Asked: Diagnosed with bipolar disorder?

After seeing a family doctor today for what I thought was a sleep disorder, I was diagnosed with adult onset ADHD, sever anxiety disorder and severe bipolar disorder. I'm a 22 year old mother of two with no insurance. My doctor suggested the name of a therapist to me and a list of drugs to research. I hardly get by as it is, I have no money for counseling. I did research the list of medications like I was told, and a lot of them scare me. I'm simply at a loss.

Asked: struggling badly… loosing sense of reality……… im 21?

Please be sensitive. i have a history of trauma since i was 11. I have been in and out of therapy since i was 13. one of my friends committed suicide recently and two weeks later i was at a club and was sexually assaulted (he didnt fully rape me, but he rubbed my clit in front of other people". I was drinking alcohol and blacked out at some point i thought i was drugged because i was feeling sick for 2 days after that. I havent been sleeping well. I have been staying up late in the morning. I probably get 3-6 hours of sleep. Anyways, i sometimes feel nauseous when i wake up and when i eat so i throw it up (purposefully). I've had an eating disorder before, so that's how i cope. I also have IBS. Today I had an accident on myself :/. My stomach hasn't been feeling well so ive had diarrhea. Anyways, i feel paranoid like somebody is watching me and following me and I feel scared to be alone in the night. I was in class today and felt like i was disassociating with reality. I just felt like i wasnt there. Sometimes i space out and my mood has been fluctiating. From sad to happy… to nothing. Sometimes I feel invisible and do drink alcohol to a risky point. I just feel like i might have developed something worse from all these years of struggling with depression. I was diagnosed with major depression then dysthimia. In the past ive had episodes of psychosis where i was seeing and hearing things. Ive been hospitalized for being "suicidal" but i really wasnt. Anyways… i think over the years ive developed bipolar disorder or depression. I lash out at my family and even though i used to love my sister i hate her now and feel anger towards her. I'm seeing a counselor, but should i go to a psychiatrist? im scared i dont know what's going on???

Asked: Depersonalization feel weird when talking to girlfriend?

I'm 17 years old and have generalized anxiety disorder. I used to have allot of depersonalization and derealization but it usually passed over time. Lately I've had MAJOR problems with sleeping and have had constant depersonalization as a result. What my main concern at the moment however is, a few nights ago me and my girlfriend got into bad arguments two nights in a row which caused me major stress, and as a result my anxiety levels increased. Me and her have been together for 11 months almost a year, and we used to argue allot but at the end of the day still loved each other. But anyway, after those two nights we didn't talk much, because she had work and family time, etc. While she was out doing all that stuff and we weren't talking I was in (and still currently am) a major state of anxiety and all I could think about was wanting to feel normal again, because I was doing so well before those arguments. Well we've already made up for those arguments and aren't mad at each other anymore, but now when I talk to her or am with her I feel so…weird..like I haven't talked to her I a long time. And same thing when I think about her..it's like I feel like we were never together or something..the feeling is so hard to describe.. It's really scaring me because I really love her and don't want to lose feelings for her, which is what I think is happening, but at the same time it could be the anxiety..another thing is that we still haven't talked much lately..like we used to talk to each other all day long, but the past few days we talk briefly at school because I feel anxious so didn't talk much, and after school we only talk right before she goes to sleep (I've had to much trouble sleeping lately as well). Could I feel like this because we don't talk as much anymore? If so do I just need to talk to her more so I can "get used" to her again? Or is this all a result of my anxiety? I'm scared..I know deep down that I love her..but I feel as if she's not there anymore..

Asked: Depersonalization feel weird when talking to or thinking about girlfriend help please?

I'm 17 years old and have generalized anxiety disorder. I used to have allot of depersonalization and derealization but it usually passed over time. Lately I've had MAJOR problems with sleeping and have had constant depersonalization as a result. What my main concern at the moment however is, a few nights ago me and my girlfriend got into bad arguments two nights in a row which caused me major stress, and as a result my anxiety levels increased. Me and her have been together for 11 months almost a year, and we used to argue allot but at the end of the day still loved each other. But anyway, after those two nights we didn't talk much, because she had work and family time, etc. While she was out doing all that stuff and we weren't talking I was in (and still currently am) a major state of anxiety and all I could think about was wanting to feel normal again, because I was doing so well before those arguments. Well we've already made up for those arguments and aren't mad at each other anymore, but now when I talk to her or am with her I feel so…weird..like I haven't talked to her I a long time. And same thing when I think about her..it's like I feel like we were never together or something..the feeling is so hard to describe.. It's really scaring me because I really love her and don't want to lose feelings for her, which is what I think is happening, but at the same time it could be the anxiety..another thing is that we still haven't talked much lately..like we used to talk to each other all day long, but the past few days we talk briefly at school because I feel anxious so didn't talk much, and after school we only talk right before she goes to sleep (I've had to much trouble sleeping lately as well). Could I feel like this because we don't talk as much anymore? If so do I just need to talk to her more so I can "get used" to her again? Or is this all a result of my anxiety? I'm scared..I know deep down that I love her..but I feel as if she's not there anymore..

Asked: How to deal with abusive in-laws.?

Dear Readers,
I have talked with my in-laws(my husbands parents&his younger sister)long before marriage and they behaved polite and even encouraged me to join them.
Nevertheless I married my husband because I love only him.I didnt come for his family.
I am from abroad, so it took me some time to learn what people where saying.
Daily there are fights but for a few years I thought Ive just misunderstood the situation.Now that I know the language better(they made all effort to slow me from learning)I understand that Im not the fault.
I hoped that they would celebrate our marriage nice,because I read about the culture a lot in the net to be prepared.I wasnt prepared that the sister-in-law came in her worst sleeping-dress and cried(her mother once said she did because she was jealous&wanted to marry first but shes still not married)and neither of the parents wear nice clothes.None of them ever greeted to our marriage but all of my relatives and friends, even the distant friends greeted!
We dont have the money to move out because before the marriage his parents emotionally blackmailed him into buying an apartment in their name.He just paid of his dept at the bank.
His relatives try their best to kick us but I dont wanna end up on the street or go back to my parent because theyre much too far.
I dont understand why they misbehave:I have researched the net for mental disorders etc even for different behavior pattern in different zodiac signs and come to the clue that they have the narcissism disorder.But how can it be that all 3 of them have it?I dont understand who pulls the strings of whom.
In which way are they abusive?
The sister-in-law: their gold child,failed in grades&passed only because their parents pulled some strings,abusive,kleptomaniac,pretends to suicide to get her will(she even faked the prescription of a deadly disease from the doctor but when -after lots of drama- she finally visited a doctor with us again it turned out after 5min that she got nothing&all her symptoms suddenly vanish;since the father-in-law stopped eating on the table together with the others she insists on eating alone and forces to be the first who eats.. now all have to wait till she ate before anyone can eat even when she makes it extra late (he parents support that), she's destructive (destroyed the telephone with number display so that people cant see who is calling her,the iron,food,the doors that she uses including material and locks, the shower..it hurts to see the home getting destroyed and the parents of her-who should have teached her to behave they support her behavior and encourage her so that her behavior gets worse rapidly, she beats her parents & theyre ok with it & runs in front of guests with sleeping clothes or clothes on her lower body around & they don't say anything, she screams whenever she speaks and quarrels&laughs fast after another,she always pretends like the victim, she lies, both parents support her as if she would be god himself, she don't worship unless once a year for the purpose of stopping me from learning the process myself (Im christian,theyre hindu but I believe all gods are one god anyway so it makes no difference to me), the parents clean her room like maids everyday even thou she's an adult woman and close to her 30is! she thinks she knows everything but she just copies other peoples words&behavior.
the father:he oppresses anyone who speaks&even lies only to opposes,he move my dirty clothes (even the private things)away from the bucked in which I always put my dirty clothes (before it was joined but they destroyed a lot of things in purpose so i wanna do things myself), he don't respect anyone not even himself, he likes eating rotten food and want to force everyone to eat it too, he behaves like a saint to people that don't know him close-I was also fooled by him at the beginning.
the mother:lies,loves only herself and her daughter,if you say"you cook best out of all"she will start getting furious because it means that youre saying her daughter isnt the best,she insults my husband everyday and says that she feels bad that she lend him her stomach to grow.My husband really loves his parents and buys them even presents but it is nothing to them because it comes from him. She always brings up her daughter even thou she knows it will make him angry. she always put herself first(except when it's about the sister),she tells people what to think about the food, actor, music or anything, she hurts herself in purpose to gain attention(we even try to tell her:wear glasses before cutting"but she wont listen).It is said that she cried at my husbands birth because she didn't get a daughter. She says she loves females but she dont love me.
My husband is so caring and they mistreat him so badly.I know hes strong thats why he s still alive but I cant bear the drama anymore.There is more to it but Im out of spacePLZ HELP

Asked: I think I may have Throat/Esophageal Cancer?

I have the following symptoms:
-Persistant cough (pretty much any time I breathe in I need to cough)
->One of the most painful, deep-feeling coughs I've ever had
-Sore throat that I originally started with has now moved to what feels like my esophagus
-Feels like there is something in my throat, like a lump or like that feeling you get when you choke on a piece of food, that wont go away, keep coughing to try to move it
-There is a physical lump on my neck, but not like my neck neck like throat, like my neck under my chin, giving me the appearance of having a double chin
-Neck hurts with touch, or even slight movement
-Jaw is sore
-Ears keep needing to pop it feels like when I swallow especially
-Hurts to swallow, almost impossible, can't really eat or even drink water for that matter
-Have lost voice here and there
-Hard to breathe, feels like throat/chest is tight (you know when someone is crying super hard and breathes in and does like the stutter-breath? I've done that a few times, just with breathing, like not crying)
-When I cough it feels like my throat is like literally coming out of itself
-Not really hungry
-Constantly feel like I have a fever, even when I'm not recorded with one, have even woken up sweating
-Etc.

I am a 19 year old female, I have been bulimic since I was 16 years old. I have been trying to recover for a while, ironically right as these symptoms began was right when I was becoming (pretty) successful at it too.

I know cancer is rare in people as young as I am, however I also realize I have a huge ED problem and have been working to fix it, but at my worst I had even thrown up up to over 10 times a day, and took laxatives, and stopped eating. I realize that the severity of this has huge damage on my throat/esophagus which is why this is so troubling to me.

How likely, after seeing this information, is it that I may have throat/esophageal/larynx (idk which) cancer? I'm going to the doctor tomorrow and don't wanna be that classic person that jumps to the conclusion she has cancer. Should I even bring up my concern about this?Should I mention my history with bulimia even though this mostly started after I was able to stop?

PS Cancer runs extremely strong in my family. For example: every female on my mom's side has gotten breast cancer, even my mom had caught the early stage back when she was only 40 and got surgery to remove it. My grandma has had: breast, ovarian, stomach, etc. cancer. Many of my family members have had other forms including lung, and I believe throat too, etc.
PPS I am not a tobacco smoker, I do smoke weed medically (for chronic migraines, severe insomnia, anxiety/OCD, severe depression, and basically to force me to eat). Idk if this would have an effect.

Asked: Basic Nutrition questions?

1.Both under weight and over weight present health risks

A.True B. False

2. Health risks are linked not only to body weight, but to body composition-the proportion of fat to learn body tissue.

A. True B. False

3.According to the pictures that show how much of the country is overweight, not only is the number of overweight people increasing, but so is the

A. Rate of diabetes
B. The number of obesity-related deaths
C. The degree to which people are overweight
D. All of the above

4. Body Mass Index (BMI) identifies relative health risk by comparing

A. Height and body frame )like wrist circumference)

B. weight and waist circumference

C. height and weight

D. the body and the mass of the index finger

5. The BMI may not be an accurate tool in determining health risks if used alone because

A. people lie about their height and weight
B. It does not account for body composition
C. People with big muscles will calculate as underweight
D. Very skinny people do not have health risks from a low BMI

6.

Once BMI is calculated, the threshold between "normal" and "overweight" is approximately:

A.15
B.25
C.40
D.50

7. A body mass index of 25-29.9 in an adult indicates overweight.

A. True B. False

8. Health risks associated with a BMI above normal include

A. High blood pressure stroke
B. Diabetes and heart disease
C.Sleep apnea and sleeping problems
D. Arthritis and joint problems
E. All of the above

9. Which person is more likely to have trouble fighting off a major illness or wasting disease like cancer or AIDS?

A. Normal BMI
B Underweight BMI
C. Overweight BMI
D. None of the above

10. An "apple body" is someone whose excess body fat is carried

A. In the buttocks and thighs
B. In the neck so it looks like an apple in their throat
C. Around the abdomen
D. Subcutaneously-right under the skin

11. "Apple bodies" or people with central adiposity, carry more health risks because the fat

A. Presses on the stomach making adequate intake difficult
B. Is released more easily into the bloodstream
C. Cannot be lost with diet and exercise alone- "You need Relacore"
D. All the above

12. A "pear body" (gynoid obesity) is another way to describe a measurement of waist-to-hip ratio. This body type poses less health risk than an "apple body" because

A. Women with pear bodies are in their healthy reproductive years
B. Pear bodies have fat distribution away from the heart and other vital organs-less fat mobilization
C. Pear bodies only get that way from sitting around
D. Pears are more acceptable body type in some cultures

13. What factors affect fat distribution?

A. Gender
B. Menopause
C. Physical activity
D. Use of alcohol and/or tobacco
E. All of the above

14. In addition to BMI and waist circumference, the third and possibly most significant indicator of health risk from obesity include

A. Disease risk profile and family histroy
B. Hair color
C. Skin color
D. Job function

15. Being active and overweight is healthier than being sedentary and a normal weight.

A.True
B. False

16. Energy balance is a comparison of "Energy In" versus "Energy Out."

A. True
B. False

17. The only way energy can enter the body is through food and drink.

A. True
B. False

18. Excess energy 9from carbohydrates, proteins or fats) is stored as

A. Glycogen
B. Muscle mass
C.Fat
D. Cellulose

19. One pound of body fat= how many calories?

A.2000
B.2500
C.3500
D.5000

20. "Energy Out" is more difficult to determine than energy in due to

A. Voluntary physical activity
B. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
C. Thermic effect of food
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Asked: where do i go from here?

ive grown up all my life with nothing but problems with family, friends, boyfriends, i was sexually assulted when i was younger, my dad walked out and then came back a short time later, my older sister grew up being bullied and tried to kill herself several times, i have insomnia, i also suffer froma condition where im in cinstant paqin with my bones in my body, im always tired, i feel like i cant go on anymore, i cant even go out and have a good time, i have no motivation to finish college whereas i used to be so ready to go, its all just got on top of me, and i dont feel like im of any use to anyone of this planet anymore, i dont really know what to do, im scared ill either do something stupid soon or just completely flip out and go crazy, i dont really have anyone i can talk to about everything i just feel like its gunna get passed on as gossip but i dont want to be like this anymore, can anyone please suggest what i can do now, any advice will be helpful, thankyou .

Asked: Problem dealing with myself?

Hey I've been posting here about my brother for about a month now and you guys were really helpful. So here comes another problem. For those of you who haven't read my previous posts. My younger brother and I are both cops. He's 28. He was shot twice about a month ago that almost got him killed. When we brought him to the hospital his HB level was 5 and he was yellow and by yellow I mean yellow. He went through unbelievably painful medication and about a week ago he got out of hospital, living with my parents now and my sister and I (both his older siblings) help my parents take care of him. He has a severe post traumatic stress disorder. He throws up his meals, has several nasal bleeding each day. He sobs at night making his pillow wet with tears. His temperature goes up at night and so on. Since he's not really ready to walk or do any physical activity he spends most of the day sleeping on his bed. When we talk about cops, you expect a 6'5 fat guy. But my brother is the swift sort and he's like 5'10 and around 4 inches shorter than me so I sometimes call him baby Ry just to joke around with him. Last day worst of all happened, I was taking care of him when he said he needs to use the bathroom. Well I was on an important phone call so It took about a minute I could get done with the phone and grab the container for him when I came up to his room. I was shocked finding him shivering uncontrollably on his wet bed. I got paralyzed and I felt his eyes filling with tear. I told him It's ok and I'll bring him fresh clothes but he started throwing hitting his head so hard and whimpering and told me to get the **** out. Honest to God, I didn't mean that to happen and later my Mom told me that he's not really that alert to hold himself properly and that. was just me being inexperienced. I was just really thinking about shooting myself in the head. I can't look into his eyes any more.