I'm a senior in a public high school, I've always been really good at school, and now I can tell my grades are slipping. Anytime I try to study, I just can't. It's not even with just school subjects, I used to be a avid computer game player, and now I'm just very uninterested in it. I know it could all be from depression, but I don't really understand why, because when I look at my life from the past couple of years, this is probably the best I've ever been. So I cant understand why I'm just uninterested in everything. When I'm with my girlfriend I am even sort of uninterested in sex, but to embarrassed to just say it. I just want to sit all day and listen to music with my eyes closed.. I keep skipping school, and not just from not wanting to be there? But I usually feel really sick.. I get upset stomaches a LOT, and diarrhea, and headaches, sometimes I feel like I'm suffocating.. I hate to tell my mom because I feel like theres always something wrong with me. Any suggestions please?
2006-11-14 08:52:02 · 10 answers · asked by insanelaser20@sbcglobal.net 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Yes, your symptoms have all the makings of endogenous depression, which comes on you like a thief in the night.
Go to your doctor for a professional diagnosis so you can get the treatment your need, and don't be afraid of any of the therapy or medications if they help you in the long run.
The kind of depression you seem to have symptoms of usually doesn't seem to have any obvious cause and so can go on undetected for months or even years making your life sad and purposeless for no apparent reason.
Especially if you have a parent or other close family members with depression or mental illness of any kind, you most likely have inherited this depression, which would explain why you feel this way even though nothing is going wrong in your life.
2006-11-14 09:00:40 · answer #1 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are like most kids your age, you eat junk food and drink a lot of sodas. Stop both.
Sugar, salt, starches, and fats can cause a lot of the symptoms you describe -upset stomach, diarrhea, headaches.
And no alcohol, drugs, or smoking (anything). All these things along with the hormones of a normal teen can really mess things up.
And you're old enough to hear this - even if you don't feel like it, just get up and do the things you have to do, like school.
Just because you used to like gaming, doesn't mean that you have to still like it. Your mind is growing and changing, so maybe you've just outgrown it.
You could have a deficiency of some vitamins in your diet. Calcium, vitamin C, beta cartone, zinc, and potassium are all used up faster in the body if you're stressed, and the lack of these can lead to some of the symptoms you describe.
But I suggest you see your doctor and have some tests done to be sure there isn't any physical problem that needs attention.
2006-11-14 23:39:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got a bike? Ride. If not, hike. Some place scenic, away from everything and everyone. Alone. Clear your mind. Forget ****. Just for a day. Go out and look at things...trees, flowers, birds, stuff like that. Breath. Deep. Hold it, and exhale. Best done on a mountaintop, but anywhere away from the distractions of civilization will be OK. And it's cool if it's raining, too. Oh, and take some snacks so you don't bonk, and some water.
2006-11-14 17:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think your depressed dude. i think that you have done everything exciting that there is to do in life up until now and your brain is over stimulated. if you find a new interest like mountain biking or basketball you might fall out of your slump and get on with your life. if anything get through high school and forget about everything else. i feel the same as you do sometimes and im 34 years old. life is hard and sometimes it just sucks. do yourself a favor and go give your girl a sloppy wet kiss and slap her on the ***. youll feel better afterward. if she gets mad give her a smile and tell her you love her.
2006-11-14 17:05:47 · answer #4 · answered by heyman016032003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be from depression, but this is something that happens to some teens and the best is to tell your mother. She won't say there is something wrong with you, she would just like to help.
2006-11-14 16:57:40 · answer #5 · answered by princessmunchi510 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the not being able to concentrate thing might be A.D.D when you need to concentrate on something try drinking some caffeine and the sex thing might just be you aren't interested any more that's not uncommon
call and talk to your Doctor it might solve a lot of your problems
2006-11-14 17:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by musicisme1992 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your mom. She will be more than happy to consult a doctor and/or psycologist. They are really the only people that can give you good reasonable advice on what to do.
2006-11-14 17:00:46 · answer #7 · answered by mikey_guinto 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
See a Doctor. It could be medical.
You are old enough to go alone, I would think.
Tell your Mom after.
2006-11-14 17:07:30 · answer #8 · answered by elliebear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you need to stop giving time to thing that don't matter and put the thing first that do. and don't let you mom get to you because one day she will need you most mom and dads don't think about that keep you head on and when your grown it will all go away
2006-11-14 17:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by monique c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start praying you will get the answer,you also could see a doctor, it could be lack of vitamins sleep or the change from teen to young adult,who knows
2006-11-14 17:08:55 · answer #10 · answered by Me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋