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Mental Health The Mental Health Social vs a place for our voices

I found that talking to a therapist helped me realize things, nothing life changing, but enough for me to realize why I behave in certain ways.

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This compter wont let me quote but thats some truth right there. I went and saw one because me and the gf were fighting alot. After discussing my job and how i never lose my cool at work he asked why I didn't use the same tactics with the GF as I did with angry customers. It was like a lightbulb going off over my head, I never got mad like that in a fight ever again, i just go to my happy place, same as work. That advice was so worth the price of admission i reccomend that therapist to everyone. Someone who can offer a new outside perspective, totally worth it
 
rx_prn said:
Awesome, thank you!

Since you offered - are you familiar with Dexamethasone inducing manic episodes, or "activating" latent bipolar disorder in a person with no personal or family history of the disease?
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Makes sense that it could. Its a corticosteroid, essentially raising stress levels in your body, which at a certain point may trigger an inherent 'overload', causing your body to compensate through mania.
 
This is for everybody, but particularly for Libby (in thanks for her summer reading recommendations above). I just read a book I really loved called The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy. Beautiful writing about the magic of individual seemingly separate acts of compassion that in fact influence and shape many lives in unseen ways.
 
Its fine. If you're prone to mania is suggest talking to your doctor about other methods than steroids. Are you open to this? They also cause a lot of cortico-related chemicals to build up - a nasty feeling I'd wager, like taking a bunch of ephedrine or yohimbe.

I really want to be a moderator or crew member lol.
 
my3rdeye said:
I found that talking to a therapist helped me realize things, nothing life changing, but enough for me to realize why I behave in certain ways.
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I had CBT for three years, and it was useless. I have to admit talking to someone is nice, but it didn't give me anything. I'd rather just take a Valium.
 
I'm sorry about your experience.


Ask your doctor about gabapentin/pregabalin.

Acupuncture/meditation do legitimately work if you're willing to put in the effort.
 
^ I'll have to ask about those 2 medications.

I've never even thought of acupuncture and meditation for my pain! I've always knew it had existed but it never really crossed my mind I suppose. I'll have to look into that more. :)
 
^I was just about to suggest mindfulness for pain. It takes some practice, but works amazingly well. I've heard of some women using it to manage their pain during childbirth. I have a bad knee and it's been amazing for that. I hope you find something to help, rx. <3

Libby and Herby, thank you for the book recommendations! I added them to my ever growing list. <3 reading. Maybe we should have a book thread for MH?
 
Had an awesome session/deep conversation with a close friend. I told him for years I had been hiding the fact that I have severe depression and anxiety disorder, and he opened up about his having episodes of depression with no outlet/scared of the stigma associated with l health problems....

And my first day as a solar panel installer went very well.
 
^I know how good those conversations are. I thought I was the only one in my group of friends but one time after I basically totally broke down in front of them, they all admitted that they had been through similar issues.

My therapist called me today. Friday I had to cancel all my appointments with her and my psychiatrist because I found out my insurance wasn't covering me (don't even get me started on that :|). I let her know I was moving as well and she told me how nice it had been working with me for the last five years and she wishes the best for me. I ended up bawling after the phone conversation. She's helped me out so much and I don't even know if I'd be here if it wasn't for her. I'm going to miss her support quite a bit. :( <3
 
spork said:
^I know how good those conversations are. I thought I was the only one in my group of friends but one time after I basically totally broke down in front of them, they all admitted that they had been through similar issues.

My therapist called me today. Friday I had to cancel all my appointments with her and my psychiatrist because I found out my insurance wasn't covering me (don't even get me started on that :|). I let her know I was moving as well and she told me how nice it had been working with me for the last five years and she wishes the best for me. I ended up bawling after the phone conversation. She's helped me out so much and I don't even know if I'd be here if it wasn't for her. I'm going to miss her support quite a bit. :( <3
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sorry to hear that, i hope there is some way things can work out:?<3
a good therapist is hard to find...
 
Spork, will you be able to get coverage when you move? I hope that you can work it out. You really need that support being in a new place and having everything up in the air for a while.
 
Yes, I fortunately will. Thankfully I'm moving to the one state that has universal healthcare. I plan on getting on that before I even begin unpacking after I move. Moving and starting over is exciting, but starting over with a new therapist...not so much.
 
FnX said:
Been feeling in a really dark place for a few days, trying to float on top of the water but feels like I'm drowning so to speak. I don't know, my mind is just blank, I sit there and just stare, unable to concentrate on anything or go to the kitchen to do something but soon find myself just standing there not having a clue why I'm there. It's like, so many little changes in the past week or so, people visiting for a few days leading to the dog to change his behavior and stuff, which usually means increased barking and always have to do something about that to respect our neighbors. Then everything just starts feeling chaotic and I cram into my little shell with complete social withdrawal as a self-mechanism, unable to do anything, eat properly, sleep properly... except during few moments of 'pulling myself together' every now and then which exhausts me tremendously.

I wish I could say it's just the ebb & flow of my life, but figuratively speaking sometimes it feels like it's generally leaning more and more towards the ebb side of things while the flow just isn't what it used to be and part of me fears it never will. Feels like I constantly have to put more and more effort in things over the years, but it could be that my memory is a bit selective when looking back at past and thus my memories of how everything used to be are sort of distorted.

Oh man, seasonal depression... just wouldn't want to deal with this right now at all, and why does it have to be spring of all the seasons? Works every time like a clock-work too. I guess summer would be worse though.

Re-distributed: Maybe you should just present yourself as yourself sort of? Without necessarily bringing it up at all, unless you feel it's kind of not getting addressed, but it should come naturally to the psychologist if the traits are obviously showing in your behavior. I remember when I had my psych evaluation quite a few years ago, I hadn't even heard of Asperger's and when the psychologist told me she saw me as one right off the bat I was quite surprised, later on I was thinking that if I knew about it and brought it up by myself, I would never know her true opinion without me tainting it by bringing it up. Later I think I took a similar test on the internet like those and, well I suppose the traits fit then seeing I scored something like 146 of 200 for aspie and under 50 of 200 for neurotypical, I can't remember the exact numbers anymore, I think I'll take it again to see if I've changed since I can't bloody sleep anyway.

Got me thinking about personality tests in general, anyone else done the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI)? I personally found it to be rather accurate, consistently giving me the same result (INFP) ever since ages ago I started taking the test in various places online when I was 14 years old. Felt like I learned something about myself and don't we all want to learn more about ourselves? Okay I admit I'm just curious as to what kind of results other people around here get =D. Think we could have a thread dedicated for it too if enough people are in to it, seems to me that many have their own types of personality tests they seem to prefer.

EDIT: Might as well provide an actual link to the test, seems like it's become some kind of commercial hit so it can be hard to find a decent free test http://psychology-tools.com/myers-briggs-type-indicator/ and remember as it says, try to answer the questions the way you are, not the way you would like to be seen as others.
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I really relate to everything you said. Feels like what I go through.
 
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