Question by .: My psychologist diagnosed me with “Major Depression” after our first session. He’s insisting I take medication?
He claims if i dont take medication that there is a “high risk” i will commit suicide?

Is this true of major depression? And what’s the difference between major depressio nand regular depression?

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Answer by Andrew
I can’t speak on your mental state, but I have to say do a lot of research on the medication he prescribes for you. My mom was put through terrible withdrawals after she took a depression medication without knowing everything about it. It’s been a year since she’s been trying to come off of it and she’s still not all the way healed.

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Question by : How long can the side effects of the anti-anxiety/depressant drug Lexapro last?
I was only about 15/16 when I was put on this medicine to battle my anxiety issues. After my parents divorce I kept having anxiety attacks. I hated taking it because I could feel myself acting different, not in a good way. I could compare it to what I think it would feel like to be high. Anyways, I didn’t want to continue taking it because I didn’t feel normal. I began taking it only when my mother brought it up/ made me. At that age I didn’t know the dangers of a serious drug like Lexapro. I would take one every couple days, or for a few days in a row and then none for a couple days. I was very inconsistent. It’s been about 4 years since I quit taking it completely.

For so long I have symptoms of restless leg syndrome, bad, I’m irritable, tired, I drop things all of the time, I jumble my words when I talk, I have nausea. I typed most of these “symptoms” into google and Lexapro withdrawal symptoms came up as a possible answer. I had no idea that this existed. My question is that is this possible so many years later? Did my unknown abuse of the anti-anxiety medicine result in an almost permanent withdrawal?! Is there anything I can do that will help this without using any medication, since Lexapro as a kid I hate the idea of taking meds to help.

Thanks

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Answer by Paul A
At most the Lexapro side effects would have lasted a couple months or so, after you stopped taking it.

If it’s been 4 years since you’ve taken the Lexapro, the problems you are having are not related to having taken Lexapro. You should talk with a doctor and have them figure out what is going on.

Best of luck to you.
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Question by Towelie: Would I be prescribed anti-depressants/anti-anxiety?
I wake up at least a few days a month in a bad mood, low energy and feel as though my work is pointless. Other days im normal but it always fluctuates a little. I am also an anxious person, not terribly bad but i do not like talking in front of people and am not a big fan of crowds.

So if i went to a therapist do you think i would be diagnosed with depression/anxiety and given medication?

I would never want medication and feel as though alot of “depression” and “anxiety” should not be treated with drugs. What do you think?

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Answer by Life Guru
the symptoms aren’t serious enough. if it isnt “maladaptive” (causing harm in day to day life) it’s not considered a problem.

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Question by abc: Do I have Social Anxiety, or something else?
Basically, these are my “symptoms”:
1) I have trouble keeping calm when I see and when I’m in large crowds.
2) I have a lot of trouble socializing and thinking of what to say in a social situation — so much that it feels near impossible.
3) The muscles in my face tense up when I’m in social situations; I shake a bit, too, out of nervousness.
4) I don’t “know what to do” in social situations a lot of the time, especially when I’m around people who I don’t know or don’t know very well.
5) After eating in a social situation I can’t digest food well, I get stomach aches, I get sick…
6) I’m very unaware in a social setting — I could accidentally bump into someone while walking in a mall, etcetera.
7) ***The more I know someone the more comfortable I am around him or her; the more I’ve been around him or her the less these symptoms show.*** All of these symptoms used to sort of be conscious when I was younger, but now they’re all very sub-conscious. I don’t think about the “fear of talking to someone” — it’ and the rest have just turned into subconscious fears where they’re impossible to control. It’s like I’m fine around someone I trust or when I’m alone, yet when I get into a social setting it’s like a “sickness” comes over me that I just can’t control, even if I wanted to.

These symptoms began to take effect following a rough four of middle school, so it’s not like I’ve had these symptoms all my life or anything. They’ve gotten better in some ways, but in others they’ve gotten progressively worse. Does it sound like I have Social Anxiety, or maybe something else — like panic attacks?

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Answer by xxOhkYliexX
I have the exact same problem like no joke talk to a doctor and get some medication for it.

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Question by : What does this dream mean?!?!? Repetitive dream? Always wake up at the same time?
Okay, so I’ve been dreaming for a while the same thing. I’m at a park full of benches and picnic tables, and it’s a grassy area. There’s a platform that rises up, and it’s made of concrete, with a ramp that winds up around and to the top of it. Then there’s a deck that goes off about forty feet with a bunch of benches. I was standing at the top of the platform, looking down at all the people. I saw my friend Hunter, who saw me and pointed over at my ex (We’ll call him Rob, and I miss him very much), who was walking around like he was looking for something (or someone) he was talking to random people. He looked right at me, but didn’t see me. He was wearing a flannel unbuttoned, and the shirt under was also unbuttoned. Then he started walking up the ramp. I walked around the edge of the building once, then saw him sitting at a bench, alone, now wearing a green mountain dew shirt. I sat down on the edge of the bench beside him. He looked at me, and I gestured for him to scoot over. He moved way down to the end of the bench, so I put my legs up on the bench. I was randomly wearing a black knee skirt and fur boots. I looked at him.
“It’s funny,” he said, “My medication wears off at four o’clock now.” (he doesn’t take meds! and I knew he was talking about anti-depressants!)
“Mine never worked in the first place,” I said back. “I miss you.”
“I miss you too,” he said. His face was in front of mine. “I need you.”
I put my hand on the back of his neck. “I need you too, I cry myself to sleep every night thinking about you.”
And then I woke up.
It’s a serious question, please answer with all seriousness, thanks! =P I’d love to know what this means..

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Answer by Theresa Angel
maybe the dream signifies that you both need each other. Perhaps the reason why the dream has been repetitive is so you can pay attention to it and do something about it.

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Question by King Chaos: Anxiety/depression? Need advice.?
Hey im in my mid-teens and doing 5th year (UK). For a few months I have been feeling rather down I wouldnt say depressed but definatley not normal.
I get flash feelings of anxiety about the stupidest things that would make people laugh because they are so stupid.
I also think very deeply into things constantly thinking “What if?”. I also think horrible thoughts of me doing horrendous things that I know i would never really do.
I am quite head strong and there is no history of family mental health issues. I feel like I am fighting a battle in my head to keep happy and stay normal. I occasionaly feel really good and motivated and a good tingly feeling that makes me feel “fired-up”. But these fade to feeling down or change to the “flash anxiety”
I would say Im about mid way through puberty if this of any importance.
Also i feel a slight ache in my head and lower neck inbetween neck and shoulders below ears.
I get these emotional flashes from the smallest smallest things I hear or read.
Sorry to go on but I think its best i gave all the info I could. So any advice guys/girls? I would really appreciate any advice, much or little.

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Answer by Maya
hi
as u mentioned you are mid of your puberty, lots of hormonal changes take place in your body. This may be one of the reason for your depression. As a medication try to do meditation and if its really bothering you consult some psychologist as soon as possible.

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Question by : Advice for people who have anxiety and depression, hope i help ?
dont know exactly what your questiuon is, but i have some advice…. To start off, i want you to know, im not “talking out of my a.s.s” my father has depression problems, andger problems, and anxiety and stress. As well does my mother. I am stress, anxiety, and depression free, MOST OF THE TIME. When it comes to these things, they can only get you down if you let them. You cant thiknk you have issues, or you will have issues…. i do suffer from “symptoms” or what have you, but i talk myself out of them… example, my anger. I have SEVERE impatient problems, i will try to put up a curtain, and if it falls, JUST ON MY 1ST TIME TRYING i get so mad i could put a hole in the wall… over a curtain. So i have to tell myself to set the curtain down and go for a walk, eat something, dont interact with people, because i will indirect my anger at them, so i go do something else, and ask someone else to put up the curtain later. I have anxiety too, or i use to, ive calmed down alot, WITHOUT medication, which is surprising because anxiety is in my blood.. which goes to show you, the mind is pretty powerful if i can stop my own anxiety with no medication.. whenever i got anxious, rather it be homework, someone driving too fast, in gaining weight blah blah blah, id STOP thikning about whatever i was thinking about, cause i could fell the stress coming on, and id automatically switch to think of something else… when your getting ANGRY you need to do something..dont interact with people, do something physical to get your mind off it. When you find yourself geting anxious or depressed, you need to STOP THINKING and that when you DO need to interact with someone, like when i ride with my fiance in the car, he drives too fast for my comfort and i freak sometime, so when i feel myself watching the road too much, or watching how fast he stomps on the break, i will STOP and just say “so hun what did you do at work today” and get my mind somewhere else. You can only get stressed and anxious if you let yourself… dont let yourself

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Answer by Shannon
thanks, lol…i’ve had anxiety/depression since i was 7 years old (12 now) and i am on a medication called zoloft..its helping a little bit. my anxiety/depression acted up when i would go to school everyday, i would feel so sad for some reason and then also when i went on vacation every year (massachusetts, new york, maine) for 4 weeks i would feel REALLY sad for no reason..its better with school now but vacation is still hard ):

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Question by op: anxiety depression anger loss of concentration?
for a while now my emotions have been OFF THE WALL making me feel insane.
i am either angry or frustrated at anyone or anything for silly reasons, or im sad and weepy or depressed and don’t feel like doing anything at all.

those are my main moods, other than that i am always always anxious, so much that it effects my life and relationships badly.
i have the hardest time focusing in classes, and i do NOT handle stress well. the tinniest bit makes me feel like i can’t handle my life!

i have been on bipolar medication for 3 months and recently stopped taking it (a few weeks ago)
the medication helped a little, it made life more…bearable, but i feel worse since i’ve been off of it.
i feel as if i can’t connect with other people because of this, and i am hysterical when confronted.

i never believed i was bipolar to begin with because i had so many other symptoms, and because the “tests” for being bipolar are very….irrational.

what is wrong with me! i feel crazy!
i’ve been to many psych’s and nothing has really helped to much.

is there any medication that would possibly mitigate my anger so i don’t freak out on everyone without making me depressed?

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Answer by gracekelly3rd
when you have an anger problem the anger is always there and you blow up at the smallest thing’
i tries to make out i had no mentAL PROBlems for years AND MY LIFE JUST GOT WORSE.

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