Q. I have self harmed in many different ways since i was 6, first starting out by picking my lip til it bled, to cutting, burning and ODing now. But I have never wanted to actually kill myself. My goal was always just to be able to go to sleep and somehow, magically, I would wake up and this awful depression would have gone and I would be well. But now, at the time I MOST do not want to kill myself- I could never ever do that to my girls- I have had overwhelming urges to strangle myself for about 3 weeks. I haven't been able to talk to my support worker (nurse) about it altho we have talked about other things. Last ...  
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Q. I recently started going to a conseler about my unhealthy handling of stress. I've had alot on my plate lately, and at my birthday I drank alot. In my drunken state in front of my whole family and friends I freaked out for 3hrs. I was screaming, thrashing wildly and calling things out that I wouldnt normally say. I have never had a reaction like that before. I just think the stress of all the problems I've had culminated in that moment and I had to let it out. So I decided it would be a good idea to go see a conseler. Because even though I thought I'd taken steps to lessen my stress and pain it was obvious it hadnt worked. In ...  
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Q. I am a 28 year old male i have been taking citalopram for about 8 months. For the last 2 months i have also been taking reboxetine without a prescription. I found the reboxetine has given me more focus and more drive and a better overall feeling of well being. When i told my doctor i was also taking reboxetine he told me i cant take both meds at the same time. He has told me to come off the citalopram cold turkey. I asked him what about withdrawals and he said that i wouldnt suffer any if he doubled the amount of reboxetine i was on. I am now taking 8mg of reboxetine per day and stopped taking the 10mg of citalopram i ...  
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Q. I'm in depression and I have a fear that this depression will be developed now as chronic. My concret question is does the chronic depression can cure (treated) or I'll be depression person in all life? Secondly, does it mean that simple depression (not the Chronic depression)is treatable (cure) and is not the same with the chronic depression? Thank you very much for understanding me? A. All types of depression are treatable. The way to combat any type depression is to seek treatment. It’s possible you will end up with long term depression if you do not actively seek help for your depression. With good therapy and with an experienced therapist that you like and feel comfortable with, there is a ...  
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Q. hi, i weighed 15 stone and went on a diet of supplement shakes no food just shakes, i lost alot of weight very quick, but now i so afraid of putting it back on ive been taking up to 13 laxitives a day, ive lost even more weight, i also go to the gym 7 days a week some days twice. i now weigh 10st 3lbs im not under weight for my age and height but my friends say its a form of bulimua, im a bit upset by this, but i cant stop taking them, can you help me?? A. What you are doing is extremely unhealthy. There are healthy ways to lose weight and the way you chose is not one ...  
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Q. I recently found out that my 15 yr old daughter is cutting herself and also started smoking weed. I was brought up in an abusive family so the only way I know how to react to the pot smoking is anger. I do not physically abuse my kids,but I feel like smacking my daughter because I have had so many talks with her about this. I threatened to take her to the dr. for a drug test thats how I found out, she came clean with me then. She says she does not remember anything during the time she smokes. I do not smoke it I tried it one time and got sick. I don't know anyone who has who has experienced blackouts while ...  
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Q. Me and my folks live in Miami and my folks are elderly and depend entirely on me but now I am facing a new problem with a person who has not lived with us in over 20 years and she creating new problems at my home. I'm writing you because maybe you can help. This email is in regards to my sister Anabel who came down from Orlando after a terrible divorce where she lost everything and is not mentally well and her condition is not improving either. We have tried to help her without getting anybody involved but so far no success at all. She's been living here rent free for over 8 months and has done nothing about getting help, a job ...  
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Q. I'm worried about my 5 year old son. In the last year he has started picking at his face. I have asked him to stop. At first I felt it was a refletion on how I would look as a parent, but now I feel like he might have a problem. I took him to the doctor today because he was sick. While the doctor was examing him mouth he found a sore about the size of a quarter on his check. my son has been chewing on the inside of his mouth. Is this the early sings of OCD? Do I need to take him to a Therapist, or will he grow out of this? How can I help him to not hurt ...  
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Q. I'm a 21 year old female. For the past 8 or 9 years, I have been going to therapy, committed twice in a hospital, and been on numerious meds. 18 different types to be exact. Currently, I'm on 300mg of Effexor XR, and Imipramene. No matter what I'm taking, or how much talking I do, I can't seem to get out of this place in my life. I can't remember anything from my childhood, except for the bad things. I've been in and out of behavior programs between the ages of 15 and 17. The last place I was at, I lived there as an inpatient for 2 years. Ive gone through so much in my life, but nothing seems to get any easier ...  
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Q. I recently had an almost complete breakdown. One night I was laying in bed and harmful thougths came into my head. I then had feelings of panic and dread and got up and down and later began to obsess that these thoughts had come into my head. I began to be scared of being alone and was in the ER 2x. I wasn't able to take care of my child. I had thoughts that I could hurt her. I didn't want to be left alone with her. I am still at times afraid of her. I saught treatment as soon as possible 'cause I was absolutely terrified. I thought I was evil. My child is 18 months old. When she was 6 weeks old ...  
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Q. Wow. I don't know where to begin. In the fall, I started college. I wasn't really sure I was mature enough or ready for that kind of adjustment, but I found out soon that I in fact wasn't. I go to Syracuse University, which is a pretty high-level place to go to, but nothing too intense. I, however, felt inferior to the kids I was going to school with. I was making friends and having fun, but I still felt like I needed to be more mature. So after losing an ID card and a key a few times, I decided to rearrange my priorities. I developed a sense of maturity (or so I thought) about myself. I started to make the most of ...  
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Q. I have scoured the internet trying to find help. I've bought and read books. My husband and I are both ultimately confinced that I have BPD. Unfortunately I am completely unable to find anyone who can help. I went and spoke with a psychologist at school who sent me to a psychiatrist for a possible chemical imbalance creating a mood disturbance. The psychiatrist put me on Adderal for ADHD which did nothing but keep me awake for 2 days straight, then Lexapro...he didn't tell me why, but I spent 2 days in a half passed out state, so I stopped seeing him. Neither of the doctors tried to talk to me really, I mean really try to figrue out what was wrong. When I ...  
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