Mental Health - December 2007

I have absolutely no idea what triggers our brains back into consciousness without a noise to startle it...Is your brain aware of the time even if your conscious self is not?

2007-12-21 03:44:57 · 7 answers · asked by quincyrose93 2

My wife has terrible anxiety, followed by anger and depression.

Is this a depression thing or an anxiety thing?

She can not control herself and goes into rages I sometimes feel that it is because of myself and the children, I have asked her if it has something to do with us and she says she dosen't know? I have tried to ask her what is wrong / why she gets so anxious and angry and she says she dosen't know.

I have always been very supportive but I don't know what else to do, I don't know who this person is or why she's angry all of the time, I wish she wouldn't take it out on the kids.

We're finally getting professional help I hope it works, but the appointment is weeks away, and I would appericiate any suggestions in the meantime that may help.

2007-12-21 03:11:58 · 15 answers · asked by sketch213 2

not depression, I'm not sad or weepy or anxious....it is hard to describe. I just wake up and think oh dear another day to get through rather than oh dear what a wonderful life I have and how I will look forward to it!
I am self-employed and love what I do. I am on Prozac 20mg. and Trazadone. I do not feel depressed at all. Maybe it's irritablility? What can I do?

2007-12-21 03:07:32 · 4 answers · asked by TropyWife 1

2007-12-21 02:56:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive always been a person who doesnt care about anything.....anything at all........never really been a happy boy, though I have no reason to get upset...I just am....Pain is the proff of ones existnce..and I hate the proof......I have nothing to look forward to in the day...........when I wake up, i feel disgusted with myself for doing so....then when i fall asleep, I pray that its the very last time I close my eyes...... My friends have always been reasons against me doing it....but I feel as though theyve been distancing themselves from me recently...I have nothing l;eft...........no reason for getting up anymore.... really I just want to see peoples opinions on the matter before hand....

2007-12-21 02:48:21 · 12 answers · asked by Ookamii_boy 2

offer you help anymore ?

im a 30 year old borderline personality disorder sufferer, ive been in a real rut.....bad panic anxiety, isolating myself in my flat...only really going out when i have to..

ive not even been answering my phone...ive just shut myself off....im really down, depressed, worried anxious.....have racing thoughts.....thoughts are crowded.

its like i just seem to give up on wanting to deal with people or face them.
so many thoughts racing....wanting to emigrate from the uk...to europe or beyond....wanting a partner....wanting to live in a quiet coastal town...in my own house.....things ive never had in my life.
ive missed alot of appointments over the last couple of weeks...just shutting myself away.....missing appointments with my cpn...and psychiatrist.

really fallen in a rut.

i want to know....because of this, will they refuse me a service ?
has this ever happened to anyone...where theyve not helped because you fell in a rut?
howd you get through ?

2007-12-21 02:20:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

like, really 100% cured for it?

i have it and take about 5 pills a day, seeing a lot of psychiatrists. It makes me feel terrified if i don't get cured from it..
any good answers are requiered.

2007-12-21 02:08:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a 25 year old female...
(It's the generic form of Addy called D-Amphetamine salt combo 20mg, not quite sure if it's the Extended Release because the pharmacist gave me the papers acting as if it was but she only said it would last 6 to 7 hours of what I could remember, I am not sure! Now.... I took my dosage of one pill every morning...I took my first one at around 10ish and then I noticed I went back to normal closer to 5ish....Now I was very unhappy when I felt I was coming back to my original self and now I am very sad, isolated, dont want to really talk because I felt so good being on it, I was so focused and ready to take charge..I was very happy and attentive.......what does this mean and why I am going through withdrawls.......It's my first day on it... And I want to feel content whenever I am up....why does it go away so fast!!! Thats not what I expected! Then why be on something that goes from a constant upper to lower, thats nutts to me........
Educated answers/EXP.

2007-12-21 01:50:31 · 4 answers · asked by tiamomatthew 2

About a year ago i lost my sister. She was murdered and we did not put up a christmas tree. This year we put it up and i was wondering if it was okay to do that. I feel that we were okay in doing this but i feel sad that she isnt here to celebrate with us.

2007-12-21 01:44:53 · 13 answers · asked by sweetpea1215 2

I have ADHD and, through my observations, have found that it may be nothing more than a different "configuration" for how a person thinks. Many people with mild ADD, ADHD, and Autism have very good recollection from long term memory, as with borderline photographic memory. I believe that this may be due to the number of relative connections between memories. A person will see a frying pan, but may remember being burned as a child, thus relating the object not only with food (satisfaction), but also with heat (pain) and a certain level of importance (degree of caution used). The more relative connections between different memories that are made, the more creative that the person seems to be. This is a general observation from my personal study of cognitive thought processes, conducted for over 15 years. With those who have mild ADD, ADHD, or Autism, the cognitive processes seem to be accelerated. I can remember almost every experience from all the way back to 3.5 months of age.

2007-12-21 01:30:41 · 4 answers · asked by melting_joker 1

I keep having weird dreams last night I had a dream about a bad virus that was threaten the world and everyone I cared about had it except for me. They all had long weird teeth in their mouth and couldn't talk and then when I woke up my throat was hurting. Then in my dream all of the people went to my gyn and he was a mad scientist that I found out was performing experiments on me and my husband was there but couldn't stop it what does this mean? I woke up in tears and confused and I keep seeing those weird teeth people and my throat is hurting. Does this have something to do with my pregnancy or is this dream trying to tell me something {please no hurtful answers}

2007-12-21 01:13:47 · 11 answers · asked by juv 1

2007-12-21 01:10:20 · 14 answers · asked by FRANsuFU 3

I have a son who just went back into psych hospital for about the fifth time. He had his head shaved bald because of bugs!Blah.
To cope I have gone onto antidepressants.How about others out there?

2007-12-21 00:49:40 · 4 answers · asked by jjulia 1

i have recently split up with my partner and we have a 3yr old girl 2gether i want us to get back 2gether but he needs time. i do not want to go back on my medication as i find it addictive. is there anyway i can beat it without medication

2007-12-20 23:46:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have depression, derealisation, depersonalization, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder

2007-12-20 22:21:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

How could you handle this grief, words, time,friends hugging you, a stranger grief support group? When together over 40 yrs, how can one adjust not having that person around. Is it normal to want another companion, is it disloyalty to the spouose of so many years? Does it help overcome the lonliness, or just feel guilty?

2007-12-20 20:33:41 · 6 answers · asked by shardf 5

are there ways to improve your memory via medicine or actions like practicing something.

2007-12-20 20:16:12 · 4 answers · asked by Omar A 1

with no easy, quick solution in sight either.

life really is hell for me....i live alone in a one bedroomed flat, on sickness benifit.

im a 30 year old borderline personality sufferer.....ive isolated myself and only go out when i have to.....to pay bills.....do shopping etc.

ive missed important appointments for assesments for psychotherapy due to bad anxiety and panic..............now theyve discharged me and i have to re refered again.

my life feels it will never go anywhere, im trapped here in this tiny flat...ill never go anywhere.

i have very low self esteem...im clingy...not self assured....ive never ever made any friends in life....never been in a relationship.
im always rejected online by people i try to make connection with.....i think they sense my desperation.

i have physical worries : ive aged in the face badly...im overweight, get thirsty alot...worrying if i have diabetes.....i have 2 missing teeth...torn ankle ligaments..i can easily go over & twist my ankle

2007-12-20 19:38:37 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

If somebody overdoses on iburophen... They took between 120 and 150 in three days... What are the effects of that. It's been a week and they seem alright . She did not get sick or anything but she has been peeing a lot and it hurts a little but not to bad. Should she be worried at all?

She really feels fine other than very slight pain. Not really that bothering her....


If there was a kidney or liver problem would'nt there be more symptoms and a lot more painfull?

2007-12-20 19:10:22 · 7 answers · asked by Jessica H 1

I'm a total *sshole and I need to change, but I have no idea where to start. I constantly think about changing and how I'm going to act different. Then I fall right back into being the horrible person I'm so good at being. I'm one of the most toxic and poisonous personalities I know. I'm beginning to hate myself as much as everyone else hates me. I really can't have this crap rubbing off on my son or affecting him negatively.
The people that I've hurt in the past, are in the past. I'm not worried about making ammends because the words of life can't be erased. I'll just stay away.
I need to change now for my family's sake because they are kind of stuck with me. I'm just tired of hurting people. What can I do? Where do I start? If you have experience turning your personality around please give me some advice.
(I'm emotionally and mentally abusive to people that I love.)

2007-12-20 18:57:20 · 8 answers · asked by tumadre 5

my son gets bullied at school all the time they tease him because Im so old and for other things too, they call him names and it is affecting his school work, and he is starting to hate going to school! I am scared he will start cutting school, as he gets older. Or he will drop out HELP PLEASE!!!!!!! I do not want to interfere cause they will tease him more. he is 12 and yes the school has a no bullying code buty so far they have not helped!

2007-12-20 18:41:27 · 7 answers · asked by Tamera J 1

2007-12-20 17:52:20 · 1 answers · asked by faron_jns 1

I know this is gonna sound weird... even looney, but I've heard that a person with multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia, you can actually get rid of one of the dominate personalities. Say the one dominant personality is good "Jekyl", while the other "Hyde" is more self destructive. Even if this is stemmed from a traumatic experience in their early teens is it possible to get rid of it?

2007-12-20 17:13:10 · 6 answers · asked by jjamtkeb91 1

My daughter refuses to get help, and she is cursing everybody out. I just want to know if they can be violent?

2007-12-20 16:55:05 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6

ok do you know how when you eat your stomach bloats, this female i know who is 37 years old always thinks she is pregnant. she hasnt had sex in about a year. she runs out and buys pregnancy tests every other day and takes uses them. Thry always come up negetive. I tried to explain to her that she needs to have sex to get pregnant and she says i did...........about a year ago. SHE DRIVES ME ******* NUTS! WHAT SHOULD I DO!

2007-12-20 15:35:41 · 24 answers · asked by cbella76 4

well, my friend says I have not been my regular-carefree self and that I have been saying a lot of negative things lately. I can't help the way I feel though, and I'm just sad and I cant help it. I want to be happy and perky like usual but right now Im in a funk, I think she understands what Im going through
but how come she wont accept the way I feel?

2007-12-20 13:50:30 · 5 answers · asked by marcelikes 2

It's like that "now I remember my lesson, later on i totally for get it" can I still get my memory back? I mean is there any possibilities to improve my memory at my age? What's medicine is good for memory inhancement?...Thanks and God Bless!

2007-12-20 13:28:47 · 12 answers · asked by Teresita E 1

lexapro has helped me calm down. its not amazing but it has no sexual side effects and most of them usually do so ive stayed with it. paxil i took was bad in every way. i took clonazepam with the lexapro but it hurt me sexually and i didn't feel anything. i'm starting to take xanax and i've heard all good things about it so we'll see there. so for now it will be lexapro and xanax. but i've heard some people who take zoloft and effexor or valium. i've heard they are worse with the side effects than lexapro and xanax. i just wanted to know which anxiety medications have you had the best luck with(which helps the most with anxiety and best with side effects)?and do you think my combo of lexapro and xanax is a good one? (i understand its different for everyone)

2007-12-20 13:24:46 · 7 answers · asked by thebtpyoda 4

i feel that anything i do won't have a good result if i don't pray for the extraordinary blasphemous thoughts that i had before
there no meaning, intent or plan behind my thoughts, it's just out of my control
are the people with mental illness infested with devils and is that why they're sad?
this is one of my biggest obstacles in life, so i should fight it off to find myself again
i feel that one day i might think that religion is killing me even though im a christian
whenever i feel guilty and uncomfortable, does that mean the devils are near me?
am i right and what should i do?

2007-12-20 13:09:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think i may have bipolar disorder. my symptoms fit almost perfectly but people usually don't take me seriously because i'm only 17. i have perviously been diagnosed with depression and treated for it. i have partaken in self-mutilation and seriously considered suicide. i also have rather severe mood swings where i will be happy and excited one minute and sad the next. i have difficulty focusing on almost anything, even things i used to love. i've had problems with anxiety in the past, but those symptoms no longer bother me. lately, even the smallest things will set off a mood change. a little less than three months ago, one of my best friends killed himself and my symptoms have gotten worse since then. i also recently found that my boyfriend had cheated on me. i find myself getting very moody with everyone around me and lashing out at the smallest things anymore. my main problem is this: how can i tell the difference between normal mood swings and bipolar disorder?

2007-12-20 12:59:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous