1. Posted by starfairy2213 on Fri, Sep 07, 2007, 9:55 pm PDT

I happen to know someone with this description only she has been off drugs for a long while. She has had a life that alot of people seem to make it through ok. Not her though, she has been like this before she was old enough to even start using drugs. I mean she was about 6 or 7 years old before showing any of these signs. Though that was also the time that the bad things in her life started. Maybe, thats what has caused her to be the way that she is?

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2. Posted by katw234 on Sat, Sep 08, 2007, 12:59 am PDT

i have suffered with major depression for ten years. i have changed doctors numerous times. i stay in bed in nightclothes most days. i also suffer from extreme anxiety,ocd(both which are often dibilitating)and audible hallucinations. i am a highly educated woman with a 3.96 average master's degree. i am beginning to think this is the way the rest of my life will be. i am too tired to do much ,ecept sleep. few things excite me. i have no desire to talk with friends. i take a combination of 13 drugs throughout the day. my dr. has even suggested electrotherapy,but i refused,seeing through the eyes of a young girl what it did to my fraternal grandmother. i visit my doctors regularly. after 10 years,any hope in sight?

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3. Posted by katw234 on Sat, Sep 08, 2007, 1:02 am PDT

i have suffered with major depression for ten years. i have changed doctors numerous times. i stay in bed in nightclothes most days. i also suffer from extreme anxiety,ocd(both which are often dibilitating)and audible hallucinations. i am a highly educated woman with a 3.96 average master's degree. i am beginning to think this is the way the rest of my life will be. i am too tired to do much ,ecept sleep. few things excite me. i have no desire to talk with friends. i take a combination of 13 drugs throughout the day. my dr. has even suggested electrotherapy,but i refused,seeing through the eyes of a young girl what it did to my fraternal grandmother. i visit my doctors regularly. after 10 years,any hope in sight?

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4. Posted by Thomas K on Sat, Sep 08, 2007, 7:14 am PDT

to katw234: the fact that you are lucid enough to recognize these symptoms and identify them is more than half of your battle. give yourself a break. i for one don't think electrotherapy is the way for you to go, but i am not a medical doctor. time is on your side.i hope you read this message and it brings you some releif.

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5. Posted by sadie9267 on Sat, Sep 08, 2007, 11:17 pm PDT

I have been suffering with schizoaffective disorder/bipolar disease for about 22 years. I have attempted suicide several times and have been in numerous psych hospitals over the years. The one thing I have found is that psychiatry is not an exact science. We as patients have to be like lab rats until the right combination of medicine is found that works for us. And what works for me probably won't work for you. And the body gets used to the meds and then the meds don't work anymore. You have to start all over again trying to find another combination of meds that will work. I think the key to managing whatever disease we suffer is to keep ourselves well informed about it. This way we can work with the doctors, in our care, instead of just letting the doctor prescribe this drug and that drug and never getting anywhere with our treatment. I am not saying that you have to have a doctors degree but there is lots of information on the internet about new treatment or guidance to help us realize our triggers that cause us to relapse or cause us to continue to worsen. If we are successful at recognizing our triggers then we have won half the battle and we are more prepared to work with doctor in diagnosing and treatment of our disease. It isn't easy, I know. Like I said earlier I have sttempt suicide many times and have come within minutes of dieing and yet I have had 22 years to figure out my triggers and I haven't discovered them all. For every little thing we learn about our disease the more hope there is for us.

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6. Posted by Lilbit on Sun, Sep 09, 2007, 9:54 am PDT

I have suffered from major depression now for at least 5 years now. Things got drastically worse after my finance committed suicide. I am able to go to work but after work and on the weekends all I do is sit at home. I don't spend time with my friends anymore, or do any of the things I used to love to do. I've finally committed to staying on my medications but even with taking 2 separate anti-depressants I still relapse to the point of planning my own suicide. I see a counselor every other week. Unfortunately for me I am in the military and it's very hard to get proper treatment. I will be out soon which will help my depression some but I still have the physical health problems that will plague me the rest of my life. I will continue to work on staying positive even though it's very very difficult.

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7. Posted by senyo k on Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 9:45 am PDT

I will like to know more. give me more information in my mail

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8. Posted by Marie on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 2:58 pm PDT

What might have happened had that young man been "treated" by family and physicians at the earliest point of his "bizarre" behavior by extensive screening and agressive input from a nutritional standpoint (diet and environment)- my brother went the same kind of "Schizo" route for over 5 years before finally succeeding at suicide....now we can never know...but what about the next young man or woman obviously getting into trouble. Sadly, by the time the meds finally enter the picture the opportunity for real improvement/understanding may have been lost forever

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9. Posted by Marie on Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 3:00 pm PDT

What might have happened had that young man been "treated" by family and physicians at the earliest point of his "bizarre" behavior by extensive screening and agressive input from a nutritional standpoint (diet and environment)- my brother went the same kind of "Schizo" route for over 5 years before finally succeeding at suicide....now we can never know...but what about the next young man or woman obviously getting into trouble. Sadly, by the time the meds finally enter the picture the opportunity for real improvement/understanding may have been lost forever

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10. Posted by texasmom on Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 8:21 am PDT

Was this young man taking any asthma medicines and or any combination of herbal medicines? Something very similar happened to my daughter and she had never had anything like it prior to the episode or even after the episode. I think that the combination of asthma medicine singulair with taking herbal supplements containing Hoodia have something to do with it.

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