desperate!!! Here in Mexico, we call it "When the dead is over you"; or "The Evil is on you" I have experienced it and I felt frenzied ’cause I thought I couldn’t ever wake up!!!!

Ok guys when you get up from sleeping in your boxers do you just walk around the house wearing them or do you put shorts on or shorts and a t-shirt?

I was diagnosed 4 years ago following a severe anxiety attack with Bipolar disorder. I have disagreed with the diagnosis as have my family and I have met several psychiatrists on this journey and have not found any that add value. I had a simliar attack 3 years ago following my marriage breakdown.

I do have not had episodes of depression and it is hard to work out whether I’ve had mania as I end up with several weeks of reduced sleep …and leads to symptoms of sleep deprivation and increased anxiety and almost OCD behaviour as a strive for order in my life.

I have been on Epilum 1000mg daily and 2.5 mg of Zyprexa …which assisted and removed with my anxiety however made me very drowsy in the morning. I have spent 18months binge drinking (probably to self medicate) and took myself off Zyprexa in mid July.

In the last 6 weeks I have had become physically ill with bronchitis and strep throat, however I was loving being off Zyprexa and feeling much more alert and happily sleeping 8 hours a day.

Personally I am now going through a divorce and that is bringing back the old bad memories of four years ago and I’ve had work pressure with the market aswell. I have not had any alcohol, coca-cola or coffee for 4 weeks. I am experiencing irritabilty, muscle tension, anxiety, reduced sleep and heightened senses - smell, hearing and taste. I was put on Mogodon (for sleeping supposedly 8 hours) after a week of Normison only providing 3 hours sleep but even with the big gun tablets I can only get 6 hours out of this, although I am exhausted and every time I relax watching DVD’s I have a 1hour nap.

Sorry for the long-winded tale but it has been something I am trying to deal with and I am just not convinced I am getting the proper medical support. I hate Zyprexa and already after going back onto it for 2 weeks I am experiencing sweet cravings and an insatiable appetite in the evenings. I lost 5kg in 3 weeks from anxiety/fever -strep throat and can’t afford to put that back on.

Any thoughts, comments re my situation or medication that I’m taking or alternatives you may have tried would be most appreciated.

What happens to you if you overdose on sleeping pills?
How do you know you die from them? What evidence is there?

My son was diagnosed with ADHD 10 years ago. About 6 years ago I, with the advise of my doctor, tried his medication to see if it would help my problem with alertness. It did, so my doctor perscribed it to me, and it has always helped. The last couple of years, because of the fact that I have dealt with sleep disorders, I thought my problem might be Narcolepsy. I have done a lot of internet research, and believe that might be my problem. I have never brought this up to my doctor, because Ritalin always helps me stay alert during the day. The sleep disorder is not the only symtom I have that makes me think it might be Narcolepsy. I will also do things that I have no recolection of doing. I constantly lose things. It is very irritating and time consuming. I will take short naps, 20 minutes or so, and have very vivid dreams. (Losing things can be a symtom of ADHD, but having vivid dreams within 5 minutes of sleep is not.)

I have an appointment with my family doctor in about a week for a physical, then I’m going to make one with a psychiatrist. My symptoms are: dizziness, racing heart, irrational fear that I’ll pass out and "cause a scene," worry over every little thing imaginable, and just feeling "unwell." Lights seem too bright, and everything just seems–surreal. I’ve had several of these panicky/nervous episodes while on the train (I commute to work), while out shopping with my kids, and most recently at work. Now, every time I get on the train or go out shopping or get to work, the thought of "Am I going to have one of these episodes" COMPLETELY consumes me, and makes me feel horrible. What could this be? I’ve been reading up online, and there are SO many different conditions. Anyone out there have any idea what this could be? I’m tired of trying to go to sleep every night, and ending up crying because I just want to feel NORMAL again…

My husband was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about 4 years ago. He has tried a mixture of medications, therapy, hospitalization, etc. Through these years, nothing has seemed to work for him. He is either very depressed (sleeps all of the time, feels, worthless, has thoughts of death) or very manic. (Can take on the world, comes up with master plans,.sings & dances, etc) Recently, he will not schedule his appointments. He needs to be re-evaluated but they will not let me schedule for him. Any ideas? Have you had marital problems because of this disorder? How about your children? What issues have come with that? I need some help with this, as I feel so alone and so frustrated.

Hi, I don’t know where to start here but I really need your opinion on my situation. I’ve been "depressed" and with what my doctor calls mood disorder "not otherwise specified" for over 2 years that I know of. First of all that doctor pisses me off for not giving me a full diagnosis (how will I get help if I dont know what’s wrong). Second of all he said he couldn’t help me and that if I wanted to I could find another doctor. So my mom takes me to another doctor and she says the same thing and doesn’t bother to tell us to even make another appointment. Let me tell you about my first therapist. She told me mom to take away everything I have and make me go outside. So I begged my mom to let me stop seeing her because she didn’t see things from my point of view.

Sorry this is confusing. Let’s forget them. So i’ve been in a mental hospital 3 times, 1 for running away and destroying stuff at our house, the other two for trying to kill myself. I sound like a snotnosed teenager but I really do care about everyone else too. I constantly move schools and I lose all my friends and it makes me sadder. I dont really think any of my friends care about me they don’t make an effort to talk and I care about them so much and I hate when theyre sad, because I’m scared they will fall into this

. Everything I look at feels like it’s from another world; I can’t connect to. When I see happy people I want to ask them whats the secret, I’m not trying to be sad and even when I work to be happy my dad tramples it down. When I laugh he tells me to stop being loud, when I make jokes with me mom he tells me to stop being disrespectful (even if she laughs). When I cry he tells me to stop being crazy, so when i cry i go to my room and hurt myself because I shouldn’t cry. I ruin the whole family. When my dad lost his job I told my mom that i feel like dying and she told me "we always focus on your problems let us focus on your dads" so when I feel like dying I go to sleep. I sleep most of the day.

I hate everything I used to love and I don’t understand. I’ve been on many medications (up to 5 at a time) and I don’t like when people tell me "well you just haven’t found the right ones" because I don’t have time. I can’t even be social with people I’m scared of peoples intentions. 2 weeks ago people tried to rob us and we escaped and that just made everything worse and I’m scared to go outside. Everything hurts physically too, I can’t move alot so I’ll go draw or something. I feel so so trapped and my only hope is going to college out of state because maybe things will change. But sometimes I don’t think I will make it that long.