Mental Conditions

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

I've been debating whether to try medication for this stuff or not. I mean, its inconvenient for me to randomly freak out, but typically I am able to think rationally even if I feel so peculiar and excuse myself if I need to.
I mean, it can get in the way, but I hear the pills available have harsh side effects. How are they with you?

The general rule is that if you're having seizures, it's a Very Bad Idea (enough to deserve capital letters, even) to leave them untreated. They have a tendency to get worse over time if you ignore them (not always for everyone, but more often than not), in terms of both frequency and effects, and if you wait until that point, they can also be harder to control.

If it's not too bad to start out with, a lot of the time you can get away with using lower doses of weaker medications with fewer side effects. In my case, I had to try a couple different ones first, but after a little fiddling around we were able to find something that works nearly perfectly (unless I'm really sick physically (like food poisoning or something) or very sleep deprived (which is an excellent way to induce seizures all on its own)) and with basically no side effects.

I had to stick with it after the first thing I tried stopped working well enough after ~6 months and the second made me feel kind of crappy, but this one has been great for the past few years and definitely worth going through the trial and error stuff to find it. The general rule of thumb is that newer (where "newer" is a fuzzy, relative thing: "from the past couple decades" vs. "before you were born" as opposed to "last year" vs. "three years ago") medications are less likely to have crappy side effects, but they're also less likely to work, while the older ones are extremely effective but also tend to be more likely to do things you don't want. If your brain's not trying to fry itself too much to begin with at this point, there's not really any reason they'd throw the harsher ones at you unless all the relatively harmless ones have failed already.

I'm not a doctor by any means, but I've been dealing with this kind of stuff for a while and have picked up a lot over the years and can probably answer a good deal of questions (but I've gotten a bit lazy these days and don't cite medical journal articles anymore like I used to, heh). <insert standard disclaimer here about seeing an actual neurologist before actually doing/deciding anything for real>

 

[Elle-Jai]

Ahahahahaha. How much time do you have?

Quick summary is:
-Asperger's
-Major Depression
-BPD

Also an ex-SI.

 

[khaimera]

There's actually nothing wrong with me.

Yeah, except that you call yourself fuckwit.

As for me, no mental illness, used to be depressed, but worked through it.

Could you please explain how my calling myself fuckwit has anything to do with my mental health?

Gladly, and its all speculation.

You have chosen a name that could be read in two ways. You may be telling wit to go fuck itself. Or you may be be using is as an insult against yourself. In the first case, why would someone hate wit? Thats kind of odd.

In the second case, its self-deprecating which is not a sign on strong mental health.

Or there's nothing wrong with you and I'm reading way too much into a screen name that could have been used to get attention.

There is no correlation between your name and actual illness though.

 

[khaimera]

Ahahahahaha. How much time do you have?

Quick summary is:
-Asperger's
-Major Depression
-BPD

Also an ex-SI.

Whats that last one mean? Just curious. Does the I stand for ideation? If so I know the S.

 

[Bourne]

A few spats of depression here and there, mainly as a result of confusion at the actions of others, probably a product of being raised by two manic-depressive alcoholics. But I'm not complaining, I've got both legs, reproductive organ still works (although it never gets used), and all my internals are still pumping.

 

[Alumit]

I've been successfully treated for Clinical Depression, Social Anxiety, and Psychosis.



Thank God it's over : )

 

[Elle-Jai]

Whats that last one mean? Just curious. Does the I stand for ideation? If so I know the S.

Whoops, that too, but in this instance I was referring to Self-Injury. :S

 

[fuckwit]

There's actually nothing wrong with me.

Yeah, except that you call yourself fuckwit.

As for me, no mental illness, used to be depressed, but worked through it.

Could you please explain how my calling myself fuckwit has anything to do with my mental health?

Gladly, and its all speculation.

You have chosen a name that could be read in two ways. You may be telling wit to go fuck itself. Or you may be be using is as an insult against yourself. In the first case, why would someone hate wit? Thats kind of odd.

In the second case, its self-deprecating which is not a sign on strong mental health.

Or there's nothing wrong with you and I'm reading way too much into a screen name that could have been used to get attention.

There is no correlation between your name and actual illness though.

Ah, but you forget that I might use this name ironically, or by pure random choice.

 

[khaimera]

Whats that last one mean? Just curious. Does the I stand for ideation? If so I know the S.

Whoops, that too, but in this instance I was referring to Self-Injury. :S

Oh yeah I forgot about that one. Thanks for answering such a personal question. I've worked with SI before, both kinds, so I know how awful they truly are.

Then there's my own past expericnes with them as a teen, but I'll save that story for another time

 

[wikicated]

hmmm, I remember having something when I was a little child however I dont seem to remember much from then however I do remeber being quite aggressive and being on something that was rather horrible as it made me feel like a zombie

hate teh meds it killed what little social life i had.

My friend: hi
Me: hey.
My friend: oh your on meds huh?
Me: yes.
My friend: well talk to later bye
Me: Grunt*

made me feel like my skin crawled and the jitters

it was ADD but who have that doesn't these days

 

[AfroTree]

There's actually nothing wrong with me.

Yeah, except that you call yourself fuckwit.

As for me, no mental illness, used to be depressed, but worked through it.

off-topic: For the Turtle club, turtle!

also

dyspraxia..or was it dyslexia?...i should memorise it, -diagnosed

and bouts of depression - self-diagnosed but, take it with a pinch of salt, it's not a lot of the time

 

[wikicated]

hmmm, I remember having something when I was a little child however I dont seem to remember much from then however I do remeber being quite aggressive and being on something that was rather horrible as it made me feel like a zombie

hate teh meds it killed what little social life i had.

My friend: hi
Me: hey.
My friend: oh your on meds huh?
Me: yes.
My friend: well talk to later bye
Me: Grunt*

made me feel like my skin crawled and the jitters

it was ADD but who have that doesn't these days

Edit: also im a teenager would should be classified as a mental disorder.

 

[khaimera]

There's actually nothing wrong with me.

Yeah, except that you call yourself fuckwit.

As for me, no mental illness, used to be depressed, but worked through it.

off-topic: For the Turtle club, turtle!

also

dyspraxia..or was it dyslexia?...i should memorise it, -diagnosed

and bouts of depression - self-diagnosed but, take it with a pinch of salt, it's not a lot of the time

I heart you. You win the award for first person to figure out my innane quote.

Here is your prize

Spoiler

I hope my quote doesn't contrdict with me saying I have no mental illness.

 

[AfroTree]

There's actually nothing wrong with me.

Yeah, except that you call yourself fuckwit.

As for me, no mental illness, used to be depressed, but worked through it.

off-topic: For the Turtle club, turtle!

also

dyspraxia..or was it dyslexia?...i should memorise it, -diagnosed

and bouts of depression - self-diagnosed but, take it with a pinch of salt, it's not a lot of the time

I heart you. You win the award for first person to figure out my innane quote.

Here is your prize

Spoiler

I hope my quote doesn't contrdict with me saying I have no mental illness.

Hell yeah i'll take that turtle suit!

TURTLE!!

also

unless watching that awesome films makes you insane, you are in the clear!

 

[Boris Goodenough]

I have none, despite most people trying to tell me I have OCD/OCPH, autism, and other stuff aswell.

Hypochondria, apart from that I'm as healthy as an ox.

Awesome.

 

[Caurus]

Yeah I do, I have BDD, depression, anxiety issues and agoraphobia. Because of these I have things like insomnia too.
For me depression is something I have always had. I do OK most of the time and I am pretty happy now I'm an adult and have more control over my life. My boyfriend changed my life for the better too.

Always remember the way you feel is caused by your issues but you are responsible for how you handle that.
Hmmm also, there is nothing wrong with doing things like making lots of lists, taking breaks, whatever makes you feel sane.

 

[Powereaver]

i also fall under the aspergers syndrome category.. but its hardly ever i get spotted as having it... people just think im "normal"

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Lets see, I have
Asperger's
OCD
Tourette's
Sexual Anhedonia (inability to feel sexual pleasure)
depression
Disgraphia (Inability to draw or write well)
And possibly paranoid schizophrenia.

Holy shit... sorry i guess