for 19 yrs now: Anxiety , Depression, Low moods , Abnormal thinking , fast mind changes ,
high moods , obessions with sexual matters, cloudy-minded feelings , forgetfulness , feelings of non-existence , not able to complete certain task, having problems making simple decisions..Physical health : Diabetes , Low blood sugar , Low male hormones , High ddopamine levels , abnormal cortisol levels …Does anyone know anything ..please let me know ..thanks?
Looking in South Florida for someone who is struggling with clinical depression. She does not have health insurance and is currently unemployed. Depression has been previously diagnosed by a professional.
I’ve been feeling worse lately - depression, anxiety. I have two counselors, a psychiatrist, and take like 12 pills a day. Why do I have all of this and still feel like shit? I feel like I can’t tell anyone that I feel like shit because I think I’d get in trouble. I have all this help, what’s wrong with me now? It feels like nobody is listening anymore, and it is so frustrating. Why don’t I feel better with all of this help?
It’s not that I am afraid of my therapists, it’s that I am afraid of my family. They’re paying for all of this, and I am feeling sick again. Like the first two times I got shipped off to the hospital, it was a total shock to them. I’m afraid I am going to say the wrong thing and get shipped back to the hospital. (Background - when I was little, I was always yelled at by them for having panic attacks, as if I were acting out. They taught me to be afraid of them.)
November 03 2009
Do I need to see a psychiatrist or a psychologist?
Without being too detailed, I think I need to see some sort of metal health professional for anxiety/depression, ect. I hate my life.
Who do I see? How much can I expect to spend?
Why did the mental health nurse pop up @ my house unexpectedly JUST to try to tell me to clean my house & then just left? I’m 24, & I have a college degree. She gave me NO warning that she was coming over. Plus, all I was doing was reorganizing papers. I was in the middle of cleaning, so OF COURSE papers will be all over the place!
It’s routine for her to see me every month. But she just pops up with out calling or warning. & today, she pissed me off by telling me about the condition of my house, when I didn’t ask for her opinion.
But why did she do this? Why are mental health professionals so intrusive in my life? I can’t even get a boyfriend.
They think that just because I have a mental illness, then that means I’m too stupid to know left from right. Why can’t I live like a normal human being? & these "professionals" don’t give a fuck about me b/c when I see them @ WalMart, they turn their noses up @ me & roll their eyes like I’m the most grotesque being on this Earth. They just wanna have somebody to CONTROL! They’re greedy for control, & they’re making my life & mental health symptoms worse. I’m about to say to hell with mental health services, & all those greedy dogs do is make your God damn mental health symptoms WORSE!
***I don’t mean to sound like I’m ranting, but I’m very angry & need advice. I asked this before, & everyone kept saying, "I don’t believe you. There’s more to this story. There was something you did to warrant this visit." Quite naturally, you’re going to be MORE angry if you are upset & people just keep adding fuel to the fire. 1 lady on here went as far as saying that I’m crazy & coo-coo for cocoa puffs.
NO. I didn’t do anything wrong. & people think I must be on some sort of probation because I have a case manager & psych nurse. No, that’s just the policy of the clinic to have these workers with us. I’m not suicidal, I don’t hallucinate or have delusions or psychosis or anything. I’m not out of my head b/c I have OCD, anxiety, depression, & Tourette’s. & even my case manager & psych nurse are ignorant of my problems & think I’m making up excuses for my disorders. No I’m not!
Please help me! I’m very angry & about to have a panic attack & cry. I don’t mean to appear to blow this out of proportion, but I am TIRED of being bossed around & told what to do & how to live my life!
***Sorry this is so long, & thanks for reading & trying to help out.
I don’t know what wrong with my brain. I’ve done drugs yes. People who are opposed, shut up about it this started before then. I don’t donw. I can’t tell. Peodle think I’m normal, I don’t know how they mistake me for that way. I can’t tell where i am sometimes, I don’t know if the people who come to my house actually came to my house. I get panic attacks in big cities. Thats all i know is wrong with me. I don’t like this. Not one bit. I’m afraid to tell stories, i don’t know if they happened or not. If i find they didn’t actually were what they are. I am confused because they are plausible. Small things. Putting a book down and then i never did. having people at my house. telephone conversations. i thought i moved once. I don’t know what wrong. I just proofread and i can’t find more of the spelling problems. I freak out sometimes about scary things if they happen, but i was told those are panic attacks from anxiety. I have to go to school tomorrow. I have a lot due. Tell me what’s wrong. I don’t need a doctor, they didn’t help last time. They just tried to give me medications. For depression, axiety, and an extra called klonopin to sleep. The don’t work. Help me.
in hard classes. IB program. I don’t sleep very much, but this happened and happens before too.
Really bad right now. I want to feel real.
Just getting over theflu.
I lost the ability to drive a car due to inability to think clearly and I would forget what I had said moments after I spoke and I started to forget I was cooking and left the stove on and sat down. I totally forgot I was cooking. I had all the classic signs of depression, but I also couldn’t function enough to be by myself. It’s been almost 6 years now and I am still struggling with this. It seems that all the meds. I’ve taken are minimally helping. I am sure I have something that no doctor has diagnosed correctly. I keep getting major depression as my diagnosis. I am disabled due to this, but long to work again, but know I can’t. Please help.
EX: My case manager & psychiatric nurse act like they’re ignorant of the symptoms of my diagnoses. OCD, Tourette’s, anxiety, depression. & they think I worry & dwell on the past or negative "by choice", & they don’t even care to hear what I’m suffering or going through. & they get angry & want to lock me up for dodging their appointments. What’s the point of meeting with someone who is stubborn & doesn’t care to listen to what you have to say? & by me being 25, & with a BA college degree, they think I use my disorders as an excuse & think I can control them. If that’s the case, then I don’t need psychiatry or meds, if I’m expected to control the symptoms on my own.
& they raise their voices @ me & yell @ me & scold me like a naughty 3-yr. old. That’s no less abusive than the everyday problems I encounter. My past experiences still exist today, & I don’t get treated any different than when I was 3 yrs. old. & they treat me like I’m retarded.
Depression can be genetic, pharmacologic, endocrinal, nutritional, situational, or neurologic in nature. Please discuss:
1. the meaning of the above sentence; in other words, what are some of the origins of depression
2. various diagnostic tools mental health professionals may use when diagnosing depression, including the DSM
3. at least three different types of mental health professionals a patient may encounter, detailing how their education, training or treatments may differ.
I’m getting ready to graduate college with a 4yr degree in Criminology. I’m also a SGT in the US Army reserves. When I was 17 I was diagnosed with depression, but with treatment I became better. Its been 5 years since I’ve had treatment and I’ve been okay until about 1.5 years ago my symptoms came back with a vengeance. Its been up and down ever since. I have been putting off seeing anyone for help because I am afraid it will stigmatize me and make me an undesirable applicant for jobs or for promotion when I admit I have received treatment. I can’t just lie about it, my treatment would come out in my background checks and I would have to explain why I was taking certain meds. I know I need help. It’s getting difficult for me to do anything, let alone live my life. But if I get the help I need, will I be unable to get jobs with the federal government, state police, or other organizations because of my depression? Will I be unable to go overseas if my unit deploys? What should I do?