[still_crazy]

seriously: late nite/very early AM revelation. My psychiatrist isn't playing. The disability people aren't playing, either. Mental illness isn't just something the shrinks made up for power and profit, is it? People have always gone mad. Crazy. Nuts. Etc, etc, etc.

Is it a brain problem? I dunno. I'm down to 2 daily psych drugs and doing (surprisingly) well. If my brain isn't the problem, why does a tranquilizer make my life so much more live-able?

Ahhh, yes; the human brain. Do we--"the severely mentally ill"--even need as many brain cells as our (more) 'normal' peers? Psychiatrists must not think so. I might not. Apparently, my mental abilities (yes, the all important IQ estimate...) are back up, despite being electroshocked to oblivion a while back. I also have a different--thankfully, better--personality. Part maturation, part...who knows? I feel a bit like Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

I think we need the brain cells more than neurotypicals do actually.

I think I got it too, I wish it were like a flu and I could sneeze it on to some unsuspecting person and pass it on (I know just the person I'd give it to) but sadly it doesn't work like that. It's like having the flu for life and while it's not contagious, it does infect people in close proximity. Im in quarantine right now....I've had to ask my loved ones to not come visit.....I don't want them to see me like this ....to remember this part of me, or to infect them.

I'm glad you are improving and hope that trend continues for you.

[jacky8807]

shiit I think I have it too

now wth are we supposed to do?

wait I'm in denial again. Ok everythings good

[Alokin]

Right? It irks me when people say they "have bipolar" like it is some disease you can cure or infect other with or something. Conversely I would say I "am bipolar," however, this makes it sound like it is a defining trait. It is just a piece of my life.

Originally Posted by ElsaMars

I think we need the brain cells more than neurotypicals do actually.

I think I got it too, I wish it were like a flu and I could sneeze it on to some unsuspecting person and pass it on (I know just the person I'd give it to) but sadly it doesn't work like that. It's like having the flu for life and while it's not contagious, it does infect people in close proximity. Im in quarantine right now....I've had to ask my loved ones to not come visit.....I don't want them to see me like this ....to remember this part of me, or to infect them.

I'm glad you are improving and hope that trend continues for you.

[bioChE]

Originally Posted by Alokin

Right? It irks me when people say they "have bipolar" like it is some disease you can cure or infect other with or something. Conversely I would say I "am bipolar," however, this makes it sound like it is a defining trait. It is just a piece of my life.

I much prefer saying I have bipolar vs. am bipolar. Like you said, "am" is a defining trait. "Have" is a disease, which it is. Treatment isn't easy, but it's possible.

[Alokin]

I would rather not sound contagious though LOL

Originally Posted by bioChE

I much prefer saying I have bipolar vs. am bipolar. Like you said, "am" is a defining trait. "Have" is a disease, which it is. Treatment isn't easy, but it's possible.