Mental Health

I constantly experience FOMO, which makes it very hard for me to focus on my studies. I am an engineering student and currently have three backlogs, so I know studying is important, but I still end up spending a lot of time watching YouTube videos. I deactivated my Instagram account because scrolling there was worsening my FOMO, but on YouTube I keep watching motivational and random videos instead of studying. This cycle is affecting my mental health. I feel mentally restless, get irritated easily, and experience panic at times. Even when I want to study, my mind feels distracted and overwhelmed, and I’m unable to stay consistent.

My mother has been experiencing auditory hallucinations for 20 years. This is the first time she's agreed to see a psychiatrist. She's currently in treatment and has been taking medicine for 3 months. In the first month, she felt gradually tired when taking it. Now she's extremely tired. She's taking Risperidone Plus (likely Risperdal or similar). She can't stay in one place; she'll lie down for two minutes and then get up again, says her legs are vibrating. Her lips are drying out. She's very tired. When we tell the doctor, they say it's because of the medicine. But why hasn't the medicine adjusted to her body even after three months? The doctor says if we reduce the dose, the hallucinations might slowly start coming back. So, they suggested trying Pakin 2mg . But mom is scared because she's already tired from this one and says she can't do anything. Next appointment is this coming Sunday. Mom says she can adjust until then. I'm very scared😔. will it cure? or life long medicin need?

For a few years, I used to teach a student.She was a female student who was at that time 11 years old.She was very jolly in nature and used to talk to my father a lot.But last year I was not able to teach her anymore as she lied a lot. Her mother didn't like that.She also used a lot of harsh words as I decided to stop teaching her. But my father was really upset about her behaviour. He is a cardiac patient.It has been a year since that incident happened. Still, my father remembers it and always complains that he is having sleep issues.Actually, he loves kids a lot.He sometimes just misses the kid and whenever he remembers that mother's behaviour he becomes upset or angry sometimes he is having sleep issues.Actually he falls in sleep but the sleep is not lasting.What should we do?

How to not become anxious during a convo and social situations? I feel a constant slight anxiety. I feel frightened when someone asks about my illness. Kindly give a transforming response.

Hello Doctor, Does rabies indirect exposure need to worry!! If we have cuts in hand and touch any thing outside. Like door knobs, chairs, other inanimate objects in medical where many patients are coming for ARV. Also i washed my rabies contaminated clothes in washing machine. Does the machine contaminated now ? Does virus are still in machine. If we wash other clothes does it safe to use now ? Please answer!!

I m 55 yrs old and my early school days and later college days didn't had good moments to cherish or remember. .during school days, I was so ignorant and fellow classmates made fun out of me often and body shaming also been done which all i still remember now and kills my mental peace. Often I was ill treated by class students for no reason and I was not having good friends to move with and my parents also wasn't strict enough to make me disciplined and good in studies. I was a below average student but I was having so wavering mind and due to that, not focused on studies properly. I was not tutored properly at home as well I was beaten by class teachers at school quite a few times and i failed in class 7th, 9th and again in 10th but i never give up and passed 10th after few attempts and then wrote 12th STD privately and cleared exams again after few attempts. I don't have any ambition after I passed out school and joined college with avbl stream and cleared exams after few attempts

I m into sales & mktg last 15 yrs and often will be on travel and using phone is mandatory for me as most of the clients need to be connected irrespective of time factor, which has really caused worries to my wife and daughter.. they often irritated when i attend calls post office hours say post 7pm since they want to spend time with them and not to divert into any.. this often ends up in argument and ends up in mis understanding between us. I use my phone and social media mostly for office purposes and very little for my personal chat. I became so addicted madly with office work and always think abt something to improve my ability to perform better to over come competition from fellow colleagues ..i m 55 yrs old and may be having another 4-5 yrs service and post that, want to have peace living life.. i lost interest on work nowadays due to politics in office and often get dejected since no escalation on achieving higher position or power given by mgmt inspite of performing at best.

I have been experiencing severe social anxiety since childhood (around age 8–10). I am currently 18 years old, and this problem has continued for many years. I find it extremely difficult to talk to people or maintain eye contact. When I try to speak, my voice becomes very low or shaky, my body feels tense, my heart beats fast, and my mind goes blank. Because of this fear, I avoid social situations as much as possible, even simple interactions like talking to shopkeepers or strangers. Along with this, I experience almost daily maladaptive daydreaming. I often escape into long, immersive imaginary scenarios, especially when I feel anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed. I am fully aware that these daydreams are not real, but they happen automatically and take up a lot of time, affecting my concentration, studies, & real-life functioning. Most of the time my anxiety is severe, but occasionally, depending on the situation, I feel temporarily more confident & my social anxity & day dreaming.

I have fear for everything I overthinking all the time and think worst for me I want to cry out loud and felt alone all the time I have fear of my health I feel heartbeat all in my body What to do I don't understand

I have been suffering from generalised anxiety disorder the doctor prescribed me sertaline 50 mg, Apriprazole 0.5 mg and clonotril 0.25 mg for 60 days at the first attack it was an year ago, again I went to the same psychiatrist she asked me to continue the same medicine but the second time it did not work in my body, she prescribed me for 90 days but it was over 60 days without improvement, now I am unable to yawn body is not getting tired even though I am working in night shift, I have to masturbate to sleep while taking clonotril 0.5 mg and when I am standing I feel heaviness in my leg and when I am bending down I get falling sensation. My carcadian ryhtm is completely disturbed, I don't know what is happening in my brain, unable to feel lively plus sensitivity to bright lights, eye pressure, I have realized that the same medicines are not working in my body.