#schizoaffective bipolar disorder

[rosereign]

When I was hallucinating having sex and having a full psychic relationship with my ex husband’s best friend a few years ago, that “your bfs a bitch” song really got me through

[vamps0ul]

Normalize the physical symptoms of Schizophrenia.

Normalize memory loss

Normalize repetitive movements

Normalize excitability

Normalize speech disorder and frenzied speaking

Normalize impaired motor skills

It's not just all in our heads

[madpunks]

i don't know what psychotic person needs to hear this, but it is in fact okay for you to be psychotic. it's not your fault. you're not asking for it. it's something that's occurring to you. trying to force it to stop happening ALL the time is going to drain you way too much. some days you just have symptoms and it's alright. sometimes you just have to go with the flow. you're not a fuck up if you have episodes, days, weeks, months of not being able to hold it together and mask your paranoia, intrusive thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, catatonia, confusion, etc. it's alright to just be mentally ill for a bit. i love you

[genderqueerdykes]

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hello, my name is Equinox! im a multiply disabled intersex trans lesbian- i deal with hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, degenerative disc disease, PTSD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dissociative disorder, depersonalization/derealization disorder, and some other health problems. i cannot work a 'normal' job due to this. i sell jewelry, paintings, and zines i've written on my ko-fi shop! and i sell collectables and other items that have found their way into my possession over the years that i no longer want/need!

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[riddledem0n]

Here I am, posting something similar like the fibro post... this one goes out to my psychotic folks🫶

[shy-the-schizophrenic]

[rigormortisangel]

once they cure my psychosis, mood swings, chronic PTSD, paranoia, personality disorders, alters, anorexia, orthopedic condition, autoimmune disorders, VCD, chronic pain, and chronic nausea it is OVER for you bitches

[psychotic-tbh]

A little shoutout to my trans and gender diverse folks on the psychotic spectrum!

Your identity(or identities) are very real and deserve to be respected regardless of your psychosis.

[neuroticboyfriend]

reminder that seroquel is neurotoxic. as in, toxic to your nervous system. i understand some people are willing to deal with that for the medicinal benefit but i need every person on this to know. you are taking a neurotoxic substance.

you are taking a substance that acts on 47? receptors in your brain (most medications act on one to several but my god not 47). it is an anticholinergic (class of medications that have been linked to dementia), an antihistamine, and it blocks serontonin. it is basically a chemical lobotomy and in fact, thats how some doctors describe antipsychotics when they were developed - as a chemical alternative to a lobotomy.

it also carries risk of metabolic syndrome, movement disorders, increases stroke risk, (rarely) can increase your QtC interval (heart thing) leading to a condition that causes sudden death. if you have sleep apnea or POTS it can make that worse - same with diabetes and insulin resistance. i could go on. the side effects from this are many and serious.

i dont have energy for sources now so please factcheck me and do your own research but by the love of god.. i just want mentally ill people to know the risks of their medication so they can make an informed choice. especially since many of us are on this for years, indefinitely, effectively for the rest of our lives.

please, if you're on any antipsychotic (or any medication), do research and do what's best for you. ask for alternatives if you must. you deserve and need a good quality of life and it is entirely understandable and normal for the risks and harms of these medications to outweigh the benefits.

if you continue to take these please monitor your health and implement preventative measures. be safe. you are loved.

[221bluescarf]

Hello there!

When you have the spoons, could you give me a beginners guide to bipolar and what the differences are between types 1 & 2? Dont worry, Im not holding you to some scientific or doctorate level of information. More like... what are things you wish you knew or understood about the diagnoses sooner?

Hi! Ok I hope it's ok if this will be long...

For context I've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder 7 times by different psychiatrists/hospitals, the most recent one changing it to schizoaffective bipolar. What I'll say is my own experience (an experience that is also shared by others I know)

I don't know what I would say as a beginners guide... I guess it's important to start by knowing bipolar isn't being sad sometimes and happy sometimes. Bipolar is a pattern of alternating between 2 mood states: depression and mania (or hypomania) each state encapsulating a host of symptoms.

As far as type 1 vs type 2... The difference between the two lies in the mania. Bipolar 2 has hypomania and Bipolar 1 has mania. Both have depression. the depression in both types can be severe and the severity of the depression does not indicate type 1 or 2.

Hypomania is a less impairing version of mania, but it still has a specific set of symptoms and criteria that make it different from just a "good mood". Both hypomania and mania are abnormal states.

Mania is going to be disruptive, impairs functioning, usually causes damage, and can often lead to hospitalization. It's not uncommon for mania to have psychosis with it.

They can both have increased energy and restlessness, racing thoughts, distractibility, pressured speech, grandiosity, feeling overly energetic despite a couple hours or no sleep, irritability, and aggression.

But the easiest way for me to explain is to re-create the scenario.

Hypomania: Getting 1 hour of sleep and still feeling energized, wanting to be active at all hours. Going on a $300 shopping trip I can't really afford. Feeling like everything is brighter, music is alive, and I'm the best artist. Getting kinda snippy. Cleaning the whole house and volunteering to clean other people's houses.

Mania: zero sleep for 48 or 72 hours at a time, not being able to stop moving, feeling on fire and as if I might explode if I ever stop. Spending thousands a.k.a. my entire savings on odd things like duplicates of the same items. Scratching myself bloody because my skin hurts, crying and laughing at the same time. I start tasks and abandon them as soon as I start, leaving a mess. Music becomes an obsession, the lyrics are speaking to me and telling me to do things. Everyone is mocking me. Anger outbursts, violent at times, including road rage incidents.

Both of these end abruptly and plummet into severe depression.

I don't know what I wish I knew... I guess I wish I knew how hard it would be to manage it. Having to keep everything in my life stable in order to keep myself stable. I thought if I just had the right pill I'd go back to "normal".

I also wish I'd known if you have mania you can't "pump the brakes". I kept trying to trigger hypomania in myself thinking I could accomplish so much. But in reality I would hit mania and accomplish nothing. I just spin my wheels, become a volcano, and everything falls apart. I still fall for it sometimes though.

I hope that's somewhat helpful.

[rosereign]

I have too many mood swings to be a teacher and that’s okay. I love kids so much that I know I might not be the best for them.

[polygamousfistingchaos]

The LooneyBin (The Second)

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[madpunks]

i love you if you're mentally ill and/or neurodivergent and can't hide your symptoms. i love you if you tic, if you space out for long periods of time and lose track of conversations, if you react to hallucinations, if you laugh and talk out loud to yourself or to your system members, if you get scared and panic and have to react, if you run from perceived threats, if you get angry and irrational when something triggers your paranoia or trauma, if you can't help getting scared and dependent, if you have a low stress tolerance, if you have disorganized speech and word salad, if you stutter, if you can't control the volume of your voice. you are loved.

[whalien-flags]

BIPOLAR DISORDER FLAG

So I decided to make my own Bipolar Disorder flag because I really don't like our current one (no offense....).

I wanted to use blue because of course that's the sadness color, but it also represents stability as well, and it's counterpart green can symbolize hope, and is also the color of one of our awareness ribbons; which stability and hope are two things we need to strive for. So blue = sadness + stability, green = awareness + hope. I also added our representative symbol onto it in the colors of black and white because that's the colors of our other awareness ribbon (but there's also the blank version without the symbol too). The flag can be used for anyone with any form/type/presentation of bipolar disorder.

I typically only use a widely used/popular flag for projects I do involving flags so it'd be nice if this one got used a lot so I could use it for that 🥹🥹 But I don't intend to actually replace the original flag because I never intend on doing that sort of thing, I just really wanted a flag for it myself that I actually enjoyed.

[thenullepisode]

We gotta raise a schizorganization/schizonation of schizospecs to rid the world of ableists neurotypicals making fun of us with their stupid ass "schizoposting", "schizo moment". We the schizonation have got a present for you and its a fucking missile.👹👹☢⚠️❗❗💉😼😈😈😈🤑🤑🤬🙊🏇🐎

[shy-the-schizophrenic]