I suffer from a mental illness,anyone else out there?!
Question: Clinical depression is what they call it.KOed me in 1999.Landed me in a nutward,funny because I work there.Imagine that.Being treated at a place where I work.I'd like to hear from others with this delema.How you cope.
Answers: Clinical depression is what they call it.KOed me in 1999.Landed me in a nutward,funny because I work there.Imagine that.Being treated at a place where I work.I'd like to hear from others with this delema.How you cope.
Well I've always had the tendency but wasn't diagnosed with clinical depression until 2004 when it KO'd me and completely tore my life to bits - now I'm slowly recovering but I'm dependent on medication, therapy doesn't work and I can't seem to get back to normal. You're not alone. But rather than feeling sorry for myself I'm actually thankful that its given me a reason to fight for the rights of the mentally ill and promote awareness.
I'm bipolar. I've been in and out of psych wards twice this year. I cope by knowing that really, there's nothing wrong with me - I'm actually special. I may have more problems than most, but I'm going to turn out to be a strong young girl because of all I go through.
Is there anyone out there who isn't a little loopy, anymore?
Nothing diagnosed, but only because I refuse to go.
Judging by this mornings questions, you are in good company!
I work in healthcare and was able to look up my diagnosis from my psychologist. I didn't think I was so bad, but "depressive psychosis" sounded pretty serious and gave me a bit of a shock. I always wondered if she diagnosed me on the extreme end so I could get enough therapy paid for as I had mentioned to her that the few short runs I had in the past didn't seem to help much. Well it's been nice chatting. I'll go back now to my daily suicide contemplation and then trudge through another day. Promised my son we would go scootering later and expecting the new computer I can't really afford to be delivered today as I have a day off work. Should by all accounts be a happy day for me. Wish I was dead. Felt this way for past 40 years. Ain't life grand? Take a pill.
I have a chemical imbalance so it affects me in a bunch of ways, panic disorder, anxiety, depression, I had to leave school because my panic attacks! and I'm only 13!!!
I have Clinical Depression, Generalized and Social Anxiety, panic attacks and mild agoraphobia.
I have had therapy off and on for the last 30+ years along with medications and in and outpatient treatment.
My last hospitalization was really difficult because I am a counselor (not there) and people were kind of stunned by it. In addition through the years I have developed a massive amount of knowledge on mental illness and the staff tended to be intimidated by me. My doctor wasn't as he knows me well, however the staff did NOT like that many times I knew more than they did and was able to give better feedback in groups. LOL
I was only there for a medication change, however I had to participate in the groups to get privileges.
I have been able to stay out of the hospital by taking my medications and seeing a therapist when I need to. I will avoid the hospital unless absolutely necessary after my last experience. I think the staff should have been able to deal with the fact that I had more knowledge and treated me like everyone else. Instead they preferred to not participate in one-to-one sessions with me and tried to power play with my privileges. You would think that they would know better. *sigh*