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I am currently taking 100 mg of Zoloft for my depression.
I am wondering if it’s safe for me to take a diet pill of some kind. What are the pros & cons?

Well I’ve always had really REALLY thick hair, all my life, and every time I got a haircut the person would always point that out to me. Now I’m 20 and lately my hair has been falling out, not balding or falling out in patches, but just thinning. Like when I run my fingers through my hair its not as thick anymore.

I recently died my hair a really dark black color, and I though that might be the reason, but I only did it once and the color is almost grown out completely and still nothing has changed. I’m also clinically depressed and up until a week ago was taking Wellbutrin for two months.

I noticed the hair falling out once I dyed my hair, I guess because it was black it was easier to spot in the shower, but it does fall out at the roots, I know because I can see the root still attached to the hairs that I find.

So is this normal, has anyone my age experienced this and is it genetic or is it the result of stress, depression, anti-depressants or the hair color.
Also I’ve changed my diet significantly, I avoid milk very much and have switched to soy milk. Everything else I eat in moderation, I also avoid red meat, but pretty much all my diet changes are supposed to be healthier.

I have depression, adhd, and anxiety

I have been dealing with it all of my life at the age of six I was labeled and introduced to paxil and seroquil for sleep my mom not knowing what to do didn’t fill the prescription for seroquil and substituted it with benadryl and sleepy time tea that worked for a while but I quickly built a tolerance. I started paxil at age six because I was a depressed child with anxiety and sever agitation. The paxil took effect helped my depression but severely increased my anxiety and made me irritable. I was on and off medication the benefits were not worth the side effects. We decided to take me off medication until I was older if it was necessary. I had on and off insomnia all my life we would treat it with benadryl but honestly that did not put a dent in it. When I was younger I had social anxiety issues I would not go near people I did not know. The only people I would trust was my family and my best friend Kassie my next door neighbor. Kids from my class would always try to talk to me outside of school at the grocery store or after the bell rang I would avoid them at all cost. I honestly believe I wouldn’t take the chance to befriend them because I was taught at school all strangers are bad stranger danger. I had an anxiety disorder so little things like that would rule my life. As time went by I realized that I needed to communicate with people and make friends. I became more assertive and happier. Every grade I was closer to being a normal kid whatever that is. By the seventh grade I had many friends. Everything was going good. But my perfect grades started to slip. I went from all A’s to all C’s and eventually I was failing. I had not changed any study habits I just couldn’t make heads or tails of the work. I told my mom I was spacing out I would be doing the work and my mind would wander away and I would just stare out into space. I would be on the same problem as everyone else go into lola land look up at the overhead and all of a sudden there five problems ahead. I went to my doctor for a check up my mom mentioned what was happening to the doctor. We got a referral to see a neurologist and found out I was having absence seizures. I was put on topamax and lost nearly 20 pounds I got a little underweight. We scheduled an EEG without the medication to see if I had any seizure activity I didn’t thank god I was able to discontinue the top Amax. The neurologist gave me a test and said I had many symptoms of GAD and ADHD. She started me on focal in 20mg and lexapro 10mg. I was doing ten times better in school and was happier than ever but me and anti depressants don’t go together well I developed tics a discontinued the lexapro they instantly were gone. My anxiety freaked out I don’t know what happened I blamed the focal in and started to skip them and give them to my friends. I was going crazy the closest thing that describes the way I felt and still feel is the symptoms of severe akathisia it can cause extreme anxiety and uneasiness to the point that suicide may result. Akathisia can occur for no apparent reason or may be induced by certain drugs. If you’ve ever paced a hospital floor waiting for bad or good news about a sick or ailing loved one, or have been so nervous about something you couldn’t sleep, you’d have a good sense of what akathisia feels like. Some people develop the condition when given SSRIs. In this state, people are more likely to kill themselves or to try than they are when they are in a depressed state. They feel they must do something to make the restlessness stop, because there isn’t a single second of rest from it. This is exactly what I feel like they told me I don’t have it but I can’t imagine something else that would cause the exact same symptoms. I had these feelings and the doctor was no help I took matters in my own hands and started drugs. I took six of my dad’s 10mg valium hoping for just a few minutes of relief. I got just that and a trip to the hospital. I can’t honestly say that it wasn’t worth the relief. I still feel like this I don’t know how to fix it or if it can be fixed it has made my life living hell. Id rather die than keep on feeling like this I would be dead if I didn’t have family to worry about. The only couple of things that help are currently illegal or unavailable. I honestly have tried almost every anxiety medicine the only legal thing that puts a dent in this feeling is valium. Xanax and colonzapam actually make it worse. The only thing I have ever come into contact with that completely rids this horrible feeling is marijuana but medical marijuana is currently illegal in Texas. Honestly smoking it anyway is worth the risk of getting into trouble but I care for my mom to much to drag her down with me. I don’t see one thing wrong with medical marijuana if someone needs this healing herb for
Why not let them if people can use heroin like opiates for pain why not let people who need it use non addictive marijuana. Unli
I would like to know whats wrong with me and if i have akathsia or a akathsia mimicing disorder

is there anything that can help rid me of the symptoms

Hello~
I’ve went to a therapist/doctor before and I’ve been diagnosed with depression (I used to cut myself for a year ;w; now I just punch myself because hey, no scars) and ADHD (which honestly, I don’t see how the two go together sometimes!) and I still feel weird. ;w;

A few months ago, I thought I was going insane because I had voices in my head for about a year, a year and a half? But 3-4 months ago they just… disappeared. Poof. I hear the occasional comment, and conversation, but that’s probably once every few days. I don’t remember a lot from when I was ages 1-12, because it’s all sort of a blur, I only remember the stuff that stands out.

I’m very nitpicky about my desk being in perfect order when I’m at school, and my locker being completely organized, but at home, it bugs the hell out of me, but I never get around to organizing my room. (My room is 9.3feet by 9.3feet, so it’s hard to squish everything in here.) I absolutely hate spelling errors and freak out whenever I make one. They annoy me! Honestly. I’m completely anti-social and I have no idea how to handle social situations. I get freaked out whenever someone tries to talk to me. My therapist thought that I had Aspergers Syndrome, but we didn’t go to her long enough to confirm or shoot that idea down.

Other random thought, every time I pick a pair of scissors up, I imagine it cutting my finger, not my paper. My thoughts are demented with these kinds of things. I try to imagine happy, but it always turns so… demented! D: As hard as I try to think of these as positive, it doesn’t work.

Umm…. I get very paranoid about gas stations, because I imagine they’ll blow up, so I have a fear of them. OH! As well as insects. Even a ladybug being on my window can make me cry. ;w;. I have really irrational fears that freak me out. I hate being in a car because I always imagine us getting hit or driving off of the side of the road. Also, I have mini-panic attacks during storms because I imagine tornadoes and I pace around my house. XD

Umm…. I think that’s about it, maybe. Maybe I’m forgetting a few minor things… Hm. Dunno. Also, I’m sometimes violent :C. Not so much anymore, but a year ago, I spilled burning water on my sisters back because she annoyed me. Two years ago I slammed a classmates arm in a metal door because he was in my way. About four years ago I threw a rock at a girls head and almost got us sued.

So, my question is, what the hell is wrong with my head. XD.

Um… Other random stuff I don’t think is relative, but, hey. I’m really smart for my age…. I’m really sensitive… I don’t talk to many people, probably about 2-3 people online and one in real life. Uh, I’m a procrastinator? Yay. But aren’t we all, lol.

I have the lowest self-esteem positive and I take absolutely no pills (except for the occasional sleeping pill, because I have issues getting to bed!)
Oh that’s so informative, thank you! I never would have thought about ‘tl;dr’. Oh, how stupid I must be! :(
Yay for trolls. <3 I honestly don’t care who I attract to this question, for I have been influenced by jpmetz today.
Yes, and you’re a slut. Now we can move on peacefully. (:
*Giggles* You people make me laugh, you’re cute! (: Honestly, I love trolls. I think they’re absolutely adorable and hilarious as hell.
*Giggles furiously* I don’t know if it’s because I’m tired of hell due to sleep deprivation, but this is hilarious. <3 ‘Night, folks ‘n’ trolls!
I picked out these symptoms from the website.. XD
"Agitation
Decreased sensitivity to pain
Inability to take care of personal needs
Negative feelings
Anger
Anxiety
Argumentativeness
Delusions of persecution or grandeur
Child-like (regressive) behavior
Inappropriate laughter
Repetitive behaviors
Social withdrawal
Delusions of persecution or grandeur"

I am a 17 year old male and for the last 4 years I think I have been surely but slowly going insane. I have been looking everywhere for the right diagnosis and answers, I have even been to counseling more than once. Counselors do not help me and neither has the internet…yet. I am a loner at school, I hate being around people, I act as if I have autism (almost emotionless). I also relate to older people, instead of people my own age. I feel that I am highly mature for my age (at least compared to the kids at my school)Whenever somebody talks to me I listen almost all the time, but I have nothing to say back. I always thought I was depressed or was a sociopath, but it doesn’t seem likely because I am perfectly happy by myself and love being a loner. Before I started feeling this way I was always a shy boy but never as dull as I am now. I have had thoughts of killing myself, but I could never take myself away from my last remaining bit of family, which another thing is, I feel love, but I do not express it. My dad loves me to death and tells me everyday, but all I can say is "yeah" or "okay". I do not hate people and am not anti-social but I do not think that is what my depression is linked to. When I was young, my dad was always gone and I lived with my mother, who went to to school and worked, so I would usually just hang out with some friends or stay at my grandmothers. Nowadays, i do not have many friends, only some Stoner guys I smoke with every now and then, but I did keep a best friend I had since the 3rd grade, and I visit him and whats remaining in my family every summer. I would really like some help, because I have never loved a girl or been in a relationship. I feel that I will soon off myself or have myself put away into an mental hospital because I fear that I would cause my dad to have a heart attack if I killed myself. I do not want to hurt or kill people, but sometimes when I have anxiety I get angry and want to, I never would though. I am not a hateful person, but here is a list of things I hate or dislike:

Unintelligent people
Illegal Immigrants
Animals
School social groups
Thoughtless people
Young Children
Ghetto/trashy people
Being interrupted while doing something

I would like to add that I was born into Christianity, but have had doubts for the last year due to using my common sense and knowledge I have acquired from independent studies. One final thing I would like to add is that I think this all started ever since I moved away from the place I grew up from, then moved 4 more times within 2 years, being a shy person is not easy in 4 different schools that quick.

I do not mean to be a mean person, or let people down, but I do hate myself because I know I do.

Okay, well I’m 14 years old.
You make think that I’m young and have no idea of what I’m talking about but I do, just listen please. Right, just take note, I have depression running in both sides of my family, my mum’s side and my dad’s side. My mum used to be on a high dose of anti-depressants, but now on a low dose because she’s getting better, and my brother who is 17, self harms as he’s so depressed about college and stuff he should be stressed or worried about. Anyway, well, lately, I’m feeling so paranoid about EVERYTHING. I’ve been liking this boy for ages and ages now and we’ve only started going out for like 4 days now. He makes me feel good about everything and anything, but my friends, they bring me down all the time. Not about anything personal, it’s just silly stuff, like bitchy comments and little spiteful things like that. I know I sound so pathetic at the moment, but I know, I don’t feel, I know, it’s just worst. I’ve just sat talking to my best friend about it, but I can’t put the message through to her, so I’ve failed there.

I’m not feeling depressed as such, just overly paranoid.
I just need someone to tell me how to get myself over this, because at the moment it’s making me feel down in the dumps, which I don’t need that because I’m young and I don’t want to be growing up like this.

Thank you for listening.
Thank you guys for answering so quickly, I just had a confidence boost, so thank you!