Bi-polar

[Vidar]

So i was recently diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder.

Thoughts?

[Pitborn]

Hopefully you won't use it as an excuse for a murder spree.

[Vidar]

it wasnt me..its was 'him'

[Itap]

Please elaborate on why you think you were diagnosed with this disorder

[loramin]

I have it. It's annoying, but it hasn't stopped me from having a full life. When I first found out I had it I was pretty depressed, and thought I'd never get a job, a girlfriend, etc. Now I have a six figures job, a beautiful wife, etc. so I'm not bullshitting when I say it won't ruin your life if you don't let it.

I try to maintain a regular sleep schedule, and try never to miss my meds, and when I do I stay pretty middle of the road (not perfectly un-depressed or un-manic, but only ever a bit of each). I still piss my friends and co-workers off sometimes when I let myself get too depressed and/or manic, and I've been known to get speeding tickets and spend too much money when I get hypomanic, but in the last few years I haven't even had those issues (well, I still piss people off sometimes; that part seems inescapable).

If you have any questions about it feel free to ask (here or in PMs).

P.S. And to any psychotherapy skeptics out there, I agree with being skeptical about trying to solve everything with pills, but some people like me really do need them. When I first found out I was bipolar it was because I got so manic I had to be committed to a mental hospital. Trust me, whatever small side effects I get from my pills (and really I have almost none at this point) are a small price to pay for sanity, and thanks to them I've never had another true manic episode.

[Vidar]

because ive been to several mental health clinics and a psychiatrist who diagnosed me as bi-polar with dysphoric mania.

There was some drama that happened and that led to my going to these places/people.

[Pitborn]

I'd honestly say that 70% of the people out there ( and 100% of the people that play Red 99 ) have some sort of mental illness.

A lot of my peers battle depression.. I think I might struggle with it too if I didn't smoke a lot of pot and have a life that makes me happy for the most part.

Live your best life. Don't let a diagnosis dictate your future.

[Archalen]

I have it. It's annoying, but it hasn't stopped me from having a full life. When I first found out I had it I was pretty depressed, and thought I'd never get a job, a girlfriend, etc. Now I have a six figures job, a beautiful wife, etc. so I'm not bullshitting when I say it won't ruin your life if you don't let it.

I try to maintain a regular sleep schedule, and try never to miss my meds, and when I do I stay pretty middle of the road (not perfectly un-depressed or un-manic, but only ever a bit of each). I still piss my friends and co-workers off sometimes when I let myself get too depressed and/or manic, and I've been known to get speeding tickets and spend too much money when I get hypomanic, but in the last few years I haven't even had those issues (well, I still piss people off sometimes; that part seems inescapable).

If you have any questions about it feel free to ask (here or in PMs).

P.S. And to any psychotherapy skeptics out there, I agree with being skeptical about trying to solve everything with pills, but some people like me really do need them. When I first found out I was bipolar it was because I got so manic I had to be committed to a mental hospital. Trust me, whatever small side effects I get from my pills (and really I have almost none at this point) are a small price to pay for sanity, and thanks to them I've never had another true manic episode.

Yes, I've worked in the mental health field and know a good bit about this. Bipolar takes a different outlook than standard anxiety/depression. With the latter, you can usually recover without medication, although it can be very difficult. With bipolar, you don't just have tired nerves that need rest. The closest case I've seen to coping without medication was a very self-aware sufferer who meditated regularly and was deep into yoga/ martial arts and was regularly engaged with a great therapist. That type of coping can take you far, but not all the way usually with bipolar. Usually better to do that in concert with medication.

[Glenzig_]

LOL MY BRO BEING HYPOMANIC TOO TALKIN ABOUT RESEARCHING THE ATROCITIES OF SLAVERY ON WIKIPEDIA AND MAKING VIDEOS FOR A 16 YEAR OLD UK ANOREXIC BEYONCE COVER SINGER

LOL MANIA

IM FINE THOUGH

[iruinedyourday]

I have it. It's annoying, but it hasn't stopped me from having a full life. When I first found out I had it I was pretty depressed, and thought I'd never get a job, a girlfriend, etc. Now I have a six figures job, a beautiful wife, etc. so I'm not bullshitting when I say it won't ruin your life if you don't let it.

I try to maintain a regular sleep schedule, and try never to miss my meds, and when I do I stay pretty middle of the road (not perfectly un-depressed or un-manic, but only ever a bit of each). I still piss my friends and co-workers off sometimes when I let myself get too depressed and/or manic, and I've been known to get speeding tickets and spend too much money when I get hypomanic, but in the last few years I haven't even had those issues (well, I still piss people off sometimes; that part seems inescapable).

If you have any questions about it feel free to ask (here or in PMs).

P.S. And to any psychotherapy skeptics out there, I agree with being skeptical about trying to solve everything with pills, but some people like me really do need them. When I first found out I was bipolar it was because I got so manic I had to be committed to a mental hospital. Trust me, whatever small side effects I get from my pills (and really I have almost none at this point) are a small price to pay for sanity, and thanks to them I've never had another true manic episode.

Hey I have a question I hope not to offend, since you know so well that you have a bi-polar condition.. when you have mood swings, are you able to be like -oh doh, wait a minuet guys, im just having issues with my bi-polar right now.. ill be ok!

I dont mean to offend! I hope I dont!

[Vidar]

Hey I have a question I hope not to offend, since you know so well that you have a bi-polar condition.. when you have mood swings, are you able to be like -oh doh, wait a minuet guys, im just having issues with my bi-polar right now.. ill be ok!

I dont mean to offend! I hope I dont!

Honestly, i have been diagnosed for about a month now, so i cant say for sure... that being said who knows how long ive actually had it. In the past ive had 'depression' that i have recognized (ive battled depression for years...not sure, but it probably was part of the bipolar) and forced myself to not isolate myself. Ex. being going to the gym and going to sports bars to watch fights etc. Not all times were successful, as i couldnt always last through the whole night of being around people. That being said, as far as the depression goes, yes i can sometimes tell that i am not 'normal' and i need to force myself to get out of my comfort zone. Meaning getting around people in one way or another and not being the hermit on eq never going outside =\

[iruinedyourday]

Well I hope you the best of luck and though I don't know you, ill be sending my positive energy in you're direction (wherever that is!) good luck!! :)

[Vidar]

Well I hope you the best of luck and though I don't know you, ill be sending my positive energy in you're direction (wherever that is!) good luck!! :)

I appreciate that! P99ers Unite!!

[Glenzig_]

oops now hes manic again good job

[loramin]

Hey I have a question I hope not to offend, since you know so well that you have a bi-polar condition.. when you have mood swings, are you able to be like -oh doh, wait a minuet guys, im just having issues with my bi-polar right now.. ill be ok!

I dont mean to offend! I hope I dont!

For me the answer is sort of yes. I've known I've had it for about a decade now, and at first I was terrible at recognizing when I was getting "out of whack". Over time though, especially after I got some therapy, I became a lot better at recognizing when I was being manic/depressed. For instance, whenever I write a particularly fiery post here on P99 I usually come back a few minutes or a few hours later and go "oh man, I was totally a jerk there and now that I think about it I am feeling rather high energy". On my best days I realize it before I even hit the post button, and I wait a few hours until I'm feeling less passionate.

When that happens, whether it's here or somewhere more important like work, I do try and apologize or edit my post to be less caustic or something. I don't mention the bipolar though: it's human nature to see people with mental illness differently, and I'd rather my co-workers think I'm a jerk sometimes then think of me as crazy.

[Glenzig_]

u crazy sonofabitch get away from my children terrorist queer

[loramin]

u crazy sonofabitch get away from my children terrorist queer

Luckily I don't care what Glenzig thinks ;)

[stormlord]

Just being an asshole or writing a passionate post doesn't make you Bi-polar. It's just like hte other day I was reading about ADHD and the ADHD expert in the article said something like "Everybody has problems every so oftne wiht attention, but..."

EDIT: found the link here:
www.childmind.org -> Hyperfocus: The Flip Side of ADHD? Thinking about dysregulation, not deficit, of attention (http://www.childmind.org/en/posts/articles/2013-9-23-hyperfocus-flip-side-adhd)
Hyperfocusing on stimulating or compelling activities isn't unique to ADHD. "We all pay attention better to the things that we're interested in, and it's more of an effort to pay attention to things we're less interested in," Dr. Auciello says. "Attention in 'normal' people is not perfect." However, it can become a real problem in kids with ADHD who have an impairing inability to "attention switch," as Dr. Rosenthal puts it. Luckily, when focusing on necessary tasks is the problem, hyperfocus can also be the solution.
I think a good bit of this we're supposed to leanr when we're kids. For example, acting out and being an a***** isn't conducive to getting homework done or making friends. Some kids don't learn and I think they tend to have these mental disorders.

I think a good lot of prisoners also have mental disorders. Imagine in the future they might think our prison system was savage because it was torturing people with mental disorders.

www.huffingtonpost.com -> Psychopaths' Brains Aren't Wired To Show Empathy, Study Finds (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/psychopath-brain-hardwiring-concern-for-others_n_3149856.html)
Psychopaths are unable to show empathy toward others because their brains aren't wired to do so, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry.

Researchers from the University of Chicago used brain imaging technology to find that psychopaths have less activation in certain parts of the brain and high activation in other parts of the brain, compared with people who are not psychopaths, in response to scenarios of people being purposely hurt.
"This is the first time that neural processes associated with empathic processing have been directly examined in individuals with psychopathy, especially in response to the perception of other people in pain or distress," study researcher Jean Decety, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Chicago, said in a statement.

In the past, British researchers found that psychopaths actually have differences in their brain structure, compared with people who aren't psychopaths. A study published last year in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted on violent criminals in Britain showed that psychopaths have less gray matter in the anterior rostral prefrontal cortex brain region, Reuters reported.
Here's another thing about PTSD and neurlogic soft signs:
www.crimetimes.org -> Neurological `soft signs,' reduced IQ linked to PTSD (http://www.crimetimes.org/00c/w00cp8.htm)
Tamara Gurvits and colleagues studied 21 adult women who were sexually abused as children, and 38 veterans of the Vietnam War. Each group contained subjects with and without symptoms of PTSD. When the researchers performed neuro-logical and psychological tests on their subjects, they found that "subjects with PTSD reported more neurodevelopmental problems and more childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and had lower IQs, all of which were significantly correlated with neurologic soft signs." These results remained true after the researchers accounted for alcoholism or head injury.
The researchers say their find-ings do not negate the validity of post-traumatic stress disorder as a diagnostic entity, noting that "in the veterans, the correlation of combat exposure with PTSD symptoms was high." They theorize, rather, that "a diminish hed ability to cope with a traumatic event and its consequences owing to lower intelligence may increase the likelihood of the PTSD outcome." They note, too, that neurologic soft signs are associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders, ranging from s schizophrenia to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

[Glenzig_]

luck, fate, or implausible denial since i, the real glenzig, are all you care about

and yes the populations of mental hospitals to prisons is a phenomenon of shameful ignorance and perpetuation of violence on an industrial scale

real glenzig out

[loramin]

Just being an asshole or writing a passionate post doesn't make you Bi-polar. It's just like hte other day I was reading about ADHD and the ADHD expert in the article said something like "Everybody has problems every so oftne wiht attention, but..."

Totally. For instance ordinary people don't do well when they miss some sleep; that's universal. What's bipolar is when, instead of making you tired, getting bad sleep actually gives you insomnia (because it makes you more manic). Or like, normal people become bigger jerks when they're tired, but they don't get in to a state of mind where they spend money, drive fast, argue over stuff they'd never normally argue over, etc.

It's kind of like seeing an alcoholic have a few drinks. For any normal person having a few drinks isn't a sign of anything, but when you see an alcoholic drinking you know they're having a relapse. Similarly with me when I see myself write a flame post I've learned it's a sign that something is going wrong in my brain's chemistry, but like you said someone else could write a flame post and that's just them being their normal selves.

[Aviann]

At the beginning of this year I was diagnosed with minor PTSD, Major DD, and Bipolar disorder. Its been a rough one trying to figure out what kind of medication will level me out without having too many adherent effects on my routine life... For the most part, I've stopped being a complete dick to people irl, and have gone into a depression induced sub-coma full-time. It sucks, but at least I am here. Even if I'm not sure what side of my personality is actually who I want to be... I've struggled with jobs the entire year as well, from the beginning to end. Its discouraging when you go from having the same job for years and years to stooping low enough to catch something part time that you know you can keep, because you either can't sleep correctly or you can't handle people yet and be aware of the decisions that either you, or the medication, is making. It takes time, but don't give up.

Don't ever feel like you are alone in this battle, because considering half of America would scoff at some of the crap we deal with and say its just in our head, its just that... in our head. No matter how we may have been raised, it still boils down to a minor chemical imbalance that we can not help but try to better ourselves with over time.

A tip from me to you, if you can combat it without medication, please do it. An emotional lobotomy like Paxil should always be last resort for those who don't enjoy taking medication for the rest of their lives. I still wonder what's going to happen when they apply the maximum dosage to me... More or less afterward. Do I finally get Xanax after the bullshit I've put myself through? Hopefully so.

[Buzzed Killer]

Almost everyone can legitimately say they are depressed. I'd just stop trying to find something to blame it on and just accept it as a human trait. Think about all the people who have lived throughout history in much worse types of conditions. I'm sure many of them felt the same way or even worse. Life in general is hard and depressing to everyone in one way or another. Especially when you get old and your loved ones start to pass away as you get lonelier and lonelier while your body painfully deteriorates into a rotting corpse in eternal darkness. And that's if you are considered "lucky" and aren't brutally killed or baked to death by radiation and chemotherapy.






Deal with it.

[Aviann]

Almost everyone can legitimately say they are depressed. I'd just stop trying to find something to blame it on and just accept it as a human trait. Think about all the people who have lived throughout history in much worse types of conditions. I'm sure many of them felt the same way or even worse. Life in general is hard and depressing to everyone in one way or another. Especially when you get old and your loved ones start to pass away as you get lonelier and lonelier while your body painfully deteriorates into a rotting corpse in eternal darkness. And that's if you are considered "lucky" and aren't brutally killed or baked to death by radiation and chemotherapy.






Deal with it.

Obviously you have no idea what the fuck you are talking about, but its ok. When you are alone and in the intense moment of despair because of your baby boomer brethren fucking the world sideways, you can look for help because of people like us. We don't get medicated because of a few short moments of depression, its an everlasting and intangible mental fight that a lot of people do go through, except it has a constant factor dangling over the minds of some individuals, and thankfully some of these individuals look for help instead of taking things into their own hands while they are alone.

But you probably don't care about science, or what its done in the past 50 years for the human race, even in terms of neurology. Deal with it.

[Buzzed Killer]

Obviously you have no idea what the fuck you are talking about, but its ok. When you are alone and in the intense moment of despair because of your baby boomer brethren fucking the world sideways, you can look for help because of people like us. We don't get medicated because of a few short moments of depression, its an everlasting and intangible mental fight that a lot of people do go through, except it has a constant factor dangling over the minds of some individuals, and thankfully some of these individuals look for help instead of taking things into their own hands while they are alone.

But you probably don't care about science, or what its done in the past 50 years for the human race, even in terms of neurology. Deal with it.

Just stop crying over everything and man up. The women In your life must think you're a joke. Just rub one out and take a nap like a real man. You're lucky technology has evolved to be able to pamper you sissies instead of survival of the fittest.

I'd hate to be stuck In any situation with you that required any type of mental toughness. Anyone can go to the doc and choose from a variety of the same meds you take. It's a business, and you're just a client they want coming back.

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[Mac Drettj]

dont pay attention to buzz killer, hes a 4'6 philipino who lives at his moms house and goes to community college at age 35. He was also caught using live action role playing forums to find dates.

hes clearly the most depressed person on these boards

[Ragnaros]

lol retti

[Buzzed Killer]

dont pay attention to buzz killer, hes a 4'6 philipino who lives at his moms house and goes to community college at age 35. He was also caught using live action role playing forums to find dates.

hes clearly the most depressed person on these boards

It's all true. Retti is also not fat with a great job.


Winners...

[Secrets]

I'm diagnosed bipolar too. Should come as a surprise to no one.

[Doors]

Don't get fooled by mental disorder shit. Some diagnosis's are legit MH problems for sure but I work in the field and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of Americans suffer from Anxiety, Depression, Bi Polar disorder, etc.

They make a fortune off prescribing medications for the most basic shit. Everyone suffers anxiety and depression at some point in their life. You could argue almost everyone out there is also bi polar at certain points in life. A diagnosis doesn't define you as a person. Don't let that shit bring you down.

[Buzzed Killer]

Don't get fooled by mental disorder shit. Some diagnosis's are legit MH problems for sure but I work in the field and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of Americans suffer from Anxiety, Depression, Bi Polar disorder, etc.

They make a fortune off prescribing medications for the most basic shit. Everyone suffers anxiety and depression at some point in their life. You could argue almost everyone out there is also bi polar at certain points in life. A diagnosis doesn't define you as a person. Don't let that shit bring you down.

Exactly what I'm saying. Sorry mine isnt as sugar coated. I do understand that there are people with more serious mental issues. It's just hilarious that I see so many of these so called "super depressed" people have time to do all this social networking etc.

Perfect example is Aviann talking about depression etc, then posting dozens of selfies on the pic bored. You're not depressed, you're a self absorbed entitled product of todays society that needs attention to feel happy and has a inability to deal with your life's simple problems.


It's called being a human adult. Deal with it...

[Hailto]

Grow up buzzed killer.

[Aviann]

Exactly what I'm saying. Sorry mine isnt as sugar coated. I do understand that there are people with more serious mental issues. It's just hilarious that I see so many of these so called "super depressed" people have time to do all this social networking etc.

Perfect example is Aviann talking about depression etc, then posting dozens of selfies on the pic bored. You're not depressed, you're a self absorbed entitled product of todays society that needs attention to feel happy and has a inability to deal with your life's simple problems.


It's called being a human adult. Deal with it...

You must be an expert of selfies, considering you read an entire persons personality from them. When people are trying to help and you try and shut them down, it just proves that you are a moron.

[iruinedyourday]

Why dont you just deal with your own life buzzed killer, you seem to have enough problems QQing about everyone else

[Glenzig_]

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[Buzzed Killer]

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[Bardalicious]

dont pay attention to buzz killer, hes a 4'6 philipino who lives at his moms house and goes to community college at age 35. He was also caught using live action role playing forums to find dates.

hes clearly the most depressed person on these boards


LOL

[Buzzed Killer]

You're constant attacks on me being philipino would help if i was actually anywhere close to being philipino. Could care less if you decided to shit on the entire culture.

racist white people are hilarious. =)

[Glenzig_]

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[Pokesan]

does schizophrenia count?

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[Fame]

Nut up and stop being such a faggot. First world problems, the fuck outta here.

[Bbobo_]

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[Bbobo_]

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[Slathar]

dont pay attention to buzz killer, hes a 4'6 philipino who lives at his moms house and goes to community college at age 35. He was also caught using live action role playing forums to find dates.

hes clearly the most depressed person on these boards

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this is the funniest post ive ever seen on this forum A+

[2pacalypse]

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