Bi-polar

[Vidar]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey I have a question I hope not to offend, since you know so well that you have a bi-polar condition.. when you have mood swings, are you able to be like -oh doh, wait a minuet guys, im just having issues with my bi-polar right now.. ill be ok!

I dont mean to offend! I hope I dont!

Honestly, i have been diagnosed for about a month now, so i cant say for sure... that being said who knows how long ive actually had it. In the past ive had 'depression' that i have recognized (ive battled depression for years...not sure, but it probably was part of the bipolar) and forced myself to not isolate myself. Ex. being going to the gym and going to sports bars to watch fights etc. Not all times were successful, as i couldnt always last through the whole night of being around people. That being said, as far as the depression goes, yes i can sometimes tell that i am not 'normal' and i need to force myself to get out of my comfort zone. Meaning getting around people in one way or another and not being the hermit on eq never going outside =\

[iruinedyourday]

Well I hope you the best of luck and though I don't know you, ill be sending my positive energy in you're direction (wherever that is!) good luck!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Vidar]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well I hope you the best of luck and though I don't know you, ill be sending my positive energy in you're direction (wherever that is!) good luck!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I appreciate that! P99ers Unite!!

[Glenzig_]

oops now hes manic again good job

[loramin]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey I have a question I hope not to offend, since you know so well that you have a bi-polar condition.. when you have mood swings, are you able to be like -oh doh, wait a minuet guys, im just having issues with my bi-polar right now.. ill be ok!

I dont mean to offend! I hope I dont!

For me the answer is sort of yes. I've known I've had it for about a decade now, and at first I was terrible at recognizing when I was getting "out of whack". Over time though, especially after I got some therapy, I became a lot better at recognizing when I was being manic/depressed. For instance, whenever I write a particularly fiery post here on P99 I usually come back a few minutes or a few hours later and go "oh man, I was totally a jerk there and now that I think about it I am feeling rather high energy". On my best days I realize it before I even hit the post button, and I wait a few hours until I'm feeling less passionate.

When that happens, whether it's here or somewhere more important like work, I do try and apologize or edit my post to be less caustic or something. I don't mention the bipolar though: it's human nature to see people with mental illness differently, and I'd rather my co-workers think I'm a jerk sometimes then think of me as crazy.

[Glenzig_]

u crazy sonofabitch get away from my children terrorist queer

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Glenzig_ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

u crazy sonofabitch get away from my children terrorist queer

Luckily I don't care what Glenzig thinks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[stormlord]

Just being an asshole or writing a passionate post doesn't make you Bi-polar. It's just like hte other day I was reading about ADHD and the ADHD expert in the article said something like "Everybody has problems every so oftne wiht attention, but..."

EDIT: found the link here:
www.childmind.org -> Hyperfocus: The Flip Side of ADHD? Thinking about dysregulation, not deficit, of attention

Hyperfocusing on stimulating or compelling activities isn't unique to ADHD. "We all pay attention better to the things that we're interested in, and it's more of an effort to pay attention to things we're less interested in," Dr. Auciello says. "Attention in 'normal' people is not perfect." However, it can become a real problem in kids with ADHD who have an impairing inability to "attention switch," as Dr. Rosenthal puts it. Luckily, when focusing on necessary tasks is the problem, hyperfocus can also be the solution.

I think a good bit of this we're supposed to leanr when we're kids. For example, acting out and being an a***** isn't conducive to getting homework done or making friends. Some kids don't learn and I think they tend to have these mental disorders.

I think a good lot of prisoners also have mental disorders. Imagine in the future they might think our prison system was savage because it was torturing people with mental disorders.

www.huffingtonpost.com -> Psychopaths' Brains Aren't Wired To Show Empathy, Study Finds

Psychopaths are unable to show empathy toward others because their brains aren't wired to do so, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry.

Researchers from the University of Chicago used brain imaging technology to find that psychopaths have less activation in certain parts of the brain and high activation in other parts of the brain, compared with people who are not psychopaths, in response to scenarios of people being purposely hurt.

"This is the first time that neural processes associated with empathic processing have been directly examined in individuals with psychopathy, especially in response to the perception of other people in pain or distress," study researcher Jean Decety, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Chicago, said in a statement.

In the past, British researchers found that psychopaths actually have differences in their brain structure, compared with people who aren't psychopaths. A study published last year in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted on violent criminals in Britain showed that psychopaths have less gray matter in the anterior rostral prefrontal cortex brain region, Reuters reported.

Here's another thing about PTSD and neurlogic soft signs:
www.crimetimes.org -> Neurological `soft signs,' reduced IQ linked to PTSD

Tamara Gurvits and colleagues studied 21 adult women who were sexually abused as children, and 38 veterans of the Vietnam War. Each group contained subjects with and without symptoms of PTSD. When the researchers performed neuro-logical and psychological tests on their subjects, they found that "subjects with PTSD reported more neurodevelopmental problems and more childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and had lower IQs, all of which were significantly correlated with neurologic soft signs." These results remained true after the researchers accounted for alcoholism or head injury.

The researchers say their find-ings do not negate the validity of post-traumatic stress disorder as a diagnostic entity, noting that "in the veterans, the correlation of combat exposure with PTSD symptoms was high." They theorize, rather, that "a diminish hed ability to cope with a traumatic event and its consequences owing to lower intelligence may increase the likelihood of the PTSD outcome." They note, too, that neurologic soft signs are associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders, ranging from s schizophrenia to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

[Glenzig_]

luck, fate, or implausible denial since i, the real glenzig, are all you care about

and yes the populations of mental hospitals to prisons is a phenomenon of shameful ignorance and perpetuation of violence on an industrial scale

real glenzig out

[loramin]

Originally Posted by stormlord [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just being an asshole or writing a passionate post doesn't make you Bi-polar. It's just like hte other day I was reading about ADHD and the ADHD expert in the article said something like "Everybody has problems every so oftne wiht attention, but..."

Totally. For instance ordinary people don't do well when they miss some sleep; that's universal. What's bipolar is when, instead of making you tired, getting bad sleep actually gives you insomnia (because it makes you more manic). Or like, normal people become bigger jerks when they're tired, but they don't get in to a state of mind where they spend money, drive fast, argue over stuff they'd never normally argue over, etc.

It's kind of like seeing an alcoholic have a few drinks. For any normal person having a few drinks isn't a sign of anything, but when you see an alcoholic drinking you know they're having a relapse. Similarly with me when I see myself write a flame post I've learned it's a sign that something is going wrong in my brain's chemistry, but like you said someone else could write a flame post and that's just them being their normal selves.