How many people have been

[DJ Nocker]

I was just wondering, like seriusly.

Who on this forum has been diagnosed with some form of mental illness. Im not talking about "Oh everyone thinks i am" or "oh i show all the symptoms so i must be" or you people who think its cool to act that way for attention. Im talking a doctor has diagnosed you, a professional. Im sick of people bragging about mental problems they have to get attention, especially when they havent even been diagnosed.

Myself personaly, i have been Diagnosed with being ADHD (although i dont really count that becuase the definition of this changes every 3 hours...) and i am Bi-polar. I dont think these are things to be happy about having, they can make life difficult, agree?

[Guest Megalicious]

They can make life more then just difficult. I have been diagnosed with a great many things, from Bipolar (type 2), Dysthymic Disorder a type of deppresion. And though I have been threw all this differnt types of treatment for different type of depression nothing has ever worked untill now. I have now been diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and have being going through the DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) Program here in my county. Though it is still the begining I have seen a dramatic change, not to mention the change my SO has seen. It nice not to be so angry/uspet/sad all the time, it nice not to live in the "emotional mind". I'm just glad to feel some sort of relief, though skeptical at first it has really made a great improvement, I just wish I could have found it a little sooner .. perhaps like 25 years sooner lol .. =)

[Fierce Critter]

<-- currently diagnosed as and being successfully treated for severe clinical depression.

The current meds I'm on work so subtly, I'm tempted often to go off them. I'm "normalized" perfectly - no down- or up-swings.

Same story as my husband. Been on the same meds for about 3 years now after being diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder & depression. He's so normal now, it's amazing.

Effexxor XR - good stuff.

[BrassFusion]

ADHD here, and that's it-the diagnosis was about 10 years ago, and I don't take any adderal or ritalin or do followup visits to the shrink, so I don't know if I've "grown out of it." I don't *THINK* I have.

I've thought about checking into adult medication for it, because I sometimes have trouble with procrastination and scatterbraindedness, but I don't know if that's a chemical or mental thing. I think a lot of ADHD diagnoses aren't really due to a chemical imbalance at all, and from what I've heard, there's no way to quantitatively measure it.

As for living with it, I'm kinda happy as a fruit loop. =) God knows I connect better with other people who've been diagnosed as ADHD. Most of my students and their parents (the people who matter most to my "professional" life) like me the way I am despite my sometimes spastic teaching style.

[Head Wreck]

adhd, though i dont truly regard it as a mental illness but as a dissability, and i belive the law in this country also regards it as such

[BrassFusion]

I'm not disabled!

I'm handi-capable!

[Head Wreck]

officially my dissabilities are:

ADHD

Dyslexia

Dyspraxia

i have things i find difficult, but tbh they give me more advantages than trouble

[Msterbeau]

Yes.

[Homicidalheathen]

Nope. She said I had cognetive thinking disorder but it is nothing normal mind processes cannot over come.

It comes from being abused as a child. I think everything I do is wrong now at first....I have to tell myself it is ok and follow through on everything....I self doubt now.

But no, I don't need meds. Oh and I have S.A.D. It is hereditary and there is nothing I can do. My seratonin level just gets too low when it is dark out for a long time, thats why I crave chocolate in the winter.

Oh I have Adult ADD but I dont take anything for it.

OH and some kind of shock syndrome like soldiers get. Certain things trigger stress and thus my narcalepsy and I sorta just go 'bonk' and fall right asleep.

So I cannot blame my actions on being nuts, it's just me. I am normally wierd I guess.

[Rayne]

Not me, but I know several people who have.

I have been diagnosed with ADD (diagnosed before they classified all as ADHD), numeric dyslexia, hypoglycemia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and really bad Anemia ... but none of those are mental disorders.

[honeymustard02]

None that I know of. But I probably have dyslexia and depression. But nothing extreme.

I can live with it.

[Brenda Starrr]

I'm dyslexic. I probably have ADD as well. I haven't had that one confirmed, though.

[Head Wreck]

dyslexia is not a mental dissorder.

its due to the cerabelum being under developed. its physical

[Brenda Starrr]

I know that, Chris. I know a lot about these things, as I've had to deal with them in others. I guess that I'm just blessed, and put it out there. Just for shits and giggles.

[bean]

Diagnosed:

bipolar disorder(type 2), anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder.

[Shade Everdark]

Ha.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Clinical depression, as if you couldn't guess.

Social anxiety disorder, duh.

The possibility has been raised that I might be mildly OCD, too, but I haven't had that one confirmed.

[JaneDead]

Diagnosed:

bipolar disorder(type 2), anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder.

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what is bipolar disorder type 2? i thought that there was only just bipolar?

[Guest Megalicious]

what is bipolar disorder type 2? i thought that there was only just bipolar?

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Type 2 is the what they have labled the more mild type of Bipolar...

Some different types but not all of them.

[JaneDead]

Type 2 is the what they have labled the more mild type of Bipolar...

Some different types but not all of them.

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thanks.

i know someone who i was told is manic depressive/bi polar so that is the only *type* i am familiar with. (she has the real highs and lows of it. being quite manic and then depressed)

[Guest Megalicious]

I believe the only really differnce is the intensity of the manic episodes, Type 1 tend to be more on the schizo side. The mania gets so bad they start seeing things and hearing shit. Atleast that is the general idea I get from it.

[honeymustard02]

I think my boyfriend has a mild case of OCD. He has this thing of turning the alarm clock on and off a million times before he goes to sleep. It's just funny.

[Guest Megalicious]

I believe I may have a hint of OCD =) I have this thing with nacho's and burrito's ... THEY MUST BE EVEN , every thing on them must be in the same amount!!! Jarod calls them my OCD nacho's =)

[Head Wreck]

all my washing must have matching colour pegs when i hang out. its no bigie if thier not mind you but i try to get all pegs on a garment the same colour and type nonetheless

[bean]

The difference between type 1 and type 2 bipolar was explained to me as:

type 1 generally experiencing mania mostly, while type 2 have fairly equal amounts of highs and lows. Type 2's can hallucinate, though it is correct that type 2 is not as severe as type one. Mine is rapid cycling, and the times when I have a high and low going at the same time suck.

[DarkVampire]

I have no desire to see any doctor for something like this, when I already have an idea what mental issues I have. I do not like doctors and the only way I will see one is if it's life threatening.

Paranoia? :innocent