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By *innamon! OP Woman
over a year ago
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Do any people here suffer with either of these and do you manage yourself and your medications well or tend to feel ok and stop taking them just to plummet down to a low.
Just curious about how to handle the problem when it is a friend or family member that suffers. Does medication help ?
I know there was a lady here a year or so ago that was bipolar but not seen her in some time. Thanks .. |
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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago
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I have a brother with border line but because he is over 18 we can not get any medical advise obviously or whether he is on medication which I seriously doubt he is, we will never find out unless he tells us which is just not going to happen! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Check out Mind or rethink and see if they have any good advice.
My sister has some mental illnesses, i feel that personally for her that mediation does help her but also having proper real life support and friends helps her even more. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My brother was diagnosed schizophrenic with borderline psychopathy when he was in his twenties. He spent a year in hospital having therapy after threatening to kill a load of coppers when he smashed his house up.
They tested me because one of my aunties also had mental problems. Before her death she had a habit of walking out of st.james hospital and into the sea.
I'm ok though, just a bit jekyll and hyde.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Check out Mind or rethink and see if they have any good advice.
My sister has some mental illnesses, i feel that personally for her that mediation does help her but also having proper real life support and friends helps her even more."
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I think there is a significant problem with the classification of mental illness in this country and the US.
If you look at the creeping way in which different methods of thinking about and coping with the world have been steadily 'medicalised' (the telephone directory--sized DSMV for example)...
It's bollocks.
As I say, we all have a touch of mental health - it just depends on how in touch you are with it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yup I've got social anxiety n bipolar I'm on mood stabilizers and seds when needed n yea as long as i keep taking them im fine all though summer is my worst time too many people about x |
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And the doctors will just fill you full of pills.
I do genuinely wonder - from both professional and personal experience - whether the majority of difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems stem not from the individual but how society at large treats them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And the doctors will just fill you full of pills.
I do genuinely wonder - from both professional and personal experience - whether the majority of difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems stem not from the individual but how society at large treats them. "
What, in the way that mental health still has a stigma attached? |
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"And the doctors will just fill you full of pills.
I do genuinely wonder - from both professional and personal experience - whether the majority of difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems stem not from the individual but how society at large treats them.
What, in the way that mental health still has a stigma attached?"
Amongst other things, yes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And the doctors will just fill you full of pills.
I do genuinely wonder - from both professional and personal experience - whether the majority of difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems stem not from the individual but how society at large treats them.
What, in the way that mental health still has a stigma attached?
Amongst other things, yes"
Explain? I'm curious  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And the doctors will just fill you full of pills.
I do genuinely wonder - from both professional and personal experience - whether the majority of difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems stem not from the individual but how society at large treats them. "
Mental health is big money for big pharmaceutical companies as well. |
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"Amongst other things, yes
Explain? I'm curious "
The problems that most people with mental health problem suffer are those concerned with:
* loneliness
* childhood trauma
* being unable to get a job
* being unable to relate to the people around you
* if you are treated by CMHTs you're another statistic who's probably just pumped full of drugs
Where is there a place for you to live in society, to be part of that society, to be accepted by it?
These are some of the reason why mental health deteriorates.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"And the doctors will just fill you full of pills.
I do genuinely wonder - from both professional and personal experience - whether the majority of difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems stem not from the individual but how society at large treats them.
What, in the way that mental health still has a stigma attached?
Amongst other things, yes
Explain? I'm curious "
Me too. Curious to know how an individuals mental health problems stems from the way society treats them?
My brother was apparantly "touched by the finger of insanity" from birth according to my mum and all the healthcare professionals. He was treated the same. He just saw things differently |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think there is a significant problem with the classification of mental illness in this country and the US.
If you look at the creeping way in which different methods of thinking about and coping with the world have been steadily 'medicalised' (the telephone directory--sized DSMV for example)...
It's bollocks.
As I say, we all have a touch of mental health - it just depends on how in touch you are with it."
agree - I would like to know where all these 'mental health' problems were years ago. There have, of course, ALWAYS been some genuine cases but nowadays it has almost become the norm to say your kid has ADHD (because you haven't a clue how to bring them up) and the number of women that claim to be bipolar has gone off the scale. Feel sorry for genuine cases who do need the help - no sympathy whatsoever for those that try and claim mental health issues simply because they cannot cope with the ups and downs of life (and yes - I know several people with REAL issues). |
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"I think there is a significant problem with the classification of mental illness in this country and the US.
If you look at the creeping way in which different methods of thinking about and coping with the world have been steadily 'medicalised' (the telephone directory--sized DSMV for example)...
It's bollocks.
As I say, we all have a touch of mental health - it just depends on how in touch you are with it.
agree - I would like to know where all these 'mental health' problems were years ago. There have, of course, ALWAYS been some genuine cases but nowadays it has almost become the norm to say your kid has ADHD (because you haven't a clue how to bring them up) and the number of women that claim to be bipolar has gone off the scale. Feel sorry for genuine cases who do need the help - no sympathy whatsoever for those that try and claim mental health issues simply because they cannot cope with the ups and downs of life (and yes - I know several people with REAL issues)."
New categories in DSMV include:
* Wooley-thinking syndrome (ie yr a bit cloudy from time to time)
* Bereavement Exclusion (ie some people become depressed after the death of a loved one)
While retaining the ancient and unwieldy category of schizophrenia - which is sooo broad as to be almost meaningless. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think there is a significant problem with the classification of mental illness in this country and the US.
If you look at the creeping way in which different methods of thinking about and coping with the world have been steadily 'medicalised' (the telephone directory--sized DSMV for example)...
It's bollocks.
As I say, we all have a touch of mental health - it just depends on how in touch you are with it."
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By (user no longer on site)
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Not sure how the way my sister is treated by society affected her ability to know if i was real or not?
There are definitely malfunctions in the brain that cause a difference in perception from the norm.
I do think a lot of depression is caused by saying people should act a certain way, or by people being told they are something bad or abnormal. But sometimes people just come to these conclusions themselves for no obvious reason. |
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Quality of life can be vastly improved by the use of correct meds and getting that right ones can be a tough a bit of a lottery depending on which service has be accessed as gp's can only prescribe certain meds and others by psychiatrists. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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oh dear,,id not wish it on anyone,the most misunderstood illness ever.
my heart goes out to anyone that suffers it or has a loved one that suffers from it,very difficult |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Aren't we all a little bipolar, autistic, obsessive, disturbed or challenging?
I've yet to meet a 'normal' person.
xxxx"
no,thats not true,,be thankfull you are normal |
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"oh dear,,id not wish it on anyone,the most misunderstood illness ever.
my heart goes out to anyone that suffers it or has a loved one that suffers from it,very difficult"
This. It's awful for the sufferer and for their loved ones. |
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"Aren't we all a little bipolar, autistic, obsessive, disturbed or challenging?
I've yet to meet a 'normal' person.
xxxx"
To a degree what us normally?
How ever borderline personality disorder and bi polar are serious and many other mental health issues are very serious and life changing. Xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Aren't we all a little bipolar, autistic, obsessive, disturbed or challenging?
I've yet to meet a 'normal' person.
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no,thats not true,,be thankfull you are normal"
Time for a PM, my darling. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Aren't we all a little bipolar, autistic, obsessive, disturbed or challenging?
I've yet to meet a 'normal' person.
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no,thats not true,,be thankfull you are normal
Time for a PM, my darling."
lol,,im fine dear,,but ive known folk that suffer from it,,makes me cry thinkin bout it,,makes me laugh how folk use throw away remarks like "im depressed",,,"im mad",,nah their not
anyway,,kisses to anyone feelin crap,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I know this posts a year old but its the only one I can see for this mental health disease.
I got wrongly diagnosed about 4 yrs ago with cyclothymia. People close to me are 100%positive I've BPD. I'm certain too. I've my hospital appointment shortly but i just wanted to see who else suffered and are there medications
I've read theres nothing official out there for this condition. Any advice be greatly appreciated x |
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