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Lamictal is making me feel so much rage There's so many success stories of people on Lamictal and I'm happy for them but for me it's been a fucking nightmare since taking it. At first it was great, I felt good and motivated to make some positive changes in my life. That was while I was just taking 1 25mg pill but las... | self.bipolar |
Took an overdose on Wednesday, planning on taking another. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Praise Is it bad I want praise for even making my bed or cleaning a small area of my house. Like I want praise for small things Becasue being told "good job!" Or "omg you did x, that's great!" Helps because I'm not easily motivated at all? I dont know if this is the right subreddit but I'm just asking becasue I do have... | self.depression |
Just made a giant gift (built a little house) for someone to use and I got turned down. This isn’t helping. [deleted] | self.depression |
I just need to write this out. My mom was a single parent with bi polar disorder. My dad was a loser that never grew up.
I was never wanted by either parent so I became my grandparents burden. When I became to much for them i was passed around family members from my aunt, my mom, and all of my other grandparents.
I d... | self.SuicideWatch |
I constantly think im dying because of the food i eat? i know it sounds crazy, its pretty dumb. but please please help? This has happened like, 10 times in the past two months. Its getting ridiculous. I hadnt had a panic attack in ten years, then my dog and best friend recently passed away (she was 12y/o) and I suddenl... | self.Anxiety |
Anyone have a good day than next day worry about disease Ima hypochondriac | self.Anxiety |
Bad first week with xanax - need to talk to someone Sorry, I feel like I have been posting here way too often this week.
In my post history you can see I was prescribed xanax on Tuesday (5 days ago). I started with the recommended dosage before going to bed and woke up feeling great. I really thought my problems had ... | self.Anxiety |
Alone in this world. Life has been getting rougher and rougher as the days go by. Seems like there is no one there for me and it's starting to hit me harder than ever before. Seems like everyone around me has at least one best friend or friend there that they text/talk/call everyday and always have there for them. I... | self.depression |
Who's gonna spend New Year's Eve alone? No internet, pc, mobile, friends, even privacy at apartment. I dunno what I'll do. | self.depression |
I’m so tired. (Child abuse TW) 24/F.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my past. From ages 8 to 12, I was molested by my (at the time) brother-in-law. At the time, I knew it was wrong, but I was terrified of him and my family. It finally ended when I told a friend from the internet that I was being hurt by someon... | self.SuicideWatch |
Getting really hyperactive when 'manic'? Let me first say I'm not officially diagnosed with bipolar and idk if I'm posting on the right place, I'm diagnosed with several things but mainly BPD. Psych says I likely have fast cycling bipolar type 1 and I guess I'm not diagnosed because she's focusing on my BPD first. I've... | self.bipolar |
Old friends tried to kill herself This friend and I were really close for a few years, we just recently stopped being friends. I felt she was changing, we had different views and she would attack me when I voiced my own, and she ended up sleeping with one of our best friends husband's. I decided I didn't want someone... | self.depression |
Saphris experience? Anyone have any experience they can share? I’ve just started and I’m not sure. I’m particularly worried about TD and weight gain | self.bipolar |
Share your Rapid cycling experiences? I suspect this is what's going on. Occasionally. In the thrust is this now, and am aware it needs tending in some manor. Also there is debate re rapid cycling in general.
My experience is less manic/ depressive; more manic spectrum symptoms alternatively with hypomania, or normativ... | self.bipolar |
Is this anxiety or mania/dysphoric mania/mixed state? I don't think it's mania? Because I'm sleeping okay. I don't really feel like I have tons of energy. Except when I have caffeine, then I feel like I'm bouncing off the walls (and I usually drink 3-7 cups a day, now I can hardly drink 2)
Anyway, symptoms: extreme ra... | self.bipolar |
At times I feel like I’m doing everything I can to let people know I have depression without actually just saying it. | self.depression |
First step: self awareness. Know what you're feeling and remember to think logically. For over a month now, I have been suicidal and unable to accomplish anything. I'm feeling defeated and fatigued by everything. Although there are things I want to accomplish, I am not motivated.
I have major depressive disorder, pan... | self.depression |
What can I do to survive just for today? I really felt an urge to slice my wrists when I was in the shower a few minutes ago.
I need to go to work in an hour but I'm a complete mess right now. I can't afford to miss it either (literally, I need money). If I skip work today, it will just be another addition to the lis... | self.SuicideWatch |
I am on a mission to beat my depression for good, and I need help.......... I am a 23 year old man and just about 3 years ago I broke my nose. Long story short I went to a dumbass doctor who thought it would be fine, but its not. My face looks alot different than it used to, well I think it does at least. Anyways this ... | self.depression |
My friend is going to commit suicide tomorrow - I really need help, or to be pointed to a subreddit that can help me One of my online friends says that she's going to commit suicide tomorrow. I dont know where she lives so I cannot call the cops. I could really use some advice, or at least be pointed to a subreddit t... | self.offmychest |
Have lost all motivation in life, I feel like all my dreams are shattered and the world is just not what I thought it was. Gradually over the span of last 2 years I have gradually gone into a downward spiral,with intoxication taking the life out of me. I feel there is no hope left, and feel sad all the time. I feel a g... | self.depression |
Can I be helped defining what happens to me so I can explain to those around me [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Is anyone awake who wants to vent at each other about stuff Text me if you want to talk about problems and why the world is crappy, I'm in a pretty crummy mindset atm | self.depression |
It's indescribable how much better my depression feels when I ingest caffeine I never drink coffee, tea, or cola... so maybe that's why i feel hypersensitive to caffeine's effects, but there's no denying that when i take one 200 mg caffeine tablet, I feel my depression lift monumentally....and the effects last for well... | self.depression |
What happens if I voluntarily check myself into a psych ward? [deleted] | self.depression |
Our house that is being reno'd got broken into last night dont know where else to vent. feel like I am about to implode.
preface everything by stating that I have lived in the neighborhood for 26 years and it has been for the most part a quiet and safe place.
so my parents hadnt touched the house up in 15 odd years a... | self.offmychest |
I hate insecure females. I just wanted to have lunch with your boyfriend, who is one of my dearest friend, but no, he’s not allowed to be alone with other females because of you! I’m not trying to sleep with him, I don’t think he has any desire to sleep with me, we’re just good friends damnit. And it’s only a fucking m... | self.offmychest |
My best friend used me and he doesn't care. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
What do you do when you have no one around? [deleted] | self.depression |
Can a physical illness cause or mimic a hypomanic episode in a bipolar individual? Out of curiosity. I've been hypomanic for two weeks now, I've also had some sort of respiratory infection for two weeks. Is it possible that the hypomanic episode was triggered by my becoming physically ill? It just seems odd that they b... | self.bipolar |
what if im not depressed what if im like this because im stupid and ugly?? [deleted] | self.depression |
A vent. After having gained some optimism back and starting to be a bit more positive, here it comes again an ocean of sadness that waves over me. Thoughts circulating around my brain at what seems to be at light-speed.
It's crazy how you can think and feel this is by far the lowest point of my life, it can't get any ... | self.depression |
Why am I like this? Do you think I'm annoying him? I told my boyfriend over a text that I don't know why he or anyone else would ever like me. He told me that I wasn't ugly and that maybe I could get my hair done or buy new clothes to make myself feel better. I told him nothing will ever make me feel better. He said, "... | self.depression |
Just thinking and writing it on paper I feel so exhausted from my mind. It’s constantly worrying and comparing and putting myself down. I have zero self esteem. And I am not assertive at all. Extrovert all the way. I want to accept me for who I am but I just can’t. It’s never enough. I compare myself to the people I gr... | self.depression |
I haven't going out since Friday I feel really unmotivated lately.
I'm failing all my university classes, I have no real friends to go out with, my family hates me and I hate them, I have porn addiction, smartphone addiction and computer addiction, I don't eat healthy, I don't do sports, I can't focus. Life sucks. | self.depression |
What is "fun"? Ive been going through my usual daily habit of paging through all the self improvement and pick up subs trying desperately to find the one thing I'm overlooking that can turn my life around (havent found it yet obv). I noticed that any time social advice is given peoole always say to try and have fun or ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Have to switch from lamictal (generic) xR to immediate release... should I be worried? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
i don't want people to worry its for the best | self.SuicideWatch |
Why is being depressed so stubborn? I know hes right but still I can't accept advice. Are you like this too? [deleted] | self.depression |
I wanted to shout this out because it has been troubling me for awhile. [deleted] | self.depression |
25 male, virgin, never had a girlfriend, want this to end [removed] | self.depression |
Update post! Posted on Tuesday about a work event, and being frozen.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/7xao6x/big_night_at_work_ahead/?st=JDS8T20H&sh=e0dcee0f
I made it in, got my stuff squared. I had a semi aggressive goal—about 20% more than the GM—and when he left, I was at his, but 2 units shy of mine.... | self.Anxiety |
Trying to be productive I always try to make myself feel better by doing something productive (playing guitar, writing stuff) and for a little while, i feel good. But then i start to think about it and i realise that nothing i’m doing is really productive and nothing i can do will ever work towards a goal. And that jus... | self.depression |
Whatever you are doing on New Year's Eve - it's going to be ok. I've seen a lot of people have posted about how stresfull the Holidays and New Year season is, but I still wanted to share some of my thoughts.
New Year's Eve have always been very hard for me, because there was so much pressure to have fun and feel good ... | self.Anxiety |
What is the point of living when I am so unhappy? Its a serious question. Why do I have to put myself through day after day of barely living. I'm an anxious mess. I have a panic attack if I need to leave the house. I'm home with my kids all day and I really think I'm screwing them up. I cry all the time, I can't g... | self.SuicideWatch |
"sorry i suck at school cuz i suck at life" How do I email my teachers and say I'm sorry I didn't get any homework done and I won't be in class tomorrow because I'm too depressed to even see the point in living?? And I may or may not have been plotting my own death.. Fuck school. | self.depression |
How do you deal with your mind creating doubts for everything I'm really struggling in this period. Seems like my mind wants to create doubts for everything. Before I had doubts about my body like what if I've a small penis or a lazy eye, if I have a ugly voice etc. Now this problem seems to be about everything and my ... | self.Anxiety |
I finally figured out the cause of my depression, and how I will fight it! **I've finally pinpointed the exact cause of my depression, and have figured out a plan to combat it! I feel excited!**
Firstly, I'd like to clarify I have no idea if my depression is just sadness *(because I can be happy some days too)*, or fu... | self.depression |
So I'm giving my boss my two weeks tomorrow (Good thing) First time posting here...so I dunno. Anyway. I've made up my mind to give my boss my two weeks notice letter. I just can't deal with her constant criticism of my job skills and putting me down constantly and swiping at my self esteem enough to make want to end i... | self.depression |
I feel like I'm being robbed of my life I have problems with depression and anxiety, mainly stemming from OCD and intrusive thoughts. I take medication, practice meditation and went to therapy (which was so expensive). I'm still not better.
On the outside I have a lot going for me. I'm blessed to have a good family, a... | self.depression |
My boyfriend doesn't want kids and I do He's only 24 so I'm hoping he'll change his mind. He even loves kids, he just thinks it's immoral to have them because life includes suffering. He admits he'd be a good dad and would enjoy it. Me, I'm 31, my time is running out. I've just had such bad luck finding boyfriends. If ... | self.offmychest |
Anxiety changed into cyclical mini panic Anyone else have anxiety like this? I’ve had anxiety for a couple years now and it was pretty well treated with Zoloft. Seemingly out of no where I started having mini panic attack’s where I get an intense feeling of dread and fear. Luckily it is usually short lived but happens ... | self.Anxiety |
Highs and Lows I'm having such a hard time dealing with lack of focus in my entire life. It makes me feel like garbage and a waste of space to grace this planet. I swear everyone around me has passions and potential and a drive to succeed in one area or another yet I have taken such a long time to come to terms with my... | self.depression |
I have been feeling so depressed after a specific incident. [deleted] | self.depression |
pills im currently 17 have been contemplating suicide since i was 14 and im just sick of being like this im just so stuck in my on head and have often thought about getting on antidepressants but growing up around drug addicts the though of taking a pill to deal with any thing disgusts me do you guys thing some peope ... | self.depression |
Anxiety or delusions? Okay, in my mind I am convinced these thoughts are accurate and really how people think and feel on a VERY primitive and deep level. (Psychological perspective)
Here are a few examples
I have 3 roomates, they each make about 55k a year, and have never ONCE purchased food. I have lived with them... | self.Anxiety |
Don't you need dopamine to increase dopamine levels? How does this work? This could also be appropriate for the r/depression sub but...
My therapist recommends, and is common knowledge, that exercising at least 15 minutes a day greatly improves mental health. The problem is shaking the heaviness and/or irrational anxi... | self.Anxiety |
Using hot water bottle helping me with heavy chest feeling. Try! [deleted] | self.depression |
Terrified of dying For some reason I will start to feel like my whole world is coming down and my heart rate goes straight thru the roof and I feel like I’m gonna fall over and die
Currently going thru it right now and I’m reading the posts help but I still feel absolutely terrible. | self.Anxiety |
Thanksgiving break dread I can’t be the only one dreading Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving break, right? I’ll have to talk to relatives I would really rather not see, clean up the house and try my best to not break down crying at the dinner table. If I had school instead of break at least I could just rely on my usual mon... | self.depression |
Whats the point.. Whats the point of living when 99.8% of your depression and stress is caused by your mo
m and a dad you haven't seen for over a decade because he abandoned you when you were in kindergarten and is now running away from child service's from you and your siblings.
When you do so much for your family a... | self.SuicideWatch |
Could use some advice on a friend with depression Back in Feb I got to talking with a girl I'd met here on reddit. Over the next 5 months or so we'd watch shows together, play games, talk over skype, and even fall asleep on skype together. This was pretty much daily. Both had some occasional crappy times pop up where i... | self.depression |
Told a close friend about my depression A few months ago i broke down and told a friend that i thought i was really closed to about how i feel for several years already. She was the first and only person i told about it. Seeing everywhere that you should seek help in others motivated me to do that but i just got in a w... | self.depression |
Just vent a little. Anxiety along the weekend I started university again and makes me anxious, that and go out. Go out is a nightmare.
This weekend I had a party and I was fucking anxious all the time, and my partner ignored me when I told him that I wanted to go, I had to insist a lot and were almost two hours of cri... | self.Anxiety |
I want to be forgotten, is that wrong? I want to be forgotten. I'm not suicidal; I may be a bit antisocial, but mostly, I want to be forgotten.
I don't understand why people are obsessed with recognition or their legacy. Why not just be happy and accept that life is temporary?
Maybe something is just wrong with me. ... | self.offmychest |
Started Sertraline yesterday. What were your experiences in the beginning? I took my first dose (25mg) last night – my doctor recommended to take it before bed because it can cause drowsiness, but actually I became sort of manic?
I felt like I had endless energy and couldn't stop moving, and in general was just very ... | self.depression |
Social anxiety getting in the way as usual I feel like I’m never going to ever make friends or meet new people...
At college I keep to myself and can’t get myself to talk to anyone. I don’t have the money to go out at the minute so I don’t get the chance to meet new people in town or events, and I’m not a one for drink... | self.Anxiety |
What type of music do you like during panic attack? When I’m already panicking I like music like Merbow. Just some harsh noise to drown out my thoughts and match my mood. Or I’ll listen to bad europop as well. I tend to prefer music that matches my mood. | self.Anxiety |
Why not just give up? Why is giving up bad? I mean if there is no solution for a problem? What if it is just hopeless? What if the future looks bleak? And you can't chance it? Why not give up and kill yourself? Why fighting when it's just wasted energy? I think i have lived long enough. It's time to put an end on it. I... | self.SuicideWatch |
Starting medication today. Very nervous. First time posting here.
I've had mild anxiety as long as I can remember. I've always been the type to worry about everything, always be paranoid, and always afraid of new environments and social situations. In the last 6 months, my condition has deteriorated to being hospitali... | self.Anxiety |
I’d kill my self only if Guns were easy to get in the U.K. I’m too much of a wuss to do it any other way.
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Summer depression I have summer depression. Its exhausting, I feel so empty, so hopeless, so irritated about the fucking sun. I can't even shower, or work. I'm happier when I sleep during the day and stay active at night but after some weeks that's starting to feel lonely - yet I'm not in the mood for inviting someone ... | self.depression |
Supposedly stable but still "less" than non bipolars in many ways. Anyone else? * I feel like I call in sick more often than others (average once a month), and that if I were to call in sick every time I truly felt sick (not bipolar but colds stomachache etc) I'd be missing at least a day a week.
* I feel like I have ... | self.bipolar |
trying to understand this emotion: is this anxiety? Hi guys - I am hoping someone could tell me if they've ever felt this way and if so, how to calm down when it happens?
I work customer service despite not being able to deal with people screaming at me. When I pick up the phone and the person on the other end of the ... | self.Anxiety |
At my best when not thinking of the future Back story: I graduated with a degree in Graphic Design a year ago but have yet to find a job. I'm missing a great portfolio and applying to jobs without that is useless.
2 weeks ago I told my best friend how much anxiety I get when I apply for jobs and they request to see a... | self.bipolar |
An email I'll never send about my boyfriend being in love with his ex. I can still see it in your eyes. When she comes up in conversation I see the pangs. Sometimes I look at pictures of you and her and cry because you've never looked that happy with me. You adamantly deny this. You tell me all the ways I'm better and ... | self.offmychest |
Had this all bottled up... PRIVATE
How do I feel? Well I don’t really know...maybe I’ll know by the end of this...whatever this is...for sometime now I’ve been torn, I’ve been in pain, and I’ve been wondering why I am this way. Well I know why I am this way but I just don’t know how I’m still this way. I dated HER for... | self.depression |
Why am i like this? Do you think i am annoying him? I told my boyfriend over a text that I don't know why he or anyone else would ever like me. He told me that I wasn't ugly and that maybe I could get my hair done or buy new clothes to make myself feel better. I told him nothing will ever make me feel better. He said, ... | self.Anxiety |
I can't take it anymore I trusted my friend with everything. I hurt her without knowing it. Now she hates me and I'm trying to get over it. I just found out I'm kicked out of my friend group that includes this person and I also found out I make them uncomfortable. I'm devestated someone could be this cruel. I have noth... | self.SuicideWatch |
wanting to die really really badly. i don't think i'm depressed honestly. and i don't want to seek help, cause it will worry my parents.
the people i loved the most, girlfriend and friends has begun leaving me. and for these past few months the suicidal thoughts started to fuck with my mind. i can be really happy with... | self.depression |
I was a creep to you. I am so sorry for everything. This happened about 5 years ago (when I was 14) but it's still something that lingers and greatly hate myself for it. Apologies for the length.
I had met this girl about halfway through school because we ended up sharing the same classes. She is extremely nice looki... | self.offmychest |
School sucks... I feel like my life is spiralling out of control, I don't know what to do. My parents are always fighting. My house is a shithole, nobody even cares about me. People are only friends with me out of pity. I can't describe it, not correctly. My house isn't my home, my dad isn't my father. Just... everythi... | self.SuicideWatch |
Nobody except my family said Happy Birthday to me today... [deleted] | self.depression |
The one person that kept me going has now realized I'm trash [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone else tired of the finger pointing at mental illness when it comes to gun violence? I get it, people of sound mind who respect life don’t shoot people. At the same time, mental illness doesn’t equal school shooter. Recent events make me fear stigma even more. Am I the only one? | self.bipolar |
I spent an hour putting on make up and getting cute because I was afraid of what people would think of me at school. Then I skipped school anyway because I was afraid of getting the flu. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I cant wait to not wake up. I think its humbling knowing how much I dont want to live. There are millions of people around the world dying to live and I want nothing more than to not wake up and I give zero fucks about it. I live in a country that people pour into for the chance to build a better life and I would like ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Any females struggle moreso than normal during their period? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Is anyone there? I’m in a bad spot right now. I don’t have anyone to reach out to. They’re all asleep. I can’t sleep. fuck | self.SuicideWatch |
Asking My Shrink For Drugs? Hey, sorry if I am posting this in the wrong spot. For a few years at least I have been feeling incredibly awful. At one point a few weeks ago I had a belt around my neck and was on a chair. I really don't know if asking her for drugs to try to calm my anxiety and potential depression would ... | self.depression |
I´m so tired So tired. And no i´m not gonna suicide. I´m just so tired of being overweight, single, useless at work. And always fall for something i cant get or get rejected by. I´m so pathetic....... | self.depression |
I want to cry blood. Hello again reddit! This is my second time posting here so bear with me!
So here.
I'm a slightly suicidal manic boy with a vivid imagination of torture and gore. In mu dreams there is always this ghost that follows me and in my dreams i would explore a world where there is no more people living.
... | self.offmychest |
Tired of all the mediocority lovers and wetblankets Slightly ranty but I am so tired of asking around for ideas and places to look for a MoFo job in NewMexico. And the only thing I get feels like sarcasm instead. I'm trying to help myself looking through indeed.com, slowly making a colabertive place (again). I still ne... | self.offmychest |
Should I switch to a different psychiatrist? I've been seeing the same psyc for a bout 4-5 years or so and she's nice enough and seems competent at her job as far as I can tell but things are just kinda awkward between us. We just don't seem to click all that well. Also, I've lied to her about certain things and I almo... | self.bipolar |
I feel so weak, I know a lot of people do. But I feel so fucking weak and I don't know how to handle it anymore. I used to see three therapists when I was younger. Then I stopped, because they thought I was doing better.
I think I just learned how to seem like I was doing better.
Now, seven years later, I can barely f... | self.offmychest |
I feel better after kissing and having sex for the first time Yes, I hooked up with another man this weekend. It’s safe to say that I cannot share the story about my first kiss with anyone. Of course, I also can’t inform other people that I’ve slept with another man. Oh the stares and comments I’d get! No thanks, I’d m... | self.offmychest |
Somebody messaged me they were going to kill the self?? [deleted] | self.depression |
I have no one else to talk to about this
Lately I was feeling a lot better and happier and I knew my medication was working and I felt so much better than I had in years and it was amazing but it made me angry to see myself doing so much better. I hate myself to the very core and I fully believe I don’t deserve to fee... | self.depression |
Forced to live the life of a hermit and it is driving me insane Me: 38
Ex: 35
Oldest daughter: 13
Youngest daughter: 10
So, I totally fucked up my life.
Fourteen years ago I met a woman with a 4 month old daughter. We started dating and were together for 10 years. During that time they moved in with me and a few year... | self.depression |
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