is this depression, loneliness, or am i going crazy? Advice needed.?!


Question: Is this depression, loneliness, or am i going crazy? Advice needed.?
Let me just begin by saying I am strongly considering seeing a therapist/psychologist.

Can symptoms of depression have SOME the same symptoms as say... schizophrenia, bipolar disorder etc?

I have no hallucinations or anything.
but I just haven't been feeling right for a long time and when i think to myself about the root of the problem and when these problems started to surface, the origin is when me and my best friend "broke up". It was only a friend but as a person who has very little family support she meant a lot to me. She found new friends [I understand] but it's still been hard. My transition after high school has been so rough and so LONELY. I began to feel depressed and still do. I've lost the person who I thought would be there for me, I miss my ex boyfriend, and I am just lonely. On top of that I am dealing with the pressures of following my dreams and regrets of what i could have done [i am 21]. i'm under lots of stress right now. I'm not all the way happy with my life. Another event that happened, last year, was when I tried marijuana (I smoked for about 3 months). I had 2 panic attacks in this time frame which pretty much traumatized me and made me even more depressed [my brain was kind of out of wack for a while but it's gotten so much better]. Its been a little harder to get my thoughts together after smoking and my speech isn't the best anymore [i have always been a great writer and great speaker, knowing that changed made me very bummed] i read that that can be a sign of a mental disorder [disorganized speech]. This usually comes from when I get nervous while talking to someone and i stumble on my words. I used to only do that a tiny bit [i've always been shy] but now it seems like i'm more self conscious. My confidence is so low. After those panic attacks I started to experience lots of anxiety also.

I feel that I am depressed or am becoming depressed. Somehow I think that if I felt I was on the right path career wise, had more friends or companionship that I would not feel this way. Once again, it has gotten so much better and I know it's alot but I needed to vent.

Answers:

please don't be depressed :(
and don't regret the things you have done, it's in the past, just learn from your mistakes and move on. as for following your dreams... don't get so caught up in reaching for the stars that you miss the flowers that bloom at your feet. don't let your confidence drop. no matter how horrible things seem at the moment, it WILL pass. and someone (whether you know it or not) loves you, more than life itself. we are all beautiful, there is no need to hide ourselves from the world. <3



smoking pot can effect people in different ways. studies have linked marijuana with schizophrenia and stuff but no studies show "causation."

Paranoia and anxiety/panic attacks aren't necessarily unusual reactions to smoking weed. I'm smoke pretty often and don't experience any of this, but i know people who used to smoke alot and have since stopped because of these anxiety attacks and stuff. While (IMO) pot isn't damaging to the personalities of most people, it does effect some people in certain ways. If i were you, I'd stop smoking for awhile, maybe check out exercise or running or something. Running would give you the "Runners" high that could help lift you out of your funk. Find something new to get into and to feel good about. You'll be fine



You need to re organise your life, lock behind what has happened so far and start fresh which waht you already said you wanted to do so you are on the right track. Yes you can have the some of the same systems for different conditions. If you concentrate on re organise your life friends will come along it might take a while but it will happen be patient life will be get better.




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