44154 Commonly Asked Questions For Mental Health

Dysthymia or Depression?

I have been very low for a very long time and have PCOD, Thyroid, Psoriasis. 6months back a psychiatrist diagnosed me with depression and recently consulted another doctor who said it's more of dysthymia.I feel like rejecting everything & shutting myself away or finding ways to avoid many things I enjoy otherwise.

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Need advice on ECT

My father is 70 year old with depression since 30 years and now he is not able to control. Should we go for ECT ? Which hospitals have this facility ?

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Medication to avoid sleep

Any safe medication to avoid sleep on immediate effect? Please suggest few. I feel sleepy and tired during the work hours, even though I had 5-6 hrs sleep everyday.

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Personality disorder

I am having a constant flow of involuntary thoughts and when any person in front of me uses any abusive language and not for me also then i think to have it personally and tries to revenge. Deeply i know that i am wrong. I cant decide between true and false. I constantly worry about useless things and magical thought

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Physcological problem

My sister got married at age of 24 now she gave birth to two child's one with 1 year and other having 3 years.From past 4 months she is behaving abnormally doing the same things continuously , not listening to others words leaving in a different world.Will this need some medical treatment .

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Memory problem

Doctor ,my grand mother is 76 years old and she is always complaining that everyone is trying to grab her money ,when she watches television she is relating things to her life,infact she is imagining something ,like there are alot of people on the top of her house trying to make her house in their name and so on.

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Cannot sleep

It's been 2 days that I am unable to sleep at night. I cannot take any naps in the morning too due to job. Even when I speed at night,I wake up after some time & same problem comes again. Should I take sleeping pill? Do you have any suggestions for sleeping ? . Any help would be appreciated..

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Lost in life

Hi i feel lost unmotivated all the time.never saw any failure in life but now all is changed.i have suicidal thoughts anger nd trust issues feel happy crying and being sad. never truly happy. everyone loves me but still i m lonely and feel good hurting myself. pls help feel like breaking every rltn n run be alone

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Less balance

When ill be walking while stepping in left leg i feel like off balance and the sensation goes to brain and in brain i feel like some numbness

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Does not speak yet

I, I have a 3 Year old Boy, he hasen't been able to speak as yet or form sentences correctly. He is mostly using sign Language to communicate and is ill tempered. I have shown him to quite a few Child specialist but they haven't been able to pin point the problem yet. Any help and Direction would be great.

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