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Q: psych evaluation needed ?

asked by: poeticallymad on August 11th, 2008

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I am twenty years old. I am male. I am terrified.
I have, since I was eleven, been diagnosed with b.p.d., bipolar disorder, O.d.d, a few social anxiety disorders, and of course, a.d.h.d. Now, having spent time away from therapy, I think something major is going on. I have these thoughts sometimes... About things, stupid things, and my brain will be thinking about them like they are real... Like things I once read in a book or saw on tv or watched or heard... Its getting to the point where I am paralyzed with fear at the outside world, and soon enough I will be homeless. I have an apathetic attitude toward life that makes me miserable. I try to succeed but I rationalize to cope with the fear and thoughts. I am disorganized beyond belief and I think I'm going crazy. I have a cousin who is paranoid schizophrenic already and I just don't know any more waht to think about myself. My moods are haywire, and I'm having trouble putting two and two together day to day... I guess my true question is then... Is there some way an uninsured twenty year old young man... can get a psych eval done... please... should I even get one?

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harmony1

replied on August 11th, 2008

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Do you have any mental health centres around where you are. They should have some info that could helpyou find some help. you could even just give them a call. I'm from Australia and here we have doctors surgerys that have a psychiatrist on board with them and to see them and get an evaluation it's free. You could go and talk with your doctor about this and see what options he/she may give you. He'll probably recognise what is wrong with you anyway. The other thing we have here is health care cards, meaning you don't need insurance to get meds if you aren't working. Is that similar to what you have where your from. Or if you're really worried you could admit yourself to hospital. thats what i did when i had a psychotic episode. That way that can give you meds then and there to calm you down a whole lot. Trust me you'll feel a whole lot better and you don't want to let this get outof control because it can get really ugly. Go get yourself sorted out a.s.ap.

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