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I've been diagnosed with Bipolar Type 2 (since September 2004).
Currently I'm on 250mg of Lamictal and 60mg of Prozac.

But, I still have trouble sleeping (something that has been going on for years). It's not a problem of getting to sleep, it's staying asleep.
I've tried

Valerian (pills and tea)
Catnip (tea)
chamomile (tea)
Kava Kava (small amounts in tea)
Skullcap (Small amounts in tea)
combanations of all of the above

Ambien (knocks me ...

I would say I am not to any degree, and have never been. I do have an aunt that however is very embarrassed/ashamed about it to so much of a degree that she won't even work and lives on disability.

Do you believe with the advances in understanding mental illness in our society, that we as a people are less apt to judge individuals based on their mental health status?

I would say yes simply ...

i'm not sure if this belongs here or not, but i have a really hard time with rejection, especially with girls. i'm eighteen and i've asked out three girls in my life. the first two i pretty much took a year to get around to it for each, but when i was rejected it took me a year or more to get over it. the whole time i never wanted to even look at other ...

That is how i feel,nobody else is like me.When is bed time i start thinking about humanity and death,i start having a fear,i look back at how pathetic humanity is to have caused such dramatic things in our past such as the holocaust,i start thinking about everything and ask myself why dont i know who i am,where we come from,and how can anyone live when they know theyre gana die and they have no clue ...

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I am in love with two women. One is responsible, reliable, trustworthy, and we have been together 10 years. The other is enthusiastic but unreliable. We have been together one year (after a breakup with the first). The second went away frustrated with me but still loves me. So does the first.

I need to commit to one or the other but I have been unable to decide for 5 months.

What is wrong with ...

i have a really bad jealousy issue that i want to fix. i have never been a jealous person i have never had problems with previous guys ive dated to hang out with chicks alone and go out to clubs, look at porn, talk to chicks, check them out, tell me about chicks they thought were hot, hanging with ex girlfriends etc. my new relationship is awesome and i love him so much but now ...

Everyone speaks of their so-called morals, as if they dictate their course of action. Honestly though... How many tymes've you wanted to do something, but failed to do so, 'cause you'd get in trouble, or you'll be fired, or you'll go to jail, etc. etc.? $#%^, with me that's the case 99% of the tyme, and from what I observe from those around me? It's the same case.
Are morals as present or even ...

speaking of treatment and therapy; what's up with shrinks perscribing vitamin e for tardive dyskinesia? "Your face is beginning to twitch involuntarily? Have some vitamin E... ?! wtf? this is 2004. rather than vitamin e, how's about some atypical neuroleptics? is it the cost? is it the fact that some of the newer drugs are causing diabetes? you don't wanna take the time to monitor the patient? i can't decide if diabetes is worse than ...