Am I mentally unstable, or is this natural?!
Question: Am I mentally unstable, or is this natural?
I can't hold a job because i miss my family, and I feel like I can't get out of an area that i am in during a job. It lies mostly in a new environment. I hate having these feelings and I want them to stop, I am on Zoloft to help regulate the problem. The medication was prescribed by my family doctor. I have missed doses over the years, and there has been times where i haven't taken it for months at a time. I now have been taking my medication for 3 weeks now on time.
My problem lies is, when i get a job or i get into a new environment, I start to have these problems, even when i am on my medicine. What should i do? I can not seem to find a suitable area for me to get into the work place. My work history is ugly because of this problem. I have seen a shrink about these problems and none of the techniques that he has taught me have helped. When i go to work in a fast food area or a warehouse job it times my problem by 10 times and I faint on the job. The only areas that seem to be cutting down on this mental problem of mine are stocking shelves in a grocery store. I have a fear of closed spaces. What should i do?
I have run out of ideas of how to treat this problem of mine, it seems like the Zoloft isn't doing all that much. It takes my temper down since I have a bad temper and I beat on a machine when it doesn't let me win (I know childish). I need some help. I do admit i have a problem, and I don't want it, I want to be a normal person in society. The only place i feel comfortable is around my family but mostly around my mother, I am 26 years old, and I think I am mentally screwed. I am what you would call a mommas boy (in the worst way). I don't have my drivers license cause I can not mentally pull myself together behind the wheel. I don't want my drivers license cause i don't want to endanger anyone on the road because of my mentality. Please help me. what should I do?
My problem lies is, when i get a job or i get into a new environment, I start to have these problems, even when i am on my medicine. What should i do? I can not seem to find a suitable area for me to get into the work place. My work history is ugly because of this problem. I have seen a shrink about these problems and none of the techniques that he has taught me have helped. When i go to work in a fast food area or a warehouse job it times my problem by 10 times and I faint on the job. The only areas that seem to be cutting down on this mental problem of mine are stocking shelves in a grocery store. I have a fear of closed spaces. What should i do?
I have run out of ideas of how to treat this problem of mine, it seems like the Zoloft isn't doing all that much. It takes my temper down since I have a bad temper and I beat on a machine when it doesn't let me win (I know childish). I need some help. I do admit i have a problem, and I don't want it, I want to be a normal person in society. The only place i feel comfortable is around my family but mostly around my mother, I am 26 years old, and I think I am mentally screwed. I am what you would call a mommas boy (in the worst way). I don't have my drivers license cause I can not mentally pull myself together behind the wheel. I don't want my drivers license cause i don't want to endanger anyone on the road because of my mentality. Please help me. what should I do?
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Medication, with all mental disorders can only do so much. You have a textbook case of separation anxiety disorder. This is a condition that should be treated primarily with therapy. If the Zoloft helps with some of your symptoms then continue taking it, but get a therapist. Also get an actual psychiatrist, a GP is not trained specifically in psychiatric disorders. Your family doctor should be able to recommend a decent psychiatrist and therapist.