mental illness, got any minor ones? Options

[waffles]

NOTE: I understand if nobody wants to talk about this. Mods can devour this thread if they'd like.


Does anybody here have a mental illness? I mean, I look around, and see that just about half of all the people I know have a.d.d. or something. I even have one (not a surprise if you look at my signature) I have either an extreme anxiety problem or depression. It's hard to tell. Every moment of my day is spent worrying about something. Most of the time it's about grades or my ex-girlfriend, who dumped me WITH A NOTE. Other times it's about my friends, who constantly argue, or any other random thing that comes to mind.

It's tough. Small things keep me awake at night. I can remember one full night's sleep for about a month. When my gf broke up with me, things just got worse :-/

Anyone got a problem of some sort like this?

[*mzkandi*]

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[coconutter]

I don't :) We just studied them though

[waffles]

I don't :)  We just studied them though

lol

[lKVNiiKINKYl]

I have been diagnosed with depression and it sucks. I mean, I honestly say I try to smile all the time, but it's just really hard. I don't take meds because I refused them. The funny thing is, my parents are the cause of this and they don't even know. It's a real long story, but to sum it up depression sucks.

[*mzkandi*]

lol

Please dont spam.

[vehvih]

I have anxiety, anger problems and depression.

I always get paranoid and procrastinate, like always. At house, there is no day I was in peace except when I am alone or the phone never rings. At school, I always think of me being the reason why some of those kids in my classes are acting unusual. And I get paranoid everytime I found something new that I really do not expect that catches my mind, and I procrastinate on it-think of reasons/solutions to ease it.. which make it worser for me. I have no f**king idea what to do.

[verlorenrivets]

I used to have Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple personality disorder). I was lucky enough to be messed up at the right time to get the proper medicines and treatments. <3 I'm all better now.

[*disco infiltrator*]

Do ADD and social anxiety disorder count?

[*mona lisa*]

Social anxiety disorder. Yup. Not very helpful to think about since it constantly bothers me. And ADD; it disrupts my home/school work. I really don't think it's a serious case, but I procrastinate way too much and it's really affecting my grades... :(

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

Manic Depressize Disorder [ Bi Polar ] . The doctors still arent sure if it really is Manic Depressive disorder though. I think it was just a time in my life that gave off all the symptoms Im fine now. But i still carry a lot of the symptoms.

OCD. A small case.My one symptom is i have violent or sexual urges. Mostly violent, occasionally sexual that coincide with OCD.
Im not sure if its OCD but if someone or something i want isnt on precise punctuality i feel suffocated and start hyperventilating until i black out. But those attacks have lessened.

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

does procrastination count?
i was in a state of depression a while back. that's why i wasn't on cb for a while. but now, i'm just like happy all the time!

Eww, old typing habits

Ummm, nyctophobia/noctiphobia (fear of the dark), phasmophobia (fear of ghosts), arachnophibia, catoptrophobia (fear of mirrors, but it's only more of a night thing and with reflections >.> and it's more related to the first two phobias..), claustrophobia (confined spaces, just slightly).. There are a lot more, but I can't remember.
Definitely anxiety. And I'm slightly bi-polar.

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[krispy_kreme333]

I've been diagnosed with depression. I'm going to be taking meds for it here in a couple of weeks.

[jackizzle]

eh adhd but thats about it. it gets annoying because it affects me greatly. but yeah thats it...

[aera]

i had a mild case of OCD, but i'm growing out of it. i don't care if switched aren't all lined up anymore... but i do care if something that doesn't fit is still there. my parents claim i have ADD but i don't think so.

[x3chrissyx3]

Yeah, I suffer from depression, anxiety (with PTSD)
Take meds, works great, I'm all good.

[*mipadi*]

I had moderate obsessive-compulsivness as a kid, although it's diminished quite a bit as I've gotten older.

[xBaBiEGrLx]

not any that i know of...

[illumineering]

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I fell into a major depression that lasted for several years. I felt like I lost everything that I identified with and couldn't engage life for the longest time. It wasn't until I left Cali and quit looking backwards that life began again for me.

[imafreakinazn]

I have paranoia >_>
It's seriously as bad as people make it to sound.
I'm always looking around to see if people are watching me or looking at me, because that's what I seem to think/feel that that's what they're doing.

...>_>
Along with that, I have anxiety problems.

[uLoVeMikeRoch]

I have DSS
Dumb-Shit Syndrome

[MeLoNiSyUmMy]

yea. i have a.d.d.

and struggled with depression after my mom died and then after my best friend spread a rumor about me stealing fifteen thousand from my dad. she transfered it all over the school and everybody..knew about it.

i went to a shrink but then my dad kept telling me everything was fine. personally, i think my a.d.d has gotten better. you just have to know that you can do it and mke yourself concentrate.

[sharpandcuddly]

yes!
i have panic disorder/anxiety
possible agoraphobia [so they say, but im not afraid of people]
obsessive compulsive disorder
and depression.

i'm usually happy though, but sometimes i just get really depressed for no reason.

[*suddenly she*]

i think i have social anxiety disorder and depression.
sometimes it just goes wild and i'm sad and moping for no real reason, and then it happens on and off for days or a couple weeks. and.. i kill parties. or at least, social gatherings with more than about six people at a time.

[xheartbreaker]

I have depression, OCD, anxiety, anorexia, and minor sociophobia, but that mostly comes from the anxiety.

[*liquidize*]

I have paranoia >_>
It's seriously as bad as people make it to sound.
I'm always looking around to see if people are watching me or looking at me, because that's what I seem to think/feel that that's what they're doing.

...>_>
Along with that, I have anxiety problems.

YEAH I KNOW ABOUT!!!!!



"dont mind me i'm just crazy "

[demolished]

What does mental illness really mean ? i'm getting confused with the meaning.

Well, i dont think i have mental illness ... i just dont communicate w/ people. Is that consider a a mental illness?

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

I have A.D.D

[KMFDM_MDFMK]

i have bi-polar, Ocd, anorexia, and social anxiety disorder

[omgah_itsmaggiex]

add. thats it. haha.

[kimmytree]

Ehhhhh. Social Anxiety Disorder and ADD.

I take Strattera for the ADD, and I'm going to go to the doctor for the first time about the Social Anxiety some time next week... my mom thinks I should be put on Valium. Wheeeee.

[multifaceted]

I think everyone has a mental problem once in a while.

[breakingdawn]

I'm a hypochondriac.

[RAWRstephishere]

I have been diagnosed with depression and it sucks. I mean, I honestly say I try to smile all the time, but it's just really hard. I don't take meds because I refused them. The funny thing is, my parents are the cause of this and they don't even know. It's a real long story, but to sum it up depression sucks.

Agreed. No one knows it though.
I wanna get some help.. but whatever.

[elaboratedream]

yes!
i have panic disorder/anxiety
possible agoraphobia [so they say, but im not afraid of people]
obsessive compulsive disorder
and depression.

i'm usually happy though, but sometimes i just get really depressed for no reason.

sounds more like bipolar to me... panic/anxiety/"usually happy" + depression = bipolar.


now to list off all of mine... this might take awhile.
1. Bipolar w/ rapid cycling
2. Attention Deficit Disorder
3. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
4. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
5. Kleptomania
6. mild schizophrenia with occasionally major flare ups
7. disassociative identity disorder
8. insomnia
9. paranoia
10. Oppositional Defiant Disorder
11. Eating Disorder NOS

[pedophile]

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[kimmytree]

^ But arent kids who are born autistic diagnosed at a very early age? I think they would have diagnosed you a looong time ago if you indeed had it.

Maybe its something else? Alot various problems share the same symptoms.

[pedophile]

^ Hm, I guess you're right.

[much2muse]

Hmmm.. I don't have a mental illness that I know of. But, i might for all i know, considering they're highly genetic and my Mom and brother have one and my brother's is pretty serious.

If i had one, it would probably be an anxiety disorder because i worry a lot.

[shortnsweet88]

ADD, ADHD, and I have diagnosed myself with depression. None of it is extremely bad though. I think there are always ways of coping with these things.

[jackizzle]

ADD, ADHD, and I have diagnosed myself with depression. None of it is extremely bad though. I think there are always ways of coping with these things.

So.. technically, you're just ADHD right?

And I don't know what I ahve.. depression,bipolar, adhd. There all kind of mushed in a definition for me.

[shortnsweet88]

hmmm, yes I suppose adhd is add except with the hyper part added to it...so saying ADD was overkill.

ahhh...and I have feared have bipolar dissorder...

after watching the movie "girl interrupted" I was convinced that I had borderline personality dissorder. I believe that its easy to get carried away with all of these diagnosises and stuff though. Its a part of living...its just things about our character and personality...eh...I'm to tired to get into this...

[clarity]

I have Attention Deficit Disorder. (A.D.D)

It's no fun.

I wouldn't call it a mental illness but a Learning Disability.

I hate when people make fun of A.D.D.
Or
I hate it when people "assume" they have it just because they can't pay attention at one time.

I know i have it. I've had test a bunch on times, they're no fun.

I hate it when people think just because I have it, I'm dumb.

I'm actually very smart. The only problem I have is that I learn in a different way.

[kimmytree]

I have Attention Deficit Disorder. (A.D.D)

It's no fun.

I wouldn't call it a mental illness but a Learning Disability.

I hate when people make fun of A.D.D.
Or
I hate it when people "assume" they have it just because they can't pay attention at one time.

I know i have it. I've had test a bunch on times, they're no fun.

I hate it when people think just because I have it, I'm dumb.

I'm actually very smart. The only problem I have is that I learn in a different way.

Ahhh I hate it too when people joke like that.

It's like they think its just about not being able to pay attention, when really its about so much more.

[LOWinSKANK]

i have mild ocd/trich. ;x

[*My Cinderella.*]

Again, I think my A.D.D has gotten worse. I can't pay attention to anything.

[michellerrific]

I always thought I had slight ADD but I never got tested.
I just looked up the diagnosis, and apparently I fit just about all of them...

[cori-catastrophe]

i have paranoia and slight case of ocd. i'm also bipolar, as well as a heavy insomniac.
as far as depression, i haven't been diagnosed because i haven't gone to a doctor, but i get depressed way easily.

[elaboratedream]

i have paranoia and slight case of ocd. i'm also bipolar, as well as a heavy insomniac.
as far as depression, i haven't been diagnosed because i haven't gone to a doctor, but i get depressed way easily.

depression is just part of bipolar... you wouldn't get a seperate diagnosis for it.

[Gypsy Eyes]

BDD and anorexia/bulimia (not currently, recovered)

[voguelove]

an anxiety disorder.

[JustAnotherTeena...]

I think I might have bipolar disorder II


:/

[nishikigoi]

I used to have Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple personality disorder). I was lucky enough to be messed up at the right time to get the proper medicines and treatments. <3 I'm all better now.

How did you cope with that? I ask because, erm.. yeah.. My therapistorwhateveryouwannacallit (ugh) seemed to think I have tendancies or am at least extremely spaced out.

[*kimjaydot*]

I'm diagose with Major Depressive Disorder, with Pyschosis. Still trying to cope with it. I thought I was schizophenic because the voices I hear are fake but the doctors told schizopheria people think the voices are real and cant determine what's real or not

[laxumaster8]

ocd...not really, but some people think i do

[azaleyes]

Are eating disorders considered a mental illness?

I've been diagnosed as having depression and possibly A.D.D... I rarely take the depression medication though seeing as I'm already on five medications a day thanks to my stomach disease.

[jeSs1cA]

^ yes, eating disorders are considered mental illness'.

[anilfour7]

ADHD

Apparently, there is a correlation between substance abuse and ADHD, which is how I got diagnosed.

I used to be an alcoholic and an illicit substance abuser (coke, MDMA, MJ).

[xKatt]

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I fell into a major depression that lasted for several years. I felt like I lost everything that I identified with and couldn't engage life for the longest time. It wasn't until I left Cali and quit looking backwards that life began again for me.

OMG. I'm so sorry!

I was also diagnosed with clinical depression 5 years ago (I'm on Zoloft), and then I was diagnosed with ADD just a year and a half ago. I honestly don't believe in ADD though. I view it as a mental variation, not necessarily a mental illness.

I've also been diagnosed with a sleep disorder and I'm on medication for that (Trazodone). Does that count as a mental illness?

And because of my sleep disorder, I can never get a good night's sleep, so I have to take Provigil to keep me awake in the daytime.

And I've been showing symptoms of bipolar disorder, so I'm going to have to get that checked out.

Ugh. My brain probably looks like a smashed grapefruit.

[RyanWasHere]

Depression, started when I was 13 but I have it under control with Effexor XR 175mg per day, once daily in pill form.

[jessicaxbabee]

not that i know of.
but a few friends have asked me if i was bipolar

[kimmytree]

Now I'm starting to think I have a Panic Disorder, along with Social Anxiety. I've been asking my mom to make me a doctors appointment for the past 3 months, that way I can get treated and used to my medication before school starts. She finally made me an appointment last week, but it's not till 2 weeks AFTER school starts.

[Amaranthus]

Let's see...Depression, OCD, ADD, Anxiety, an eating disorder, an avoidant personality, and maybe multiple personalites.

[KayleighKins]

I was diagnosed with depression when I was in middle school. It got so bad that I was having anxiety attacks and throwing up at least twice a day. The depression made it easier for sickness to get in so I always had a stuffy nose or a cough. My doctor told my mom to get me a therapist but my mom declined and I just took cough syrup for the colds.

I got over it eventually.

[popoberry]

i think i'm bipolar.. like seriously