Mental Health - November 2007

2007-11-04 16:37:44 · 3 answers · asked by Astrid A 2

I have so many great ideas but I can never seem to put any of it into action because I am so afraid that I will give up or fail. This has been the case all my life. And now my family (especially my mom) has so little confidence in me.
I recently got an idea to start my own charity foundation. But I'm afraid to tell my family about this because
1. I'm worried that they will discourage me from doing it, saying it's worthless.
2. I'm worried that they will like it, and I will fail ( and thereby adding one more to my list of failures.)

How do I stick to something and do it till the end? How do I not give up easily?. Should I care what other people ( my family) thinks? But I really do want them to be proud of me.

2007-11-04 16:36:09 · 2 answers · asked by Sapphire 1

I grew up with parents that are pretty naive and never believed their son had any problems. I was always a good student and got good grades but now that I am in the workforce I am noticing some of my short comings.

I have always been told by people that I am really spacey and that I have ADD. In seventh grade, a psychologist tested me and told my mother that I need to go on Ritalin, which basically my mom scoffed at.

I feel that i have a lot of potential but that I can't realize it. People at work have commented on me, that i don't focus and don't think, and i think it's a result of not being attention. There are some things I do really well at work, but I feel I could be one of the best at my job.

How can I get a prescription for Adderall/Ritalin?

2007-11-04 16:01:25 · 6 answers · asked by MLeinart7 2

can someone explain each in detail with no wikipedia or answers.com please~ thank you ^--^

2007-11-04 16:01:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was diagnosed with Paranoia and delusional disorder like 1 yr ago. Because of my psychological problems I also have anger problems. I REALLY NEED to know how to treat (IF NOT CURE) my illness.

2007-11-04 14:47:10 · 7 answers · asked by FJ23 1

Okay, earlier today I asked about what type of mental disorder I had, then went to a psychiatrist and found I had AvPD (avoidant personality disorder.) One symptom of this disorder is panic attacks, but I do not think mine are normal. At one point it was so bad that I was hyperventilating to the point I went unconcious and then when I awoke the same happened again, over and over for about half an hour. When I finally clamed down I called a doctor (no one was with me at the time) who said that it was only anxiety and nothing will come of it. But I am seriously freaked out, so does anyone out there know of medication or something that can get rid of very severe panic attacks?

2007-11-04 14:35:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Once I was up until 6:30 a.m. jumping and dacing/ singing for hours to loud music, without being tired at all. I was shaking because I was so active and could barely type from the shaking. I even started climbing the furniture in my room, like the dressers and stuff. I was so happy and had high self esteem. Is this considered a manic episode? Or not..?

2007-11-04 14:17:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 13 & have been bulimic since I was 11
its not a constant thing but I've been through about 3-4 times that I threw up everything
I haven't ever told anyone I was bulimic except my best friend & I don't think she believed me

I don't want help
but I know that I need it

last year I told my mom I cut myself and she was very understanding
so I don't think she would be mad

I've been suffering from depression for a little over a year now
but I was bulimic before I was diagnosed with depression

I don't like bulimia
I really hate it
I just want to lose about 20 lbs
I'm 5'2.5 & weigh about 124
I checked my bmi a few weeks ago and it said I was at risk of becoming overweight
that really upset me

the boy I like used to be anorexic
he's really great
& he was the reason I became bulimic this time
he didn't pressure me or insult me or anything
he is just so skinny and it makes me insecure when I am around him

I am bulimic right now
& I know this is serious
I just don't know what to do!

2007-11-04 14:15:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems like lately I cannot focus on my job. I just don't care anymore. It is a really great job too. I'm not content where I am at in my life right now. Nothing seems to lift my spirits. My daughter does bring me hapiness now and then, but I still feel blah most of the time. I'm afraid of losing my job because of my lack of enthusiasm. Can anyone out there help?? THANK YOU

2007-11-04 13:39:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have adhd, bi-polar, and odd. does anybody else have any of these? Where do you get support? Have you heard of NAMI?

2007-11-04 13:37:33 · 2 answers · asked by jade dragon 1

I am mentally challenged (ocd, peter pan syndrome, phycosis etc) and my parents force me to go to this counseling group and i got partnered up with this girl for a project on human traficking.The girl has billumia nervosa and manic depression and she has a private helper (i dont have becuase im not as sever as her) and after counseeling on thurs she kissed her helper outside the physiciatric hospital and was talking aout marrying him and having kids!! Two more ppl saw this but no-one reported(physcatrists/helpers are not allowed to do this). On Sat night I called her up cos of the project and..... there were sexual noises coming from the phone as well as her helper's vioce!!! I really worried about what to do! Should i call up the mental hospital? Is this ok? Also im worried the helper knows i know and might kill me. Im scared to leave the house!Do u think he is taking advantage of her? Is this ok?
i know i posted 3 times this before but im nervous and my parents can tell this due to

2007-11-04 13:33:04 · 9 answers · asked by possessed by insanity 3

I don't hallucinate yet they diagnosed me as being schizo. Is there brain tests I can get to rule out schizophrenia? MRI?

2007-11-04 13:06:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

like is it how they were raised? severly depressed?...like in the mental institute kind?? and do they see things differently than the average person does??

2007-11-04 13:00:22 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes I starve myself, sometimes I eat normally. I'm very selfconscious about my weight, and I try to throw up when I eat too much, and it worked once.

2007-11-04 12:31:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

what you visit on line, how you dress, who your friends are, etc. etc. etc.? Especially the sleep thing, like you have to go to bed when you aren't tired because they say so?

2007-11-04 12:23:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was diagnosed with epilepsy after one so called seizure
i don't think i have epilepsy because i guess it was a very rare kind of seizure i couldn't stop laughing for hours(only i think i could have)
no one knows i could have not my doctors or anyone(except you know)
I got alot of tests done and they said it was a seizure and i was epileptic but i wouldn't need and meds unless it happened again
i want to tell someone that it wasn't a seizure but i don't know how i might get in trouble(sounds stupid but i don't know)
what should I do does anyone know???

2007-11-04 12:06:27 · 4 answers · asked by A girl 2

i know 2 people that i would describe as hypochondriacs. always at the doctors, never recieve serious diagnosis, take copious amounts of medication, always fretting about and complaining about their ailments and calling doctors "quacks".

2007-11-04 11:54:02 · 5 answers · asked by ⓑⓐⓨⓢⓐ ™ 6

I've always been a procrastinator, but I've always gotten things done. Now, I'm a junior in college and I'm handing in papers late for the first time and wasting time for no reason. I have no idea what is going with me. I've always been a grade freak, but now it doesn't concern me... I have the time, but I just spend hours in front of TV and I haven't exercised in a while and I'm eating junk, when just not so long ago I was very health-conscious about my diet. It disgusts me that I'm acting the way I am, but I just can't gather the will power to change it...

2007-11-04 11:47:06 · 5 answers · asked by uytruytuy 2

WOW that was hard to twist into a question.
I've agonised all week and realised I really don't want to die - I want to cease to exist until I have a path leading me out of my current situation. Suicide doesn't fit that though. It really doesn't feel like the implementation of a rational decision - no matter how sad I may feel.
It's just so positive and I can't rush out and tell everyone because they couldn't know how dangerous I was (suicide is deceptive by its nature)
Anyway I am absolutely fishing for compliments - please don't leave unkind answers - even if they are witty.
Ash

2007-11-04 11:39:00 · 31 answers · asked by Bewildered 2

and how do i apply for them?

I dont care for stupid answers thanks.

2007-11-04 11:28:37 · 13 answers · asked by paul w 1

Ok i had been told I am an cute guy but I just don't see it and I hate it there are times that I want to go to talk to a girl and if there is an other guy with her that I know is her friend that is better looking than me I just quit with out even trying because I feel I am not good enough and I am getting tired of that.

PLEASE HELP!

2007-11-04 10:52:42 · 26 answers · asked by victor g 1

My friend just told me of some of his strange experiences. He hears noises in his ears such as screaming, tires screeching, explosions, and bangs. He said they're very loud to him and he's fully aware shortly after that they are some sort of auditory hallucination. However, I myself have seen him jump or get startled by a sound he hears but no one else did. He notices them mostly when he's tired, but also when he's in a quiet spot away from other noise distractions. He's been experiencing them for at least 10 years now. He said they don't impede his daily life, yet I when I asked him if he's ever swirved (sp?) the car because he hears a car crashing or tires screeching, he said yes. I'm really worried about him. He is a musician, and has been next to crash cymbols for years. His family also has some scattered mental illness. Could it be a medical condition from hearing loss or something else? Any help would be welcome!

2007-11-04 10:48:07 · 5 answers · asked by asm670 2

i'm a college student. i'm not lazy, but whenever i don't have to get up for anything i will sleep until forever...like i slept basically all day today. my alarm goes off but i seriously cannot get up. during the week i sleep only a few hours a day so maybe it's my body trying to catch up? i wish i could get up at say 8am every day but my body just won't do it.

2007-11-04 10:45:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

As far as I know, i'm epileptic, but i'm going for some more tests next week.

Here is one of mine, I write them all down as they happen:

Friday 2nd of November 2:21pm

Words:
(Words come to me during my episodes)
-Hard to reach
-Vomit
-Drown
-Vomit
-'Flooo'
-Hard
-How?

How I felt:
-Shakey
-Hot face
-Dry Throat
-Hot
-Horrible Feeling in stomach
-Headache
-Shakey
-Head felt Fuzzy and Stuffy afterwards.

Happened:
In the middle of a german lesson at school.

2007-11-04 10:41:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I belive that my mother is paranoid schizophrenia I am no doctor but I am not sure she has thoughts that are so crazy she truly belives that someone is out against her or someone is bothering her car anything she assume she truly belives and she sticks with it can't no one tell her diff. I'm really scared for her

2007-11-04 10:35:48 · 7 answers · asked by Barbie 1

My parents are getting divorced, we just had my friend's birthday, and the reunion of her death. My friend never got to celebrate her 18th birthday. All I want to do is sleep and stay in bed lately. I'm cranky and yell at people if they come in my room. I just lay here in the dark and mope around....thats how my friends described it...moping around. What should i do? The sad part is is that its my fault my parents are divorcing...

2007-11-04 10:06:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know what to do. In the last year I have been a self harmer, tried - sort of - to commit suicide twice. Been in hospital. Been admitted to a psych ward for a week. Come out. Stopped therapy because i decided i hated the psychologist. They all judged me. Spent today feeling numb. Haven't got energy to do anything. Keep having really odd trains of thoughts. Cyclic. Am i mad. Madness? Never diagnosed with depression. Cant understand what people think of me - drives me insane. Get obssessive about people, and jealous of others. Cant seem to gain independence. Tried samaritans - tried talking - tried asking for help - fed up of trying. Dont have energy to try to kill self again. Stuck in nothingness of not acting, not wanting to. People scare me - I dont understand them - they say they'll help yet they dont. Please help.

2007-11-04 09:53:24 · 4 answers · asked by florryxx 2

It doesn't matter what I'm doing, I get stressed out. It can be a simple thing like playing an online game. If I'm loosing I get stressed and quite. I can't even sleep at night b/c stuff from the day has me so stressed that I can't stop thinking about it. I do I stop this?

2007-11-04 09:38:08 · 2 answers · asked by Cindy 3

I was on Lexapro, but had to stop taking it due to pain issues where I had to start taking tramadol. Was advised not to take these two together because of the risk of seizures. Now, I am severely depressed and I want to get back on SSRI's right away. Does anybody know how long I must wait once I stop taking the tramadol?

2007-11-04 09:13:15 · 3 answers · asked by Lindsey H 2

My depression is gettin worse. Everytime i feel a little better something bad happens to me. It then puts me right back down. Im on tablets and having counciling, counciling helps but its not all the time its only once every two weeks. Everything is getting me down and i try and think of good things in my life but i cant stop myself thinking about the bad. There isnt one thing in my life at the moment that hasnt got a problem attached to it. What can i do to help myself?

2007-11-04 08:10:56 · 21 answers · asked by shaz 1