Anyone who has a mental disorder? If so, what, and how is your life affected by it?

Answer 1

im manic depressive :(

Answer 2

I have been bipolar for 18 yrs. When I was starting out I "attempted"suicide...not very well. I never left my room except for school. I was hospitalized . In 18 yrs I am bipolar, had anorexia/bulimia, and had a period where I was paranoid. i have anxiety as well sometimes. I also have a rare neurological disorder that is not related . I take Lithium, but not like everyone else. I take sporatically ,on and off, for about 6 yrs now, only on a close phych. approval because of my rare disorder. I also take an anti axiety of which i am in the middle of changing right now. I live a nice life. I am not rich, not overly happy or under happy...which I call content and I think all bipolars want to be content. If you take your medicine properly and find the right medicine and doc...your life will be ok. I don't believe many normal people have better than ok lives either. I am glad of all my past and previous disorders because it makes me who I am in life and I can help others...good luck!

Answer 3

I am diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia I have had it since a child and I adjusted to it after quite some years of working out everything but it still does affect me badly in ways. It has made me very suspicious of new people, I often cannot trust whether a person is there or not (even ones I am good friends with and that people have confirmed their existence I still feel uneasy about in public)
I get rather paranoid about the most pathetic of things (I won't go labeling them here as they're rather degrading to hear ones self say) but when I am in a stage like that it can leave me terrified.

Sometimes I will loose my balance and slip up on something things I am usually good at controlling my self with, (I have frequent visual hallucinations) so sometimes I will give out a shriek when something like a creature which I know is not real startles me, I have trained my self to usually ignore these things but every now and again I slip up and leave my self having to explain my self to others (not the best of situations)

I would say it has put certain strains on things, limited me in ways (I am very very unwilling to meet new people as I don't trust whether they're real, as mentioned before) but this is how it has always been for me I would be more frightened if things changed, when I am medicated it feels as though I don't even have anything human left in me. Things can be tough but there is always good in everything.

Answer 4

Anyone that has any type of mental disorder (such ugly phrasing for it) would have to say it honestly affects them. Maybe not daily, but they have to learn to overcome their problems and find outlets to help them deal with it all. I myself have several disorders which I can thank my family for passing down the gene pool! Even with prescription drugs, and counseling, I still find myself fighting...just that myself. Because a mental disorder is a chemical imbalance, and as we go through life daily changing what we eat and the environment we are in...are chemical's change. Med's help but even then you fight the battle of your body becoming immune to them and needing higher power meds or a totally different one all together. But as to the disorders I have, lets see diagnosed: Anxiety, depression, ADD, OCD-unfortunately this one rears its ugly head too many times and mainly because when someone has OCD, they tend to develop new obsessions over time. My worst ones are skin picking and a version of it know as Trichotillomania which is pulling out ones hair. Perfectionism is another attribute to it I guess along with organization but I can't knock that one because it actually helps me with my ADD.

I did tell my psychiatrist one time that I had come to the conclusion that I was perfectly normal and that everyone else in the world was just nuts! He Laughed of course!

Any ways, I think life is challenging for everyone even those that don't have mental disorders, its what you take from it and how you view it that defines you. Me, I choose to fight my way through and make changes in this world-despite the haze that gets in my way from time to time.

Answer 5

I suffer from schizoaffective-bipolar type disorder, and when I'm not on my meds I am bad. If I miss even just one dose, usually my nighttime one, I am off-center for anywhere from the one day to one week. When I'm off my meds I hallucinate, my mood goes really low, I get suicidal thoughts and tendancies, and my temper is quick to trigger. I take only 3 different types of medicines, but I know people who are on up to 6. It keeps me from getting a job because I'm afraid of the persecution, since there is alot of misconception around any of the schizo-disorders. My friends are mostly helpful, some dont understand and they get annoyed with me, but most try and help me remember my meds.

Answer 6

It depends because there are three major diagnostic classes: depression, bi-polar, and schizophrenia. The people I know who these disorders have done very well with treatment. Problems arise mostly with misdiagnosis and people stopping their medication because of side effects or because they do not think they need them anymore. By the way, "disorder" is usually referred to personality issues and not problems caused by a bio-chemical imbalance in the brain. For example, a "back-stabber" usually has a "passive-aggressive" personality disorder. Someone who think
s the world revolves around them has a "narcissistic" personality disorder.

Answer 7

I have sever Bipolar dissorder. Before I was actually diagnosed with it, it almost copletely left my friendless. Because of my manic stages, I was doing drugs, having risky and unprotected sex, and also I almost completely spent all of my parent's retirement funds. The drugs I was on for it, made me a complete mummy, and my friends wanted nothing to do with me. I failed in school, work and life. Now that I choose to not take my meds, my family acts completely insane and worries about me... I ruined alot of things... Now I must get back on track. Good Luck :)

Answer 8

I am manic depressive/bipolar with schizophrenic tendencies. I haven't been on med's for a few months, but i am doing ok. sometimes i do lose control, but my husband helps and i get to a dr. quick. I don't know if its the disease or just me but i have major anger issues and do not hesitate to cause a scene. But with that being said, I am probably one of the nicest people you would ever meet as long as you don't piss me off or i am not depressed! The depression is horrible, so i am almost always on anti-depressants, but thats okay as long as my husband and child don't have to suffer because of me!

Answer 9

I guess you could say I have depression .. or at least a pretty big amount of hatred for myself and others. Some days I feel good, but other days I feel suicidal, and pretty much just hate the world. I'm constantly "scaring" people away .. and I'm so afraid of losing those that have stuck with me that sometimes I end up chasing them away, too.

So, yeah .. that's my story. =3

Answer 10

I suffer anxiety, panic and depression. All of these are under control with medications and therapy. Before the medication, I could not even leave the house--with the medication, I go everywhere.

I also keep myself occupied to avoid thinking of my problems, and read up on my conditions (alternative meds and new breakthroughs).

Answer 11

Bi-Polar 1 w/ non-specified personality disorder. It is such a part of who I am that I really don't know what it is like to be "normal" but it does effect those around me.