Mental Disorders You Have (Or Think You May Have)

[Pappeska]

Diagnosed bipolar, and some anxiety on the side. With a cynic outlook on life and not much faith in humanity.

 

[Biodeamon]

A few things...
probably insanity, hallucinations and sleeping disorders...
and i might have been diagnosed with a whole lot of others including turrets

 

[BlueMage]

About the only thing more trendy than people self-diagnosing is people going full white-knight mode and accusing people of self-diagnosing, regardless of whether or not that person's actually got the bloody documents to say so.

It's no surprise either, to see that many of the people doing this have "nothing wrong" with them.

To be fair if I think if you had suffered and still suffer due to real mental disorders then you too would be annoyed by people claiming that little character traits make them Austisic or OCD or something. Still considering apparently mental illness affects 1/4 people some time in their life there's good reason to believe that most the users here are telling the truth, since far more regular people won't bother going on or posting on the thread only to say "nothing diagnosed".

Just because someone thinks they have a disorder without a professional diagnosis doesn't mean they don't have that disorder. I think I'm schizotypal. Doesn't mean I DO have it, but it doesn't mean that DON'T have it either.

I can't judge in your situation personally since I don't know you so this is only general stuff, but the whole point of a mental disorder is that it is "generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture". In other words, it must have a serious detrimental effect on the sufferer's life, so it strikes me how many people could remain undiagnosed for a disorder which supposedly has evidently negative effects of that person's life.

Personally though I was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome at the age of 9 or 10, it wasn't like it was a sudden shock or anything, even from the age of 1 or 2 my parents had realised there was something very different about me and it severely impacted my life. Now thankfully as I've grown older I've managed to overcome many of the difficulties associated with that disorder, though perhaps ironically it was just as I was overcoming that that my second more serious disorder manifested itself, which I don't want to go into details for privacy reasons but I can say it's not something minor like OCD or depression and there's no drugs or cure available. Fun. Anyway, my long and rambling point is that real mental disorders are usually very obvious in their sufferers and so I find it hard to believe that someone could really have a mental disorder if it's tolerable enough for them to never need to go to a doctor for it.

I never said it wasn't bad enough that seeing a psychiatrist, but they are merely drug-pushers who get paid by drug companies to diagnose people with a problem that can ONLY be solved with ... DRUGS! It's called a kick-back.

I don't enjoy feeling like the air around me is constricting when I'm around a crowd of people. I don't enjoy that I have to date Virgo women only because I feel that everybody under all the other signs is totally incapable of being faithful to their partners. I don't enjoy feeling like everybody is a government agent that's trying to do whatever they can to drive me to suicide or everybody is working for some corporation and are only trying to get close to me to steal my ideas. I don't enjoy feeling like God has people avoiding me because he's angry I discovered that the meaning of life is simply reproduction and that everything is pointless and no matter what anybody does it will eventually be forgotten by the ravage of time.

Besides, there's no cure for schizotypal personality disorder anyway. Not like some legalized-drug pusher trying to pay off his mortgage and student loan is gonna want me actually cured. All these people want is money, not your well-being! There's no money is healthy people ...

Maybe you are, maybe you aren't, there's no way for me to be able to judge that. What I would recommend is trying to find a doctor who won't sell you any drugs, I don't take any drugs for either of mine, then again I do live in the UK so there's no incentive for medical professionals to sell drugs unless they really do benefit the patient as they don't see any profit from it. You'd be surprised at what can be achieved solely through behavioural changes and a bit of effort. If it really is as bad as you make out then you'll be glad of anything that can help.

Your doctors don't get kick-backs from the drug companies for prescribing different drugs to patients? Wow, the British medical system is a lot different than ours!

One of my older sisters had a concussion and was given some kind of drug to help her stay focused (I forget the name), and she was saying that if she knew that taking the drug would kill her in 24 hours and that, if she stopped, she would live 20 years, she would much rather live 24 hours than stop taking it. Jesus Christ! O_e

I never trust medical "professionals". The only different between them and some guy selling drugs on the street is that the doctor has an office and (hopefully) a diploma on the wall.

Do you know why your sister felt that way? Probably the same reason I felt the way I did about the ritalin. Because it goddamn works.

 

[JoJo]

About the only thing more trendy than people self-diagnosing is people going full white-knight mode and accusing people of self-diagnosing, regardless of whether or not that person's actually got the bloody documents to say so.

It's no surprise either, to see that many of the people doing this have "nothing wrong" with them.

To be fair if I think if you had suffered and still suffer due to real mental disorders then you too would be annoyed by people claiming that little character traits make them Austisic or OCD or something. Still considering apparently mental illness affects 1/4 people some time in their life there's good reason to believe that most the users here are telling the truth, since far more regular people won't bother going on or posting on the thread only to say "nothing diagnosed".

Just because someone thinks they have a disorder without a professional diagnosis doesn't mean they don't have that disorder. I think I'm schizotypal. Doesn't mean I DO have it, but it doesn't mean that DON'T have it either.

I can't judge in your situation personally since I don't know you so this is only general stuff, but the whole point of a mental disorder is that it is "generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture". In other words, it must have a serious detrimental effect on the sufferer's life, so it strikes me how many people could remain undiagnosed for a disorder which supposedly has evidently negative effects of that person's life.

Personally though I was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome at the age of 9 or 10, it wasn't like it was a sudden shock or anything, even from the age of 1 or 2 my parents had realised there was something very different about me and it severely impacted my life. Now thankfully as I've grown older I've managed to overcome many of the difficulties associated with that disorder, though perhaps ironically it was just as I was overcoming that that my second more serious disorder manifested itself, which I don't want to go into details for privacy reasons but I can say it's not something minor like OCD or depression and there's no drugs or cure available. Fun. Anyway, my long and rambling point is that real mental disorders are usually very obvious in their sufferers and so I find it hard to believe that someone could really have a mental disorder if it's tolerable enough for them to never need to go to a doctor for it.

I never said it wasn't bad enough that seeing a psychiatrist, but they are merely drug-pushers who get paid by drug companies to diagnose people with a problem that can ONLY be solved with ... DRUGS! It's called a kick-back.

I don't enjoy feeling like the air around me is constricting when I'm around a crowd of people. I don't enjoy that I have to date Virgo women only because I feel that everybody under all the other signs is totally incapable of being faithful to their partners. I don't enjoy feeling like everybody is a government agent that's trying to do whatever they can to drive me to suicide or everybody is working for some corporation and are only trying to get close to me to steal my ideas. I don't enjoy feeling like God has people avoiding me because he's angry I discovered that the meaning of life is simply reproduction and that everything is pointless and no matter what anybody does it will eventually be forgotten by the ravage of time.

Besides, there's no cure for schizotypal personality disorder anyway. Not like some legalized-drug pusher trying to pay off his mortgage and student loan is gonna want me actually cured. All these people want is money, not your well-being! There's no money is healthy people ...

Maybe you are, maybe you aren't, there's no way for me to be able to judge that. What I would recommend is trying to find a doctor who won't sell you any drugs, I don't take any drugs for either of mine, then again I do live in the UK so there's no incentive for medical professionals to sell drugs unless they really do benefit the patient as they don't see any profit from it. You'd be surprised at what can be achieved solely through behavioural changes and a bit of effort. If it really is as bad as you make out then you'll be glad of anything that can help.

Your doctors don't get kick-backs from the drug companies for prescribing different drugs to patients? Wow, the British medical system is a lot different than ours!

One of my older sisters had a concussion and was given some kind of drug to help her stay focused (I forget the name), and she was saying that if she knew that taking the drug would kill her in 24 hours and that, if she stopped, she would live 20 years, she would much rather live 24 hours than stop taking it. Jesus Christ! O_e

I never trust medical "professionals". The only different between them and some guy selling drugs on the street is that the doctor has an office and (hopefully) a diploma on the wall.

Up to you, I've had a lot of good help from medical professionals over the years, without resorting to drugs but hey it's your life. We're all a little crazy in our own way anyway ;-)

As with most disorders, it is only officailly considered a disorder if it impacts your daily life to the point that you feel the need to see a doctor about it (such as regularly being late to work or not leaving you house at all, to make sure that it's safe).

I can't agree more with this, a silly personality trait like "I feel shy meeting new people" or "I like to keep stuff on my desk in a particular order" isn't a disorder, it's a normal character trait which everyone has a few of and it demeans the struggles of people with actual disorders.

 

[The Virgo]

Do you know why your sister felt that way? Probably the same reason I felt the way I did about the ritalin. Because it goddamn works.

No, she doesn't need it. The only reason she thinks she does is because she's goddamn addicted to it, that's why! Her brain tells her that needs it, so she thinks she can't live or function without it.

God, I hate her ... ><

 

[The Virgo]

I can't agree more with this, a silly personality trait like "I feel shy meeting new people" or "I like to keep stuff on my desk in a particular order" isn't a disorder, it's a normal character trait which everyone has a few of and it demeans the struggles of people with actual disorders.

I agree with this, too. I used to be shy (nothing wrong with that), but now I'm very distant and I would much rather bash my head against a wall repeatedly than go to a social gathering of any sort.

 

[Generalissimo]

aspergers syndrome: a moderate form of autism. if the doc had his way, i'd be on a dozen meds by now.

 

[redisforever]

I have ADD. I love it. I can think about whatever my mind switches to.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Multiple Personality Disorder. I'm kidding, it's not real.
[sub]SILENCE YOU FOOL![/sub]
I did have clinical depression or something when I was a young teenager but that's over with sooooooooooooooooooo: No, no I do not have any mental disorders.

 

[MzRie]

Bi-polar disorder with psychotic features, though I've been weaning off my anti-psychotic medication. Also, diagnosed as having OCD tendencies, but it really doesn't impact my ability to function, so it's not really an issue.

 

[hecticpicnic]

i though once i maybe be bipolar,but that was me just being a teenager.I'm pretty sure i have OCD not OCPD, i look at something and its gets me really frustrated if i can can't have it my way.And if everything isn't clean it has to completely chaotic.And if i wake up after 2 or something i can't do anything that day.I alot annoy people around me with my OCD-ness.

 

[AnOriginalConcept]

Depressive bipolar.
That one I know for sure.
I can go from ridiculously happy and excited one moment to being borderline suicidal the next.
Just depends on the general state of mind but I've gone that way for pretty much no reason at all before.

That and most likely a lot of social disorders related to anxiety and paranoia.
Other than that, I don't really know nor do I care to know. Just something else that's "wrong" with me.

While I'm obviously not qualified to comment on your condition, I'm going to anyway.

It was my impression that manic and depressive phases must last at least 2 weeks to be associated with bipolar disorder.

G'luck anyway.

 

[DemonicPancakes]

I think that I might be slightly schizophrenic because I hear voices and see...things...but, then again, my house could just be haunted. I'm rather depressed, and have been told so by a friend of the family that happens to be a shrink, but nothing "clinical" or "diagnosed" yet. I have ADD and ADHD, but those aren't actual disorders so they don't count. I'm a grammar nazi to the point of OCD, which causes me to run sentences through my head numerous times before I'll actually say anything.

Oh, I also have reverse narcissism; I hate myself. A lot.

Also included in my bundle of craziness: multiple personality disorder (or whatever they're calling it now)(not diagnosed), bipolar disorder(diagnosed), and severe paranoia.

 

[Fbuh]

I ahve been diagnosed with biological depression (yay chemicals!) and ADHD, though I think the H has worn off since I was 8. I think I may have bi polar, but I'm not sure. OCD runs in my family, but I don't have it too severely. Mostly I just have ot rearrange things every now and then.

However, I do have problems dealing with solipsism, and even nihilism when I'm in a really bad mood. My fiance has helped me with these, though, and I am slowly starting to realize that other people actually have feelings.

 

[Dogstile]

I've had many doctors tell me lots of wonderful things. Some told me I was a genius, others told me i might be bi polar. Others told me the guys who told me I was bi polar are full of shit.

Personally? I don't care. I'm me. How I act is not a disorder, fuck you if you think it is.

 

[MordinSolus]

I have to eat the same amount of things (like pretzels, crackers, etc.) on both sides of my mouth so I don't feel off-balance.

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one.

I've been professionally diagnosed with severe bipolar depression. Right now I'm on Lamictal and Lithium for it, along with weekly therapy sessions. Feels bad, man. I didn't even have the good fortune to get type I with the fun highs. Type II sucks.

I have it so severe and debilitating that, here in the US where I live, I qualify for disability. I just found that out today. Shit sucks.

I think you need a bro hug.

 

[PatrickXD]

Well i got diagnosed with mild OCD many years ago now, but pastoral managers at school suspect me of being bi-polar as well. Must be something to do with the year long periods of depression.

 

[The Virgo]

I have to eat the same amount of things (like pretzels, crackers, etc.) on both sides of my mouth so I don't feel off-balance.

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one.

I thought I was the only one, too!

 

[Shirokurou]

I'm slightly paranoid lately. I have a fear of dying in a car/plane/boat accident and not finishing all the stuff I have planned to do.

 

[KennardKId5]

I talk to myself.