Mental Health - November 2007

My brother is 21 and still living with his parents... his criminal record is clean except for a DUI charge about a year ago... anyways the other night randomly my brother tried to kill himself. He slit his wrists and his throat and popped 20+ pills of xanax, 10 pills of phenobarbituates (bare with my spelling here I am only 17) and god knows what else. He seriously just went through every bottle (about 6 different prescription medications) and popped them. He then went to bed. We woke up and we see his wrists and my parents kicked him out. We didn't know anything about the pills although he was acting kind of drunk so we knew something was in his system... when he left we saw the missing pills and called 911 and had him bachoracted. He's in the ER right now sick as hell, he had a heart attack earlier this morning. He can't remember all the pills he took and the doctors were calling us trying to get as much info as possible... he's still sick but not dead so that's a plus...

2007-11-05 14:04:41 · 9 answers · asked by georgeisba 1

Ive been constantly anxious for the past 3 weeks over something completely irrational and now i cant have fun doing nothing. thoughts?

2007-11-05 13:09:43 · 8 answers · asked by yousuf535 1

When I was 7 my sister (8 years older then I) brought me into her bedroom, where she stripped herself neked, and liad on her bed.She told me to lay down on top of her;then she promptly took my own hand in hers, and made me rub here down...

The she made me suck on her nipples, while she started to groan...

Ugh..this is all so upsetting, but this is abuse ...is it not?
I've been raped repeatively from the time I was 3 by many different people.But..this is my sister.It happened in my own house, with family members within the building!
Is this abuse?
Oh should I just ride it off and "grow up"
Serious answers would be appreciated.
But, because of this, and other things similar, I screwed up my life.

2007-11-05 12:57:21 · 9 answers · asked by Elizabeth C 4

I'm 22 years old and my whole life I've been the one in my family who has always had the worst temper. I don't know why. I pick fights. I start disputes on the most trivial things. I never mean to hurt anyone. I just give in to the anger and frustration. Even as a small child I'd shout and throw tantrums. I never resort to phyisical violence. I'm violent with my words and hurt the people that care about me most. Then I usually come to my senses and force myself ( even though it's hard to do ) to go and appologise. My sister said to me, "I'm used to the way you behave. It's been this way for 22 years. You don't mean it. It's the way you deal with things."
I hate the way I behave. At times I feel like I have a good reason to be upset and I justify my rage. Most times I'm filled with regret. Any insight as to why I might behave the way that I do would be useful and much appreciated.

2007-11-05 12:38:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have this friend, and she's very popular. Shes rich and pretty. She's on the danceteam and she's always throwing up. Everyone on the team is talking about it, and they all think that she is bulimic. Everytime she eats something she runs to the bathroom. And she doesn't like to eat in public, but when she does eat in public, she binges bad. She'll eat alot. Im sorta scared because I care about this person, and Im kinda upset that none of her so called,"real friends' talked to her about it. I just don't want her to pass out a game or somethin serious. I don't kno how i should approach her because im afraid that i will lose her friendship....what should i do????

2007-11-05 12:26:12 · 8 answers · asked by rscp121085 1

I sometimes go through these phases where I have dizzy spells and I panic because of them I havent yet passed out because of 1,I have been to see a doctor about it but the doctor looked at me like I was on some sort of drug and put it down as stress this has been happening since I was about 7-8yrs old,sometimes they just happen out of the ordinary but other times they are brought on by bouncing things (balls)or turning things (like wheels etc)or even things that may sway from side to side (swings,water etc)Im more annoyed by it than anything else because it stops me from being socialable,I try to fight it by ignoring things that bring it on. Can some1 shed some light on this please,as I am concerned because I have a 9yr old daughter and dont want her growing up going through the same thing!

2007-11-05 12:24:58 · 2 answers · asked by jazmine r 1

i have my permit and i need to get my lisence but i get HUGE anxiety whenever a car comes around. ive only practiced driving in nearly empty parking lots and in neighborhoods where there are barely any cars around but when a car does come around (the 1-3 nearly below the speed limit cars) i freak out. i get really sweaty, my heart beats so hard i cant hear myself think, and i get extremely scared.
this happened when my boyfriend was trying to teach me to drive too and i had to pull over because my eyes were welling up because i was so scared.
this happens EVERYTIME a car comes around no matter the speed its going, if its going my way, the oppisite of me, WHERever. if i can see it moving, i get really scared.

how am i supposed to get over this..? i need to learn to drive soon.. but i feel like this will never go away

2007-11-05 12:22:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 12:14:14 · 14 answers · asked by mchb 1

I just started Effexor 37.5mg and my psychiatrist combined it with Lexapro 10 mg. When did you notice a difference? I am upping my Effexor to 75mg in 3 days.

2007-11-05 12:06:57 · 7 answers · asked by Scratch 1

For the past month or so, I've experienced:

mood swings
thoughts of suicide
extreme sadness
my grades have gone down like nuts
i dont talk to anyone anymore
i get angry at the littlest things
and I cry a lot.


am i ok?

2007-11-05 12:06:31 · 10 answers · asked by Liizyy 3

The past five years...?
The past five years of my life have been pretty shitty. We've had three deaths in the family. I'm out of high school.. withdrew from college. Trying to get a job so I can move out and own an apartment because I cant stand the city I live in. My parents are getting a divorce now. I just forced myself off zoloft after taking it for 3 years.. it began to drive me insane. I have a little sister who looks up to me. Lifes different but I'm content.

I'm out of money...

I plan on moving to new york city in two years with a friend, so I'm mentally preparing myself. I'm going to leave all these people behind, my sister, my family and all my other friends.. my home town that Ive lived in my entire life. I'm going from bumble **** nowhere to the big city. This change is going to be huge.

Life is being a ***** to me, I'm trying to keep my **** together.

And I just smoke weed today for the first time in a good month.. my brain is feeling pretty fried right now. Not feeling to good.

2007-11-05 12:01:03 · 4 answers · asked by Johnny 1

There are certain people who I think can read my mind and it makes me scared. Is it normal?

also, i'd appreciate it if I'd get more answers to this question
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoNOaDrpMxkE7Hy5wlCwBIvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071105164429AADuI5P
thanks

2007-11-05 11:56:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-05 11:51:34 · 2 answers · asked by lucasgandy 1

I hate being shy wich is getting me no where in life even school. It's really hard for me to even talk to the teachers and because of that my work is horrible and that's no way for me to get my dream job. I even get stressed out and that's how my fourhead has a bunch of small acne. Also I think I'm shy because I'm really self consious. Anyway with the acne nothing has helped me no product or cover-up has. How to I become more self confident and get rid of my acne before December? PLEASE HELP ME!!! <=(

2007-11-05 11:28:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ive suffered from depression earlier this year due to many different things including leaving home and having two 19 yr old friends die. It is coming up to the anniversary of the first one. This has been playing on my mind for some time but for the most part ive been doing ok.
A couple of weeks ago this guy told me he liked me and promised he wouldnt hurt me etc. But lately hes been acting a bit off and Im trying to figure out if hes trying to show me hes not interested, Id rather he just said it straight out. Stupid I know, but it broke me, and now everything thats happened this year is coming back and haunting me.
I cant stop crying and I need to sleep, I have class in the morning (its 2 am here). I cant sleep with all this in my head and the thought that I have a big presentation due on wednesday that I havnt started so I cant spend tomorrow feeling sorry for myself.
What can I do to calm myself down and get some rest?
Thank you

2007-11-05 11:26:04 · 9 answers · asked by sarahryan86 4

I'm currently on Effexor XR 150mg, Vistiril 50mg 3 times a day and Xanax ER 2mg. Is this a common mixture of Meds to treat Panic attacks? I feel better than I did before the treatment but I still have attacks from time to time. Is there a better combo of scrips to consider?

2007-11-05 11:16:22 · 5 answers · asked by TheoMDiv 4

The Real Me

To you, I am a friend,
a classmate,
someone you talk to.
You know a little
about my past.
But you still do not
know the real me.
The real me
hurts all the time.
The real me is afraid
of what tomorrow may bring.
The real me is suffering
because of mine
and others mistakes.
The real me is weak,
but I do not show it,
because I want to be strong.
The real me is losing faith.
The real me wants help,
but the person what I am
trying to be does not.
Who am I trying to be?
Someone who has no
worries or cares?
I am trying to be someone
who wants to fit in,
when the real me
wants to stand out.
The real me wants
to be different.

What do you think?

Suggestions?

2007-11-05 10:51:31 · 5 answers · asked by Nikki 1

If you didn't have a religion, what would be your thoughts on the discontinuation of life support?

2007-11-05 10:49:54 · 5 answers · asked by petevasquez2010 1

2007-11-05 10:48:31 · 8 answers · asked by JOSEPHINE D 1

I'll start off with Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe & Sylvia Plath.

2007-11-05 10:45:40 · 10 answers · asked by SuziQ211 7

Hes much older than me ,im 25, my cousin-he is 50,hes married, no kids. im starting my career, i never had much to do with him, he lived 5 hours away, was never friendly or tried to get to know me, just one of those fake family members who you see only x-mas, thanksgivng. I tried being friendly by sending him friendly emails, no response. Asked him to call me when he watches a movie i reccomennded, he says"oh your phone is always busy" i say leave a message, he sayd "oh",, offered him , his wife and their 12 yr old niece free tickets and backstage passes to justin timberlake show,, his 12 yr old niece told me she loves justin timberlake so i offered..
i never got a reply back..then i asked him what happened, he says"oh it was too far"

(I told them earlier i could arrange since my bfrnd works in entertainment biz, they said "oh yes wed love that")

I also brought him really nice christmas gifts every year, last year he said "why r u buying me nice gifts"? I said well i know what u like, he said "umm but still why"?

So now i got a new job in a great position, he asked me last i saw him "hows work", I said great mentioned my new job and all the traveling im doing now"
He didnt smile, he says "Well what r u doing when u travel"? I explain to him, then he says very stern INTIMADATING WAY "Umm are traveling to Washington too"? I said no just LA,
I thought it was weird question, then he stares me down and says nothing.
Now my Mom says he called her and wants to know the exact street I work on and she told him.

Whats up with him? and weird? rude?

the reason i was friendly is cause my Mom says hes so nice and her fav nephew, thought maybe there was something wrong with me, so i reached out to him
i think she doesnt know him well

Im feeling really stupid and disrespected by him

2007-11-05 10:35:30 · 6 answers · asked by tbo 1

For the past few weeks, people have really started to get on my nerves. I have said it to myself over and over that I rather be with animals then people. I'm annoyed when people almost slam into me with their car because they are talking on their cell phone, smoking a cigarette and totally not caring about what is going on around them.

People piss me off. Is it me, or are people becoming more insensitive and not caring about others? I get upset reading the news and hearing about another gang shooting (I don't read the news anymore).

The last thing to really be hurtful is someone from work telling me that I gained wt., and suggested I look into gastric bypass surgery (I weigh 150)

I have so much vented anger---I feel anxious and I am afraid I am going to go off on someone.

I am usually really easy going and things like this don't bother me----so what is wrong with me?

2007-11-05 10:26:21 · 9 answers · asked by Seablanco1 6

im not old, nor sick nor have experianced many deaths in my life but something, i dont know what,sparked this obsession i have about dying. I've been so down for two days thinking about death, is this the end of us? do we cease to exist and the world goes on? i don't want to stop, i dont want to die. This is all so scary, I mean, I can't get this off my mind. I'm afraid of dying, afraid of thinking why bother doing this that or the other thing when I'm just going to rot in the ground?

2007-11-05 10:16:46 · 13 answers · asked by s2 xo Dana 6

I have been diagnosed with OCD and depression. Query Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, ADD. What I'm having the most trouble with is the OCD. I have tried Aropax (Paroxetine/Paxil),Luvox(Fluvoxamine), Zoloft (Sertraline) and Clomipramine (Anafranil), which I'm still on at the moment. I've been on it for a month. I have taken anti-psychotics to augment with such as Zyprexa and Seroquel. I have been on over 20 different prescription drugs and I am deteriorating very very fast. My Mum has just kicked me out, I've got no job, no car, no where to go. My psychiatrist is arrogant and said he wasn't bothered about Clomipramine causing Hypomania. He won't put me on anything else except for Anafranil, Quetiapine, and Oxazepam. My qyestion is:
What other drugs can I try? What else can I augment with? Combinations of drugs? I just can't do this anymore. Its never ending. Please can someone reply ASAP. And if there are any nurses or doctors in the house, please consider answering my question.

2007-11-05 10:14:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

They are both SNRI's any one with experience on which has less sexual side effects?

2007-11-05 10:12:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

(Also known as Multiple identity/personality disorder.) Or have you been affected by this disorder from a close relataive or loved on? If so, how have you delt with it?

2007-11-05 08:59:51 · 3 answers · asked by shortdaylongnight 5

2007-11-05 07:23:57 · 11 answers · asked by senseless.student 1

going back to the same job because i hate it and its making me worse. Im only contracted to do 16 hours as i felt it was better to do that than to go on benefits. I feel now as if i cant even handle that but i just dont no what to do. I wont be able to cope without any money at all and i dont no how to go about getting benfits or if im even intitled to them. Should i quit my job ?

2007-11-05 07:12:41 · 4 answers · asked by Little Star 3

2007-11-05 07:09:37 · 5 answers · asked by mermaid007 1

Hi, I have been getting really depressed form being made fun of at school, and having not many close friends it gets really fusterating to hold it all. Its been bringing on suicidal thoughts, even though I don't want to do it, my mind is making its way toward it. But I am not sad all the time, in one class i laugh, but once thats over I'm angry/sad again. My life just seems so boring now, I do the same old things, and I'm just tired of it. I've been loosing interest in my grades and other things, and once its time for my grades to come, I'm going to get yelled at, but I can't tell my parents why. I don't want to see a therapist, i just want some medications to stop the suicidal thoughts and sadness. But I don't want to tell my mom that I've been having thoughts like that because I'm afraid she'll be mad at me and tell me I'm crazy and then I wont get any help. Is this depression? Or is this just a come and go sadness type of thing? Please help, and thanks for listening.

2007-11-05 07:01:55 · 11 answers · asked by Crystal :) 2