I am diagnosed with a mood disorder and depression. I am on the bipolar spectrum but not sure how far. I hate taking things that help my anxiety because they impact my ability to think (and I consider myself average and way to absentminded as it is). I sleep 6 hours a night (mostly, once in a while I get more) but when I have anxiety issues due to deadlines or worries--less than that for a few days at a time. Sometimes I have paranoia (not that often) and when I do, some part of my fear is based on the truth--paranoia is 10-90 percent reality and the rest of it is our imagination. Sometimes, I easily get caught up in other peoples problems and some workplaces have taken advantage of this (I get "gung ho" and work overtime--how silly in retrospect.). Of course, I do not see things that are not there (psychosis). If you are not going to self harm (you are so sweet, I would hate for you to make your pain worse) then I think it is usually best to continue to gather evidence and study (books/internet) the situation you are concerned about until you are sure about what you should do........