PLEASE READ I COULD DO WITH SOMEONE TO TALK TO...

Hi There, i thought i would post but reading throuh everyone else's comments i seem pretty mediocre. and feel kind of guilty. thing is i am 16 in yr 12 at school just finished my as exams and am feeling really strange, like i never have before. i feel as if my head can't deal with doing nothing, i freak out inside when it's quiet and listen to my breathing and wonder whether it's going to stop. i think it maybe hormones but i don't know and is there anything a doctor can do cos i keep beating myself up about it mentally telling myself i am a head case etc and that i can't deal with life. it seems irrational to me and thats y i get so annoyed with myself and i came across this forum and think it may be able to help in someway, or advise me possibly? it has come on just after my exams and i dont know whats causing it i think it maybe anxiety or chemical inbalances in hormones or something but i am too scared to go and see a doctor incase he thinks i am 'head case.' i am scared of being branded, i get paranoid about hearing and feeling that anything new i do isn't worth it as one day i am going to die anyway but i know inside it's stupid - it's a constant arguement with myself and it's stressing me out - my sleeping pattern is fine but i dont know what to do and always feel that i am stupid and crazy when i know i aint i just care and that gets me depressed but i have days when i dont care and then my mind goes back to it - i feel like i am going mad and can;'t shake this but i am on the up - i need someone to talk to....
teri
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Hi Sweetie,

I had lots of problems as a teenager, but am now OK. I think the fear of being misunderstood and judged is quite valid, but it does sound like there's something wrong.

Theres a very good book on the bioligical basis of psychiatric symptoms written for lay people call "a dose of sanity" by sydney walker, a neuropsychiatrist. You can get it cheap on amazon. Personally, Id read it and then find a doctor who does medical tests to try and figure out why you might be experiencing these unusual neurological symtpoms. you may be able to find someone via the following link.

http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/

Hope this helps

Lillian

Disclaimer: I offer this advice as a fellow consumer, not a professional, and am human so may be wrong.

yeh, i know what u mean i am from the uk. i think tiredness and stress maybe a huge factor of it and i feel better from just tying entries so i believe it is just stress, i just feel reassured to know it's normal due to the fact i label myself all the time. thanks for taking the time to post, i feel really reassured now as forementioned. i am getting better, i think it's just a chemical inbalance and phase but it's so hard as you may well know. what do you think? what issues did you have as a teenager??

eating disorder and depression.

For me it was initally triggered by stress but over time I became worse and worse from the physical effects of not eating. I found there was a failure in professional to realise that some of my symtpoms were the consequence of not eating rather than an emotional thing. I beleive in trusting your intuition to a large extent and I think if your feelings make sense to you in light of whats happening then maybe its just a stress thing, but when people start talking about flashing lights and dizzy spells or fears of going crazy there may be a biological component as well. You may well be right about the chemical imbalance the question is what's causing it?

hello tezzet,
i too know how it feels when you have that thought of wanting to buy or do something and you have that thought of whats the point? When it comes to RC Trucks and Computers that is my specialty, when i find something new that i want i am constantly telling myself what the hell is the point? none of it is gonna make anything better for myself. these type of thoughts are the least of my problems. i hope my replay helps. if you need to talk to someone i have all my contacting info on my profile here. so dont be a stranger. take care.

Thanks for your support, I am still feeling un-well, had a really bad spell of mood swings yesterday but have bought evening primrose oil to see if it helps at all so we shall see, do you fancy chatting you seem cool, would be nice to have someone to talk to, i have msn if u want to chat should be on my prof, but myspace shud be there too.
i'm feeling better dare i say it so we shall see again, how r u anyway?
i dont know theres something fulfilling about talking about stuff, i just am starting to begin to loose the view which i had about stuff being pointless which i think may be a good thing, and am becoming happier, not helping really i'm a woman and i get #######5 mood swings lmao xx