Mental Disorders!

[Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi]

This is inspired by Agaib's Obsessive Compulsive post.

As he said, most creative types are diagnosed with all kinds of fun mental disorders, depression is a major one, schizophrenia is another.

This is also a very sensitive subject, so yeah. Just wondering what kind of crazies we've got running around here (and, fess up folks, we're ALL crazy here!)

Other then mild dyslexia, I don't know for a fact if I have any disorders. I symptoms of depression. There's also a chance of some form of autism, but that's too complicated for me to really consider.

I have, however, have had quite a few teachers suggest that my parents take me to a specialist about it, so yeah.

[ZombieDuke]

Deep paranoia, years worth of depression (I'm finally starting to claw my way out of it), control issues, seeings things, the occasional voice (which I haven't heard in a long time since I started getting more sleep), slight OCD, mild dyslexia, and panic attacks/anixety attacks (I'm getting better are controlling 'em though!).

I hope people will still talk to me

[dazzledfirestar]

Of course we'll still talk to you, ZD!

Personally, I've never been diagnosed with anything. I've gone through periods when I was depressed, and I'm a bit OC, but I've always written it off as "Everyone's a little bit crazy".

[Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi]

I hope people will still talk to me

I forgot about panic attacks and seeing things...

And don't worry, I doubt anyone will be that freaked out by anything... unless someone decides to admit to raping little girls...

yesh...

Believe me when I say that what you've got is not that bad. It could be MUCH worse.

[ZombieDuke]

Of course we'll still talk to you, ZD!

Personally, I've never been diagnosed with anything. I've gone through periods when I was depressed, and I'm a bit OC, but I've always written it off as "Everyone's a little bit crazy".

Wai! Thank you Daz! Thank you Pixagi!

Daz: I haven't been diagnosed either, I only saw a doctor once and she was a little... odd, to say the least. But you're right... people have up days and down days

Pixagi: Aren't seeing things fun? And you gotta love a panic attack in the middle of a crowd I also forgot to add Body Dismorphic disorder and PTSD to the list

Things could be a lot worse...

[DarkCabaret]

I'm just clinically depressed, and my doctor (knowing I'm a suicidal thinker) decided to take me off my meds so every four to five weeks I end up calling into work because I'm having an emotional day and feel like things are crushing down on me.

I used to have slight dyscalculia, so my math skills were shot. I had a great teacher who actually helped me and I got over it. Even though I do still count with my fingers now and then ....

To explain: Dyscalculia is of a number of different types, each involving a specific type of problem in solving mathematical tasks. It corresponds in mathematics performance to dyslexia in the area of reading. The majority of children and adults with dyscalculia have it in a pure form in which both the ability to read and the ability to understand what is read are unaffected, although about 20–30 % with dyscalculia have a mixed form of it characterized by having difficulties both with reading and with math Their often requiring a long time to carry out even simple arithmetic tasks. They count on their fingers until far into the upper grades. Difficulties of this sort are termed automatization difficulties.

I try to think like Daz and that everyone is a lil bit crazy but sometimes it doesn't work.

[redsliver]

I don't put much stock in psychology, it seems half assed to me. I'm sure I'm some kind of borderline case but until they know how the brain works I refuse to trust most diagnoses.

[Kyouryoku Senshi]

Never been diagnosed, the only one I know with a mental disorder in my family is my aunt who has bi-polar manic depression.

[Guest Adara]

Well, I was at one point diagnosed with Postpartum Depression...but other than that, nothing else.

I'm some what as skeptical as Red is about any kind of mental diagnosis or "label"

My husband at one point or another was diagnosed with several disorders and assigned a shit load of meds that made him EVEN WORSE. After I eventually convinced him to stop taking them, he became better.

I think the medical field overcomplicates some mental issues. Instead of giving you someone to talk to, or simply hear out what you've been through, or the stresses you're suffering, they dope you up and tell you it's for your own good.

I have a big problem with people being overmedicated.

[Leonhart29]

I have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. To get a little of an idea about that one here's what Wikipedia has to say about it. Definition

I was originally diagnosed with this when I was 13, and I dealt with it the best I could with the help of my Godfather. My marriage compounded it, and now... well let's just say I'm better than I was 11 years ago, but nowhere near where I was before all the shit hit the fan at 13.

If there was a drug I could take (and they put me on a shit load of them) that would stop the shakes, the nightmares, the panic attacks, and the fear of men... I'd take it in a heart beat. I haven't found them yet - and as I don't trust doctors as far as I can throw them I probably won't find it.

[ladydeathfaerie]

i've never been diagnosed. i think, firstly, that doctors make too damn much money. also, as Adara mentioned, they're too ready to hand you a scrip for meds and aren't interested in helping you find some way to work it through. and why not? puts more money in their pockets.

i detest labels. when i was growing up, people did not get labeled the way they do now. and you never saw kids taking anti-depressants. they were outside, working through their problems by playing games and spending time with their friends. society has grown lazy, i think, and the way our kids are medicated reflects this.

everyone goes through periods where they're on top of the world, then they're at the bottom of the shit pile. how they handle these situations, though, is what makes a difference. most people, i feel, don't need to be on anti-depressants. there are some who do. i know a few. i'm not saying that no one needs meds or help on occasion. but people are too ready to lay the blame somewhere and want to forget their problem exists than try and work out what's making them depressed in the first place.

i know i have idiosyncrasies that some might find to be signs of mental disorders. i know i have, to an extent, OCD. i honestly don't think there's a person who doesn't. i'm sure there are others, but i can't think of them off the top of my head.

honestly, i'd be worried if someone came out and said they didn't have some sort of mental problems.

normal people scare me.....

[Nanaea]

I had a mild case of postpartum depression after the birth of my third child, but I pulled out of it on my own. I also occasionally suffer from panic attacks, but again I deal with them on my own because I don't like taking drugs. I won't go to my doctor about it. The bitch tried to put me on Prozac for PMS! I don't even wanna know what she'd prescribe if I told her I was having panic attacks.

I've always been what some people would call high-strung (it seems to run in my family). I startle easily, which is really annoying. I sometimes have auditory hallucinations, but that's usually when I'm about to get a migraine, so I think it has something to do with my brain chemistry at that moment. Unfortunately, it makes me feel like I'm loosing my mind more than anything else.

[Guest echtrae]

It's alright Nan, I know for a fact that you lost your mind quite some time ago.

[madlodger]

The bitch tried to put me on Prozac for PMS

From what I've heard, doctors are getting monetary incentives for prescribing Brand Name drugs from drug companies and from insurance companies for prescribing Generic Brands. It's a win-win situation, ha. Drugs are prescribed very easily, which makes it possible to obtain things like stimulants by almost anybody.

It's alright Nan, I know for a fact that you lost your mind quite some time ago. 

I hope that you found it and keep it in a safe place.

[StoryJunkie]

nope

nothing

and I don't live on "de Nile" like the rest of the Egyptians.

Occasional yearning for the 'peace pipe'

Do NOT yearn for any cid or mj

Once in a while will want a beer

and dreams of re-experiencing that 'shroom thing that went on in the bar that one time. No, it wasn't the promise of a wet T-shirt contest and no interest whatsoever on how exactly a B-52 is made. Just a nice view from under the table. Very nice. Hysterical even.

You see, even bread will affect my mood. Whatever I put into my system, I am very aware of the effects.

There was this tea I drank once for a certain reason, and it's surprising side-effect was a painless...(leave sentence unfinished)

and exercise too. I read this study on how calcium is circulated throughout the body...nevermind....kind of boring, but the upshot was: exercise in regular forms actually helps your mental health. Fresh air as well. Turkey meat is good. It's loaded with seratonin.

So...no. I know how to take care of my emotions, because if I don't. If I'm not the strong one...I honestly don't know what will happen.

I guess, deep down, I realize how important I am to those around me, although I'd never admit it, since it sound so...egotistical, but basically, all this random thought brought up by this thread has ended me here.

I am important. I have to take care of myself, because no one else can. Two years ago. Hell, two hours ago, I'd be bragging about all my mental ailments, as nebulous as they are: the PMS, the ...the PMS. And that other one: you know. (PMS) (GOD, I wish I spent a week of every month unconscious.)

But I understand these chemical things that go on in the body. I can MAKE myself hallucinate by not eating or drinking for four days. But why would I want to do that? I can get all trembly for no reason, then remember: Hey, I just downed 4 cups of coffee on an empty stomach, no wonder I'm seeing dots!

I'M NORMAL!!!!

(ooh, I can't WAIT for menopause. They say women go NUTs at menopause)

[Guest echtrae]

(ooh, I can't WAIT for menopause. They say women go NUTs at menopause)

My mother did and she never recovered. Or at least that is the general family consensus.

[Leonhart29]

Speaking as someone who could possibly be thrown into early menopause in the near future - I'm not looking forward to it. On top of everything else - having to deal with hot flashes and mental urges... no thanks. My mother hasn't been right since she went through an abrupt change (hysterectomy) so I can just imagine what I'll be like. Only I'll actually take the hormones I'm supposed to take. As far as drugs go... at the moment the only thing I take is aspirin. I won't take anything else unless I absolutely have too - which is why I walk around in pain half of the time. Do you think that could be a mental disorder?

[DarkCabaret]

Speaking as someone who could possibly be thrown into early menopause in the near future - I'm not looking forward to it. On top of everything else - having to deal with hot flashes and mental urges... no thanks. My mother hasn't been right since she went through an abrupt change (hysterectomy) so I can just imagine what I'll be like. Only I'll actually take the hormones I'm supposed to take. As far as drugs go... at the moment the only thing I take is aspirin. I won't take anything else unless I absolutely have too - which is why I walk around in pain half of the time. Do you think that could be a mental disorder?

Best thing for hot flashes and other menopause things Black Cohosh, can be bought at wal-mart but talk to your doc first in case your on any other meds. My mom takes it and it helps her.

[Iggy_lovechild]

Ah, I was diagnosed with depression when I was a teen-ager but I really don't count that since it was just an evaluation and I really never got proper conseling or treatment.

Other fun shit:

-I think I might have a bit of paranoid-delusional problem. Serisouly, I can make a mountain out of a molehill with some situations and I get skittish around people if they seem off to me because I'm convinced they're out to do me harm.

-I have an obsessive personality, maybe not so much with the compulsion thing.

-I know that I have a borderline personality disorder. I've read about it and everything clicks.

[StoryJunkie]

My mother did and she never recovered. Or at least that is the general family consensus.

You know, I hate this fucking habit of mine regarding foot-in-mouth disease. I think that's the only mental illness I suffer from.

God, forgive my fucking arrogance, and for saying fucking.

*head/desk*

[ZombieDuke]

Speaking as someone who could possibly be thrown into early menopause in the near future - I'm not looking forward to it. On top of everything else - having to deal with hot flashes and mental urges... no thanks. My mother hasn't been right since she went through an abrupt change (hysterectomy) so I can just imagine what I'll be like. Only I'll actually take the hormones I'm supposed to take. As far as drugs go... at the moment the only thing I take is aspirin. I won't take anything else unless I absolutely have too - which is why I walk around in pain half of the time. Do you think that could be a mental disorder?

Be cautious with the harmones they perscribe for you... some of them can do more harm then good

[StoryJunkie]

Yeah, my neighbor had a tough time after her hysterectomy and I can't imagine what my sister-in-law went through when she was put on steroids as part of her chemo before she passed on. I didn't even recognize her when I saw her.

[dazzledfirestar]

I think that each person's situation is different, and must be treated as such. (The menopause thing brought this up in my head) My mother's doctor tried to put her on all sorts of hormones and such when she started menopause, even though she wasn't really having any extreme problems. She told him (and I quote... I love my mom) "When you grow a uterus and ovaries, then I'll trust your opinion on this." (again, I love my mom). She found another doctor who told her as long as she felt good, she didn't have to take anything. That was nearly ten years ago, and guess what... she's fine. No more or less crazy than she was before. The moral of this story... not every case (or even most of the cases) needs to be doused in drugs. Everyone is different and should be treated as such.

[Leonhart29]

Well - let's put it this way... If the whole shooting match has to come out (and I'm talking everything) then I'll see about hormones, but if I can talk them into leaving the ovaries I won't even bother. But it's still a wait and see thing on if I even have to go through with it. I would much rather not have to deal with a pill or a patch on a daily or weekly basis thank you very much. My memory can be a bit flighty as it is - I would hate to be reminded to take pill with the comment "Geeze! You're such a bitch! What's wrong, did you forget to take your happy pill this morning?"

[Guest Agaib]

I have had a history of depression

A little paranoid schizophrenia (but not enough for Me to ever seek treatment)

A little Obsessive Compulsive

I also seem to have unusual thought patterns when socializing. I don't know if there's a specific disorder involved but I have difficulty speaking to people face to face and I can be a little "too polite" apparently.