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Suggest Treatment For Attention-seeking Personality Disorder

hi, my name is keerti, and i am 23 years old. I am a short tempered person from long, but recently
it had gotten worse. Suddenly i get angry, and i even start crying over silly matters. It has become frequent these days.
i feel lonely even though i have many friends and colleagues around me. Usually i speak less but nowadays it feels like have stopped talking completely.
i keep thinking about my past when i used to be a college leader or sports team leader and i start feeling bad about my current situation.
During my high school days i used to feel the same way but not this frequently, and even sometimes i tried to hurt myself so that i can get others attention.
i thought that i had overcome that feeling, but nowadays its worst. I feel a deepest pain which I am not able to explain to anyone. My friends keep asking me whats the reason that m crying, but the problem is there wont be any reason,
just i feel like crying , because after crying i feel relieved. Please help me overcome this pain, disease or whatever you call it is.
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries

I can understand your concern. The symptoms like mood swings, anger outbursts without any reason, feeling of loneliness, reduced social interactions, feelings like deepest pain, crying spells etc can occur due to some underlying mood disturbance and more specifically due to depression. The attention seeing personality like symptoms can also occur possibly in depression. Please consult a psychiatrist for proper help and evaluation.

For depressive symptoms medicines like SSRIs are commonly used. Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, Sertraline etc are used commonly. These medicines will help to reduce the crying spells and other symptoms of depression. Apart from medicines counselling by a good psychiatrist and CBT can also prove helpful for your symptoms. Please visit a psychiatrist for help.

Thanks, Hope this helps you. Take care

Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi,
Psychiatrist.
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Suggest Treatment For Attention-seeking Personality Disorder

Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries I can understand your concern. The symptoms like mood swings, anger outbursts without any reason, feeling of loneliness, reduced social interactions, feelings like deepest pain, crying spells etc can occur due to some underlying mood disturbance and more specifically due to depression. The attention seeing personality like symptoms can also occur possibly in depression. Please consult a psychiatrist for proper help and evaluation. For depressive symptoms medicines like SSRIs are commonly used. Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, Sertraline etc are used commonly. These medicines will help to reduce the crying spells and other symptoms of depression. Apart from medicines counselling by a good psychiatrist and CBT can also prove helpful for your symptoms. Please visit a psychiatrist for help. Thanks, Hope this helps you. Take care Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi, Psychiatrist.