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I'm afraid because I don't know if there truly is something else wrong with me. I have depression, PTSD and severe anxiety. In the past - eating disorder and OCD. Currently, I am 22 F and I quit my medication about 2 months ago, because I have been on it a year or more and it made me tired and not quite myself. I originally switched from prozac because oddly I had hallucinations and I mean visual and hearing. It was so frightening for me I might never forget it.

Hi! What you have is probably social anxiety. Please consult a psychologist who will analyze your fears and put you on therapy. With help you will soon be able to lead a normal life. Take care!

So I've just recently become open with my social anxiety. I remember being in middle school and thinking that something was horribly wrong with me. I would get so nervouse around people. My body would tremble, my voice would shake and I couldn't think clearly. I've become more comfortable with being uncomfortable, and yes I do notice that there are plenty of people that are shy, but I really hate the fact that my real personality can't show when I'm around people.

Anyone else suffer from mental illness and pregnant? If so how far along are u? What's your diagnosis? And how have u been doing? I suffer from schizophrenia and bipolar. I am now 27 weeks. And have been on very low dosages of meds. And doing incredible. I haven't been this healthy since I was 14 and I am now just months away from my 30th birthday.

The mental illness makes it difficult to engage in social activities. I have difficulty leaving the house, I am not agoraphobic, it's just difficult to do anything routine or engage in pleasurable activities. This recent heart attack seems to have left me more disabled physically as it's difficult to engage in any activity without getting winded. The mental disorder fights the physical aspect of the nedd for exercise. It's a catch 22.

Yes how much do you take and Don't let anyone scare you about taking xanax, it is great for PA, believe me I know, but for 13 years why are you not on a longer lasting medication? also how often do you take xanax? seeing someone for your PA?

At last it looks as though the English Government are going to take Mental Illness seriously and the new reforms to the NHS will take this into account. It has been stated by health experts that nearly all cancer and heart disease patients have some form of Mental Illness, for example depression. It has been estimated that around 20% of the public have Mental Illness, 16% have Heart disease and 16% cancer.

Still, millions of Americans suffer with various types of mental illness and mental health problems, such as social anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, addiction to drugs and alcohol, and personality disorders. Mental illness and psychological disorders have good treatment options with medications, psychotherapy, or other treatments.

Hello again....I would say that the fear of confrontation is not a mental illness. It is actually very common. When we think we are going to be reprimanded for something or confronted about something our adrenaline and other chemicals start to kick in and we are in that "fight" for "flight" mode. This is a very common thing for people even without OCD.

What category of mental illness would you place irrational Doubts with little substances of evidence or matters of chance with paranoia and suspicion about realities and possibilities? Schizophrenia depression?

Have never been the same since i was 19, have always suffered greatly from panic disorder, GAD, agoraphobia and social anxiety, was on Paxil for 14years which controlled most of it to a great degree, until last year March when i came off of them and suffered another breakdown in June and have been struggling since. Have got alot better due to going on Propranalol 80mg a day, my GAD is minimal but my phobic anxiety is still bad, which means my social and agraophobia is bad.

Yes you do have social anxiety. I have had it for years and now it has turned into agoraphobia. I also have panic attacks. I am not saying all this could happen to you but just be aware of these things. Have you seen a therapist? I stay secluded to my home but my therapist is trying to help me with these issues. I take xanax for the panic attacks and anxiety. But they do have different meds. I suggest you go to a mental health facility in your area. They can be quite helpful.

For many years I have suffered from visual and auditory hallucinations, night terrors, and sleep paralysis and have even acted out nightmares while sleep walking (issuing a knife to carve into my chest). I have been on many mental illness meds but Depakote does seem to help the best even those it only seems to help to a minimum.

It is becoming clearer and clearer to researchers that healthy probiotic communities are necessary for mental health and disruptions can cause mental illness. This can be seen most clearly in the mental problems many have after taking steroidal or antibiotic medications, both of which kill off beneficial bacteria. If they can't recolonize, permanent harm can result, including anxiety and depression.

t know what exactly causes them, I believe in the biopsychosocial model to describe most of human behaviour--combo of biological, psychological and social factors... But vitamin and mineral deficiencies definitely contribute to mental problems and there is a lot of evidence suggesting that poor nutrition is a culprit to many mental illnesses. I'm glad you are telling people about Hoffer's research!

See a mental health professional (I prefer psycholgists to psychiatrists myself - they seem better at talking to people, rather than just passing out meds!). It does sound like anxiety of some kind - social, OCD, GAD - and it really can affect your life. See the right Dr. and you will feel better, I promise!

I started saying to myself why am I going though this and not other people? Am I mentally ill? My fear of having (ocd/any mental illness including anxiety disorders) which made me have panic attacks then I was ignoring the panic attacks and never had it again. First week from 20/1/15 was rough, then slowly the feelings started to go away and it's nothing except thoughts about this - Will everyone have anxiety about health if they are worried about it?

Do people with mental illness have a genetic predisposition to it and then gets triggered from various environmental factors such as social events, school, or maybe for no reason at all? I'm asking because I had severe OCD when I was young, started at 12 years old or so. It consisted of me repeating ambiguous thoughts/phrases/words in my mind every morning before I started my day. The thoughts/words never made sense and could never be said out loud because it was just gibberish.

I know those symptoms can feel bizarre, but you don't have a mental illness. You do have anxiety. The symptoms you mentioned are quite common for anxiety. For example, you can check your symptoms out against a list of them at anxietycentre.com. They have a long list of symptoms there. A lot of them are mentioned. Check it out and let me know what you think. You'll see that you don't have to be concerned about them.

Also it may not be bipolar but other issues such as bullies at school, or social anxiety / general anxiety, or ADHD and so on, not all being illnesses, of course. Maybe even being gifted and bored. That can also cause problems, oddly enough, other kids may outcast him for it, too. So, if it is in your family then it is something to watch for. But you should take him to see a child psychiatrist for evaluation. Also talk to him and try to get him to use his words to verbalize.

I have been doing some research on the internet about epilepsy and mental illness and what I have read is that there are a lot of similarities in the formation of the brain between the two - does this mean that a person who has epilepsy is more likely to suffer from some sort of mental illness - also many of the anti seizure medications are being used / the professionals have found that they also work as mood stabalizers, is this true.

and had RAI two years ago, For me, being hyper or hypo both caused depression and anxiety. When my levels are good depression / anxiety go away. After thyroid removal getting the proper testing is so important. Many people are left under medicated, due to improper treatment. You might want to try anti-thyroid medication first and try cleaning up your diet. Watch the iodine, junk and processed food. If your levels improve, you may be able to go into remission.

Is it possible to have social anxiety with bp? I don't do the spending sprees or have extramartial affairs but I certainly feel paranoia. I start withdrawing after my manic episode. It all starts with not feeling comfortable around people and I feel highly irritable....it feels like I want to jump out of my skin. I have trouble speaking too. I would get sentences all mixed up or start stammering away when I have to talk to someone. I start to withdraw into my little world.

We all know that various forms of dysautonomia are sometimes misdiagnosed initially as anxiety or other psychological/psychiatric problems before the proper diagnosis is pinpointed, but all that aside, having a chronic illness is far from stress-free. How would you rate your mental health these days? (Feel free to post explanatory comments!

It is certainly that during your illness you have a fever that let your delusion. Because of your lifelong anxiety and shyness you are predisposed to that kind of depersonalization experience. I think you would benefit by seeing a therapist and trying to do something about your underlying anxiety and shyness.

Can cannabis related mental illness (anxiety, depression, OCD) be treated (successfully) in the same way as the same complaints suffered by people who have never used cannabis in their lifetime?

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