Have you ever been diagnosed with a mental disorder?

Question

If so...
Which mental disorder(s) and how do you cope with it? (Serious question)

I have ...
OCD
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety disorder

Answer 1

I have been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and OCD. Coping is an every day thing. I have to live one day at a time and use all the skills I have learned through therapists.

Answer 2

when i was 23 i was working at a good job and I got involved in real estate. I lost the job and I had a stack of bills a mile high. I became a real estate agent and let me tell you it is hard to get anyone to do such a major purchase, and if they do they already know someone already that is a real estate agent. So during the 3 months that I got laid off and was getting unemploymentI became severly depressed, I simply could not find the same type of good paying job. I came home from a real estate training seminar. Went to bed, and my mind started spinning and I just got more depressed. The lights were on but no one was in my head. I lost it. I became serverly delusional. I remember some of things that I said. Some were true some were not. I stayed awake for 3 days straight, I did not eat any food, or drink any water. I scard my family to death. Finally a friend of mine came over to my house and convinced me to go to the hosiptal. I told him that he must be satan. I was very paranoid and delusional. I was psychotic. I went to the er, and they saw it right away. 3 staff grabbed me and shot me with some haldol and I was unconsious for about a week. When I finally came back to my senses, I asked that doc what my diagnosis was and he said acute paranoid schizophrenic. I asked why? He said I said that I saw demons. I could not believe this bullshit. For the first time on my life are started smoking, I think that it dulled the effect of the medicine. Smoking certainly does I think, I just dont feel the medicine in my head as much when I have a smoke.
There is more to the story, but Ive shared a lot already, maybe sometime Ill share some more. I really feel like judgement day came early for me. I feel that Im going through some sort of hell on earth.

Answer 3

Yes, several:ocd,anxiety/panic disorder, and last but certainly not least, depression. I have been diagnosed for a few years now. Fortunately, I caught everything in time. At first, I was taking several different medications but it seemed they were not helping me. So finally my doctor referred me to a psychologist for therapy. I feel much better and I have also dropped over 70 pounds in the process. I still have quite a bit to go as far as my weight is concerned, but I am almost there! After all this time I've learned to accept what's "wrong" with me. My attitude is a hell of a lot better, no anger outbursts, no thoughts of death. Heck, to be honest with you, I even make fun of myself. I watch that show "Monk" and it's almost like looking at myself in the mirror! I try to help people out by telling them my story, give them a word or two of encouragement, and reiterate not to give up and try to keep a positive outlook on lifes' obstacles! Best of luck! If you ever need someone to e-mail about your situation, don't hesitate to contact me!

Answer 4

Yes, Bipolar 2, ten years ago.

It was and is sometimes a very hard struggle. Good meds when needed. Lots of sleep. Rest. Massages. Not getting too stressed out. Find out what pushes your buttons and don't do that anymore, at least for awhile. Music, radio, reading are all good. Also, exercise, good food, being in nature, beer(I know I'm not supposed to say that), sex, sunshine, movies. Having people who like you and/or love you. Also, I use a 5 year filter. When something bothers me, I ask myself if it will matter 5 years from now. Usually the answer is no. Then I don't worry about it much.

Answer 5

I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety.
For a while I took some medicine but eventually stopped. Now I just have to make myself OK. I make myself go out in the world and be productive and not be caught up in my own emotions and feelings....which is very difficult. I realized that some pill wasn't going to make me like me more and I realized that the only thing that could fix me was me....and so far so good.....but yes of course there have been some pit falls along the way and with each one I'm terrified that I might go spiraling back into a depressive state but I pick myself up and I move on. Its working fairly well so far so I'm just going to keep it up.

Answer 6

I have dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as Multilpe Personality Disorder. With that comes a whole gamut of things such as depression, anxiety, eating disorder etc etc. I have days where I pass for normal and other days I pass for the witch from hell. I live my life one day at a time. One hour at a time. One minute at a time. I create a life for myself with friends and work and as much normalness as I can create. When things are too bad I hide behind humor or anger depending on the day. I take medication to curb the depression, anxiety and flashbacks. I spend too much time on the computer. I spend too much time in therapy. I try to find things that make me laugh.

I also try to avoid people like gwiz who thiink they have all of th answers and who use words like 'hopeless' to describe such situations.

Answer 7

I have ptsd,borderline personality, bipolar disorder,,,and suffer from panic attacks. I live everyday with meds and lots of understanding from my family and fiance. I have some good days and some bad days. Sometimes I hate everyone(including myself),other times I am fine. It is very hard some days to get thru Day without crying for no reason.

Answer 8

When I was 20, I was diagnosed with a Borderline Personality Disorder. It's hard to live with, and causes me bouts of horrible depression, fits of self harming and suicide attempts. I am on medication for depression and anxiety, and I also attend counselling and self help groups. I also have to try to discipline myself too.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I have dissociative identity disorder and I have been in therapy for 2 years learning how to cope.