My girlfriend is 27 years old and she has some severe mental disorders. She will not come out of her room, she will not eat. She drinks water and Orange juice only. She has severe panic attacks to the point where she feels she needs to go to the hospital. She is depressed, has severe anxiety, she is OCD and she is always worried she is dying from some disease or sickness. I don't know what to do for her. She is so sad and crys sometimes. She literally only leaves her bedroom to use the bathroom. She won't even consider leaving the house to see a doctor. What can I do to help her? Why is she like this? Any advice would help, please?
2007-06-16
01:05:48
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Rick M
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This has been going on for over 6 weeks now.
2007-06-16
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When she has the panic attacks do you actually take her to the hospital? If so, when you get her there, you need to tell the attending physician all of the above. Sounds like she needs a thorough mental health evaluation. Is she supposed to be taking meds and not taking them? 6 weeks is a long time to be closed up in a bedroom. If you can't coax her to come out so you get her to a doctor, call your nearest mental health facility. Is she a danger to herself?
See a doctor yourself if she won't go, and tell doc exactly what you typed above. Talk to her parents. If necessary, call an ambulance to take her to the hospital. EMTs and paramedics are equipped to deal with her (sedation) if she tries to fight them. She may hate you for it in the beginning, but she'll probably thank you later. Please take action before the poor girl starves herself to death...or worse.
2007-06-16 02:04:02
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answered by ~RedBird~ 7
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I am sorry to hear that your girlfriend is feeling this way. If you need to call a doctor in to see her then this may be an option. By your girlfriend not eating, she is not nourishing her brain and she will get more and more anxious, it's a bit like driving a car with no petrol. Once she has seen the doctor and been diagnosed you will at least get some help. I used to suffer with panic attacks and I took bach flower rescue remedy spray, that helped enormously you just spray it on your tongue, I have recommended it to many and everyone says how good it is. You must try and get a doctor to come in or give the nearest mental health hospital a call, the maudsley in london has an emergency centre for you to go in at any time, but the mental health team will usually send someone out to assess the situation. Most of all if you could just keep on supporting your girlfriend right now she needs support. There is a website agorophobia and anxiety that may well help to show you both that you are not alone. Good luck
2007-06-16 01:26:45
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answered by tania e 1
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Not all causes of physical or mental disorders are known to medicine. This is because the approach to treatment in conventional medicine deals with a cause and effect theory. Every effect must be explained by a single cause. The problem with this method is that the human body works in a very complex manner. Some elements function in harmony or opposite others. These reactions make management confusing. Sometimes a certain mode of treatment is being accepted despite its very low cure rate because there is no other method. Example is chemotherapy for cancers. Its cure rate is only between 25-35% and yet most cancers are treated this way.
Because of this, conventional medicine shld be more open and seek other modes of treatment that work better. There are naturopathic and alternative forms of treatment applying natural elements that are more safe and acceptable to the human body. They work with almost no adverse or toxic effects at all.
This is related to ur GF's condition. She is deficient of minerals that will keep her mental condition well. If she is/was a heavy drinker of coffee, tea, sodas and alcoholic beverages and chocolates, she has lost the impt minerals that contribute to the optimal metabolic functioning of the body. Without minerals particularly magnesium, her nerves become irritated, hyperactive because her electrical impulses cannot be transmitted smoothly from nerve to nerve. This results to anxiety, depression, mood swings, irritability, and a lot other symptoms of mental instability. The brain actually gets 85% of its energy from water, the reason why the brain is immersed in water called cerebrospinal fluid. When there is lack of water not enough energy propels the necessary impulses. The substances mentioned earlier are all dehydrating beverages and further contribute to the deficiency it has caused. Its double jeopardy.
So to cure ur GF's condition, supplement her with multivitamins esp Vit B and magnesium.. Give her high dose Vit B and 450 mg of magnesium daily. Hydrate her accordingly by following this method. Dissolve 1/4 tsp of sea salt to 1 quart of water and give this chilled salted water as follows: 24 ounces upon waking up in the morning and also at bedtime, 16 ounces half hr before and also 2 and a half hrs after meals, and 8 ounces to replace every urination. Salt holds water and will help her hydrate her body as well as the brain efficiently. Strictly avoid the elements I mentioned because they will negate the good effects of water and minerals. In case she develops swelling in the feet, stop salt for 2 days and resume when it subsides. When the brain gets sufficient water as well as minerals from the salt, her condition will definitely improve because the deficiencies are corrected and so the normal functioning of the affected systems follow.
Hope this helps.
2007-06-16 01:37:13
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answered by RHENE 3
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Does she have visitors - her friends, family (and yours)? Are there people other than you she trusts? Try to arrange other people to visit her. She has been isolated herself to the outside world for too long. She needs to reestablish that connection, starting with the people she feels comfortable with. And also, get some doctor for a home visit.
Does she connect to the outside world at all? (TV, radio, internet)?
Ask her to help you some small things in the house to encourage her leave her bedroom.
She will feel better.
2007-06-16 03:59:36
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answered by White Polar Bear 4
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Your female pal desires help - ASAP. It sounds like your female pal is plagued by agorophobia, between different issues. (An eating affliction seems probable too.) some psychiatrists will surely pass to their customers of their domicile if the phobia of leaving the home is so intense. you may could call around to community psychiatrists and psychiatric establishments to get information. additionally, you're able to detect a psychiatrist prepared to prescribe an anti-tension agent just to get her out of the domicile and into the place of work. If this is going unchecked, your female pal's existence is going to be constrained to an tension-ridden depressive existence interior of her room. maximum suitable of success
2016-11-25 00:11:00
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answered by ? 4
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Call Dr. Phil
2007-06-16 01:21:48
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answered by I know EVERYTHING! 4
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um bring her to a doctor. tell her you love her and give her her favorite foods.
bring her out to a nice expensive restaurant.
2007-06-16 01:10:41
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answered by Anonymous
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seek a doctor who can do home visit since gf can't leave her room. i pray for her to get well!!!!
2007-06-16 01:10:24
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answered by alsad4ever_1078 2
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doctor
2007-06-16 02:43:23
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answered by Anonymous
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bring the doc to her! talk to her, explain that's for her best!good luck!!
2007-06-16 01:14:53
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answered by gaby 5
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