Should I go see my doctor about my self diagnostic?!
Question: Should I go see my doctor about my self diagnostic?
I want you to know a couple of things im 15. I havent seen a doctor since my appendix was taken out 3 years ago appropriately. I am slipping into a depression. I feel very alone in school and am nervous to put myself out there. I am very antisocial as apposed to my years ago when I could talk to anyone without a problem but now I get to suspicious of people. I have had many obstacles in my life I have pushed into a vault that I can see how they relate to my self diagnostic below.
I want to ask my doctor about (PPD) paranoid personality disorder. I want to get help but I dont like counseling since my parents divorced and I went. I also dont want him to be like "dont self diagnose" and "your just a kid"
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Hi,
Yes see a doctor. Low thyroid can cause the feeling and thoughts you are experiencing. Armour thyroid is the best supplement to go on. It contains the most complete medication - the T-3 and T-4 substances. This is what helps to make the hormone.
Please know this is brain chemistry. If it a very stressful time of life at your age, puts a lot of stress on the body and the brain/hormone chemistry gets off/gets used up with stress.
If you are drinking coffee as this can cause in some cases what you are experiencing believe it or not. Too much will exhaust the adrenals and you off and running.
Too much sugar and junk food will do it too.
Not enough sunshine and/or vitamin D will do it too.
Try a good quality of vitamin c, b, e and so on. Take 500 mg of C and a good B-complex.
If your adrenals are exhausted you will feel very tired and also racey at the same time.
Talk therapy is great but your brain chemistry is off so don't blame yourself. Often with the right substances your brain will balance back and any "emotional issues" will either be reduced or a lot easier to deal with.
Get to a medical doc ASAP and ask for a blood test for the thyroid. If it is at all low ask for the one mentioned above.
How do I know all this? Been in your shoes at your age.
Email me if you need more help
All the best
Grace
School of hard knocks.
Definitely talk to some one. Depression is not something to mess around with. Trust me. i didnt talk to anyone and i ended up getting a ride to the hospital several times via police. if your doctor blows you off, he does not deserve his license. there is a chance they will want you to talk to someone. But if anyone has the best diagnostic abilities, its yourself, because unlike your doctor, you know exactly how you feel.
My past experiences. Im 14... i know how it works :)
From the things you have mentioned in your question, I think you are more than slipping into depression, you're already there. Yes, I agree with you that it is the time to contact your doctor, because you are worried about yourself and realize that you need some help.
You've probably heard this before, but it's hard for some us during our teenage years. Going through a divorce is a traumatic life event that is difficult to adjust to. It seems natural to me that you would have trust issues. Teenagers are not known to be good at keeping secrets, and can be relentless in teasing each other. You are afraid to trust and let yourself be vulnerable. When we hold our emotions, thoughts, and fears inside, it makes us feel alone and isolated. It makes us feel hopeless and helpless and different than others and destroys self esteem. These are common feelings that depressed people can feel. When you feel so alone in the world, getting close to others seems impossible. When you find a therapist you can trust, open up and talk about yourself. Get some feedback from someone who knows how to help you sort through these issues and help you learn how to cope with your life.
Lots of us self diagnose, especially when we have the internet available at our fingertips. Just because you are experiencing feelings of paranoia, doesn't mean you definitely have PPD. At 15 yrs old, you need respect for your feelings, but you really need to have a professional opinion about what problems you are having. Try not to label yourself.
These obstacles that have happened to you and that are causing you to suffer can be coped with. There is hope and there are treatments and ways to get happiness and closeness to others back in your life. I know from my own experiences with counseling that it can be painful. I really didn't feel great after talking about all the things I had locked up inside. But as everything came out, it got less painful as I unloaded a lot of mental and emotional anguish. Therapy is different each time you go. Describe your symptoms to your doctor and let a professional give you a diagnosis.
When I was your age, I also didn't want to be called a kid. Now that I am decades past your age, I realize I was a kid, a kid who was learning how to grow up.