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Hi, So I Was Wondering If Someone Can Diagnose Me
Question: Hi, So I was wondering if someone can diagnose me on here. I really need to know what is wrong with me and I'm scared. Here are my symptoms:
- Hallucinations (Visual, auditory, and tactile) - I see people for a split second, different colors, bugs, light moving around. I hear banging, whispering, scratching. I feel like bugs crawl on me or in me, being stabbed, someone trying to tear off my leg, something or someone grabbing me.
- anxiety - panic attacks and paranoid and easily is scared of everything
- sometimes i feel like i cant control stuff like when I smile or laugh
- mood swings - one moment im happy then i get angry or sad randomly and i get annoyed easily
- depression - thoughts of suicide and personal reasons
- ADD - taking medication for it
- I feel distant and i dont like things I used to like
- I don't want to speak a lot anymore
- I feel like people watch me and/or judge me
please diagnose me or something. Please help. It gets worse every day.
- Hallucinations (Visual, auditory, and tactile) - I see people for a split second, different colors, bugs, light moving around. I hear banging, whispering, scratching. I feel like bugs crawl on me or in me, being stabbed, someone trying to tear off my leg, something or someone grabbing me.
- anxiety - panic attacks and paranoid and easily is scared of everything
- sometimes i feel like i cant control stuff like when I smile or laugh
- mood swings - one moment im happy then i get angry or sad randomly and i get annoyed easily
- depression - thoughts of suicide and personal reasons
- ADD - taking medication for it
- I feel distant and i dont like things I used to like
- I don't want to speak a lot anymore
- I feel like people watch me and/or judge me
please diagnose me or something. Please help. It gets worse every day.
Brief Answer:
Please provide more details
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Ask A Doctor service.
I read your query and understand your concerns about mental health. Although it is never possible to make a final diagnosis without mental status examination (direct interview) but provided details are near close to make a provisional diagnosis.
To reach a certain degree of accuracy I request you to provide following details.
1. Your age and gender - Confirm if you are 17 year female
2. Duration of above symptoms? How long each of these symptoms is there with you and intensity of these symptoms?
3. Does one or another symptom experienced so far affects your functioning? If yes please narrate effect on social, familial, occupational, academic domain of life.
4. Do you take any substance of abuse? If yes details
5. Have you ever used any substance of abuse in past? If yes details.
6. Nature of prescription medications used so far and dosages of each of them and duration of use.
7. Do you have any family history of psychiatric illness? If yes provide details/diagnosis and relation of patient with you.
I look forward to assist you further.
Thanks and regards.
Please provide more details
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Ask A Doctor service.
I read your query and understand your concerns about mental health. Although it is never possible to make a final diagnosis without mental status examination (direct interview) but provided details are near close to make a provisional diagnosis.
To reach a certain degree of accuracy I request you to provide following details.
1. Your age and gender - Confirm if you are 17 year female
2. Duration of above symptoms? How long each of these symptoms is there with you and intensity of these symptoms?
3. Does one or another symptom experienced so far affects your functioning? If yes please narrate effect on social, familial, occupational, academic domain of life.
4. Do you take any substance of abuse? If yes details
5. Have you ever used any substance of abuse in past? If yes details.
6. Nature of prescription medications used so far and dosages of each of them and duration of use.
7. Do you have any family history of psychiatric illness? If yes provide details/diagnosis and relation of patient with you.
I look forward to assist you further.
Thanks and regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
1.) my birthday is october 25, 2002
2.) anxiety is above all and is 24 hours all my life, depression is not as bad and lasts some of the day but has been worse in the past and had it for half of my life, hallucinations keep getting worse and last almost all day, I have been hallucinating ever since I was 7. mood swings happen all day.
3.) none effect my functioning
4.) no substance abuse
5.) taken regularly only in the morning and at night, one pill
6.) I'm adopted. I don't know my real family.
2.) anxiety is above all and is 24 hours all my life, depression is not as bad and lasts some of the day but has been worse in the past and had it for half of my life, hallucinations keep getting worse and last almost all day, I have been hallucinating ever since I was 7. mood swings happen all day.
3.) none effect my functioning
4.) no substance abuse
5.) taken regularly only in the morning and at night, one pill
6.) I'm adopted. I don't know my real family.
Actually I have realized that my depression is bad because I have had thoughts of suicide and hurting myself
Brief Answer:
Follow up
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for follow up.
I have gone through the additional details provided by you but there is inconsistencies in the details. This could be because of poor understanding of psychological terms or due to mental illness or due to some other reason.
However the provided details signals toward following differential diagnosis.
1. Depression with anxiety with psychotic features.
2. Depression with anxiety with dissociative features
3. Recurrent depressive disorder with psychotic features
4. Psychosis NOS
5. paranoid schizophrenia
I hope this answers you.
In case you are still need better elaboration and more precise diagnosis, you can reach out to nearby psychiatrist in your city.
In case that too is not possible you can have an online video consultation with me at www.icliniq.com/ashok
Thanks and regards.
Follow up
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for follow up.
I have gone through the additional details provided by you but there is inconsistencies in the details. This could be because of poor understanding of psychological terms or due to mental illness or due to some other reason.
However the provided details signals toward following differential diagnosis.
1. Depression with anxiety with psychotic features.
2. Depression with anxiety with dissociative features
3. Recurrent depressive disorder with psychotic features
4. Psychosis NOS
5. paranoid schizophrenia
I hope this answers you.
In case you are still need better elaboration and more precise diagnosis, you can reach out to nearby psychiatrist in your city.
In case that too is not possible you can have an online video consultation with me at www.icliniq.com/ashok
Thanks and regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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