How many Getbiggers suffer from mental illness?

[bebop396]

I have Schizoaffective disorder and life is a daily struggle...Please feel free to share and help stop the stigma...With all these shooting sprees on the news and all of them having mental illness, we are getting a bad reputation..

[Obvious Gimmick]

Moderate depression / OCD / alcoholism

[The Italian Lifter]

I have Schizoaffective disorder and life is a daily struggle...Please feel free to share and help stop the stigma...With all these shooting sprees on the news and all of them having mental illness, we are getting a bad reputation..

you're jocking right?

[bebop396]

Moderate depression / OCD / alcoholism

I hate to admit to alcholism, but yeah it is a daily struggle for me too...I have some OCD features also, but i am not diagnosed with it...

[The Wizard of Truth]

Bipolar/psychotic tendencies

[240 is Back]

we're all a little mixed up... your serotonin levels may vary.

Just make the best of it.  100 years ago, they'd just call us a little 'off'.
Today we're diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, etc.
In 100 years, they'll have a perfect pill that'll autocorrect our uneven chemical levels in the brain.
We're stuck in the middle

Try meds, try health food, and above all, just accept how you're built, and use the gifts that come with the deficits, to your benefit.  Yes, ADHD sucks, but you sure can multi-task with it.  yes, OCD sucks, but that house is always clean.  yes, having the addiction in your blood sucks, but when you apply the addiction to success with work/family, you can kick some serious ass at life.

That's what I've learned, coming from a family where EVERYONE has alcohol/drug issues on one side, and everyone one of my siblings has battled their demons.  Just learn to focus those bad things in my blood, into a good direction.   I work too much and get too passionate aobut things, but I'm not stoned, i'm not wasted, I'm not doing all the destructive stuff that others in my family with the same blood are doing  

Good luck man.  Just learn to embrace how you're built and make the best of it, like we all do.  Try diff meds and other things too.  Never give up.

[bebop396]

we're all a little mixed up... your serotonin levels may vary.

Just make the best of it.  100 years ago, they'd just call us a little 'off'.
Today we're diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, etc.
In 100 years, they'll have a perfect pill that'll autocorrect our uneven chemical levels in the brain.
We're stuck in the middle

Try meds, try health food, and above all, just accept how you're built, and use the gifts that come with the deficits, to your benefit.  Yes, ADHD sucks, but you sure can multi-task with it.  yes, OCD sucks, but that house is always clean.  yes, having the addiction in your blood sucks, but when you apply the addiction to success with work/family, you can kick some serious ass at life.

That's what I've learned, coming from a family where EVERYONE has alcohol/drug issues on one side, and everyone one of my siblings has battled their demons.  Just learn to focus those bad things in my blood, into a good direction.   I work too much and get too passionate aobut things, but I'm not stoned, i'm not wasted, I'm not doing all the destructive stuff that others in my family with the same blood are doing  

Good luck man.  Just learn to embrace how you're built and make the best of it, like we all do.  Try diff meds and other things too.  Never give up.

Great words of encouragement, and congratulations on breaking the cycle of addiction in your family...

[240 is Back]

Great words of encouragement, and congratulations on breaking the cycle of addiction in your family...

I don't know how old ya are... but whatever age, just know that it gets easier every year.  The tics and urges and frustration and all that... every year, it lessens.  Test levels drop with age, and the fluctuations start to level out.

Also something that works for a lot of people with issues in our blood like us, is http://thesecret.tv/ - using sourcing, the universe, vision boards, etc.  Helps keep focus.  I know a LOT of people that use these techniques.  get the video on itunes for $10 and watch it a few times... learn how to really source/create/control the things around you.  I used to mock the stuff, but its helped me a lot.  You CAN draw the better things in life to surround you.  Including inner peace, something I strive for daily.   Good luck!

[bebop396]

I don't know how old ya are... but whatever age, just know that it gets easier every year.  The tics and urges and frustration and all that... every year, it lessens.  Test levels drop with age, and the fluctuations start to level out.

Also something that works for a lot of people with issues in our blood like us, is http://thesecret.tv/ - using sourcing, the universe, vision boards, etc.  Helps keep focus.  I know a LOT of people that use these techniques.  get the video on itunes for $10 and watch it a few times... learn how to really source/create/control the things around you.  I used to mock the stuff, but its helped me a lot.  You CAN draw the better things in life to surround you.  Including inner peace, something I strive for daily.   Good luck!

I will look into it, thanks.

[bebop396]

Bipolar/psychotic tendencies

Thanks for being honest on here, you are helping out with the stigma...Good luck to your recovery

[kh300]

bigorexia

[Obvious Gimmick]

I hate to admit to alcholism, but yeah it is a daily struggle for me too...I have some OCD features also, but i am not diagnosed with it...

I hear ya. I lived in the bottle for many many years. Life is much better without it but I miss it everyday

[Archer77]

I go through periods of depression like most people.  My remedy is to always stay busy by engaging myself in activities that I enjoy.  I come from a family of alcoholics and mental illness sufferers. 

[G_Thang]

too many guys on here play angles, so it's hard to tell.

[bebop396]

I go through periods of depression like most people.  My remedy is to always stay busy by engaging myself in activities that I enjoy.  I come from a family of alcoholics and mental illness sufferers. 

How old are you?

[Archer77]

How old are you?

36

[bebop396]

Oh ok good, you are past the age where mental illness manifests itself...Depression is a bitch though, good job on keeping busy with things you like...

[DroppingPlates]

bigorexia

Try steroids

[nzmusclemonster]

Tbombz could fill up 10 pages in this thread about his problems.

[bebop396]

Tbombz could fill up 10 pages in this thread about his problems.

I feel bad for that guy, he is alienating family with his mental problems...

[DroppingPlates]

BTW, I have some sleeping disorder, not officially diagnosed yet.

[bebop396]

BTW, I have some sleeping disorder, not officially diagnosed yet.

Ask your doc about Trazadone...It is a failed antidepressant that is good for sleep...

[BigCyp]

A lot of meds induced cotton mouth in this thread

[bebop396]

BTW, I have some sleeping disorder, not officially diagnosed yet.

I have tried many meds for sleep, Trazadone is the only thing that works

[Tito24]

i suffer from amnesia