Alcohol. Steam sale. 80’s movies. Polish chicks.
Figure out whats annoying you. Accept things you cant change, work on things you can? Lack of friends, reach out to peeps you used to know on FB, frequent a bar and get to know the regulars, take up some bullshit hobby like airsoft and get to know the guys.
Annoyed at yourself? Take up road running, go to a gym maybe. Consider a new job? Dont concentrate on a new line of work because that will just punt you into the black hole of depression more like maybe theres a chance for movement to a different department in your current job, same with getting more schooling I think those are the steps a happy stable guy can do, get the dick out and go for it. If you hurting just work on the small happiness things, minor stuff that leads to a better situation a few weeks/months down the road.
Everybody gets into a funk, money and health being the usual suspects, you can fix those with minor changes. Are you legit mental? Cant help ya there bud, turn in your firearms I guess. :tup:
Damn this is still going?
I got diagnosed with MS a few months ago (2 lesions on my spine, several on my brain), and in addition to the physical disabilities caused by this, I’ve been insanely in a funk lately. I almost feel bad just labeling it as a funk. I’ve been outright depressed. It sucks being in the middle of my life, and already gotta think about all the shit I can’t do anymore. Friends wanted to go play sports the other day, and I was excited for a moment, until I remembered what happened to me.
Sucks like a mother fucker, and I dunno if being cheerful is gonna be that helpful.
keo-bas
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I dont know how to really share myself so I’ll try to keep it short
Around 22 age i was diagnosed with ADHD. I admittedly though nothing of it because my doctor told I had learned to cope with medication and other stuff for years, so I try to apply this going forward but as the year go by I was getting worts in alot of daily thing. losing possession easily, short term memory lost, and inability to complete task in a timely manner. Now in my 28 I realize I have to take this seirsly and have started treatment. I first had iratability problem and we found out the root was poor sleepy habit (noslty work overnight jobs). I was put on medication to help sleep which helps alot so i went in enthusiatic about obe that can help me focus. but was dissapointed when two perscribed one didn’t help. I felt their side effects but none of the positive one either.
Im now about to try the infamous Adderall. Im not sure how this one will work but I also know medications an only do so much on it own and I need to pratice good discipline as well and put myself on a routine. But one thign that always terrified me was confiding with people about this. I am blessed i have other and family member who are understanding of it. Its also partially due to one of my brother having down syndrom so they dont think its myth. But I had few acquitances and freinds i reveal this to and …it made thing uncofmtable…most would say im just making excuses. Which i felt i was because unliek other who just take disability check. i want to work and contribute but I have learning cruve that different so I just can’t apply other peoples methods.
OMG…I have the same exact problem with ADHD.
Minus OCD.
And just when I was coping with my father being a turncoat, my mom decides to follow suit and side with my fucking ex.
Like I said, my mom wasn’t much better than my dad, but this whole thing is just a knife to my fucking heart.
My parents have basically decided an abusive cunt is more important than me. My dad’s side of the family was trying to help the cunt manipulate me into letting her come find me before I could get a restraining order made. My aunt and cousins on my mom’s side refuse to have anything to do with me.
Like I legit have zero family left in my life. And yes I am salty about that. It’s actually depressing.
I know it makes really difficult for a person to pay attention and control impulsive behaviors. I
suffered from this disorder making my life really miserable. It lasted for a bout 3 years and i was on medications which helped me deal with it. You need to be really very positive if you want to overcome it. Here is a very good source which can help you go through all the risks, symptoms,treatment https://www.everydayhealth.com/adhd/guide/
Ive been takin’ my meds right and I haven’t had a drink in 8 months. My stay in jail was a real wake up call. So I’m doing ok, still a messed up, but ok. Just learning how to deal with my issues day by day.
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Give y’all an update. Its good and bad.
Ive been doing pretty bad over the past several months. Severe depression and anxiety. I did stop drinking for 14 months. At around the 11 month mark I became a dry drunk. I started to huff those compressed air dusters. Those made me lose it. For some reason when I get really messed up on any substance I go into this warrior mode and I want to kill either myself or someone else. I become very violent and very dangerous. That got me picked up by the police on a 51/50 and sent to the ER at one of the hospitals here. I was at the hospital for several hours before a social worker came to see me. He released me and I went home. Ive stopped huffing that fucking shit and will never touch it again. I wont even have it in my home.
Fast forward to 14 months and I had another mental break. What did I do? I went and started to drink. The warrior came out again. Since I didn’t have anyone to hurt, I hurt myself. I cut myself.
I was once again picked up on a 51/50 and taken to a different hospital. This time I was not released but was sent to a mental health inpatient facility. I was there for 6 days. I got my head straight, I got off Xanax (thank god) and I’m starting my recovery over anew.
I had been to the same mental health facility twice before but I didn’t really want to be there. I wanted to be there this time. I wanted help. I got it. Now I’m home and I’m feeling pretty good. I plan to start attending AA meetings starting this week and I also have an appointment to see my psychiatrist and I plan to get REAL with him. I want him to adjust my meds and take some labs. I want to find out whats really going on besides what we know. No more fucking around or I’m going to end up in jail again for something far worse than what I went to jail for last time.
It scares me to think that I become so dangerous when I drink or huff. I don’t even know that I’m doing it but I do and its just scary. So scary that I really, really don’t want to drink again. That’s why I’m going to AA. I’m not going to go it alone anymore. I’m going to get help in my recovery and figure out how to keep myself from losing my shit and doing something I will regret forever.
Anyhow, I hope anyone else that is here on SRK that suffers mental illness and/or substance abuse learns from my mistakes. I hope anyone here is doing ok and getting the help they need if they do suffer mental illness. It is a real thing and it can destroy a person and the people they love.
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A little bit of info on me:
I’ve been diagnosed bi-polar and have had varying mental health issues since age 16 (I’m now 40). I also will have mood swings that will turn violent if I haven’t had my medication. I currently take Geodon and Depakote ER, which combined with food; caused me to gain a metric fuckton of weight (talking 75-90 lbs in a year and a half). The mental health stuff hits every part of my lifestyle; including money management to the point where I have my SO help with managing my money.
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I feel you on the weight gain. I was on the highest dose of Latuda possible for about 2 years and I gained over 100lb because of it. One of the reasons I’m so sick and in the hospital with respiratory issues is because of the weight. Being a heart patient didn’t exactly benefit me either.
I’ve lost 50 pounds since being in the hospital though (2 weeks as of today. Expected to be here another month). It’s was entirely water weight but it’s a start.
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Same with me. I take Seroquel, 200mg in the morning and 300mg at night. It makes me gain weight like crazy but I have to take it. If I don’t I start hearing the voice and my depression and anxiety just get worse. I’d rather be a bit fat than be…unsafe. I just need to work out and that will cut down the weight.
I just got a workout bench and weights (I already have some weights to go along with it as well) so I’m gonna start working out again regularly. I think that will also help with my recovery. It will give me something to do and shave off some weight.
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Azure
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Honestly, the stress of the current deliberate structure of this society is what begets so much of mental health issues.
Stress, stress, stress.
And boy, do the health and pharmaceutical industries absolutely LOVE it.
Industries… the heartless core of the problem.
Went to see my psychiatrist today. Got real with him and told him everything that’s gone on since jail. He did not want to give me any kind of benzo for my anxiety. Against his better judgment he gave 1mg Ativan 3 times a day. I don’t plan on takin’ it three times a day though. I’m just going to take one in the morning and one at night.
He was really hard on me but he was right, I need to get out and start doing shit other than being a hermit. I also cant miss appointments with him any longer. If I miss my next appointment he will no longer give me any type of benzo and I’ll just have to suffer with my anxiety.
I didn’t realize it but I had been on Xanax for 10 years. That shit is what was keeping me in a super funk I think. The Ativan doesn’t do that to me. I’ve been on it before and, even though its a benzo just like Xanax, it doesn’t keep me down like the Xanax. Not only was I super addicted to it but it was just too strong for me. I was on 2mg three times a day and that was just too much. Even .25mg is too much. I’m glad the doctor in the hospital took me off it. Its a terrible drug.
Edit - I also dont get addicted to Ativan and I can stop takin’ it without any withdraw.
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Sacr3D
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How much would meditation help people with bi-polar disorders? Would it help a lot that you can reduce the intake of medicine? Or do you guys need to take meds all your life?
The medication I take helps with that and other shit. I’m not certain but I think I’ll be on 2 of the 3 medications I take for the rest of my life. Sad but true. The only one I can see me not takin’ forever is the one I take for anxiety. I may (I hope) learn how to cope with my anxiety without medication.
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So idk wtf happened but since yesterday my brother is in a catatonic state. I don’t understand how this could happen. He’s in the hospital under observation. He’s always been a lost and depressed kid with no friends and is a big pothead. Yesterday he tried to talk to me then just shut down in front of me which made me call an ambulance. Man is he always going to stay like this? There’s so much I don’t understand.
I picked up my meds yesterday for my bipolar and I found out that one of the meds I take currently has a 1 in 10 chance of gaining 100+ pounds as a side effect. Guess who got hit with that?
@mikeohara Is it Latuda by chance? I was on 120mg of latuda for about 2 years, maybe 2 and 1/2. I weighted 220 when I was first put on it. I ballooned to over 340 by the time I took myself off of it. The massive weight gain was one of the tipping points of me being in the hospital for a month.
Shit sucks. I’m trying really hard to lose the weight. Since being admitted in February until now I’ve lost over 75lb though.
nope, it’s Geodon (generic is Ziprasidone).
