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Today at 08:32 AM
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What age did you develop your disorder?
When were you first treated for it? Was it a straight line or did you have multiple dxs before your current? __________________ Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
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Today at 08:39 AM
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I was 7 when Anna showed up.
Hallucinations about 10 years ago. Mood issues about 18 years ago. I started therapy 27 years ago The most interesting diagnosis I had was intermittent explosive disorder. __________________ Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
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Today at 08:52 AM
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I was 33 (2005) when I first got diagnosed with bipolar. At first they said I had premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Then I saw an actual Pdoc who said it was bipolar NOS- not otherwise specified. Eventually my Pdoc said it was bipolar 1. I was diagnosed with depression while pregnant with N1 (1997) and post partum I’m depression after all 3. After N3 (2001) I know now it was post partum psychosis but no mental health professional would diagnose anything other than post partum depression.
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Today at 09:27 AM
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Started treatment at 17 (I think), first dx was psychotic disorder NOS, then psychotic depression, then bipolar NOS, then it was kinda a shyt show back and forth of bipolar I and all the specifiers, schizoaffective-bp, and schizophrenia, adding PTSD, BPD, bulimia/eating disorder-unspecified, and ADHD along the way with an interesting misdiagnosis of DID at one point.
I don't really know when my "first" BP episode was as I was always all over the place and was really, really out of it in my teens especially later (if someone asked me about a teacher I had for 3+ semesters in high school I wouldn't know who they're talking about), but my first full blown hospitalization level mania was when I was 18 (10 yrs ago, where they said "Yeah, BPI") __________________ [Insert thought-provoking and comedic quote here] |
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Today at 12:32 PM
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I was 17 when I had my first psychic episode. But I hid it and carried on. That’s what I was taught.
Then when I was 28 my husband beat me badly and I had to go to the ER they set up an appointment for me with a psychiatrist. He diagnosed me with PTSD and major depression., atypical. After about 6 months he talked me into ADs My life at that point devolved into chaos and homelessness and a revolving door of hospitals. Multiple diagnosis but mainly ptsd and bipolar but they still gave me ADs Then I went no meds just a therapist. Got the PTSD resolved but still had problems with the bipolar. After a very bad episode I voluntarily sought out a psychiatrist and said no ADs and got put on my current cocktail which has worked now over 10 years. __________________ Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
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Today at 12:48 PM
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I didn't start talking until I was 4 but that was in the early 90's so autism wasn't really a diagnosis. But I had a lot of behavior issues and anxiety in school that these days would have gotten me a ASD diagnosis much quickly.
I was 12 when when I started therapy and I was 13 when I was diagnosed with bipolar. All my hospitalizations happened a couple days before my period started. Now that I've had a hystrectomy my mental health is stable enough that my mental health care folks think I just had super bad PMDD the whole time and have major depressve disorder now. My physical health has gone down the drain though. Its like I traded my mental health issues for physical ones. Not that they aren't a huge burden on my quality of life if not more. __________________ I'm Blue |
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