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Mixed episodes crazyyy it be like hyper despair. Ten cups of coffee but u still tired. Frozen soup

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I haven’t started taking my antipsychotic again (I’m on day 9 without it) and I honestly don’t notice any difference in my mood or my psychosis? I’ve had a few instances of psychosis but it was VERY minor (a few instances of hearing unclear voices, which I experience sometimes on my medication anyway). If anything, I have a little bit more energy than when I’m on the med, and I feel like my head is clearer and there’s less fog. My psychiatrist and my mom both want me to start the medication again, but I think I might go a little longer to see if I’m really better off without it

[atypicalstrong]

heeeeeeey these meds are great actually. like i'm simultaneously mad/frustrated with all my old doctors and myself for never suggesting or seeking out mood stabilizers before. like i didn't remember this, but according to my records my old psychiatrist recommended 2 years of ECT without ever having given me a mood stabilizer to try. like. that's wild. it makes me so mad. just bc my diagnosis back then was major depression and cyclothymia, mood stabilizers were never considered but electroshock WAS...

but also, and more importantly, i'm just so THRILLED to have them now. like. i thought my brain was just broken beyond repair. and in a way it is, but that doesn't mean i can't do daily maintenance. i haven't felt this good since 2019. at least.

anyways the point is, if you have bipolar disorder or cyclothymia, maybe try taking a mood stabilizer BEFORE agreeing to ECT. even if you're young. no one explained to me that mood stabilizers (specifically anti-psychotic class ime, not anti-convulsant class or lithium) could help where anti depressants failed. I didn't even know I had a cyclothymia diagnosis until 3 months after I started ECT.

just because you've tried lots of anti depressants or anti anxiety meds, doesn't mean there aren't meds out there that can help you. do your own research. make sure you know all your diagnoses. get second and third opinions. ECT should always be a last resort for suicidal depression and/or bipolar patients. (obligatory "i cannot speak to ECT when used to treat epilepsy that's a totally different ball game")

you don't have to keep living like this. there are other options. it can and WILL get better even though it's not easy.

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i'm going to put a zipper on dollfred and stick my mood stabilizers in him i think this would be good for us both

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its 5:30am & the physical manifestations of my anxiety are making themselves known

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PSA

-OCD is not a synonym for neat or preoccupied with tidiness. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is all about distressing intrusive thoughts and rituals (compulsions) used to combat those thoughts.

-Intrusive thoughts are not synonymous with silly things I want to do. They're deeply upsetting, often taboo mental apparitions. Letting them win is the last thing anyone wants, and nobody is immoral for having them. (See 'impulsive thoughts' if you need a term.)

-Anorexic is not a synonym for thin or emaciated. The majority of anorexic people have OSFED atypical anorexia – that is, their BMI is above 18.5. You cannot judge the severity of someone's illness by their appearance. (If you're worried about someone, look out more for rapid weight loss than thinness, even when it's occurring in someone in a larger body. 10kg in 10 weeks is never a good thing.)

-Eating disorders are not synonymous with just anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia is an ED, but it's nowhere near the most common. Bulimia is an ED, but again, not the most common. Together, they do not constitute the most common. The most common ED is binge-eating disorder, and the second most common is atypical anorexia, which is one of many, many OSFED categories. Those living with ARFID, pica, night-eating syndrome, rumination disorder, subthreshold BN, subthreshold BED, and orthorexia all deserve dignity, compassion, and acknowledgement. Remember: EDs are not necessarily thin, and never glamorous.

-Schizophrenic is not a synonym of all over the place, abnormal, unpredictable, dangerous, or crazy. Nor is schizoid or schizotypal. Folks with schizophrenia spectrum disorders live with hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thoughts/behaviour, and/or catatonia. They are far more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators, and go to huge lengths to act okay even when distressed by symptoms.

-Schizophrenic is also not a synonym of multiple personalities/volatile. For the disorder involving having different facets of personality that are generally unaware of each other, see Dissociative Identity Disorder, and even then, don't assume it's a) dramatic as it is in the movies; b) evil; or c) trivial. DID is a trauma disorder.

-Delusional is not a synonym of wrong. Nor is it the same as this politician/friend is saying something I do not like/that is potentially dangerous. Delusions are false, fixed beliefs held despite evidence. And generally, folks with delusions don't tend to proselytise them. I know that certain politicians have beliefs that seem to persist in the face of evidence, but nevertheless, we don't need to stigmatise mental illness further to call out poor political/social behaviour. If you need a word for the pundit spewing potentially dangerous content, use 'dangerous' or 'wrong', but don't call them delusional.

-Bipolar is not a synonym of all over the place or fluctuating results. Bipolar disorder involves mood states that, even in the rapid cycling form, tend to last at least 3-4 days (mania) and weeks (depression). If you need a word for the weather, use 'British' instead.

-Psychotic is not a synonym of evil. Psychosis is losing touch with reality, whether it be through hallucinations or delusions. It doesn't make a person bad or violent. It's just a neurological phenomenon that may be distressing. It's also relatively common: 6-15% of people will hallucinate in their lifetime.

-ADHD is not a synonym of just quirky/scattered/forgetful/unfocussed/lazy/careless. ADHD is fundamentally a disorder of being able to choose where to direct attention, rather than of just I can't focus. If someone can't tune out the noise of the crowd, but can't prevent themself focussing on something trivial because their brain is wired that way, it's not laziness or just being quirky/scattered.

-Autistic meltdown is not a synonym of temper tantrum.

-Borderline is not a synonym of harridan.

-Narcissist is not a synonym of abuser.

-Mentally ill is not a synonym of volatile or bad person. This doesn't mean we have to make something artificially positive out of mental disorders. If there is good to be found in certain disorders, great; if there is nothing positive about living with certain others, that doesn't make you any less real or resilient than anyone else. It's okay to have complex feelings about your own disorders. It's okay to feel exhausted or frustrated by a disorder. But never should anyone have to face stigma.

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**not cutesy sad girl blogging, feel free to scroll on if ur not interested !!

i know there are a lot of people on here who are in their young/mid teens and might be seeking help for the first time (or doing so soon) so i just wanted to put this out there- misdiagnosis is possible and extremely, extremely common. this is specifically tailored to bpd because i know most of us here have it

i completely understand wanting a diagnosis to understand why you do the things you do and feel the way that you do and that is 100% completely fine. but please, please be careful that you don’t become so desperate for answers that you end up accepting an inaccurate or unethical label. if you’re under 18 and early in therapy (less than a year) or not in inpatient care and receive a formal bpd diagnosis, please be careful. it’s often not a misdiagnosis and is likely to be correct but it goes against ethical standards and is a massive red flag of your provider. minors can have bpd (and do!! it starts developing super young) but the diagnostic process is very different to when you’re an adult and should only be made in an emergency or after long term observation. this doesn’t mean you don’t have bpd, it just means that your psych has not gone through the proper process and that can have implications for the rest of your care. being medically recognised is a completely different story and not a bad thing. but when your personality is technically still developing, your provider needs to be 100% sure without a doubt that it is disordered and not caused by anything else before putting a formal diagnosis on your file. not doing that is unethical even if the diagnosis is correct. the amount of teenage girls who have been misdiagnosed with bpd and ended up actually having autism, adhd or cptsd that goes untreated until their 30s is astounding. you probably do have bpd but you should not get a bpd diagnosis put on your record at fifteen years old after seeing your psychologist for three sessions.

in that same vein, if you receive a diagnosis (of any disorder, at any age) and it doesn’t feel right, PLEASE CHALLENGE IT. please seek a second opinion if you have concerns. being treated for the wrong diagnosis can make your condition worse. being viewed with the stigma of a disorder that you don’t have can make your condition worse. up until this year i spent seven years of my life receiving misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis. trust me when i say you’re better off getting no diagnosis at all than getting the wrong one. this is especially true if you think you have bpd but end up getting a bipolar diagnosis- most medications have an inverse effect on us and being prescribed a cocktail of atypicals because they think you’re just not responding to the meds will fuck you up.

there’s a lot of fearmongering online, especially on tiktok, about getting a formal bpd diagnosis so i also just wanted to clear up that no, you will not be rejected entry from countries, you will not be rejected for loans or home ownership and you will not be rejected from career opportunities. the only people who have access to your medical records without a subpoena are your doctors. you are not legally obligated to tell anybody and nobody outside of your care team is allowed to access or request your info outside of a court setting. being diagnosed does not ruin your life as long as you have good medical professionals around you.

if you want to seek help, PLEASE DO. but please advocate for yourself whenever necessary. you deserve help and you deserve a team who listens to your concerns and diagnoses you responsibly. most professionals will leave a diagnosis off your record if you request it (usually unless it’s schizophrenia or bipolar, literally only because it’s important for everybody providing you any form of treatment in any context to know). good psychs will allow you to question a diagnosis and a lot will let you reject it or ask for extra consideration.

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Hi so for Desirdae terms would you do one for psychosis in general? Like we have mild psychosis due to being bipolar but we've had our experiences trivialized or told straight up that we're lying or faking since bipolar doesn't automatically come with psychosis symptoms.

If not can you do one for bipolar disorder? Tbh all our symptoms have been trivialized in some way or another, though we would rather not get into too many specifics on that front.

Thanks regardless!

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Desirpsychosis: a desirdae term for those who desire/yearn/want psychosis. some examples of why are your psychosis being trivialized by others, atypical dysphoria, being shamed all your life and struggling to be open about it, struggling to recognize when your experiencing psychosis etc.

this term is pro transitioning for those who DO have psychosis! an example of transitioning would be starting to be open to close friends about your psychosis, or starting to ignore others trivialization. this term does NOT support the transitioning for those who don't have psychosis.

THIS TERM IS STRICTLY ANTI RADQUEER

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depression pride flag for the people suffering from depression who should be proud of themselves to still be alive

ive seen a few depression pride flag ideas floating around but i wanted one inspired by the semicolon project, the semicolon sol vindictus, and the disability pride flag

more design notes under the readmore

started with the grey base that the disability pride flag uses as a representation of how depression itself feels, darkness

the semicolon sol vindictus is a symbol for hope against that darkness, that the future is certain even if times are difficult

the six semicolons are also representative of the various forms depression can take, major depressive disorder (mdd) and atypical depression, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, persistent depression disorder (pdd), premenstrual dysphoric disorder and post partum depression (ppd), and the rainbow of colors is itself representative of situational depression that can be the result of being rejected for being queer but also is representative of comorbidities with other disabilities which is why its color picked from the disability pride flag

and the white semicolon is based on the color white symbolizing invisible disabilities on the disability pride flag and the symbol for continuing your life

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hi, hope you're doing well! i know you joined the team in s2 when a lot of that groundwork was laid in s1, but what were the discussions around the portrayal of sherlock's depression/addiction like? i love how elementary seemed to portray his depression as more dysthmic especially compared to contemporary shows like You're the Worst/Bojack Horseman, though it seemed to be less of a focus in later seasons. also thanks for helping my fave show of all time come to life!

I'm fine except for the annoying covid.

We talked about Sherlock's addiction all the time, though less so about his depression. I'm not 100% sure he has depression, TBH. Maybe bipolar disorder? Whatever type of depression he may or may not have is complicated by a LOT of other issues. We always believed Sherlock's neuroatypicality was extremely atypical and thus difficult to pin down. We wrote that part of him as, well, Sherlock. Diagnose at your own peril.

That said, I can certainly see why you might see him as dysthymic. Your understanding of Sherlock's issues may vary.

And thanks for the kind words.

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damn. now that I'm on meds, I'm realizing that most of my agoraphobia and social anxiety is actually paranoia from being bipolar. I was paranoid about being perceived, about being scrutinized, about being watched and judged. I would obsess over what every stranger thought of me for days or even weeks.

and now its like oh. Oh. no wonder the anti anxiety meds weren't working, because it wasn't anxiety. It was paranoia.

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This is going to be the first controversial, non-fandom post I've ever made, but as an autistic person, I think it's time to retire the term 'neurotypical'. Not only is it a hard-to-define term, but it doesn't have any application that I find to be helpful.

Firstly, the difficulty to define. Neurotypical is a term that has arisen as an opposition to the term 'neurodivergent' (which has also lost it's meaning somewhat, but that's a conversation for another time). Neurodivergent has a specific meaning--it refers to someone whose brain functions atypically, usually due to another condition--ADHD, autism, Down Syndrome, bipolar, and so on. Neurotypical on the other hand, can at face value, seem like the opposite of that--i.e someone who doesn't have a neurodivergent condition--but the problem is that it reads--and is used as a term--to mean essentially 'normal', and it implies that everyone who doesn't have a neurodivergent condition thinks and acts the same way, which is untrue. No two people's brains function the same way, and there isn't really 'typical' when it comes to brains.

"But mymanyfandomramblings, we need some way of talking about people who aren't neurodivergent?!" I hear you say, and I will respond that you can have a word for that when I trust that you'll use it well. The second reason I think we don't need the term 'neurotypical' anymore is because I don't think it's helpful. Like I said above, it implies that there's a uniformity amongst people who aren't neurodivergent, and the good people of Tumblr dot com love to use this implication to create an 'us vs. them' mentality. As though 'neurotypical' people are a whole mass of mysterious people who communicate only in small talk and make up nefarious social rules that make no sense and exist only to baffle us, and will never be able to understand us as well as another neurodivergent person. And while there is some credence to that--if you don't have a condition, you aren't as easily able to understand someone else--it also refuses to acknowledge that there are so many disorders that can come under the heading of 'neurodiversity' and that I am just as blind to the struggles of someone with NPD or Tourette's--if not more so--than a non-autistic friend might be to my struggles. So that's what you can use instead. You can say 'someone who doesn't have [condition]' if it's important, rather than inventing a phrase that implies that everyone not like you is the same.

That concludes my TED talk, please don't send hateful anons.

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I'm back with another drug history request. How about abilify/aripiprazole?

Sometimes I look up a drug I think is going to be boring and it turns out wildly interesting (dextromethorphan). Sometimes I look up a drug I think is going to be super interesting, and it turns out to be kind of meh (aripiprazole).

Aripiprazole is an atypical antipsychotic. It is also sometimes called a second generation or even a third generation depending on who you talk to. It is used for treating schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, irritability due to autism, as an adjunct treatment for major depression, and tourettes syndrome.

First generation "typical" antipsychotics came out in the 1950s. They block dopamine in the brain. This helps to decrease "positive" symptoms of psychosis, such as hallucinations and delusions, but they can cause sedation and movement disorders which can be permanent.

Second generation "atypical" antipsychotics came out in 1994 and have a lot of different mechanisms of action, usually involving dopamine and serotonin. These decrease "positive" symptoms but also decrease "negative" symptoms like avolition and social withdrawal. These generally have side effects that are more metabolic in nature, such as weight gain and increased blood sugar levels.

Sometimes, dopamine stabilizing medications like aripiprazole and brexpiprazole are lumped in with second generation (they have a similar side effect profile), and sometimes they are put into their own category.

Aripiprazole was discovered in 1995 by Japanese scientists. It was approved in the US as a daily pill in 2002. In 2015 it became available as a once-monthly injection for people who had trouble remembering (or being willing to) to take pills daily.

Today it is the 99th most commonly prescribed medication in the USA.