I have had several disappointments this past week seeking employment, and since I am 65 and do not have a job I am very depressed. I do not seem to have the energy to do anything nor do I feel capable of trying right now. I have been trying to get some exercise and social contact, but this is proving difficult also. I just want to know if this
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Ok so I'm 16 and manic depression & thyroid disease run in my family. Manic depression on my dad's side, Tyroid on my moms. Just this last year (08-09) I found out that I have the said thyroid disease. Shortly after finding that out my mom suspected I had become depressed and had me put on happy pills. They didn't work and made me extremely
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I'm in my early teen years, and i'm seriously depressed. I used to have real friends, but i lost them in all the drama happening in school. I feel like i have no friends, and i hate going out, because im always left out and my "friends" make fun of me and say their "kidding" but sometimes it really hurts, and when i get home i cry. A lot. So
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Okay to start out with if you dont know (been here before) I'm a lesbian. Well, this boy knew I am a lesbian, and he asked me out saying "I can make you like guys" ... and he really likes me. I cant say no to anytihng... and I aid yes. All my friends who are girls love this guy, and say it would be incredibly selfish not to give him a chance, b
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i am a 15 year old girl. im a positive person who has warm views on life and i keep dreaming. though, when i am with people, i tend to stray away, keep my guard up. i tend to feel left out easily and sit at another table or something. im very sensitive and cry for no reason. i think about things WAY too much. ive been single for 2 years and i cons
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hi, i am in my 30's and have been treated on and off for depression since my teens. I have been on Cymbalta for 3.5 years but have been experiencing a relapse in the depression in the past 6 months so I am in the process of trying the new antidepressant pristiq. The depression has reached new heights that I am unaccustomed to. Before, depressi
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Im just 12 years old and im having troubles in my life. I cry myself to sleep and think about sucide attempts everyday. Im always in my room wanting to be alone. My habits have changed majorly. I wish all the time of never wanting to be alive but I know my family will be lost without me. Im smart and I have everything I need to make it to college.
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For the past few years I have been hearing voices in my head. At first I didn't think anything of it because it only happened once in a while and I thought it was normal. They gradually got worse and I started to develop paranoia. It's been getting worse and worse. I can't help but think that people are some sort of mechanical beings or that I
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Several years ago a child ran in front of my car and was killed. I have looked for information written about taking a life and all I find is concerning war. I have always known what I took (a life) but I would like to read more about what was taken from me because of this event...I can't seem to identify how I feel about all of this.
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Can the high be a persistent high for like 6 months and then it be at a extreme low for a year and then high for 3 months and depressed for 5 and so on and so forth? Can each be in long periods of time and then sometimes in between have short episodes by week by week? Mainly depressed and mood swings like irritably. Or does it have to be happy on
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