My boyfriend and I want to have a child. The only thing I’m worried about is whether or not it would end up having depression or being bipolar. I suffer from depression and my boyfriend is bipolar. My mother and younger brother are also bipolar and my mom also has depression. I was told that both are hereditary. So will that mean our child would most likely end up like us?

I have found that doctors are very willing to send you home with samples of prozac, lexapro, zoloft, etc even if you tell them you are NOT DEPRESSED.

I have spoken to several other people that have encountered this with their doctors also. I have told my doctor that I am going through a stressful time, and feel anxious and worry often.

Not depression.

I understand the fact that some anti anxiety drugs such as valium and xanax can be abused, and or addictive, but as a responsible adult it bothers me that my doctor will send me home with packets of drugs that are not for anxiety, and do nothing to help it.

I am really almost obsessed with worrying and depression, I am 12 and am going back to school tomorrow… and that depresses me :’(, I worry when I become tired at night and then I can’t sleep… I now just worry all the time, sometimes I don’t even know what about… please can you help?

Why would anti depressants help someone who doesn’t have a chemical imbalance?

How does someone react if they don’t have a chemical imbalance and they still take anti depressants and don’t have situational causes that cause them to be "Depressed."

Ditto for if they do have situation depression, how would they actually help them?

No, I’m not wanting to get anti depressants. I’m just confused how anti depressants still help people who aren’t chemically challanged.

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What are the correct things to say to a doctor during a visit to get depression or anxiety medicine. I am severely suffering and i am on my last limb and needs meds to make me happy and less nervous or I am going to die. Need Advice!

My therapist suggested today that I might be agoraphobic, mainly because I have trouble leaving and staying away from my apartment and feel very uncomfortable outside of the safety of familiar places and faces. (I won’t go into details.) I am wondering what kind of therapy other agoraphobics have received. I am in traditional psychotherapy now, but think I might benefit better from cognitive behavioral therapy, both for this and my OCD/depression.

I just would like know which Valerian root product is the best for anxiety, panic attacks, depression and emotional balance.

Lately i have been using all my anxiety,anger, and depression to make myself work harder, is this bad for my mental health, or is this a good idea?

Does anyone know of any herbal/over the counter medicine for anxiety (with depression)? I know there is St. John’s Wort but because of my birth control I can’t take that. I’ve also read of "Stressezz and True Calm." Do those things actually work? I’d rather stay away from prescription medicine since I don’t have health care coverage right now. Thanks.

Some people conclude that homosexuality results when a child is raped while others believe that people are born with a chemical imbalance, other researchers have found that they will grow out of it and that it’s just deviant behavior due to depression during adolescence so if the first and last hypothesis can be corrected with counseling what if they were born with it (chemical imbalance)?

Do you think that they can be born with it (chemical imbalance) and if so can a medication get everything back to normal? Please cite scientific references. I am tired of people throwing excuses and emotion into it when we need to get down to the nitty gritty here!

Hi.

This is quite a complex situation so please bear with me while I try and explain.

I have a history of anxiety and slight depression. Recently I have been under a lot of stress at work; namely thinking both me and my wife were about to me made unemployed. Thankfully this situation has now passed but a level of anxiety has remained.

This anxiety is starting to manifest itself as an obsession with noise. Me and my wife live in a terraced house with neighbours that are, on the whole, really not bad at all. The problem is that I am totally obsessed with ANY noise that manages to find its way through the walls, to the point of being totally unable to relax. I constantly ‘listen out’ for any noise and even imagine noise that isn’t there. Even when there IS noise (i.e. music, coversations, laughter, the type one would expect in a terraced house during the day) my brain goes into panic mode and I lose the ability to think rationally. My mind races and it sets me on a downward spiral or panic. Sometimes this ‘noise’ that has troubled me so much has not even been detected by my wife.

It’s making me cranky and driving me CRAZY. When we are out of the house I do not enjoy myself because I am constantly thinking "What if there is a party going on when I get home?", "What if there’s music playing through the walls?"

The oddest thing about this is that our neighbours are really well behaved. The only noise is few and far between and they usually warn us if they are going to have a party or whatever.

Why is this happening to me? I’m essentially imagining a problem that isn’t there but it’s making life so hard.

I have got a session booked at an anxiety counsellor coming up and I’m hoping that will.help.

Can anyone explain why this problem has suddenly started happening and what I can do about it.

Thanks

I would like to see a psychiatrist to treat my depression but I don’t have health insurance. (I applied for private health insurance but was denied based on my medical history.) Is there a way to look up doctors who work on a sliding scale? I might need medication as well. I definitely won’t qualify for medicare but I’m not sure I can afford to pay full price for medication. Any ideas?

Whenever I get depressed, i know exactly why and what it would take to get me out of the depression. Does this prove that it is not in my head (i.e. no chemical imbalance) but a result of circumstances instead?

Does a tanning booth help people with symptoms of SADS? Could it help relieve the depression and other symptoms that people experience when they are in need of sunlight during the winter months? Or is this the wrong kind of light? What kind of light should you use?