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Do you have a mental illness or disorder?

Amor Pulchritudo
05-03-2008, 12:58
There's been a bit of talk about mental issues recently, and I thought I'd ask some questions:

Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?

Do you think you have a mental illness or disorder, but haven't been diagnosed? If so, what one/s?

What sort of treatment options have you considered or experienced?

[Poll Coming]
Damor
05-03-2008, 13:02
Do you have a mental illness or disorder?Aside from a propensity to come to NSG?
Not that I know ;)
Carrias
05-03-2008, 13:04
I am dispraxic. I'm not sure uf that's what your talking about though
Tech-gnosis
05-03-2008, 13:15
I have been diagnosed with clinical depression, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, and high functioning autism by various professionals. I use sevral medications and have been through years of therapy to gelp me cope with these. Now I'm trying to get my PhD in Psychology to help others.
Amor Pulchritudo
05-03-2008, 13:17
I have been diagnosed with clinical depression, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, and high functioning autism by various professionals. I use sevral medications and have been through years of therapy to gelp me cope with these. Now I'm trying to get my PhD in Psychology to help others.
1. :(
2. :)
Saxnot
05-03-2008, 13:27
I have been diagnosed with clinical depression, social anxiety disorder.

Yep, that's me. I'm getting CBT atm
Fudk
05-03-2008, 13:35
I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD back when I was in elementary school, I was on ritalin for a number of years until I finally stopped taking it due to a dislike of some of the side effects. I have had to cope with it in other ways, but it isn't too bad for the most part.
I on the other hand have it really, really bad. And I have to deal with the side effects. Which one annoyed you the most?
NERVUN
05-03-2008, 13:36
I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD back when I was in elementary school, I was on ritalin for a number of years until I finally stopped taking it due to a dislike of some of the side effects. I have had to cope with it in other ways, but it isn't too bad for the most part.
NERVUN
05-03-2008, 13:45
I on the other hand have it really, really bad. And I have to deal with the side effects. Which one annoyed you the most?
Feeling like my brain was underwater, not a physical sensation, but I disliked very much having my mood altered by the drug.
Amor Pulchritudo
05-03-2008, 13:47
I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD back when I was in elementary school, I was on ritalin for a number of years until I finally stopped taking it due to a dislike of some of the side effects. I have had to cope with it in other ways, but it isn't too bad for the most part.

I don't have ADD, but I have attention span problems, and I have been prescribed dexamphetamines in the past. Unfortunately, I was put on a cocktail of dexies + 2 tricyclic antidepressants, and my body was not pleased. My heart rate was around 112 resting, I visualised myself tipping the desk with the eye-testing-thing onto an optomitrist, I was angry and my anxiety attacks were more severe.

The dexamphetamines worked, though, and my marks improved because I could actually concentrate for once.

I went off of the whole combination, but when it comes to essay writing time, my psych said I should just try a quarter of a tablet and see how that goes.
Dryks Legacy
05-03-2008, 13:49
I was diagnosed with OCD as a child, but that's probably not all that's wrong with me by far.
Laerod
05-03-2008, 14:27
I have an eating disorder of sorts, but I'm not sure how "diagnosed" it is, as the only doctors that have were in charge of figuring out how fit for military service I was.
Lunatic Goofballs
05-03-2008, 14:34
There's been a bit of talk about mental issues recently, and I thought I'd ask some questions:

Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?

Do you think you have a mental illness or disorder, but haven't been diagnosed? If so, what one/s?

What sort of treatment options have you considered or experienced?

[Poll Coming]


I don't consider ADD(which I have) to be a disorder. I consider it to be a different order. *nod*

I've learned to compensate for my liabilities and emphasize my strengths. I have no need for medication.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
05-03-2008, 14:37
I've never been officially diagnosed with anything, but I believe I have mild to moderate PTSD. (The severity depends on the time of year. As a warning, my bad time is coming.)
I also probably have OCD and generalized anxiety disorder.
Egg and chips
05-03-2008, 14:38
I am dispraxic. I'm not sure uf that's what your talking about though

Ditto. (But isn't it spelled dyspraxia/dyspraxic?)
NERVUN
05-03-2008, 14:59
I don't consider ADD(which I have) to be a disorder. I consider it to be a different order. *nod*

I've learned to compensate for my liabilities and emphasize my strengths. I have no need for medication.
It took me a few years in junior high to work that part out, which is why I stopped the medication. In elementary school, especially in the lower grades, I DID need it. I just really didn't like it. :p
Nanatsu no Tsuki
05-03-2008, 15:10
Apparently I do. My mom and fiance call me a megalomaniac.:D
Extreme Ironing
05-03-2008, 15:27
I don't think I do (anymore, I went through a phase of diagnosing myself with various things based on internet sites, not something I'm proud of, though I did learn a lot about mental disorders in the process).
Slaytanicca
05-03-2008, 15:31
Schizophrenia.
The Cake is a Lie
05-03-2008, 18:39
Paranoia
Mad hatters in jeans
05-03-2008, 18:43
None that i know of, but when i was little i had something similar to dyspraxia but it's sort of worn off, apart from the different thinking patterns i needed, it's really hard to describe.
One bad result was my handwriting, and speach suffered very badly so i saw a speech therapist. Now it's near impossible to tell the difference between me and another person, apart from the odd thinking sequences i use to figure out stuff.
Rhalellan
05-03-2008, 18:50
PTSD

PTSD Overview (http://www.military.com/benefits/resources/ptsd-overview)
ColaDrinkers
05-03-2008, 19:21
I'd probably be diagnosed with something if I went to a doctor about my depression and severe social issues, but I haven't done it yet and probably never will. I just don't see how they'd be able to help me, and I manage to cope rather well anyway these days.
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 19:22
Paranoia

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Also, Glados is out to get you. So are the thetans.
Carops
05-03-2008, 19:33
I have obsessive compulsive disorder very severely. I don't typically tell people in real life, because it complicates matters. Either way, it's not very pleasant and it comes back regardless of any treatment. It doesn't really get in the way of how I live my life. I am perfectly able to carry out my academic work, really..
Flaming Butt Pirate
05-03-2008, 19:37
RhynoDD;13503282']Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Also, Glados is out to get you. So are the thetans.


And so is RhynoDD! Shit! He's right behind me!
Sanmartin
05-03-2008, 19:39
Technically speaking, one might read the DSM and conclude that one has *something* that is listed in there.
Vojvodina-Nihon
05-03-2008, 19:53
Yes.

Suffice it to say that I don't think it's that bad anymore.
The Parkus Empire
05-03-2008, 19:56
Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?

That depends...are you a health professional?

Do you think you have a mental illness or disorder, but haven't been diagnosed? If so, what one/s?



Beedle-dee-bah, beedle-dee-bah, beedle-dee-ree-pa-dom...

[Chorus]
I'm a nut, I'm a nut
My live don't ever get in a rut, whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop
The head on my shoulders is sorta loose
And I ain't got the sense God gave a goose
Lord, I ain't crazy, but ...I'm a nut

Is is wetter under water, if you're there when it rains?
Is it shorter to New York, than it is by a plane?
Between myself and I, I wonder who's the dumber
Is it hotter down south, than it is in the summer?

[Chorus]

I drove my Cadillac to Vegas to satisfy my lust
Wheelin', dealin', left ol' Vegas on a Greyhound bus
I shouldn't have set the woods on fire while I was there
But remember only forest fires prevent bears

[Chorus]

The poverty war will be over, when I begin to fight
If it took a dime to go 'round the world
I couldn't get out of sight
I don't mind to take the girls out
If they don't mind to go Dutch
Makes me feel like a million dollars
And I bet I ain't worth half that much

[Chorus]

Oh, crazy man! I'm a nut!
Oh, Lordy, Lordy Lordy, Lordy
I'm crazy, I'm a nut!
The Parkus Empire
05-03-2008, 20:05
RhynoDD;13503423']Yes. And I'm sorry to inform you that you don't exist. You are a figment of my imagination. Take solace in the fact that when I don't think about you, you don't actually exist, and that you don't actually have feelings.

That takes a load-off, thanks Doc.
Tmutarakhan
05-03-2008, 20:08
Ditto. (But isn't it spelled dyspraxia/dyspraxic?)
Unless you're dyslexic also :p
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 20:09
That depends...are you a health professional?
Yes. And I'm sorry to inform you that you don't exist. You are a figment of my imagination. Take solace in the fact that when I don't think about you, you don't actually exist, and that you don't actually have feelings.
Rhursbourg
05-03-2008, 20:09
yeah i have Dyspraxia,Dysgraphia,Dysphasia,Dysarthria Temporal lobe epilepsy and dyslexia
Isidoor
05-03-2008, 20:12
no, why should I explain?
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 20:25
That takes a load-off, thanks Doc.

That'll be $300,000, please.
Poliwanacraca
05-03-2008, 20:28
Heh. The phrasing of the poll suggests I should select almost everything, as I was misdiagnosed quite a few times over the years before ending up with a diagnosis that makes sense - I have effectively medication-resistant bipolar II disorder, which starting presenting symptoms when I was a very small child. Bipolar disorder in little kids is rare enough (or at least has been supposed to be rare enough) that none of my doctors ever considered it as an option until I was about 18. So for a few years, the doctors thought I had some form of ADD - except Ritalin didn't help. Then it was perhaps borderline personality disorder? No, I didn't really meet most of the criteria. Okay, how about chronic clinical depression? No, doesn't explain the "okay" days. Bipolar I? Nope, never actually manic.

Finally, finally, somebody hit on the possibility that I might have this rather weird form of bipolar II, and immediately the treatments started having at least some effect, and things began to make more sense.

I'm also "lucky" enough to have some traces of generalized anxiety disorder (it's really difficult to sort that out from the bipolar II, so that's never been "diagnosed" per se, but merely speculated upon as reasonably likely by my doctors), and to be recovering from pretty severe PTSD. My brain is not the most functional of organs, it seems.
Call to power
05-03-2008, 20:36
...I suffer from cooties

circle, circle/ knife, knife/ now you've got it all your life :(

no, why should I explain?

because its not like you got anything better to do :p
Rakysh
05-03-2008, 20:40
I sometimes think I have mild OCD. I find myself tapping my fingers in a two, two, three pattern over and over again, and I can't always stop till its equal.


I doubt it's anything serious tho.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
05-03-2008, 21:09
I got issues, but its nothing drinking and/or talking to a priest can't fix.

I'm with you, sans talking to a priest.
Soviestan
05-03-2008, 21:09
I got issues, but its nothing drinking and/or talking to a priest can't fix.
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 21:20
I'm with you, sans talking to a priest.

I'm with you, except with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the drinking and the blackjack.
Tmutarakhan
05-03-2008, 21:45
yeah i have Dyspraxia,Dysgraphia,Dysphasia,Dysarthria Temporal lobe epilepsy and dyslexia
Dyslexics have more fnu!
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 21:50
Dyslexics have more fnu!

D is for Lysdexia!
Anti-Social Darwinism
05-03-2008, 21:55
Can intelligence and common sense be considered mental illnesses? Considering the way people treat those who have these conditions, you would think so.
Vegan Nuts
05-03-2008, 22:06
Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?major depression - my shrink never gave me a subtype but I think it may be "with atypical features" due to the carb cravings and a few other things. I may also have a comorbid anxiety disorder, as I occasionally have bouts of akathisia, euphoria, and random things, but I've handled without medicine or doctor for over a year now and I'm not really interested in more help in that respect. my experience with mental illness makes me want to become a social worker.What sort of treatment options have you considered or experienced?I've had extensive therapy and I was on Lexapro on and off for several years. I went off of it cold turkey one year after I started it, and the withdrawal symptoms caused me to drop out of school. I went back on and went to my fall-back school...and then went off it cold-turkey again, dropped out of there again, came home and went back on the medication for a while, and then weaned myself off of it and have been fine ever since. (I managed to get an after-the-fact medical withdrawal from my first school, and now have my full scholarship back :D)

once I knew how to control the symptoms (I would say "better" but I don't think it will ever go away entirely - I still have days I wake up and spontaneously want to die, but I get over it now...close awareness of your thought processes goes a long way) my shrink told me that he had gambled earlier, and that I would've been institutionalized had he not known I would've BSd the hospital staff just to get out and kill myself somewhere...meh. I'm fine now, and I think a stronger and more stable person than I would be without depression, (because it's forced me to have better mental and emotional hygiene than most people, I think), but for a few years it was really rough.
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 22:11
Yes, and so can omniscience. It's a gift and a curse...

Omnipresence is pretty awesome though. You are simultaneously in every women's locker room ever.
Maineiacs
05-03-2008, 22:14
Clinical depression and PTSD.
Flaming Butt Pirate
05-03-2008, 22:14
Can intelligence and common sense be considered mental illnesses? Considering the way people treat those who have these conditions, you would think so.

Yes, and so can omniscience. It's a gift and a curse...
Llewdor
05-03-2008, 22:26
I don't understand why I have to explain "None".
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 22:35
I don't understand why I have to explain "None".

Because existing is a disorder[/emo]
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 22:45
How many kids with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb?




























Wanna go ride a bike?
[NS]RhynoDD
05-03-2008, 22:50
I probably would be diagnosed with ADD, but since it's a fictional disorder, like many so-called mental illnesses, I'm perfectly fine.

Yeah. Stupid thetans causing all our problems. I suppose I should go get audited. That'll fix it.
Copiosa Scotia
05-03-2008, 22:51
ADHD. I stopped taking the medication my freshman year in college because the condition had mellowed to the point where the side effects were worse than the disorder.
Sel Appa
05-03-2008, 22:55
I probably would be diagnosed with ADD, but since it's a fictional disorder, like many so-called mental illnesses, I'm perfectly fine.
Yootopia
05-03-2008, 22:55
Seasonally Affected Depression, but since anti-depressants turned my friends into stupefied morons, I decided not to go on them.
Tmutarakhan
05-03-2008, 23:00
RhynoDD;13503717']D is for Lysdexia!
Are you a member of DNA?

That's the National Dyslexia Association
Kostemetsia
05-03-2008, 23:01
Technically speaking, one might read the DSM and conclude that one has *something* that is listed in there.

Yes, I believe at one point there was a set of criteria that basically said "if you don't have anything else, you have this", thereby giving every person on earth a mental disorder.

Anyway, I'm a diagnosed Aspergerite. And proud! :D
The Cat-Tribe
05-03-2008, 23:08
Major depression, dysthymia, OCD, agoraphobia, anxiety disorders, ADD, PTSD, etc.

Medication and therapy keep me alive.
The Cat-Tribe
05-03-2008, 23:10
I don't understand why I have to explain "None".

Unfortunately "None" and "Other" were combined. Making that answer less than clear.
The Cat-Tribe
05-03-2008, 23:11
I probably would be diagnosed with ADD, but since it's a fictional disorder, like many so-called mental illnesses, I'm perfectly fine.

Yeah, fictional (like many so-called mental illnesses). :rolleyes::headbang:

http://www.help4adhd.org/en/about/science
St Hollis
05-03-2008, 23:18
Anyway, I'm a diagnosed Aspergerite. And proud! :D

I've got the next-door neighbor to Asperger's on the Spectrum: Schizoid Personality Disorder. ( http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizoid-personality-disorder/DS00865/DSECTION=2 )

Fun stuff. :P Shame this couldn't have been discovered when I was 13 instead of 28. Very much complicates how I look at my life now.

There are lots of positive aspects to it, but some of the pitfalls royally suck. Trying to decide whether to go through with treatment/therapy or not is really tough. :P
Maraque
05-03-2008, 23:30
Yes, I have bipolar disorder.
Maineiacs
05-03-2008, 23:38
Even without reading the answers in this thread, it's pretty apparent during my short time here that most of the people who appear to be regulars here are either inhaling industrial solvents, smoking meth, or have major psychological disorders.

Now you're catching on. :D
Chuggasukaville
05-03-2008, 23:41
Bipolar Type 1! huzzah for mania!... not really... boo for mania approaching schizophrenia. boo for depression. currently taking lamictal for that. pretty helpful

ADHD - pretty bad. did really bad in conventional school. despite taking tests well and testing as really smart.

OCD - can't look at the floor when i walk. can't stop cleaning once i start. sometimes if my car is messy it really bothers me and distracts my driving

Social Anxiety - kinda. not really. diagnosed, but i highly disagree. i don't talk much in social situations, mostly because i like to listen.
The Scandinvans
05-03-2008, 23:42
I have no faults for I am the God of all Daleks!

*Dalek(s) Speaking*

Worship him!

Worship him!

Worship him!
Sanmartin
05-03-2008, 23:44
Even without reading the answers in this thread, it's pretty apparent during my short time here that most of the people who appear to be regulars here are either inhaling industrial solvents, smoking meth, or have major psychological disorders.
Hydesland
05-03-2008, 23:45
Nothing as far as I know.
Redwulf
05-03-2008, 23:55
Dysgraphic. I also used to be epileptic but I'm one of the lucky ones who stopped having seizures sometime after puberty.
Haltijatar
06-03-2008, 00:35
I suffer with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), Depression and Obsessive Compulsive behaviour :/
Ryadn
06-03-2008, 00:39
I've been diagnosed with dysthymia, major depressive episodes, OCD (as a kid--although I still experience some symptoms, they no longer interfere with my life to the point of being a "disorder") and ADHD Inattentive type. I take zoloft for the dysthymia and adderall for the ADHD.

I have never been formally diagnosed with an eating disorder, because I never sought treatment. However, as I am very familiar with the DSM and the world of psychology, I can say with assurance that I met the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa for about a year.

I suspect I have a social anxiety disorder, but have not been diagnosed.

And last, for a number of years in adolescence/very early adulthood I self-injured, which is not listed in the DSM as a separate disorder, but usually falls under bi-polar (which I am not).

[edit] Oh, and epilepsy. I don't think it's a mental disorder, but someone else mentioned it... and it is a brain problem... and it does make me feel crazy sometimes...
Bann-ed
06-03-2008, 00:46
Sanity.
Llewdor
06-03-2008, 01:27
Seasonally Affected Depression
I've never understood that one. I'm at my happiest during the dark winter months. It's during summer I become more irritable and anxious.
Straughn
06-03-2008, 06:42
There's been a bit of talk about mental issues recently, and I thought I'd ask some questions:

Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?

Do you think you have a mental illness or disorder, but haven't been diagnosed? If so, what one/s?

What sort of treatment options have you considered or experienced?

[Poll Coming]

I haven't been diagnosed as such, but i suspect a STRONG case can be made that an official diagnosis would be perfunctory to what seems rather obvious.

I've considered depression most. Also a little OCD (not so much anymore), mood, add/adhd, and i suppose *any personality* ....

Zapp: I must warn you, I suffer from a very seductive learning disorder that I like to call ... Kiff, what do I like to call it?

Kiff: (Groan) Sexlexia.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
06-03-2008, 06:52
Nope - healthy by all accounts. :)

That's right - I'm one of the 10% of internet users aged 18-35 who *doesn't* have Asperger's Syndrome. I feel so blessed.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
06-03-2008, 06:55
I've never understood that one. I'm at my happiest during the dark winter months. It's during summer I become more irritable and anxious.

Same here. When you're from a cold climate, the winter months can be more relaxed. That's my theory on why only a few get "SAD." That's how it was for the most part for me, being from Illinois - the winter means more comforable clothes, and blaming my laziness on the weather (and getting away with it). :p
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
06-03-2008, 06:56
I have ADD, and I guess you could say I have Schizoid Personality Disorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder)due to my lack of willingness to be out in public for very long and having only a small circle of friends.

That ain't nearly enough, and could be a thousand other things. It's a continuum, remember - almost all of us match at least *one* symptom of some disorder, and sometimes a couple, but mental illness is more than quirkiness or shyness. I doub't you're anhedonic, for one, and that would be a deal-breaker for SPD.
Tongass
06-03-2008, 06:58
Only half of poll respondents haven't been diagnosed with any mental things? That's crazy. I haven't been diagnosed with anything, but that may be due to the fact that I've never been to a shrink. Also, it may have something to do with the fact that super-intelligence and abnormal awesomeness isn't in their disorder book.
Wilgrove
06-03-2008, 07:01
I have ADD, and I guess you could say I have Schizoid Personality Disorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder)due to my lack of willingness to be out in public for very long and having only a small circle of friends.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
06-03-2008, 07:01
Only half of poll respondents haven't been diagnosed with any mental things? That's crazy. I haven't been diagnosed with anything, but that may be due to the fact that I've never been to a shrink. Also, it may have something to do with the fact that super-intelligence and abnormal awesomeness isn't in their disorder book.

That's a product of:

1. Access to Wikipedia, and
2. Lack of knowledge about mental illness

and I suppose a dash of mental illness being, in some circles, a tad trendy.
Straughn
06-03-2008, 07:05
no, why should I explain?Thou doth protesteth too much, methinks.
Straughn
06-03-2008, 07:07
Beedle-dee-bah, beedle-dee-bah, beedle-dee-ree-pa-dom...

[Chorus]
I'm a nut, I'm a nut
My live don't ever get in a rut, whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop
The head on my shoulders is sorta loose
And I ain't got the sense God gave a goose
Lord, I ain't crazy, but ...I'm a nut

Is is wetter under water, if you're there when it rains?
Is it shorter to New York, than it is by a plane?
Between myself and I, I wonder who's the dumber
Is it hotter down south, than it is in the summer?

[Chorus]

I drove my Cadillac to Vegas to satisfy my lust
Wheelin', dealin', left ol' Vegas on a Greyhound bus
I shouldn't have set the woods on fire while I was there
But remember only forest fires prevent bears

[Chorus]

The poverty war will be over, when I begin to fight
If it took a dime to go 'round the world
I couldn't get out of sight
I don't mind to take the girls out
If they don't mind to go Dutch
Makes me feel like a million dollars
And I bet I ain't worth half that much

[Chorus]

Oh, crazy man! I'm a nut!
Oh, Lordy, Lordy Lordy, Lordy
I'm crazy, I'm a nut!
Funny, i made my coworkers listen to that last week.
Straughn
06-03-2008, 07:08
And so is RhynoDD! Shit! He's right behind me!

Is he there to put out the fire?
GreaterPacificNations
06-03-2008, 07:10
Narcissistic Personality Disorder here, though not anymore. I still possess strong narcissistic personality traits, but no longer qualify for the disorder. I suppose you could say I am a 'recovered' narcissist.
Michwats-Rebbgami
06-03-2008, 07:24
I was never diagnosed with a particular disorder, the teaching staff at my schools just thought I had a developmental/learning disability or something like that but I'm pretty smart now. I strongly reckkon I have a type of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Anti-Social Darwinism
06-03-2008, 07:30
I've been reading Carrie Fisher's The Best Awful. The protagonist is bipolar (Fisher was writing from personal experience). There are several P.O.V. chapters written in the manic state. I understood them. This scares me.


http://www.mcmanweb.com/best_awful.htm
Straughn
06-03-2008, 07:32
Narcissistic Personality Disorder here, though not anymore. I still possess strong narcissistic personality traits, but no longer qualify for the disorder. I suppose you could say I am a 'recovered' narcissist.

"Grounded"?
United Chicken Kleptos
06-03-2008, 07:40
All of the above. Notably, a compulsion to check every single box in multiple-option polls.
United Chicken Kleptos
06-03-2008, 07:44
I checked just about everything but eating disorder. I'm sure fucked up, but fuck you if you ever take my food away from me! (and no, I'm not fat, I'm a normal weight!!"

I think you just proved you're bipolar.
Sagittarya
06-03-2008, 07:50
I checked just about everything but eating disorder. I'm sure fucked up, but fuck you if you ever take my food away from me! (and no, I'm not fat, I'm a normal weight!!"
Tongass
06-03-2008, 08:20
That's a product of:

1. Access to Wikipedia, and
2. Lack of knowledge about mental illness

and I suppose a dash of mental illness being, in some circles, a tad trendy.The hippest mental disorder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome
Tongass
06-03-2008, 08:23
Narcissistic Personality Disorder here, though not anymore. I still possess strong narcissistic personality traits, but no longer qualify for the disorder. I suppose you could say I am a 'recovered' narcissist.You might know the answer to this. Are people who are "compulsive liars" in the sense that they exaggerate things to make them seem important and invent almost-plausible stories to put themselves at the center of a conversation - are those people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Maineiacs
06-03-2008, 09:16
Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees and begged you
Not to leave because I´d go beserk?
WELL,

You left me anyhow and
Then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I´ve gone completely
out of my mind

AND

(chorus 1):
They´re coming to take me away,
Haha, they´re coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I´ll be happy to see
Those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they´re coming to take me AWAY,
HA HAAAA

You thought it was a joke,
and so you LAUGHED, YOU LAUGHED!
When I had said that losing you
Would make me flip my lid,

RIGHT?

You know you laughed.
I HEARD you laugh, you laughed
And laughed and laughed
And then you left,
But now you know I´m utterly mad

AND

(chorus 2):
They´re coming to take me away,
Haha, they´re coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the happy home with trees and flowers
And chirping birds and basket weavers
Who sit and smile and
Twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they´re coming to take me away,
HAHAAAAAAAAA

I cooked your food,
I cleaned your house,
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish loving deeds

HUH?

Well, you just wait,
They´ll find you yet,
And when they do, they´ll put you in
the ASPCA, you mangy MUTT,

AND

(chorus 1)
(chorus 2)
(chorus 1 trailing into mumbles in the distance)

I'm kind of surprised Goof didn't post this.
The Cat-Tribe
06-03-2008, 09:20
Contrary to some suggestions being made, actually having a serious mental disorder is not "trendy" or desirable. It sucks. Big-time.

And you can't diagnose yourself or anyone else using the DSM-IV, let alone Wikipedia. The DSM is designed to be used by qualified professionals that are aware of the relevant facts and have the necessary training.

I find it interesting but not particularly shocking that so many on this forum have some type of disorder. Several disorders are quite compatible with the use of NSG. In other words, NSG is an activity that fits in well with several disorders.
The Cat-Tribe
06-03-2008, 09:26
Are you insinuating that we're all loonies?

Not just loonies. Loonies, freaks, and oddballs.
United Chicken Kleptos
06-03-2008, 09:29
Contrary to some suggestions being made, actually having a serious mental disorder is not "trendy" or desirable. It sucks. Big-time.

And you can't diagnose yourself or anyone else using the DSM-IV, let alone Wikipedia. The DSM is designed to be used by qualified professionals that are aware of the relevant facts and have the necessary training.

I find it interesting but not particularly shocking that so many on this forum have some type of disorder. Several disorders are quite compatible with the use of NSG. In other words, NSG is an activity that fits in well with several disorders.

Are you insinuating that we're all loonies?
Dynamic Revolution
06-03-2008, 09:34
HEY!! I didnt see a aixelsyd option up there!
GreaterPacificNations
06-03-2008, 09:38
"Grounded"?

Eh?
Ryadn
06-03-2008, 09:41
Contrary to some suggestions being made, actually having a serious mental disorder is not "trendy" or desirable. It sucks. Big-time.

And you can't diagnose yourself or anyone else using the DSM-IV, let alone Wikipedia. The DSM is designed to be used by qualified professionals that are aware of the relevant facts and have the necessary training.

I find it interesting but not particularly shocking that so many on this forum have some type of disorder. Several disorders are quite compatible with the use of NSG. In other words, NSG is an activity that fits in well with several disorders.

Since I mentioned using the DSM earlier as a basis for diagnosis, I feel I have a responsibility to mention that I have been in the care of a psychotherapist and psychiatrist for 8+ years and that most of my diagnoses come from them, or have been discussed by them. The only time I have used the DSM to self-diagnose was in the case of an eating disorder, which, while a disorder of the mind, presents very clear symptoms that can be identified. In other words, I don't need a therapist to tell me I used to be bulimic--it's fairly obvious. The DSM should, however, certainly be used and interpreted by a trained professional, such as a psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist or LCSW. It is dangerous to attempt to self-diagnose any kind of medical condition absent of a professional.

I also agree that while it may seem "trendy" to have a mental disorder, it isn't voluntary, fun or cool. Among women in their teens and 20's it's considered "trendy" to have an eating disorder, but it stops being glamorous real quick... like, as soon as you actually have one.
GreaterPacificNations
06-03-2008, 09:43
You might know the answer to this. Are people who are "compulsive liars" in the sense that they exaggerate things to make them seem important and invent almost-plausible stories to put themselves at the center of a conversation - are those people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

Narcissists often do this, though doing this does not make you a narcissist. Compulsive liars are a different thing all together. They are the people who habitually lie, even about the most insignificant things, and often to the strategic detriment. If I was a compulsive liar, and you asked me what I had for lunch, I might tell you I had McDonalds when I in fact had KFC. There is no reason, it is just a compulsion.
Barringtonia
06-03-2008, 09:51
A lot of this is due to the vague parameters of what a mental disorder is.

It can be broken to into either a physical defect or a chemical disorder. A physical defect can also cause a chemical disorder.

Now, the best way to look at this is to imagine a graphic equalizer and to imagine that each of us varies on each bar of that graphic equalizer.

The problem comes in that we can average the total population and call that normal while forgetting that variety is essential to evolution at its base and society as a whole.

So we come down to trying to determine where a variation can truly be called abnormal, where it's either so far below the average, or over it, that it's detrimental to one's life, it actually acts as a hamper.

Some people notice certain aspects of a condition and state that they have some sort of condition but this is both dangerous in terms of buying into the idea of an average as well as a certain insult to those who really do have issues, because when everyone starts thinking they have mental issues, it devalues the subject for those who really do.

To some extent, celebrate your individuality, seek proper advice when you think there's something seriously wrong and, ultimately, act responsibly over this.
Flaming Butt Pirate
06-03-2008, 12:56
Quit Oppressing Me!!!!!!!!!
Amor Pulchritudo
06-03-2008, 13:47
PTSD

PTSD Overview (http://www.military.com/benefits/resources/ptsd-overview)

Yeah, me too.
Except I used to think it was really fucking weird when I was first told I had it, and the only person other than my fiance and my mother I've told was the nurse at a hospital, who subsequently verbally abused me and caused me to have a panic attack...

But yeh. My PTSD has nothing to do with the military or war, so I probably can't fully understand what you've been through.

I have obsessive compulsive disorder very severely. I don't typically tell people in real life, because it complicates matters. Either way, it's not very pleasant and it comes back regardless of any treatment. It doesn't really get in the way of how I live my life. I am perfectly able to carry out my academic work, really..

If it doesn't get into the way of how you live your life, it's not severe OCD.

no, why should I explain?

You probably shouldn't. I can't be bothered reading your posts, anyway.

Heh. The phrasing of the poll suggests I should select almost everything, as I was misdiagnosed quite a few times over the years before ending up with a diagnosis that makes sense - I have effectively medication-resistant bipolar II disorder, which starting presenting symptoms when I was a very small child. Bipolar disorder in little kids is rare enough (or at least has been supposed to be rare enough) that none of my doctors ever considered it as an option until I was about 18. So for a few years, the doctors thought I had some form of ADD - except Ritalin didn't help. Then it was perhaps borderline personality disorder? No, I didn't really meet most of the criteria. Okay, how about chronic clinical depression? No, doesn't explain the "okay" days. Bipolar I? Nope, never actually manic.

Finally, finally, somebody hit on the possibility that I might have this rather weird form of bipolar II, and immediately the treatments started having at least some effect, and things began to make more sense.

I'm also "lucky" enough to have some traces of generalized anxiety disorder (it's really difficult to sort that out from the bipolar II, so that's never been "diagnosed" per se, but merely speculated upon as reasonably likely by my doctors), and to be recovering from pretty severe PTSD. My brain is not the most functional of organs, it seems.

Borderline Personality Disorder is apparently full of B.S. I've been told once before by a psychiatrist that he thought I had it, but my current psychiatrist says that despite the fact I might fit the criteria, it's "the most ridiculous thing in psychiartry". I've also had the "bi-polar" label thrown around by my current psychiatrist; he said it's "sort of like bi-polar". My moods swings are "volatile" and "severe", and he's also thrown around the idea of some sort of epilepsy. However, epilepsy medication did very little. I've been told I definitely have attention problems, but I've never been officially diagnosed with ADD. Psychiatrists really shouldn't throw diagnosises around. It's utterly ridiculous. I've also had personality disorder and mood disorder thrown around too. Imagine if GPs said "it's cancer" one day, then "it's a cold" the next.

I've been officially diagnosed with: Depression (past), Bulimia Nervosa (past), PTSD (current), Anxiety Disorder (current).

major depression - my shrink never gave me a subtype but I think it may be "with atypical features" due to the carb cravings and a few other things. I may also have a comorbid anxiety disorder, as I occasionally have bouts of akathisia, euphoria, and random things, but I've handled without medicine or doctor for over a year now and I'm not really interested in more help in that respect. my experience with mental illness makes me want to become a social worker.I've had extensive therapy and I was on Lexapro on and off for several years. I went off of it cold turkey one year after I started it, and the withdrawal symptoms caused me to drop out of school. I went back on and went to my fall-back school...and then went off it cold-turkey again, dropped out of there again, came home and went back on the medication for a while, and then weaned myself off of it and have been fine ever since. (I managed to get an after-the-fact medical withdrawal from my first school, and now have my full scholarship back :D)

once I knew how to control the symptoms (I would say "better" but I don't think it will ever go away entirely - I still have days I wake up and spontaneously want to die, but I get over it now...close awareness of your thought processes goes a long way) my shrink told me that he had gambled earlier, and that I would've been institutionalized had he not known I would've BSd the hospital staff just to get out and kill myself somewhere...meh. I'm fine now, and I think a stronger and more stable person than I would be without depression, (because it's forced me to have better mental and emotional hygiene than most people, I think), but for a few years it was really rough.

Sigh, I hope you're okay.

I'm not ashamed of my mental illness struggle. I think it's made me a stronger person, and even though it's hard to get through most days.

I probably would be diagnosed with ADD, but since it's a fictional disorder, like many so-called mental illnesses, I'm perfectly fine.

Uh, no. ADD isn't a fictional disorder, but it has definitely been over-diagnosed. A lot of children have been diagnosed with it, but some of them just have poor attention or behavioural problems.

Even without reading the answers in this thread, it's pretty apparent during my short time here that most of the people who appear to be regulars here are either inhaling industrial solvents, smoking meth, or have major psychological disorders.

I don't know anyone on here who inhales solvents or smokes meth, and both of those things are very different to having a psychological disorder.

If you don't like this forum, please do us all a favour, and leave.

I checked just about everything but eating disorder. I'm sure fucked up, but fuck you if you ever take my food away from me! (and no, I'm not fat, I'm a normal weight!!"

Uh, woah.

Because having an eating disorder is that simple.

Contrary to some suggestions being made, actually having a serious mental disorder is not "trendy" or desirable. It sucks. Big-time.

It definitely is not cool.

I just love being unable to function without worrying/crying/counting calories/hurting myself/being angry etc.

And you can't diagnose yourself or anyone else using the DSM-IV, let alone Wikipedia. The DSM is designed to be used by qualified professionals that are aware of the relevant facts and have the necessary training.

What's really annoying is people who diagnose themselves using Wiki. Just because you had a bad day, doesn't mean you have depression. :rolleyes:
[NS]RhynoDD
06-03-2008, 15:07
Quit Oppressing Me!!!!!!!!!

Wrong thread there FBP :rolleyes:

Unless you're talking about the voices. Then it's the right thread. Either way.
Llewdor
06-03-2008, 19:43
Same here. When you're from a cold climate, the winter months can be more relaxed. That's my theory on why only a few get "SAD." That's how it was for the most part for me, being from Illinois - the winter means more comforable clothes, and blaming my laziness on the weather (and getting away with it). :p
I really dislike direct light, birght light, and heat. So in the summer I'm house-bound, and I'm uncomfortably house bound because I'm hot.

Summer blows.
Dyakovo
06-03-2008, 19:45
Do you have a mental illness or disorder?
There's been a bit of talk about mental issues recently, and I thought I'd ask some questions:

Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?

Do you think you have a mental illness or disorder, but haven't been diagnosed? If so, what one/s?

What sort of treatment options have you considered or experienced?

[Poll Coming]

Meh, I'm sane at least supposedly so
Tmutarakhan
06-03-2008, 19:48
Unfortunately "None" and "Other" were combined. Making that answer less than clear.To clarify, you do not have to explain if you have some "Other" disorder. Only if you have "None", then please explain.
Straughn
07-03-2008, 05:41
Eh?
"recovered" =
Sinnland
07-03-2008, 22:46
Bipolar II and ADHD have been diagnosed by 5+ doctors. Oh, and though undiagnosed (I did some preliminary evaluation but ended up just quitting), I guarantee you I have some sort of dyslexia.
The Rainites
07-03-2008, 22:47
i have a learning problem.
My biological father tried to kill me so i have scars in my brain and it makes it hard to keep new information in.
Angry Fruit Salad
08-03-2008, 06:12
Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder in 2001. Officially considered "functionally recovered" in 2006, as 5 years had passed since my last major incident, and I was successfully living on my own without medication.

I also have synesthesia, but that's not treatable, and is more of a genetic hiccup than anything else.

I did take Valium for several months, but discontinued it way before I was scheduled. It kept me calm -- TOO calm. I couldn't really care about anything until it wore off. Very bad dosage >.<
Sagittarya
08-03-2008, 06:20
I have synesthesia but I don't consider it an illness. In fact, I think I enjoy having it.

I have a whole variety of issues. I don't really recognize many disorders out there. It isn't black and white, understanding neurodiversity really is more important. There are some people out there who do need to be put on meds or get therapy, but I think with a lot of others, all they need is to be understood.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
08-03-2008, 06:28
I have synesthesia but I don't consider it an illness. In fact, I think I enjoy having it.

Aha, what kind? I've always wondered what blue tasted like, or what my voice smelled like. ;)
Sagittarya
08-03-2008, 06:34
Aha, what kind? I've always wondered what blue tasted like, or what my voice smelled like. ;)

I often associate times of the year and weather patterns with certain moods. Winds are always happy (even the vicious hurricane ones).

The songs I listen to always manifest in colors, usually black, red, dark blue, or dark green.

Cities and states have various colors.

The letters and numbers all have their colors, sometimes words can make diffent colors.

I believe blue tastes sweet. Red provides the most intense taste. Green is very dull, so is purple. White is very airy, sort of like a rice cake. Yellow is absolutely disgusting.

The sound of colors depends on the type. Red, Yellow and Orange have a strong vibration, Green Blue and Purple have a very light, pleasant ringing sound.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
08-03-2008, 06:41
I often associate times of the year and weather patterns with certain moods. Winds are always happy (even the vicious hurricane ones).

The songs I listen to always manifest in colors, usually black, red, dark blue, or dark green.

Cities and states have various colors.

The letters and numbers all have their colors, sometimes words can make diffent colors.

I believe blue tastes sweet. Red provides the most intense taste. Green is very dull, so is purple. White is very airy, sort of like a rice cake. Yellow is absolutely disgusting.

The sound of colors depends on the type. Red, Yellow and Orange have a strong vibration, Green Blue and Purple have a very light, pleasant ringing sound.

Aha, very cool. You probably know already that artists and poets and such have very high rates of synesthesia, compared to the general population (8x higher, I believe). It's interesting to read about actual experiences of this. :)
Sagittarya
08-03-2008, 06:52
One interesting thing, and I'm not sure if it's fully synesthesia or something else, is that I absolutely hate the color yellow. I associate it with sickness, disease, hatred, greed, and destruction.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
08-03-2008, 07:04
One interesting thing, and I'm not sure if it's fully synesthesia or something else, is that I absolutely hate the color yellow. I associate it with sickness, disease, hatred, greed, and destruction.

The portion of your brain that makes metaphorical connections (the fusiform gyrus) may be hyperactive in terms of processing yellow, along with causing synesthesia, if it's not just one consequence of it. Or, it could be a learned response from childhood, say, having a bad experience in a yellow room - sort of like the classic case where psychologists trained a baby to fear fuzzy objects; I can't remember the specifics, but the kid feared them well into adulthood.

Knowing your condition though, it's probably the first option. :)
Amor Pulchritudo
08-03-2008, 07:33
To clarify, you do not have to explain if you have some "Other" disorder. Only if you have "None", then please explain.

Don't clarify my poll.

It was grouped together because I only had 10 poll options. And, to clarify, I would like people to explain if they have "other".
Tongass
08-03-2008, 07:35
One interesting thing, and I'm not sure if it's fully synesthesia or something else, is that I absolutely hate the color yellow. I associate it with sickness, disease, hatred, greed, and destruction.I'm not a big fan of yellow myself, but I think there is some yellow that is acceptable in context. What about something shiny like bronze or gold? What about the yellow of the sun? What about a pastel yellow? Or a dandelion or marigold. Or the yellow some trees turn in the fall? Or hi-liter yellow?
Straughn
08-03-2008, 07:46
I often associate times of the year and weather patterns with certain moods. Winds are always happy (even the vicious hurricane ones).

The songs I listen to always manifest in colors, usually black, red, dark blue, or dark green.

Cities and states have various colors.

The letters and numbers all have their colors, sometimes words can make diffent colors.

I believe blue tastes sweet. Red provides the most intense taste. Green is very dull, so is purple. White is very airy, sort of like a rice cake. Yellow is absolutely disgusting.

The sound of colors depends on the type. Red, Yellow and Orange have a strong vibration, Green Blue and Purple have a very light, pleasant ringing sound.Oddly enough, my bands' name is a lift of that particular affliction.
I'm curious - what are your dreams like, in this regard?
New Communistica
08-03-2008, 08:01
I have been diagnosed with everything on said list and more. I currently believe I am a purple monkey
Rejistania
08-03-2008, 08:51
I'm an Aspie and suffered from panic attacks for a while. Definitely uncute!
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
08-03-2008, 08:57
I'm an Aspie and suffered from panic attacks for a while. Definitely uncute!

Uncute?
Ryadn
08-03-2008, 11:39
I have synesthesia but I don't consider it an illness. In fact, I think I enjoy having it.

I have a whole variety of issues. I don't really recognize many disorders out there. It isn't black and white, understanding neurodiversity really is more important. There are some people out there who do need to be put on meds or get therapy, but I think with a lot of others, all they need is to be understood.

I have mild synaesthesia as well. It used to be more prominent when I was kid, but I think I sort of taught myself out of it because I didn't know what it was and people thought it was weird (and I was already plenty weird enough). I didn't find out it was a semi-common thing with a name until last year. Mine is/was the most common kind, the letter/number-color association. Most of the time I don't notice it now, but I still really hate the color orange and the number five.

Curious, do you have any OCD? My synaesthesia and OCD rituals really went together.
Laerod
08-03-2008, 18:33
I was diagnosed as depressive many years ago. I think it was a spurious diagnosis. The diagnosis itself was made by a psychologist, not a psychiatrist and was based on one multiple choice test (kind of like the Strong Vocational Preference test), there were no other tests given. Having made the diagnosis, the psychologist patted himself on the back, entered the data into some table he was compiling for a paper and proceeded to ignore me.

Psychologists aren't really competent to make this kind of diagnosis, especially based on the results of only one test and without taking the situation into consideration - I was in college at the time and living on campus, I had just broken up with my boyfriend and was taking my heaviest load - that would depress anyone.Yeah, that's called a depressive disorder, not a full-blown depression, if I'm not much mistaken.
Anti-Social Darwinism
08-03-2008, 18:38
I was diagnosed as depressive many years ago. I think it was a spurious diagnosis. The diagnosis itself was made by a psychologist, not a psychiatrist and was based on one multiple choice test (kind of like the Strong Vocational Preference test), there were no other tests given. Having made the diagnosis, the psychologist patted himself on the back, entered the data into some table he was compiling for a paper and proceeded to ignore me.

Psychologists aren't really competent to make this kind of diagnosis, especially based on the results of only one test and without taking the situation into consideration - I was in college at the time and living on campus, I had just broken up with my boyfriend and was taking my heaviest load - that would depress anyone.
Katganistan
08-03-2008, 20:03
Nope, never diagnosed with anything -- though I must be crazy to teach teens in an inner city high school and moderate this game. ;)
Domici
08-03-2008, 20:21
Yep, that's me. I'm getting CBT atm

You're getting cock and ball torture from an automated teller machine? How does that help? :confused:
Domici
08-03-2008, 20:46
Contrary to some suggestions being made, actually having a serious mental disorder is not "trendy" or desirable. It sucks. Big-time.

I don't know about that. I've been diagnosed with ADD by both a therapist and a neurologist (and I've been pretty sure I had it ever since I heard about it when I was in high school back in the 90's.)

I never really thought it was a big deal because while I couldn't (for example) pay attention to trigonometry for 40 minutes a day for 2 months, I gained an understanding of it that was the equivalent to the entire highschool term by listening to my physics teacher's 20 "review." When he gave us that review I nearly yelled "so why couldn't my math teacher have just said that instead of spending a week talking about Sohcahtoa which was supposed to help me remember something she hadn't even given us recallable knowledge of?

I later learned that it had a much bigger social impact. Unable to devote my attention to people I was speaking with I developed other means of "listening" to them. This has given me a finely tuned bullshit detector because I haven't been wired with all the "normal" social software, I don't have all the normal bugs in my programing (I do of course have plenty of unusual ones).

This makes it difficult to get along with most people because it's too easy to give offense when people misconstrue statements that I am to oblivious to monitor. Like when I point out that it isn't tragic when a junkie dies of an overdose. It's pathetic. I don't mean it as a value judgement, I just mean that tragedy is the fall of a lofty figure (like a tycoon or politician) that serves as a morality lesson, pathos is the disintegration of a lowly one (like a junky) that inspires pity.

A lot of people hear a statement like that and infer the statement "the junky deserved to die." Only the intellectually curious will ask what I mean by that, and then I can explain. Of course, I only enjoy the company of the intellectually curious, so I consider this an even trade as well.

Now my ADD is considered a disorder, but I'd much rather be like this than the majority of subjects in the Milgram experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment), who will never be deemed to suffer from a disorder, in part because it's so statistically normal (despite being awful) but also because society functions more smoothly because this is how most people are.
Marrakech II
08-03-2008, 20:57
Nope, never diagnosed with anything -- though I must be crazy to teach teens in an inner city high school and moderate this game. ;)


Could be a wide range of disorders that cause you to torment yourself in such a way. Unless you of course are going for sainthood by the Vatican? All the sacrifice should be good for something.... ;)
Saxnot
08-03-2008, 21:11
You're getting cock and ball torture from an automated teller machine? How does that help? :confused:

Nice work. ;)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, for the uninitiated.
Jello Biafra
08-03-2008, 21:35
I haven't been diagnosed with a compulsive eating disorder, but I fit the criteria, so I picked it.
I was diagnosed with dysthymia and took medication for it and other things, but I'm over it now, so I didn't pick the correlating option.

Only half of poll respondents haven't been diagnosed with any mental things? That's crazy. I haven't been diagnosed with anything, but that may be due to the fact that I've never been to a shrink. Also, it may have something to do with the fact that super-intelligence and abnormal awesomeness isn't in their disorder book.There are people who like to click every option when the poll is multiple choice.
Straughn
09-03-2008, 01:58
You're getting cock and ball torture from an automated teller machine? How does that help? :confused:This is extremely sigworthy. :D
Rido
17-06-2008, 01:55
I have ADHD and its a bit fun
Bitchkitten
17-06-2008, 02:03
Wow. I got to check almost everything. I'd be curious to know who else is bipolar and compare notes. That's the most disabling out of my alphabet soup of disorders.
Skyland Mt
17-06-2008, 02:19
I've been told I'm obsesive-compulsive, so maybe I should have voted for that, though I certinly don't consider it debilitating, so its not on the level it is for a lot of people. I've also been told I have Asbergger's (however its spelled), but it doesn't bother me, seeing as how the symptoms are so close to the definition of "nerd.":p

I'm more concerned with physical problems, like my lousy eyesight.:headbang:
Intangelon
17-06-2008, 02:26
Paralyzing acrophobia.

However, I just took a huge step toward managing it by climbing Mt. Bierstadt in Colorado. It's a 14,060-foot peak in the Front Range of the Rockies. I effectively shat myself in fear when I was 10 feet from the cornice on the ridge, but after choking two years ago on Mt. Quandary (Ten Mile Range), I was determined not to make an ass of myself. I was crying like a baby when I got to the top, but I made it.
Kharanjul
17-06-2008, 02:28
I have ADHD and its a bit fun

evidently you also have the ability to resurrect threads from beyond the grave!

I've always wanted to know what synaesthesia was like. all I got are the far more prosaic depression (now in its fourth year without marked improvement despite various courses of medication and therapy) and some assorted anxiety disorders (ditto, although probably not too serious since if I make a sufficient effort I can overcome them).
Poliwanacraca
17-06-2008, 03:36
Wow. I got to check almost everything. I'd be curious to know who else is bipolar and compare notes. That's the most disabling out of my alphabet soup of disorders.

*waves hello*

Sort of a weird version of bipolar II over here. Whether it's more or less disabling than the PTSD I acquired a few years back varies from day to day.
Smunkeeville
17-06-2008, 03:54
I have OCD. I also have PTSD which I don't consider mental illness, but rather the best coping mechanism I have available at the time, as I get mentally healthier it seems to be waning.


My OCD has mainly two types of compulsions, those which I do to try to preempt anxiety (preventative) and those I do to deal with pre-existing anxiety (prescriptive). Most of the time I can avoid the prescriptive compulsions if I am properly medicated and not overtly stressed, the preventative ones are very hard to do away with and sadly are the ones that cause me the most trouble in life.
Bellania
18-06-2008, 00:20
I'm probably clinically depressed, with mild bipolar, but I've never been diagnosed. I don't like the thought of messing with my brain chemistry. Besides, I work in a lab, and I know how often people screw up in research. There's no way I'm trusting my mental health to a fuckjob like myself.

Wait...
Jello Biafra
18-06-2008, 01:09
I'm probably clinically depressed, with mild bipolar, but I've never been diagnosed. I don't like the thought of messing with my brain chemistry. Besides, I work in a lab, and I know how often people screw up in research. There's no way I'm trusting my mental health to a fuckjob like myself.

Wait...Would you feel the same way if you had a physical illness?
Bellania
18-06-2008, 01:12
Would you feel the same way if you had a physical illness?

Depends. If it's life-threatening and I don't have a choice, then no. If it's mild like allergies, and my damn doctor keeps prescribing the brand name over the generic even though i walk in and say "I don't want Allegra D, give me the generic", then yes. Doctors are human too, and if it's something minor that I'm aware of, I can handle it on my own without worrying about whether or not they're going to give me medication whose side-effects might be worse than the original disease.

I save the money on the allergy medication i don't get to buy the booze to cure the depression. It's a flawless system!

edit: BTW, love the dead kennedys
Jello Biafra
18-06-2008, 01:25
Depends. If it's life-threatening and I don't have a choice, then no. If it's mild like allergies, and my damn doctor keeps prescribing the brand name over the generic even though i walk in and say "I don't want Allegra D, give me the generic", then yes. Doctors are human too, and if it's something minor that I'm aware of, I can handle it on my own without worrying about whether or not they're going to give me medication whose side-effects might be worse than the original disease.Would you say that clinical depression is mild?

I save the money on the allergy medication i don't get to buy the booze to cure the depression. It's a flawless system!Booze doesn't cure depression, and self-medication is typically not a good idea.

edit: BTW, love the dead kennedysThanks, I do too.
Bellania
18-06-2008, 01:36
Would you say that clinical depression is mild?

Booze doesn't cure depression, and self-medication is typically not a good idea.

Thanks, I do too.

The problem is that "depression" is thrown around so often today that it has lost any sense or meaning. There are degrees of depression, just like there are degrees of any illness. Continuing with my allergies analogy, I get allergies once or twice a year, for about two weeks each time. The symptoms consist of a mild post-nasal drip and an occasional sneeze. I've had doctors prescribe permanent, year-long allergy meds for a temporary, mild condition. The meds make it tough for me to sleep, and I get irritable in the mornings. Why take them all year long, for a condition that lasts 1/12 of the year, and deal with the negative side effects when I can just deal with the mild symptoms, knowing that it'll get better soon? Not to mention the cost of the drugs coming out of my pocket, since my health insurance only covers a portion of the price.

I agree, self-medication for a broken leg is stupid. Self-medication for the sniffles is cost-effective.

And the booze thing was a joke, if you hadn't guessed. It was more an allusion to the fact that when I get depressed, rather than sitting around mired in it, I force myself to go out with friends and have a good time.
Jello Biafra
18-06-2008, 01:44
The problem is that "depression" is thrown around so often today that it has lost any sense or meaning. There are degrees of depression, just like there are degrees of any illness. Continuing with my allergies analogy, I get allergies once or twice a year, for about two weeks each time. The symptoms consist of a mild post-nasal drip and an occasional sneeze. I've had doctors prescribe permanent, year-long allergy meds for a temporary, mild condition. The meds make it tough for me to sleep, and I get irritable in the mornings. Why take them all year long, for a condition that lasts 1/12 of the year, and deal with the negative side effects when I can just deal with the mild symptoms, knowing that it'll get better soon? Not to mention the cost of the drugs coming out of my pocket, since my health insurance only covers a portion of the price.

I agree, self-medication for a broken leg is stupid. Self-medication for the sniffles is cost-effective.Are you certain that your depression (if you are in fact, depressed) is mild?

And the booze thing was a joke, if you hadn't guessed. It was more an allusion to the fact that when I get depressed, rather than sitting around mired in it, I force myself to go out with friends and have a good time.Oh, you wouldn't be the first person to self-medicate with beer, so I didn't take what you said as a joke. Good to clear it up, though.
New Malachite Square
18-06-2008, 01:53
Could be a wide range of disorders that cause you to torment yourself in such a way. Unless you of course are going for sainthood by the Vatican? All the sacrifice should be good for something.... ;)

We'll give her an NSG canonization.
Bellania
18-06-2008, 02:03
Are you certain that your depression (if you are in fact, depressed) is mild?

Oh, you wouldn't be the first person to self-medicate with beer, so I didn't take what you said as a joke. Good to clear it up, though.

I know my depression is mild in that I meet the minimum requirements to be depressed, and according to several of the online tests you can take (Hamilton Depression scale, for example) I am mildly depressed. Not the most accurate thing in the world, I know.

No, I haven't been evaluated by a psychologist because I'm poor, lazy, and able to control the feelings (when they manifest) pretty well, even when they last for several weeks.

I like beer too much to use it as medicine. Whenever I think of liquid medicine I think of triaminic, which back in my day tasted like cherry battery acid.
Miranda Shadow
18-06-2008, 02:20
Clinical Depression
Aspergers (High Functioning Autism)
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
Possible 'SAD'
Srbibija
18-06-2008, 02:40
Smoke weed, solves all the disorders. :eek:
Conserative Morality
18-06-2008, 02:53
Dee dee da da dum. WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU LOOKING AT PUNK! *Hugs everyne* we're like family now...



Does that answer your question?:p
Nadkor
18-06-2008, 02:58
Yup.

I will not be elaborating.
Jello Biafra
18-06-2008, 16:18
I know my depression is mild in that I meet the minimum requirements to be depressed, and according to several of the online tests you can take (Hamilton Depression scale, for example) I am mildly depressed. Not the most accurate thing in the world, I know.

No, I haven't been evaluated by a psychologist because I'm poor, lazy, and able to control the feelings (when they manifest) pretty well, even when they last for several weeks.Ah, I see. I just mentioned getting an evaluation to attempt to find out what it is you have.
To use an analogy, I had a friend whose mother was talking about getting glasses as a child. Apparently her eyesight was incredibly bad, but she didn't know it until she got the glasses. She simply assumed that everything was supposed to look the way it does.
The same could apply to depression, or some other mental illlness - people assume that the baseline way they feel is the way they're supposed to feel, but that isn't necessarily the case.
Fall of Empire
18-06-2008, 16:20
There's been a bit of talk about mental issues recently, and I thought I'd ask some questions:

Have you ever been diagnosed (by a health professional) with a mental illness or disorder? If so, what one/s?

Do you think you have a mental illness or disorder, but haven't been diagnosed? If so, what one/s?

What sort of treatment options have you considered or experienced?

[Poll Coming]

No, but every single person in my immediate family has LD, ADD, or Depression, so I'll probably be diagnosed at some point.