Drug users and mental illness

What mental illnesses do you suffer from?

  • AD(H)D

    Votes: 170 28.4%
  • Anxiety

    Votes: 401 67.1%
  • Depression

    Votes: 404 67.6%
  • Bipolar

    Votes: 136 22.7%
  • OCD

    Votes: 110 18.4%
  • Panic Disorder

    Votes: 138 23.1%
  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 91 15.2%

  • Total voters
    598
I do not for one millisecond doubt that many people do suffer from varied mental illnesses but I feel that all too often it is very easy for people to hide behind a rushed diagnosis and take the pills rather than address the issues that cause them to feel and act the way the do.

I suffer from anxiety to a varying degree in different situations but I have got a lot of shit to be anxious about! To be honest I think that anxiety is ingrained into my thought patterns from youth, mainly through my mothers example.

I am slightly compulsive, sometimes depressed and occasionally panicky.

I consider this a part of me. Obviously who I am will change over time as I grow throughout my life.

I am a work in progress. If I were to resort to benzos and be happy drugged all the time then I would just be deluding myself and remain stuck in a rut.

That said, if anything ever goes out of control really badly then I will seek professional help.

I'm also studying psych at the moment so I can keep the constant internal dialog going;)
 
ranunky said:
Oh i forgot to tell the mods to put in an option for no mental illness, as that was pretty much the point of this thread, to see the ratio of mental/sane users.

Sorry, but we can't actually change a poll once its created. Though I suspect the ratio would be misleading anyway (if you were wanting to generalise it to the wider BL/drug using populaion), as this sort of a forum tends to attract a disproportionate amount of people who have already suffered some form of mental illness.

It would certainly have been interesting to include it, though. We can re-do the poll if you like, but you'll lose all the info in this one.

Bluedragonfly - sorry I haven't created your poll yet, I'm a bit busy at the moment and couldn't figure out a way for the options to make sense. When my exams are over I'll PM you to figure something out. :)
 
anxiety and depression

professionally medicated for both; definitely used to self-medicate for anxiety (social) with heavy drinking.
 
obsessions as in repetitiveintrusive thoughts/checking but not ocd
danger to self and potentially others
zoning out and losing the plot when sober and in childhood
probably repressed memories, given the way things go in the present.
inappropriate behaviour and responses causing trouble for self and others

trippy drugs have helped me idenitfy and heal certain things which permanently helped my life, but who wants to rely on drugs, I want to do this shit straight.
 
trippy drugs have helped me idenitfy and heal certain things which permanently helped my life, but who wants to rely on drugs, I want to do this shit straight.

Thats it. I have found psychedlics to help me in many ways, undefrdstanding the archicterture of my brain and realising its plasticity- but the best work is done stone cold sober.
 
I have avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder traits, borderline personality disorder traits, social phobia, recurrent/refractory depression and psychosis.

I also use benzos and opioids to 'treat' my anxiety.

I am on lamotrigine, bupropion, mirtazapine, amisulpride and clonazepam.
 
Scale That Mount'in'

Diagnosed:
GAD
Panic Disorder (mainly associated with 'authority' or 'threatening' figures; otherwise comes out as paranoia/ready to defend myself against said figure.)

Felt/Doctor(s) Suspect:
Mild Agoraphobia (seems to go up & down)
Mild OCD (seems to be much worse on my own/in my own environment)

Medicated by high dose benzos.
Daily... :\

Other than that I'm right as rain on houses.

But I've never found balance that appealin'... :\ ;)

PEACE
UnS
:)
 
But I Think That's What Yo' Sayin'

willow11 said:
Thats it. I have found psychedelics to help me in many ways, understanding the architecture of my brain and realizing its plasticity- but the best work is done stone cold sober.

Agree.
But with the hindsight of psikes,
I oft find it much easier.

PEACE
UnS
:)
 
narutokun said:
OMG I had to check all the boxes.
Are you actually diagnosed or just an angsty teen who thinks he/she's mentally ill when really you're just, well, a teenager?
 
When I've had anxiety, any drug I've taken has just exacerbated it.

I would have been anxious without the drugs - probably not to the same degree.

And after deciding to give up pot entirely, and going to see a psychologist for the past 6 months, I'm much better.
 
intravenous said:
Are you actually diagnosed or just an angsty teen who thinks he/she's mentally ill when really you're just, well, a teenager?
of course i've been diagnosed :\
 
^ You can't be diagnosed with bipolar and major depression at the same time....if you have manic or hypomanic episodes you fall within the bipolar spectrum.


Intraveous raises a good point.....this poll is going to be a little meaningless if people just vote according to what they might have, or according to misdiagnoses they've recieved in the past. might be best to stick to just voting with what you're currently diagnosed with and believe to be correct.
 
^ If you're having manic (or hypomanic) episodes AND depressive ones, then you fit the criteria for a disorder on the bipolar spectrum (bipolar I, II, cyclothymia, etc). Major depression doesn't include mania.
 
narutokun said:
i dunno man i just know i'm depressed and i do have manias

Thats bipolar disorder. If you had major depression you would only get depression thats it. I have bipolar and before i got on the right mood stabilizer i had bouts of really severe major depression, mixed states and hypomania.

The major depression part tended to last longer then anything else and i often stayed in bed for a week or longer not even eating. Mixed states generally would not last longer then a day but where more horrible then anything else. These where the times i came very close to killing myself. Id also have hypomania that would last a week or so and i once stayed awake for 4 days in a row. I finally crashed after taking a few extra clonazapam. It was not uncommon for me to stay awake days at a time.

If you do have bipolar and by the sounds of it you might get treated for it. It's a serious illness so you shouldnt just try and self medicate with it.
 
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