Mental illness or what?

Question

doesnt like being around lots of people. thinks everyone in her family and friends is lying but doesnt know what about.she thinks she isnt prety, she cant last in a realtionship for more than 2 hours, she realizes something is wrong with her, she has ADHD and she takes ADERAL XC or like XR or something and it doesnt make her depressed just makes her awake for a person with ADHD she is very shy and follows all rules and doesnt resemble the symptoms the rest of her family had with ADHD she had a poor child hood, she hates when people feel bad for her? and thier is more stuff...?

Answer 1

She has some psychiatric issues certainly, but none that can't be overcome with a lot of therapy and continued medication management. She needs to see a psychiatrist, who can evaluate her and put her on the right medications to help her condition.  It sounds like she might have borderline personality disorder or OCD besides the ADHD.  

Answer 2

A. Not all people are social butterflies. Not liking to be around people, isn't necessarily mental illness. We are all different and like different things.

B. If she has the feeling everyone is lying, but doesn't know what about, that sounds like paranoia. There is no reasonable explanation for her beliefs, so there is no logic. That's an issue.

C. People who have ADHD and take ADERAL don't feel awake from it because they have the opposite response. So I wonder if she has the catch all diagnosis of ADHD or if her doctor just threw it out there out of habit.

D. I hate when people feel bad for me. I'm not mentally ill. It's called dignity.

Does she have extreme mood swings? Is that maybe where the ADHD diagnosis came from. For example, does she get extremely hyper and then goes into a depression at the flip of a switch?

It's hard to really know from a short writing, but if that is the case, I'd be inclined to believe she has bipolar disorder with schizoid tendencies.

Or, she just has some c**p she needs to work through.

Answer 3

I seriously don't think it's a mental illness...

She's just shy and you mentioned that she had a poor childhood?

I wonder, does this mean there wasn't enough money?

She may be feeling guilty about the family suffering and there's nothing she can do to help.

This is not the kind of question that can be answered very quickly, I'd need more information to properly evaluate her situation.

If you would like to talk about this, just ask me for my e-mail. I can relate to her on many levels.

Answer 4

I'm only a student of Psychology... but it sounds like it might just be a phase.  It sounds like she has some depression but I would be hesitant to even say that, since so many teenagers have that two or three year period where they are angst-ridden and then grow out of it.  

These seem all like minor concerns... nothing life-threatening or harmfull.  I would wait and see.  If she hasn't mentioned suicide then I wouldn't worry about an immediate action.  

Odds are she's just a normal, stressed out, hormone filled teenager.