I’ve noticed that during the winter/fall months I’m more down, more depressed, more hopeless, and during the warmer months I cheer up more. I thought it was a coincidence, but a few days ago, it was really sunny and hot where I am, and I was quite cheery and then it turned very cold, very quickly. Now it’s overcast and cloudy, and I feel really down, like depressed down. I feel reclusive, kind of emotionally distanced from people. I don’t even have the energy to carry a conversation, and I don’t really feel like eating. I also have a slight nausea. Does this sound more like sudden depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder?

I’ve been suffering from depersonalization for about 7 to 8 months..the last month has been servere. My memory is shot, i don’t feel real, I feel like I’m losing my mind. Familiar places seem unfamiliar to me, I am completely disconnected and detatched from everything and everybody. I feel dead. The only reason I know I’m living is because I’m breathing and I can feel my pulse. I have no thoughts whatsoever, I am blank.

A few days ago, I was talking, and for no reason at all..I started to feel weird. Almost like I didn’t know how to talk. I freaked out, and I started to think about everything -how we talk, how we walk, how we do everything. Now, I feel like I don’t understand anything at all – words don’t make sense to me. I have no idea how i’m getting up, going to work, and driving. I feel like I’m literally going mentally retarded. Like how we do we know no means no? and yes means yes? I know we just know, but does anybody ever think that? I’m usually very talkative, but now I’m just quiet because even be able to talk, freaks me out. Whats wrong with me? : (

By the way, I have been going to therapy for a month, hasn’t done ****, I’m pretty sure it’s made it worse. I think I need to switch therapists. I’m getting a physical next week and a blood test just to see if anything’s physically wrong with me. I don’t ever get headaches [knock on wood] and i don’t feel ill at all. Sometimes i panic so much, I make myself sick, but that’s about it.

Does anybody know what i’m talking about? Can anybody relate? I feel so alone, I feel like this is hell and no matter what i do, I can’t escape this black hole I’m in every single day :*(

I quit smoking the first time about 2 years ago. About 3 days after I quit I had a terrible anxiety attack. A day or two later another one hit. I was fine for about 11 months until I started smoking one night when I was out for cocktails with friends. After that I bgan smoking when I drink. Recently, I ve been having severe panic attacks and anxiety mid week after I havent smoked in a few days.I just quit for good on Sunday. It is now Friday and all week I have been nervous and panicky. It is finally starting to subside. Has anyone else gone through this?

I few days ago i was dreaming that i was starting to have a mental break down. I know what was going on and was telling those who knew me well, would know whats going on and that i should be alright in a while.

after i start taking anxiety medication for panic attacks, when will my symptons start to go away? first use? after a few days? or after several weeks?

Just wondering what some good ways to deal with the side effects would be and how to help lessen them as i just started taking this medication a few days ago
the medication is called Apo-Paroxetine

I am 15 years old and I have never had an acne problems. Maybe one pimple every 3 months,but it goes away within a few days. Latley I have been extremely stressed out with school work and sports, and especially my break up with my boyfriend of 15 months. All of a sudden, almost three weeks ago, about 10 pimples( not red like acne) popped up on my forehead. A week ago I woke up and my jaw locked for 2 minutes and htne the following night i woke up and my muscles were so tense I could barley move. This stress is not good. But anyway, I know the pimples are not from oil or anything, because it was never an issue and I have tried all acne medicine. It is deffinitly from stress. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these pimples?

hello there. in a few days, I’m going to a concert. a panic at the disco concert, specifically. I’ve never been to a concert, so i was wondering what i should wear. i don’t want to be too dressed up and look like a tool, but i don’t want to look like i don’t give a flying sh*t about where i am either.Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I’m 14, 5’5 about 105 lbs and have brown hair, if that helps. I’m also not a guy. so, by process of elimination, I’m a girl.

ok i am only 22 and i been having some difficulties breathing for the past few days. then i started getting some chest pains throughout my chest and today its into my shoulder and back and arm . just little pains here and there every now and then. on saturday i went to the ER and they took a cat scan and bloodwork which came back fine. yesterday i went to my family doc and they did and EKG which she said looked fine too and they attributed it to stress/anxiety. i am terrified that i am going to have a heart attack. could these symptoms really be stress related and lasting this long? anyone had any similiar situations?

I was already diagnosed with HBP and now after going to the doctor a few days ago, I was told that I have Pulmonary Artery Hypertension. I was just wondering if the PAH was a result of the initial HBP I already had. Thx.

umm ok soo i’ve been experiening some odd symptoms lately… some similar to pregnancy ( im 18 soo pregnancy is not what i want right now) i have had heartburn, gas, some cramps (but im also supposed to get my period in a few days) and stomach pains…. i have bad anxiety mainy panic attacks and was border line ulcer a few weeks ago …so the doctor gave me nexium samples….. anyways…. does this sound like my stress/anxiety ??? i mean i am gettin ready to move out for college etc… soo im super stressed… or could i be pregnant cuz my boyfriend and i have had unprotected sex like 2 times this month but im on birthcontrol and the rest of the time was w/ a condom

sooo anxeity/Stress , preggo or something else
also noticed today that my breasts feel a little different…like rubbery sorta,,and a tad bigger???

I started Lexapro recently, which states that it can take 4-6 weeks to take effect. My question is if I stop taking this medication for a few days to get it out of my system but I begin taking it again in a week or two, will it once again take 4-6 weeks for me to feel the effects and for it to work properly again? When I first started it took 3 weeks for me to feel it working.

I am starting college in about a week and a half. I just only went to Orientation a few days ago and on that 1st morning I started my period and was so sick and nervous I couldn’t drive. It is not unusual for me to over worry but it is starting to affect health . orientation is over and I am still sickly nervous and restless. also I am not on birth control and have never had sex.

I’ve been having anxiety problems for a long time now, and the severity varies greatly.
But recently, I’ve been under a lot more stress due to school and other things.
I’ve been having abdominal pains the past few days and was wondering if it could be anxiety.

Are there certain types of abdominal pain that are more likely to be caused by anxiety?

my hair is bleached blonde right now and i want to add some pink. Ive used the original manic panic in ultra violet and it seemed to dramatically fade after the first wash (i left it on for 2 hours) and be completely gone within a few days.