Rachael

If you came in contact with someone who disagreed with you on on this topic, but they were nice about, told you that they have their beliefs, you have your ...would you let it be? is it still okay to believe what they want ? and vica versa?

and another curious question don't you think that the Muslims should have to own up to their beliefs? lots of Muslims here will go against gay marriage too you know? how should we persuade them?

I have been taking Celexa 20 mg consistently for about 4 months

1) is that long enough to trigger mania? if it would've happened??

2) could another anti-depressant make me feel slightly manic? (Prozac 10 mg) I took two so far and felt suicidal, and anxious, and irritated...

3) can being on your period contribute to feeling more irritated, anxious, moody/bipolar? etc..

See, I was diagnosed with Mahor depressive disorder like 4 months ago thats when I started taking celexa, it worked alright for me, still felt depressed but I can go to work now, get out and socialize, lately (around my cycle) I've felt weird like ...anxious, fast-paced, really mad, irritable, teary, just slightly bipolar...anyways I took prozac like 3 days ago, 10 mg, and another the next day...It was terrible, made me feel so depressed at night, and just feeling suicidal, so of course I quit taking it, now I've been on nothing for 2 days...I'm feeling anxious, moody, weird, zoned out, uhmm just basically how I feel all the time magnified...

my question is if I were bipolar would I have had a manic episode by now? after taking celexa 4 months?

can your period and trying a new anti-depressant make you feel kinda moody and anxious like that????

could it be im about to relapse if I don't get some more antidepressant in me??

okay, hope I made sense lol so you can understand my questions..

My best way to describe it would be ;

Feels like the floor falls from beneath you, everything looses its meaning and you feel out of control scared.....

Growing up I didn't understand him at all, now that I'm older and I've gathered his traits, and even why he does some of the things he does I still don't get him? anyways my main question and concern is WAS he a 'good' positive overall dad or a negetive role model? I know its a very in general question I guess to ask IF you are/were a Dad would you raise your child this way? would all of these behaviors be okay?

positive+

bought me some toys here and there, i had stuff i wanted+

when he got a job and was with my mom he made sure we had enough food+

he gave me positive feedback sometimes like if my report card looked good, or I won a prize or something+

he'd be funny, joke, play+

negetive-

He'd try to get me upset/mad picking on me and when I'd get upset he'd laugh, and keep bothering me even if I was crying-

He'd whip me out of nowhere because of his bad mood, or if I did something that made him mad like 'back talk' or made to much noise, sometimes didn't know why-

He'd whip me and cuss at me, then when I started crying he'd tell me to stop crying or he'd do it again-

sometimes he'd say he hated me-

wouldn't let me play with the kids outside fear of me getting kidnapped, I never had friends outside of at school, wasn't allowed to ever get outside-

He'd tell my mom to get away from me if she was correcting me, he'd act like he was going to 'help me' then he started spanking me-

his general character is selfish, angry, mildly depressed, funny, outgoing, confused.

I get the feeling kinda that my counselor just does the 'sympathetic' eyebrows routine on me, and says things like "why do you feel that way"? and gives me the common facts and tips on how to deal with things, all the while I'm turning inside out in grief and feeling so confused and alone, like searching for answers and I don't know maybe lots of therapists are like that?? what were some of your therapists like? Maybe I don't express enough? i dont know? feeling stuck

I just got pulled over by a cop my 2nd night trying to drive with temps, I was with my mom and the cop thought I was drunk but when he talked to me he knew I wasn't so thats good, but its so embarrassing and awful.... will it ever get easier?

oh and I'm driving a boat, a Cadillac

I was born again almost 3 years ago

(wanted God in my life & get to know him)

I have pursued him and trying my best to live right according to the bible during this time, I came to God through a bad circumstance, thats how I came in, I wasn't really planning on it but I started dealing with panic attacks real bad and depression, mild depression sat in along with panic, anyways I only wanted God to heal me then brush him off for some more stealing, drug use, parties etc... but during this battle I began to fall in love with his ways, his presence, his power, and love, just the whole christian faith and getting to know God and how he works in our lives. My faith was big for a 'baby christian' I think anyways...no matter how afraid I was that I'd loose my mind or die from a panic attack I just believed God would help me, and enjoyed his love and peace and moments with him aside from this fear that overcame me everyday... those anxiety attacks left me after 3-4 months and left me with mild depression. I still felt the fear kinda dulled and suppressed within me that I'd always continue to have them...I was happy that it let up though. Then about year -year and half after this My dad started having an affair , my mom got diagnosed with liver, and breast cancer, and my best friend moved out of state, my depressed has tripled and I feel on the point of a breakdown, I haven't felt Gods love for 3 months now. why? what have I done? I feel God has just left me? like he just dropped me.

19 year girl

with panic disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder

Mom battling cancer a 2nd time, doctors don't have nice things to say longterm

Dad recently cheated on her and left us

no friends. like none at all.

hangs out with mom, and with cousins occasionally...

no food in the house besides food bank food

no money

no car

no cable

no internet (im at the hospital with my mom they have wifi)

no hobbies

just a simple yes or no is fine

and suggestions on what to do about it?

I'm trying to find a job, and taking celexa that's a start :)

thanks

Why do I keep waking up feeling so dead

my thoughts are a blackhole I just want to stay in bed

Theres nothing to loose I don't see anything ahead

I thought there was hope but got this instead

like your fading away?

not yourself?

not in touch with people (even people your really close to)?

hopeless?

very unclear thinking?

illogical fear/thoughts?

thinking beomes a little hostile? dark? sarcastic?

numb feeling?

extreme pain and sadness and heart pain?

feeling trapped/stuck?

feeling its hard to get a deep breath?

give you headaches?

feeling like your watching a tv instead of being among people/ like feeling isolated?

having sad/negative thoughts that don't cease?

hard to bathe/eat/sleep?

feeling confused and disappointed with life?

feeling too deep in thought?

is this depression or something else?

He is about 27, I'm 19, female basics.

theres a LOT going on in my life right now, my mom's health issues, my best friend moved away, my dad left for some other woman... and I never had a chance to meet my half brother yet, we wanted to meet it was just kinda awkward and we didn't really make any plans, he wasn't ready to meet our dad, I can understand!! but now that my dad is gone maybe he wouldn't feel so nervous just to meet me... now that our dad isn't living with me and mom. ? I don't know, just random question that came into my mind cause I heard a man talking at the library that sounds like my brother over the phone.... so what do ya guys think?

Symptoms:

numb sometimes

headaches/tension like

pains here and there inside the brain

odd thoughts you know aren't logical or normal...

feeling far away

feeling 'not yourself'

feeling like your in another world

feeling overwhelmed

thoughts so deep, you can't really focus or enjoy anything

feeling like your drowning in air, feeling stuck...

what is this? Its been going on for about a month now, varies in severity levels randomly

also, kinda hard to sleep, and I've lost my appetite quite a bit

He said to the men of the earth

if you being evil (fathers) give your children good things, like ex he gave was :

if your child asked for bread would you give him a stone? saying, you want to give them good things...

how much more your heavenly father? (him)

...

okay, well my dad is a pretty shady dude, he's always cheated on my mom, has anger issues, narcissist tendencies, and left my mom a few months back for some other woman when she told him she was diagnosed with cancer...

And still him, being that way, he wants to comfort me when I'm feeling anxiety or panicky... I struggle with anxiety and panic attacks time to time... he can't really help me, and he is frustraighted because he can't help me feel better.

But God? God with all the power and capabilities and according to what he said more love than our earthly fathers wants to give us good things, I'd consider good things peace, and natural happiness... I don't even care about having tons of money, or being famous, or anything stupid like that. I just want to feel free and happy again, free from fear and depression, I don't understand why he lets it go on and on...I'd rather die than wait my whole life on God to help me, it seems he doesn't want to help me. I don't understand.

Christians: I'm already saved, and Believe that Jesus is the son of God and died for our sins, so I accepted him.

Atheist/agnostics: I will always believe that he's God, so I'm seeking Christian advice

Thnks

<3

I'm 19 year old female

having these symptoms:

Low sex drive

hard time concentrating

feel fatigue a lot

little energy, get worn out easily

feel colder/chilled when others feel normal

feel anxious a lot

feel depressed

changed appetite

sometimes I get little sleep and wake up super early in the am

other times I just over sleep and keep wanting to sleep

feel unmotivated

can't enjoy life really

unclear thinking

feel 'dis-connected'

have gained a little extra weight recently...

my periods are irregular and I feel dramatically different on them...sometimes lots of anxiety sometimes really good and happy...

my emotions are wacko... and when they're not wacko I feel emotionally numb

theres just so many changes going on inside of me and I wonder if I'm, like since I'm 19 if I'm too young to have a thyroid problem? does it sound like I could?

any suggestions? any doctors online?

I hear mainly bad things about antidepressants...

that they don't really work, make people loose their appetite, sexual drive, seems to make you worse then docs want to put you on a higher dose?

who votes counseling instead?

I just got my 1st prescription of Zoloft filled, its 50 mg

I was wondering how effective it is ? any stats?

does age or gender or anything else play a role in how well it works?

foods I should eat? or things I should do?

I fell once, I'm sure of it. We didn't even kiss or anything just always kind of found each other, just talked and walked together. It seemed I could feel him when he was near I'd look and there he was, or I'd think of him and he'd pop up.

I blocked out the reality that I could never be with him, matter a fact I'm always falling hard for guys it seems impossible or near impossible to ever have any promise with... wonder if its a problem of mine? But anyways with him, something happened one day that really sobered me up about him, about how I'd never be with him, it was evident and I just got depressed a little while there like 3 months... I even went through some anxiety suddenly like a month after this heartbreak, I don't understand why I felt so strongly for him, and cared so much for him... when we never officially had a 'dating relationship' or dated or anything it was off limits, but there was magnetism for sure.

Now I'm so terrified of ever feeling ever experiencing that hurt again, going through that again it almost feels like a loss, like someone died, but maybe I was just being 16 and It was like something died inside of me, a joyful, singing happy romantic part of me just was gone and times were so empty, even though I never really had him from the beginning? has anyone experienced this? or is anyone afraid to trust falling in love again?

When someone smiled at you...or just smiled. (obviously only if your attracted to them)... but I've been attracted to plenty of Guys before, but only 2 had made me feel tingly inside, and feel shy around them. I'm not a very shy person but Some smiles are just so charming and cute =^-^=

I don't know maybe everyone has different reactions.

What are some reactions you get from your crush smiling at you? or like looking into your eyes. I feel like I couldn't ever keep long intense eye contact with someone I really felt strongly about?

I like to want things, and wantm and anticipate more than actually receiving the gift, or reaching Christmas morning etc.

The Idea or/& the expectancy of something is more thrilling than the actual event, or actual thing I wanted.

In most cases this is true for me...

but what is this called?

Also when I really really have a bad crush on a guy, I pick up on their habits, and kinda act like them accidently its weird? that's if I really take a strong attraction to them.

But what is the loving to want and dream more than

the desired outcome?

is it weird? or bad?

oh and I'm a #1 procrastinator sounds similar now that I think of it...

I hear so many great things about the Aubrey hair products... but seems a lot of reviews are from black people that want their hair relaxed and extra extra moisturized.

Would it be alright for a white girl like me to use? with norm/dry/damaged hair?