http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/ Mental Health Forum - A forum for mental health issues. A place for help, advice, to be listened to and for information. en Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:47 GMT vBulletin 90 http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/ http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61110.html Wed, 22 May 2013 01:06:11 GMT Hi berks people. How is everyone doing. Sorry to sound like a dj. Just making sure you are all ok. Xxx Hi berks people.
How is everyone doing.
Sorry to sound like a dj.
Just making sure you are all ok.

Xxx ]]> Berkshire Mental Health Forum ali http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61110.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61109.html Wed, 22 May 2013 00:58:37 GMT Anyone suffer insomnia when they are high... Anyone suffer insomnia when they are high... ]]> ali http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61109.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61107.html Wed, 22 May 2013 00:33:48 GMT Where your anxiety is high for no reason? Mine has even high all day (it's 6:33 pm now). I'm freaked out. I'm irritable. I'm isolating. ]]> Anxiety Forum Lincoln1990 http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61107.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61106.html Wed, 22 May 2013 00:24:13 GMT I'm here out of desperation. I don't want to admit my problems to anybody I know, so hopefully this forum will be a sympathetic ear and help me out, as I have no idea about what I should do.

My husband of only 7 months (We've been together around 4.5 years) travels a lot for work...A LOT. He's on very intense trips for 3-4 weeks and will then be home for 3-4 weeks. He used to come home from trips so happy, and would joke about how grateful he was that his friends and family were waiting for him when he got back, but he now returns and is cold and seems exhausted. He no longer phones me to chat when he's away. He's seemed a little stressed about work for a few months now, but his stress always seemed to be short lived, he seemed profoundly happy.

This year I was awarded a place in a University course I've been dying to do for years. This means I've had to leave full time work, my husband was happy and supportive of this and implored me to study, but it seems now he resents me for it...and resents the idea that he is the bread winner and I feel awful about it.

I've been begging him to see his doctor or a counsellor for almost a year now, because the periods of happiness have been diminishing. I try to talk to him but he dismisses me. Since he's returned from this most recent trip, things have been unbearable. He seems to go out of his way not touch or look at me (I know this is probably a product of his depression/anxiety). He wakes up at least once every night thinking he's choking. He is, thankfully though, admitting he's stressed and saw a counsellor last week, who insisted he come back this week for another appointment. I've just found out he's cancelled that appointment. I'm just at a loss as to what I should do.

How can I convince him to see a doctor when he seems to hate me and everything I say?

What is the best support I can give him at this time? It seems like the nicer and more helpful I try to be, the more frustrated he gets with me. ]]> Friendships, Relationships and Family cottonkitty http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61106.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61105.html Wed, 22 May 2013 00:13:39 GMT Hello everyone. I'm worried about my mum. I really don't know what I can do to help her anymore.

She was diagnosed with bipolar and anxiety a very long time ago and tried to commit suicide, and was on two different drugs for about 8 years which worked brilliantly, (one was called buspirone and I can't remember the name of the other one) but eventually came off them upon her own accord. She has never been right since coming off them, but she seems to be getting worse. I don't know if it's bipolar or something else.

She gets angry. And I mean angry at everything and extremely irritable, even at the tiniest things. She is constantly moaning about everyone, there is literally no one she doesn't moan about. I can understand at times, but 90% of the time there is no reason for her to. I can't really do anything without her getting angry. It's beginning to make me feel guilty, as she gets angry when I go out (even to college - I'm a full time student), sometimes even if I just walk upstairs e.g. she would say something like "why does everyone piss off as soon as I come in?!", even though I'd just go upstairs for a minute to the toilet or something!

She says no one cares about her, or listens to her, when all she really talks about is herself. From the moment I walk into the door and the moment I go to bed it's about herself. When she's on the phone to her friends, she's talking about herself. The second she puts the phone down, she's moaning that she is lonely and has no support (even though she gets SO much from me, my sister and her friends!)

I'm just saying that I don't know if I can physically do anything else to help her. I try so hard and she just throws it back in everyone's face, I genuinely can't think of anything else. I know she hasn't had the easiest life (had an abusive relationship in the past and is a single parent), but it is very easy in comparison to some people I know who don't act like she does.

When I bring this up with her she snaps. I try to tell her that I think she's depressed and it would be good if she could see the doctor again and maybe go back on her pills as they helped her, or try counselling. Her reply is "it's not me it's everyone else", even though no one around her does anything bad, and everyone around her is there to support her.

She's making our lives hell. I have so much going on with college finishing, but I have to worry about my mum, how she hasn't ate for a few days, worry about what mood she will be in when I get home, worry if she will try to commit suicide again, worry she will moan at the weekend when I go to visit my bf. I literally am lost and I have no idea what to do. I don't expect her to get better by herself, I'm always there to support her, but it's like she doesn't want anyones support, moans when it isn't there, even though she is getting constant support. It just doesn't make sense. I want to start to focus on my own life for once instead of trying to keep my mum together and failing every time:(

But then sometimes she is fine! In a very happy mood, getting housework done, conversational and happy-go-lucky. The next minute she turns very angry without anything serious to provoke it woman.

This has turned into a really long post so sorry about that. If anyone has any advice about whether this is bipolar again, or just any advice in general about this then please feel free to post or PM me :) ]]> Phezzz http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61105.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61104.html Wed, 22 May 2013 00:12:01 GMT Hi. Do you need any one to help on the site. Ive been a member for a few years now. Gutted i wasnt in your first 500 . I would like to help though. Xx Hi. Do you need any one to help on the site. Ive been a member for a few years now. Gutted i wasnt in your first 500 . I would like to help though.
Xx ]]> How To... Use This Forum ali http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61104.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61099.html Tue, 21 May 2013 23:16:08 GMT Hi all. I have just had my day meds increased but am feeling great. Does anyone know if you can foster if you have bipolar. I already have a 15 year old son. I have never been contacted by social... Hi all.
I have just had my day meds increased but am feeling great. Does anyone know if you can foster if you have bipolar. I already have a 15 year old son. I have never been contacted by social and tgere had never been any concerns for his wellfare.. I would love to foster. Anyone have any info plz.
Xx ]]> Getting Your Life Back! ali http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61099.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61098.html Tue, 21 May 2013 22:23:38 GMT Hi all. Hope everyone is doing well. Question. Can i foster with bi polar ? Xx Hi all. Hope everyone is doing well.
Question.
Can i foster with bi polar ?
Xx ]]> ali http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61098.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61097.html Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:42 GMT Hello,

I'm looking for guidance or some form of answersand I am hoping someone here can help me.

I have never been clinically diagnosed with a mental illness but have gone through very bad stages of depression which lasted for at least 2 months and lead to other problems, one being erectile dysfunction. During these periods I have considered suicide and everyday walking to college, I always thought that if I got hit by a car right now it would probably be better than having to go ahead with my day. Im sure most of you know what depression is anyway, but im just trying to explain the severity.

But what I really want to talk to someone about is about my moods. I honestly dont know if I suffer from bipolar or cyclothymia, and I hope any of you who do dont get offended by me wondering if I do because really I just need answers and guidance.

I am hugely into music which is where I get a lot of my creativity out. But my eyes are starting to open a bit as of lately because of the way I am and my moods that I think there may be something wrong. Theres so many different ways I can feel its hard to describe but it usually only comes down to one or the other.

I can feel very confident and chatty and love everything im doing and everyone im with and be a very friendly person to be around and full of energy. But then, what feels like a big wave comes over me and something drags me down to rock bottom. I am so pissed off and not happy. Nothing amuses me, everything f cking sucks and pisses me off. I dont want to talk to anyone, and I wont. My girlfriends always thinks Im mad at her and that im pissed off, and worries why. but theres no reason! Im not pissed of about anything.. I cant control it, it just happens.
My parents are used to it and think they put it down to me being a contrary person. But its like my body decides whenever it wants to be pissed off at nothing, or excited about nothing. People in work and friends dont particularly notice because I can somewhat hide it. Most of the time.

I could go on forever about different things but I know theres no point because you all heard it before and wouldnt read it anyway. If anyone has anyway they can help me please reply. Ill answer any questions.

Also, I want to know who could I go see to get evaluated? I dont particularly want to go to a doctor and be put on some garbage medication that I CERTAINLY can not afford.

Thanks everyone. ]]> freedomandlife http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61097.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61096.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:40 GMT Well, first of all, I am new to this forum. Hello...

...I'm not sure how to start. Uhm, I'm not sure how long I've truly had depression, I'm guessing since I was in elementary school since that is where I developed self-esteem problems and I can remember excusing myself to the bathroom to have little crying fits.
It's only worsened during the years. What was once just sadness has turned into total apathy and cynicism towards...well...everything, really.
I can't feel anything, no matter how hard I try. I can't be happy, I can't be excited, I'm not even sure if I know what love or affection actually feels like. I stopped caring about my grades and let my GPA drop. I feel like a walking corpse and it's driving me insane, but all I can do is scream and cry about it.
Believe me, I tried reaching out and getting help. It didn't work. I talked to my school counselor about my depression a couple of years ago and I was taken to see a psychologist. She didn't take my depression seriously and wasn't helping me at all, all she did was make me take test after test and ramble on about her life, and then I was pulled out after a month because my parents refuse to take me seriously, either.
I'm at the end of my line here. I feel like I'm at a dead end. The depression is seriously messing with my life, I almost died a couple of weeks ago in a car accident that I caused from lack of concentration, and before that I was infamous for bumping into people for the same reason.
I tried taking my own life last summer by overdosing, but that plan backfired on me. I'm afraid I'm going to try again soon if something isn't done about this. I'm terrified of myself and I can't stand it.

I need advice or something. Anything! ]]> Depression Forum crymsin http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61096.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61088.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:06:26 GMT Sorry i'm only new to this, It may be a bit long but even if one person reads it would help sorry :( ... Im 18, for the last 5 years have been hell, i've been feeling unwell on and off for months at a time and since january this year, it hasn't went away. I've felt so physically ill and ended up in hospital with feeling so unwell, i've done every test under the sun. At first my b12 was so low so they treated that but it made no difference.
My gp and family tell me its anxiety and in the last month i've kept taking panic attacks. I was put on a beta blocker and it helped but i'm off them again and i feel terrible, i decided to try therapy and its helped a little and makes sense with anxiety but im struggling to come to terms with it.
My family are at there whits end and are struggling to which im destroying their lifes and they've more or less stated it. They think i've an eating disorder, or that i've taken drugs or that i've done it for attention.
They have been very supportive but they are struggling and its so hard at the minute cus i'm not doing it deliberately and im feeling so alone :( I just want it to go away so that I can get my life on track and its brought me really down in the dumps cus i dont know how anxiety can cause me to feel so sick, almost bedridden and that its all in my head? Just really confused and lost :( sorry for the long paragraph and the hassel ]]> Anxiety Forum scout1994 http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61088.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61086.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:46:58 GMT I first sh nearly 8 yrs ago n although (well almost) not done it for bout 3 yrs the thought never goes away. The slightest thing that goes wrong no matter how minor the thought gets stronger. I exist... I first sh nearly 8 yrs ago n although (well almost) not done it for bout 3 yrs the thought never goes away. The slightest thing that goes wrong no matter how minor the thought gets stronger. I exist in fear that I may start doin it again on daily basis. What if one day I'm not strong enough to stop myself. ]]> Self Harm Forum lost girl http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61086.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61085.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:57 GMT I really dont know what to do anymore, i think about SH constantly :( i also have bipolar its getting to hard to cope :( I really dont know what to do anymore, i think about SH constantly :( i also have bipolar its getting to hard to cope :( ]]> Self Harm Forum lauren23 http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61085.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61083.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:24:48 GMT is very good to ease the mind and body and soul is very good to ease the mind and body and soul ]]> Other Conditions and Experiences flute http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61083.html http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61082.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:32 GMT are telling me *not to* *look at certain people talk to them at ics go to sleep* Also much more they say are telling me not to

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against these meds I have been givenby the doctors to try and change me ]]> Personal Experiences of Hearing Voices flute http://www.mentalhealthforum.net/forum/thread61082.html