Mental Health - November 2007

I have really bad anxiety. What are the best treatments for chronic, intense worry and anxiety? I will consider pharmaceuticals, herbs, supplements, and anything else.

I really need to get a handle on this because it creates a lot of problems in my life (job, etc.) and my relationships.

I have tried a number of antidepressants in the past. None of them did a thing except Celexa, which made my anxiety DISAPPEAR!! However, I had extreme side effects that forced me to go off the medication. This experience made me believe that my anxiety is chemically based.

2007-11-03 17:21:58 · 14 answers · asked by quirkyfunnyone 1

2007-11-03 16:18:05 · 19 answers · asked by this guy with a question 1

I think I suffer from depression. I want to see a doctor but am afraid of what the procedure will be??... I don't particularly wanna be on medication but at the same time feel that I definitely need something. I'm not suicidal by any means but did discover that my grandfather committed suicide. Is there any chance that genetics play into any of this? or is it just coincidence?

2007-11-03 16:14:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is professional hypnosis therapy a good and fast way of finding the root of and getting rid of depression/emotional distress????

Please, serious answers only.

2007-11-03 16:13:46 · 5 answers · asked by square smiley 1

you think yer ugly and put other on a higher place of thought then you and you have a feeling of hopeless and your not good enough?

tell me please if its a few type of mental conditions please state it.

give me PROOF ei. website

2007-11-03 16:12:42 · 7 answers · asked by The Last Embrace 1

you are a good person,you know you are.BUT!!,something has gone wrong.You just don't know what it is.Anger,impatient,abusing alcohol more and more.That's me.Please!!..i'm asking you..What can i do about it?I just don't wanna hurt anymore.My body aches with my muscles tensed up with stress.I need help..Please GOD.I beg you.Let an angel speak through somebody here.Help me please.

2007-11-03 16:09:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

iv been unhappy for quite some time and i realize its because life is unfulfilling and unchallenging for me ,i research many topics and im very inelligent and productive ,yet i find my self uncontent and unhappy .i dont know what to do

2007-11-03 16:04:21 · 11 answers · asked by nathaniel 2

2007-11-03 16:02:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

But I see the number 46 everywhere. It's really weird,but it just happens in phases. its like it doesnt happen the whole year,but like a section of it. But somehow I see it everywhere,and Its not like im looking for it either,it happens randomly,and quite often. could someone tell me whats up with that?

2007-11-03 15:48:17 · 30 answers · asked by Kayla T 3

I really don't know if i'm depressed or not... so i want to know the symptoms.. thanks.

2007-11-03 15:34:31 · 5 answers · asked by Evoke 6

2007-11-03 15:28:38 · 5 answers · asked by DawnChey 2

I am 16 years old and the girl I care deeply for just turned 18 but has to stay in her home to finish high school, because she is home schooled. I will admitt we are in a relationship and that is why her parents are doing what they are doing. Thats why I don't know what to do I'm afriad no one will help her and us because of what we are together anyways. her parents are confining her to her house, strictly limiting who she talks to and interacts with (about 10 or less people not in her family) no one else they go through all of her belongings and everything on her computer on a regular basis. I don't know what to do I know that this is emotional abuse but I don't know what I can do!!! I'm just a kid! nobody listens to kids and the fact i'm homosexual makes it harder to get help. I want to get her out of there safe I don't want her crying herself to sleep anymore. She tells me she has to stay there to finish school but what they are doing to her is wrong. please somebody help us

2007-11-03 15:16:12 · 9 answers · asked by Ash 1

My husbands grandmother is 84. We live together. She has suffered from paranoid schizophenic and depression for at least 30-40 years. She is such an active person and so nice to be around when she is on her meds. Mostly around holidays she quits her meds and either gets dilusional or gets weak and u have to take care of her all day every day. She doesn't do anything for herself. We start giving her the meds and she will get better in a few weeks. It's been close to 2 weeks or a little after and nothing has changed. Is it possible she will not come out of it?????Anyone else go through this?

2007-11-03 14:56:55 · 3 answers · asked by momma whitley 2

everyone whenever i meet them and people i already know the first thing they say to me is "oh you're Ashley's sister aren't you?" and i always get referred to as "Ashley's little sister" and not my name except my best best friends and teachers. Everyone's always like "why aren't you like your older sister?"
I'm quiet and shy and my older sister is loud and flashy and everyone likes her and not me (i know i sound jealous i can't help it) and all i hear is "oh how come you're not like her. you're sisters" and i get compared with her all the time.
my parents don't directly compare us but whenever i do something their always like "ashley did this...but ashley did that?"
i'm getting so depressed i feel like nobody wants me but only wants me to be a copy of my older sister...how come no one likes me?

*sometimes i get so down i think about suicide (seriously) and what would be the coolest way to go because i feel no one cares*

2007-11-03 14:51:08 · 17 answers · asked by Tudor Lady 1

...I think I'm going crazy...I have alot of emotion stress that my father gives me and after a few mintues of crying I start laughing and saying things like "well ur kind of lucky I'm sitting here..alive" And sometimes I'm sad and mad at the same time....

2007-11-03 14:28:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have recently been questioning if I have ocd, but I don’t feel like going to a therapist because they cost to much. My (I guess) odd rituals are counting in even numbers, having the tv volume on only even numbers, not stepping on cracks (including the lining of tiles), counting the steps of stairs, doing random math in my head (like if the time is 9:27 I always divide 9 into 27, add them up, find the square root of them, etc), making sure things are lined up, and planning out conversations that I haven't even had yet. Also like my mom has noticed that I think differently; like I think of a different answer to a question that most wouldn't have thought of, or like I would randomly ask questions that have nothing to do with the conversation. Sometimes I would think so much about random things that I get headaches from it. These rituals though don’t take up that much time and I don’t even do them everyday, so then does it mean that I don’t have ocd?

2007-11-03 14:27:19 · 4 answers · asked by thatsgranderful 3

My Granpa and Granny both had alzheimers disease and there is a strong history of depression in my family and some one told me that there might be a connection. Is this true? Is there anything I could do to prevent me or my family getting it in the future?

2007-11-03 13:33:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-03 12:43:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

are the people that hear and talk to animals
watching dr. dolittle i just wondered is it possible

2007-11-03 12:23:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Once in a while I hear voices and it's really strange, it usually happens in the morning when i'm in bed. I woke up and was just laying down, and I got this really weird shock in my body, I can't explain it, but I felt as if something was going through my body that gave it a huge vibe. When this happened, I heard a man say "fun" to me... it was really odd and i'm still freaked out. is this normal? do you ever get this strange vibe in your body? it's really weird

2007-11-03 11:56:05 · 9 answers · asked by ☼ kayla ☼ 5

2007-11-03 11:16:58 · 3 answers · asked by moore-stacy@sbcglobal.net 1

When I am near my husband, I feel like I can't breathe, i get dizzy and shaky and want to go hide and cry somewhere....what is going on?

2007-11-03 11:03:55 · 7 answers · asked by Canaan S 2

How do you know when you have had enough?

2007-11-03 10:17:14 · 6 answers · asked by seaturtle36 6

I have really weird mind. Ok, so whenever I get in my room from school all I think about is turning on my computer. This is weird because all the way from school I try to think about doing my homework in my room, and there is a really big force inside me that reassures me that all I have to do is sit down and just start doing problems. Well, when I enter my room there is a constant flood from my brain (that is very enticing) telling me "I can do this stuff later, its a really easy problem anyway". It makes me want to stop everything and just start my computer and find something I would like as opposed to sitting and doing school work. This has been happening to me ever since high school, maybe even middle school. I want to change perception, I want to sit down and stare at a book, instead of sitting down and staring at computer screen.

2007-11-03 10:11:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-03 08:13:25 · 3 answers · asked by Julie C 1

i dont think i have problems more serious than everyone else but for some time i just feel i cant take it anymore
i want to leave here, this place where i am and just disappear somewhere, anywhere
just forget that i had this miserable pathetic life that i have
everything i touch turns to failure and im heading to a wall with 200 km/h
help....

2007-11-03 07:48:11 · 19 answers · asked by radu l 1

My pharmacist told me I'm not supposed to have alcohol while on antidepressants. Do a lot of people still drink alcohol while taking them? Am I going to have to abstain from alcohol altogether at social gatherings? This would suck. Is it harmful drinking alcohol with antidepressants?

2007-11-03 07:13:45 · 14 answers · asked by Citygirl 2

do most want attention do most have emotional issues or what does it help

2007-11-03 06:02:00 · 11 answers · asked by Mr.Six Pack 2

I know logically I shouldn't be embarassed, but I just am. I don't know how to say it to my doctor. I'm sick of having no motivation to do anything anymore, I have stopped going out with friends, etc... It feels like I'm in this big rut.
I want my life to be exciting again. What will my doctor do for me?

2007-11-03 05:34:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-03 04:23:07 · 9 answers · asked by ~MIA!~ 2