is this self harm? i did cut my arm withe sissors last year in temper but havent done this since, i have also suffered panic attacs in the past, but whenever i tell the doctor he doesnt seem to do anything i have asked for beter blockers but he just laughs i dont think he takes it seriously

ld like to know how do u hnow you are depressed and what shud i do

2007-11-14 08:01:13 · 19 answers · asked by mollie65 2

ok, i belive that i am being watched and followed by somthing i cant see. when im on my own i will be terrified to move and im scared to make any loud noises. i find it hard to walk near spaces where somthing can hide. ive been feeling very depressed and have become very clingly constently being round people and constently threating over wether they like me or not, and having panic attacks. but now ive started feeling like im being watched i dont know what to do. ive neve taken drugs and i dont smoke or drink.

2007-11-14 07:28:45 · 40 answers · asked by bill 1

I have been taking Xanax for five weeks now. I feel increasingly hungry. I haven't found this listed as a side effect. I am not overweight or underweight, just average.

2007-11-14 07:13:03 · 15 answers · asked by originalkippyj 7

My 13 year old has been given back to me to raise by his mother, because she is a least sensible enough to not want him to turn out like his older brothers. One is a lifer in prison, and the other is Gay. So I've discussed all the problems smoking pot is causing him. Brain fog, Lethargy, Apathy, Short term memory loss, poor grades, and all the confusion happening in his life right now, but It's to late at this point to get him to realize these things are going on. He's having fun and doesn't want to give it up. He has told me were He is getting it and who is getting him stoned. It is happening on the weekend when he is at his mother's house, not at that house.
His mother is not a drug user and she leaves him with his sister when she can't be with him. His sister is also straight, but I'm sure she is aware of the situation, because it's happening over there. I want to eliminate the source of the pot, and I want to get him off of it without alienating Him. WHAT should I DO???

2007-11-14 06:43:39 · 15 answers · asked by Boogie Man 1

Talk down to a woman like a baby? Treats her like she's 2 years old and dosent know anything? Let's says this woman is as intelligent or more intelligent than he is yet he treats her like she is dumb. .

Then you see him treating actual dumb women normally. Also another woman who is somewhat intelligent, he treats her ok but with me he treats me like an idiot. What's the motive in that for him?

2007-11-14 06:39:08 · 24 answers · asked by Amy Lynn 4

I just realised what I have been saying 2 myself everyday for the past month now, and it scared me. I feel like I want to exist in the world but not actually do the living. I feel like if I just died then people would barely react, I want to see their reactions. I've been telling myself that if I did die then I would be free to do whatever I want, I know that is a pretty big assumption but I keep making myself believe it, like I sometimes don't think about reality and do things without thinking. I'm not happy with where I am now. I can't think of any other way to get what I want. I know this is pretty complicated but I've tried the best I could to say what I've been thinking. I want it to go away but it just wont.

2007-11-14 06:25:59 · 6 answers · asked by Francesca C 3

In talking with a friend last night i realized i need some help. Years ago a parent was killed in an accident, other family has died, marriage is on the rocks, and right now my relationship with my child is not the best. I am so alone. I am not accepting all the blame for my marriage problems even through my husband would like to put them on me but at this point it doesn't matter. I hate the person I have become. I can't even look in the mirror anymore. Everyday is a struggle to get out of bed. My friend thinks i am clinically depressed... has anyone been on antidepressants? What has worked for you?

2007-11-14 06:15:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was on it a couple of years ago, and I couldn't take it, it would make me completely lethargic to the point where I couldn't even move. I stopped taking it after like a week or two, but now I have to go to an outpatient facility and I'm afraid they're going to give it to me again, or something similar. Is it supposed to do that to you? My doctor never officially diagnosed me when I went a couple of years ago, so I don't know what the reason for giving me Abilify could be. I really don't want to take it, but I want to be cooperative with the facility, as it will affect my job. Any advice? Thanks!

2007-11-14 05:22:25 · 6 answers · asked by Veridian 2

2007-11-14 05:17:48 · 7 answers · asked by shar-riz 1

Do you think 30 is an old age for a woman? Are men attracted to older women? I am in a relationship, have been for 10 years. He says I am past my prime. Is he right? I don't think just because i just turned 30 that that makes me old! I still look good, so why do I feel so old?

2007-11-14 02:19:36 · 21 answers · asked by sparks 1

When you think you want to be loved... and someone says they love you and want a relationship with you...... and then you realise that you're completely messed up in the head and you don't want to be loved at all.

Has this ever happened to anyone else?

2007-11-14 00:58:37 · 9 answers · asked by cosmicmoon 5

My husband is being relocated to VA and I will have to leave my job Dec 1st. After that, I will no longer have insurance. Does anyone know where the cheapest pharmacy (legit pharmacy) is to fill my Effexor XR prescription might be? Wal-Mart has given me generic for $80, but it doesn't work as well...

2007-11-14 00:09:56 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-13 23:50:13 · 15 answers · asked by truckette22 1

about 4 weeks ago i started to self harm i started to scratch myself but now it is turning to im cutting myself deeper.
is it normal for a 23 year old to self harm...

2007-11-13 22:21:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay i'm having issues with lots of personal/mental stuff.
1 my friends are starting to ignore me, my jokes, my comments pretty much everything i do. so now i just stay quite and don't really say anything to them or talk to them. (they recently discovered drugs, i'm transfering school so i probably won't talk to them anyways)

2 i was sick for 2 weeks and missed quite a lot of HW and it was the when the grading period ended, so i couldn't make-up the homework as i already got my report card. parents are furious about the grades, but i told them it couldn't be helped they're mad anyways, and because of that i might not be able to transfer to this other school...

3 i have been having trouble with the girls at school. they are all whores and i don't like that. it seems wherever i go i have to look at a chubby girl with back fat hanging out everywhere. and i wake up at 4am every morning just to be in shape... it's just like a middle finger to me i feel.

2007-11-13 21:35:06 · 6 answers · asked by bodacious beetle 2