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My 4 year old daughter has Autism. She still doesn't have any language at 4 years old. I want some honest answers--Will a 4 year old child with Autism who is still nonverbal at 4 years old always be nonverbal or could she possibly recover language??

Before she regressed into Autism she did have some words but then she lost them.

She will be five years old to his fall should I expect her have any language by then? If she doesn't will she be nonverbal forever?

I just want honest answers here.

I am 24 years old and have serious posture problems. Thinking about trying out yoga but don't know which type is best??? Also, this may seem like a silly question but can yoga help with TMJ dysfunction?

I am 24 years old and have serious posture problems. Thinking about trying out yoga but don't know which type is best??? Also, this may seem like a silly question but can yoga help with TMJ dysfunction?

Just in a nice thoughtful way for the way that they helped you. My doctor is Chinese American so I want to be careful with cultural boundaries as well.

Any suggestions??

I have an anxiety disorder and I am also suffering from a complex medical condition that has caused my symptoms to go through the roof.

I keep having misunderstandings with my doctor because he doesn't seem to understand even though he does know that I have an anxiety problem and take meds that my anxiety is currently so bad that even just having a simple conversation with him about my condition is a struggle.

How can I explain this? He knows that I see a psychiatrist as well and in fact he has told me that his wife is a psychiatrist. Help....So hard to deal with 2 conditions at the same time.

I am dealing with an unrelated medical condition that has gone on for a chronic period of time and my OCD symptoms have become out of control as a result of this.

I am currently trying meds and seeing a psychiatrist but am experiencing so much anxiety that even simply having a conversation with my doctor about my medical condition has become impossible and he gets easily annoyed when he misinterprets my inabiliy to talk/anxiety symptoms.

I have already told him that I suffer from OCD and he knows that I am taking meds but I don't think he understands the specifics of why I am having a hard time speaking to him right now.

How do I bring this up? Explain it to him? Without making him think I'm a nutcase?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Seriously need help. Doctors don't know whats wrong with me:

Shortly, after my 21st birthday I developed a TMJ problem after one stressful semester in college that involved a lot of strange symptoms like tinnitus and swallowing problems. No one was able to help me at that time and the problem still continues now 3 years later.

An MRI that was also taken of my neck when I was 21 revealed that I had lost the cervical lordosis (natural curve) in my neck but my doctor wasn't concerned and told me that this is simply related to forward head posture and is nothing to worry about but I never got better.

Three years later, I am in even more pain at 24 years old and I have recently noticed the development of a thoracic kyphosis (hunchback in my upper back).

I have actually relocated in order to get treatment for my ongoing TMJ problem that has also continued to get much worse but the treatment has not been helping, I have already spent 7000 dollars, and I feel as if my entire spine is just breaking down on me....I have seen dozens of doctors over the past 3 years and none of them have been able to help.

I am scared about my future considering I am only 24 years old and have already been in this much pain for 3 years now and its getting worse....

Can someone please explain why they think this may be happening to me and what if anything I can do about it??

I am dependent on adult diapers for medical reasons and normally have them delivered to me on a regular basis by mail.

I am going to be renting a room in someone's house for a few months tarting next week and am trying to figure out how I can get diapers delivered to me in this situation and how I can keep something like this secret.

I am worried about how I will dispose of used diapers as well without anyone noticing. I am considering just telling the lady that I wear them but I don't want to have to do that if there is another way.

Any suggestions?

Will I have a hard time finding jobs? I live in California.

I am trying to decide whether I want to go into Speech Pathology or become a high school French teacher.

French is definately my passion but I live in California so I worry about jobs. Speech pathologists make more money but I love French.

Can't decide. Advice?

Serious answers only please.

I have a need to wear diapers. I have had this problem my entire life. I bought adult diapers online and am now wearing them.

I'm too embarrassed to talk to my psychiatrist because I don't think there is a disorder to explain this problem.

Can someone please explain to me why I have this need to wear diapers?

I have an appointment tomorrow to discuss my OCD condition with my general doctor. I have been having severe symptoms and have been unable to cope with another unrelated medical condition that I am suffering from. I feel embarrassed to have this conversation. Can anyone give me any tips or advice?

These are the only ones out there that seem to work well for heavy incontinence.

But they also look too thick. Do they make you waddle? Can you comfortably wear them under clothing without people noticing?

I have been suffering from depression for 3 years now and am now improving.

The depression originally began because I became physically ill with a condition that my doctors could not diagnose. 6 months ago though I did finally get a diagnosis but my depression just got worse (I do not have a fatal condition so it makes no sense).

I am preparing to relocate in order to get treatment so it seems like I should be happy but I am more depressed now than I have ever been and am taking so many mental illness type meds.

I feel like evn if I got medically better tomorrow I would still be depressed.

Will I ever get better or will I have to suffer from depression and take meds for it forever?

I developed depression 3 years ago as a result of having a medical condition that my doctors could not diagnose. I finally received a diagnosis 6 months ago and my depression took a turn for the worse (I do not have a fatal condition so it makes no sense). I am now taking more meds than I have ever been on and my depression keep getting worse.

I am preparing to get treatment for my medical condition now but I feel as if even if my medical problem went away I wouldn't matter. I would still be depressed.

Is there a chance that I may get better or will I have to live with it and take meds for the rest of my life now?

Another detail is that I have suffered from OCD (an anxiety disorder) since early childhood.

I have tricollomania (a disorder where people compulseively twist and sometimes pull out their own hair).

In my case, I twist my hair on one side of my head to the point where it falls out in huge clumps and now I have developed TMJ syndrome and intensely sore muscles in my neck and shoulders as a result of constantly twisting my head to the side as I twist my hair.

Is there any way that I can stop this and cure my TMJ?

I have a nervous habit of twisting my hair and I always do it on one side. Now I have noticed that my shoulders are uneven and my shoulder on the side where I always twist my hair is higher than the other side. I am now suffering from TMJ and neck pain not sure if it is related or not.

Is there a way to fix this?

If I am hoping to go into Speech Pathology/Therapy.

Classic depression symptoms (lack of motivation, fatigue, low mood) combined with screaming/crying fits and obsessively contacting health care professionals. This started following an event with my health that happened 6 months ago now. The symptoms do not improve.

Some suicidal thought are present but I would never act on them.

I have an evaluation with one on Monday and I'm scared. Do they look at you like you're crazy?