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 Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:58 pm
pirhan luulamax pirhan I have voices in my head, and unfortunately one of those voices was my mother. She disappeared when I started taking fish oil. *whee!* Now I just my regular voice with some guest appearances. (Anyone interested in what it's like, please read Gerald's Game by Stephen King.) Really? I have 'voices' in my head to. The voices usually sound like my own voice but sometimes it sounds like hissing voices. They tell me to do bad things... I'm too stubborn. They should of picked someone else. I have quite a family history of 'paranormal issues' so there's really nothing I can do about it. (On family history, I also mean extended family. There's been physical attacks by unseen things. Windows/doors have opened and closed by themselves..rapidly.. I've seen things that shouldn't be there. Especially Civil war soldiers which seem a little displaced in NY.) Some of those things though have led to some of my current mental habits. For example, I have to go to bed before 3:00am. I'm paranoid over little things. etc. My voices are not paranormal. I did wish they were a bit more interesting. :3 Well that sucks in one way but not in another. rofl I hope they go away for you. My friend has a mixture of paranormal and psychological in origin voices. I would definately not want to live with that. The only pain with the paranormal cause is they can't disappear with medicine or psychological therepy.
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:08 pm
pirhan onicoe My family also has a history of suicides. Ouch. sad I had a troubled childhood (who didn't?) and of coursed had affected me in my adulthood. I have voices in my head, and unfortunately one of those voices was my mother. She disappeared when I started taking fish oil. *whee!* Now I just my regular voice with some guest appearances. (Anyone interested in what it's like, please read Gerald's Game by Stephen King.) I had self esteem, guilt, family and other random issues. I said enough was enough and actually went to see a registered psychologist who specialized in EMDR. (I was lucky that I had benefits from work to cover the costs.) It took about a year (6-10 sessions) and I have to say the one hour sessions were the most beneficial times of my life. EMDR is the most amazing technique. The website tells of the traditional way of doing it with the hands/fingers, but I normally got to use two small vibrating discs which are held in my hands. I can't say how well this works. I would walk in with, let's say, Evil Mother, and with the EMDR and 50 minutes later - cured. Seriously. Though, it does depend on the individual. The psychologist did mention it can take some individuals years to even reach the EMDR stage and then there's people like me that just want to let go. So, I'm now a well rounded individual. :3 My own two cents on mental health issues is that I feel that too many people need to have the "label". I remember growing up that I felt that I needed to belong to a religion. That I need to say I was "X Religion" or I wasn't complete. I have a feeling that society is a bit like now with diseases. There's too many pills for too many things. I feel that the spotlight needs to be more on the nutrition you get from food and how much real exercise you get. I think a lot of what ails us these days could easily be fixed by eating right and getting a good sweat. Fish oil, hm? My parents have been talking to a couple of doctors, and they've assigned me, like, fish oil pills. eek It's supposedly filled with omega-3, correct? What is the purpose for it, anyway? I don't feel anything when I take it. Sometimes I get even more obsessive-compulsive or paranoid. sweatdrop But I'm not sure. It's hard to notice the differences.
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:04 pm
Maybe not quite related but I'm one of those types that when under mental distress totally head for the pint of haagen daz. Emotional consolation through dessert. Until the sugar rush hits.. then it doesn't feel so good.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:01 pm
I have bad anxiety. Which will lead to depression sometimes. I'm prone to panic attacks often and the past couple of years I have a hard time driving without getting anxious and sometimes getting a panic attack.
I see it run through my family. My mother had a hard menopause and took a lot of meds for it. My sister was diagnosed with depression and was put on Paxil, which in turn made her a different person and made some very stupid choices (affair, divorce....) I learned that my brother went to the doctors for anxiety and stress and he told him to go to cognitive therapy (i think that's what it's called) to help get over the anxiety. I think that's fantastic because I do want help for my anxiety, but I do not want to be on meds. I hate how a lot of the time people are too quick to jump and take meds. While I know some people need them, a lot of people just don't.
Mediating in the morning and drinking kava tea helps me.
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:47 pm
Ohhh. I'm with you there on the meds thing. While my mom was getting my medication from a pharmacist, the pharmacist recommended that I stop taking the medication because she noticed my psychiatrist's increase in dose. The pharmacist said that the dose would keep increasing until I depended on the medication and would have to keep returning to the psychiatrist. I don't know if that's necessarily true, but I'm just happy to get off the medication. I still fall into depression sometimes, though. Forcing oneself to be happy is a little bit harder than it looks. (*cough* Excuse any of my grammatical errors. whee I ish sleepies! >_<)
What's annoying is that I'm completely infatuated with a cartoon character. I hate it. -__- I'm aware that he's only only someone's figment of imagination, but I guess it's because he seems like someone I can relate to, since I find it hard to talk to people openly in reality. I purposely give off an air-headed, innocent appearance to everyone, so after establishing that sort of reputation for so long, I'm too scared to get rid of it. The problem is that that means I'll just have to keep my real self under wraps. It's not so bad, though. I was born with no major defects, I have a family, and I have plenty enough to survive on. I should be happy, right?^-^ But still... I can't help but want someone to talk to freely face to face and share hobbies and interests with. I feel selfish about it, though. It's not right that I want things, although I have practically everything. -__-
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:07 am
Raikira_Kakashi SnJ Ohhh. I'm with you there on the meds thing. While my mom was getting my medication from a pharmacist, the pharmacist recommended that I stop taking the medication because she noticed my psychiatrist's increase in dose. The pharmacist said that the dose would keep increasing until I depended on the medication and would have to keep returning to the psychiatrist. I don't know if that's necessarily true, but I'm just happy to get off the medication. I still fall into depression sometimes, though. Forcing oneself to be happy is a little bit harder than it looks. (*cough* Excuse any of my grammatical errors. whee I ish sleepies! >_<)
What's annoying is that I'm completely infatuated with a cartoon character. I hate it. -__- I'm aware that he's only only someone's figment of imagination, but I guess it's because he seems like someone I can relate to, since I find it hard to talk to people openly in reality. I purposely give off an air-headed, innocent appearance to everyone, so after establishing that sort of reputation for so long, I'm too scared to get rid of it. The problem is that that means I'll just have to keep my real self under wraps. It's not so bad, though. I was born with no major defects, I have a family, and I have plenty enough to survive on. I should be happy, right?^-^ But still... I can't help but want someone to talk to freely face to face and share hobbies and interests with. I feel selfish about it, though. It's not right that I want things, although I have practically everything. -__- I think you should really try to show your real self sooner rather than later. Hide too long behind an image of what people want you to be (in my case) or what you image is a safe "public self" and the lines start to blur until you're not even sure who you are anymore, which creates a whole new level of problems that I'm only just starting to sort out. It's still scary but instead of having to learn to reveal myself I have to pick up the pieces so to speak. Wanting friendship and human interaction is a very basic need. Love/belonging is part of Maslow's hierarchy of needs to self-actualization. Friendship is included in that whole love/belonging category. So it's not selfish and don't ever think that. We all need someone or multiple someones.
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:35 pm
I've been clinically diagnosed with type 2 Bi-Polar Disorder(severe depression with occasional light manic episodes), and am currently taking medication.
However, once I can no longer use some lovely loopholes to stay on my mother's insurance, I will not be able to afford my meds. I've tried many forms of treatment(as suggested by my psychiatrist-he doesn't like to medicate people if he doesn't have to), but none of them have done anything notable.
I've been considering trying St. John's Wart, but I've read that it can have nasty reactions when mixed with hormonal birth control(which I also take).
Does anyone know if this is true? Would St. John's Wart mess with my ADD?
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