Mental Health - November 2007

I don't *think* I'm depressed.. I don't feel sad or anything, really. More like I just don't care that much about anything. I feel no motivation to do anything really except sit around and browse the net like a total lazy bum.

What's up with that?

2007-11-13 04:34:33 · 25 answers · asked by Linz VT•AM 4

2007-11-13 02:35:08 · 2 answers · asked by sami b 1

Anyone have any advice for keeping a bad mood or situation from spreading into other aspects of my life. I mean, I'll be upset or thinking about one thing that happened that pisses me off, and then I am short or mean when I interact with other people, especially strangers. I'm usually cool to people I know or work with because I realize I have to be around them more, but I give a clerk attitude becuase I'm pissed about something else, and after I ask myself 'why did I do that'

Any suggestions?

2007-11-13 01:58:00 · 9 answers · asked by tightlies 3

The are many reasons that I have for not trusting people in general, I have been verbal and emotional abused, as well umm... other abuse. It has been 12 years to this date that I started dating a guy who abused me very often. I was nothing more than an object to him, something he used and that was about it. I know he was dirt, and I deserved better.
End of July I started to date this other guy, we'll call him Jack. Jack is bipolar, with severe depression as well as an alcoholic. When I first meet him he seemed okay, but as time when on, and for reasons I don't want to get into we moved in together (don't say it.... I know it was too fast) Anyway, Jack was sweet as can be when he was sober. But he wasn't always sober, most the time he wasn't sober. At first I enabled him with his drinking buy being the one supplying the beer. Then he would still from the change box to get more beer. He mixed his beer and meds that he was on. Was in the ER many times,

2007-11-13 01:38:52 · 8 answers · asked by Artist Wanna Be 4

2007-11-13 00:51:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-13 00:40:15 · 3 answers · asked by Becky M 1

Anybody had problems or issues with their dosage of Zoloft being increased to 100 mg ... so far i've been feeling kinda sick... normal ??

2007-11-13 00:33:11 · 2 answers · asked by Kimberly 1

My boyfriend and I often have arguements. He expresses his feelings by tantrums. He'll talk; but when he talks he gets confused, repeats the same thing over and over, and even stop because he gets frustrated. Hours ago I thought it was bi-polar. I just talked to him on the phone and I exlained to him that alot of time you may can't verbalize exactly what you want to say and i told him to write it down. He gets furious and tells me that he hate writiing- i never knew why until now. I LOVE to write and i apologized to have had many arguements to pressure him to write. How should i deal with him seeing that he can't verbalize nor write down what he wants to say or how he feels. Help me, so that i cant try to help him.

2007-11-12 23:30:02 · 4 answers · asked by Dark Angel 1

I get short of breath, pains in my chest, stomachache, dizziness and sweating over the slightest things. If I go to the Dr., I'm told it's depression, not anxiety and I'm put on anti- deps. I know I'm not depressed, I just get myself wound up easily.

Is there either a natural way to help, or something I can buy off prescription? (I'm in the UK)

Eva x

2007-11-12 21:05:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

why or why not?

2007-11-12 21:03:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-12 21:00:20 · 11 answers · asked by Neil H 1

I have depression/anxiety which prevents me from getting a job/life etc. What are some over the counter anti depressants I can use which actually work? I can't talk to my doctor because I don't have a doctor, I don't have the money to get a doctor and I don't have a job to get the money to get a doctor and any organizaton I write to explaining my situation to basically laugh at me and say they can't help, the makers of Prozac did this and made it obvious they don't care about helping people they just want money. I feel like I should just kill myself but I am too weak minded to even do that. *sorry end of rant* So! anyone know an over-the-counter remedy that works to block anxiety/depression?

2007-11-12 18:59:45 · 8 answers · asked by 5 2

One of my girlfriend's best friends was found murdered in her home last week in Charlottesville, Virginia. The woman's name was Jayne McGowan.

I did not know her personally, but I have been trying to be as supportive as possible. I just don't understand how anybody will be able to move on until this person is found. The murder itself really makes no sense.

Beyond that is that I don't understand how bad a person's situation must be that they can kill someone without coming forward after. How can a person exist without guilt or shame overpowering their own panic or wish for escape?

I study social work. I am a therapist. I am trained in understanding oppression and mental illness. And yet when something so terrible happens so close to me, I cannot make sense of it.

Finally, in the unlikely event that this message ever finds someone who knows something about this, I beg you to come forward with that information. The need for closure is tremendous, for hundreds who knew her.

2007-11-12 16:14:31 · 14 answers · asked by Buying is Voting 7

should only criminal(people who hurt others) be guilty, but then they seem to not be guilty about it and hide and live a happy life until the end of it
if i see some movement or sound, my feelings drop suddenly and without anything going on, i suddenly feel im not going to be able to do anything properly because of this dropped feeling produced by guiltiness
i think it's something to do with the unbalanced chemicals in the brain, is there a way to reduce or remove this?
i've been feeling a lot better lately, but how to get it off permanently without any help
i got better by myself

2007-11-12 15:31:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone have any success stories about how treatment dramatically changed your life?
were you irresponsible and unable to get anything done before medicine, and after medicine-efficient and responsible for once in your life?
if so what kind of medicine worked for you?
how long did it take to start working?
if you had paralysis of the will, did it help a great deal?

i'm asking because i have it and have never really been treated. ( i tried one med that didnt work for me) i want to know if its really possible to see a dramatic change or a "new you" from being treated. because i'm really counting on treatment to change my life. paralysis of the will is the biggest bitchh of all--for me anyways.

2007-11-12 15:25:52 · 1 answers · asked by j dddddd 3

2007-11-12 15:06:17 · 4 answers · asked by njy 3

Won't you just have to keep taking the medicine indefinitely?
And if it does work, how so?

2007-11-12 14:59:10 · 13 answers · asked by LEMON the good life 7

She's past denial and now on to anger.

2007-11-12 14:45:14 · 21 answers · asked by Pants face 3

This is definitely one of those "save it for the diary" kind of rambles but I have been depressed as hell and confused for the last four or five years. I know what I need to do to begin solving my problems (eating right, exercising, meditating, therapizing or whatever) in but I keep messing up and getting drunk every weekend (at least) without fail which puts me back at square one every damn Monday. I know I have a drinking problem but my weeks are so unsatisfying that I see know other way to have fun than doing the usual. I hate the idea of being an A student with everything going for him and seeing myself blow it because I have nothing to look forward to. I have definitely been far more depressed than this but I am starting to believe that it really is just me. For some reason I don't think therapy is going to do it. How do I change the way I generally think about myself and my life? What do I do? Best answer is a saint.

2007-11-12 14:33:44 · 23 answers · asked by waterman 3

I want to start counseling, but it says I need a referral, do I have to go to my regular doctor and just tell them I need a referral, or what? The website says "We accept referrals from individuals, couples, families, physicians, clergy, HMO’s, managed-care organizations and community agencies". If I went to my doctor, would I have to tell them anything, or just that I need a referral? Thanks in advance! Please help!

2007-11-12 14:22:10 · 14 answers · asked by ♥Jara-Lee♥ 3

Of ADD. I think I might have it. I play video games way too much, and when people talk to me sometimes I blank out and have to ask them what they just said.
What are also the signs of Learning Disability?

2007-11-12 13:50:46 · 2 answers · asked by Mike D 3

I've been feeling a little strange lately.

Two months ago I moved from a bad job situation to a new place with a great job that pays me what I'm worth. The work I'm doing has gotten better, but I feel more stressed out than ever. Everyone hands me assignments all of the time, and I just can't do them all. My attempts to mitigate that issue have ended in my co-worker's disappointment.

My boyfriend is overseas for another month for a total of a five month stay. I miss him a lot, but our relationship is four years strong. Unfortunately, he's in an area where there aren't phones, so I can't even relax by talking to him.

I always feel good until I don't. Sometimes I'm okay without plans for the weekend, and other times I'm on the edge of my seat. I'm just tired of having to put myself out there all of the time to meet new people, some of whom don't really need new friends. I'd like some of the connections I've made to work in my favor. I am tired of doing all the work.

Help?

2007-11-12 13:33:36 · 5 answers · asked by Aimee L 4

2007-11-12 13:29:46 · 2 answers · asked by erin5700 2

every night i got to bed at 10:00 and wake up at 6:15 thats 8 hours nd 15 minutes and all the time I am so out of it so I just throw up my hair and some cover up and leave but i always regret it when im in school because everyone else looks so gorgeous and i dont...what are some tricks that can help me have an effecient sleep at night?

2007-11-12 13:20:01 · 8 answers · asked by s2 xo Dana 6

Please relieve me of this HORRIBLE fear!

2007-11-12 13:14:08 · 9 answers · asked by Silver 2

2007-11-12 13:13:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a great life, and everything, but I feel helpless and awful alot, but then I feel happy about 2 seconds later. What do I do?

2007-11-12 13:10:03 · 11 answers · asked by butterflyprincess 2

I noticed my peers tend to shy away from me when I get mania. My head gets very dense and then it suddenly happens. I get very enthusiastic, talk fast, my pupils dilate, and write down any good ideas from flying thoughts.

I don't get irritable or violent at all like people think I would.

Do you know any bipolar teens? Would you say people misunderstand what happens to them?

2007-11-12 13:09:58 · 11 answers · asked by Innovater Jill 3

2007-11-12 13:05:09 · 11 answers · asked by million$gon 7

We have a family member who has recently been diagnosed with trichotillamania at the age of 31. She also has a drug problem and refuses to get help. She picks at her skin and shaves her head. She weighs maybe 95 lbs. Her moods are unpredictable and scary.
She lost a baby 5 years ago and life for her went down hill just since April 2007. She is now alienated herself from the family after we tried to ask her to commit herself for treatment. She has been through a lot and we have no idea how her son's death has triggered all of these things for her just recently. She does not leave her boyfriend's house or have a job anymore and is fixated on her son's death.
She is offended if we mention getting help to move on with her life. She feels his death has created all of her mental and chemical problems. We are a tight family and we are not sure where to turn at this point to get her the help she needs to get well and function like a normal adult.
Any suggestions??

2007-11-12 13:02:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous