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Default Apr 29, 2008 at 04:45 PM
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I like to tell anyone with Schio... that not to get to caught up with the name of there mental illness. I have been through a lot-Doctors-hospitals-therapists etc and they told me never get to caught up with the name of their diagnois. Bipolar illness has parnoid thoughs and psychosis as well. I take an antipsycotic medication and a mood stabilizer for Bipolar. Recovery is possible and takes time and patience-we all need love, suport, and medications to fully recover and be ourselves again. Accepting your strenghts and weaknesses is really important once diagnosed with a mental illness. Never give up and look for the positive things you have in life. I once was a high achiver and gotten a univerisity degree, but I got sick with Bipolar and my world has changed around such as, my limitations of what I want or can do for a job. However, I am keeping strong by journalizing, using support groups, attending regular Doctor appt's and taking my meds, and I have a sense of spirtuality. Also, reading books about an illness, going for walks, etc. has helped me come along my recovery.
Good luck to Everyone and keep well!
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Default Apr 29, 2008 at 05:43 PM
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I would agree completely, even though I'm not bipolar or schizophrenic/schizoaffective. At times it may have seemed that way, but my illness is always episodic and my mood is always low and never really manic-y. Hyper and angry perhaps, but never manic. And my psychosis was so light and so fleeting and so much in my control that I never realized that perhaps it had something to do with my worsening possible dysthymic depression. It's most likely dysthymic and I've heard of people with that having brief and fleeting psychosis, like me. My personal theory on my psychosis is that it was a desperate attempt by my self esteem to regain control of my mind. Paranoia after all, made (POSSIBLE TRIGGER NEXT SENTENCE!!!!!) me (and I emphasize me) that someone or something, however dark and malevolent cared about me. Somewhere it was a strange feeling of reassurance that I was important.

But that's just a hypothesis that no doctor will ever take seriously. Then they would wonder if I was really dysthymic and not having major depression. Well doc, if you look closely, I have three of these symptoms most of the time:

* Poor appetite or overeating
* Insomnia or hypersomnia
* Low energy or fatigue (This one)
* Low self-esteem (This one)
* Poor concentration or difficulty making decisions (This one sometimes)
* Feelings of hopelessness (This one)

That is NOT MDD, as much as you'd think it would be. Why then did I have one year of low to moderate depression, the required time for children and adolescents?! Alas, I digress. It's like I'm debating already...

Stay strong and vigilant of course, regardless of your illness or prognosis, mental illness is not a death sentence for everyone. All it can do is torture most people in the most agonizing of fashions until you find a way to prevail in some fashion. Believe me, I know and I don't have one of the more serious ones like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder like my dad and former girlfriend.

That's all for now...

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Default Apr 30, 2008 at 08:53 PM
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Manic Depressive illness and Schizophrenia are confused very often. Schizophrenia tends to be a disorder of perception of reality whereas bipolar disorder is a disorder of emotion.

Obviously those two diseases can't be simplified like that. There is so much more that goes into the human condition beyond the criteria of the DSM that it's best not to think about your diagnosis at all

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