All the more reason not to jump to a diagnosis. I hope that it gets figured out and he gets help. He’s not my favorite human, and honestly I don’t really care for his music or other endeavors one way or another, but it’s got to be frustrating to have so many people act like they know you better than your doctors.

Head injuries may also cause issues that mimic mental illness . . . I wasn’t super aware of his accident (only that he had his jaw wired shut due to one at some point). If brain trauma was also involved, he may not have a mental illness at all, but brain damage with symptoms that can mimic mental illness . . . it…

Lexpro is an SSRI for treating depression, and not inficated for bipolar disorder. Without a mood stabilizer or an antipsychotic to level out, antidepressants actually cause manic episodes rather than treat them. Given this, I would seriously question bipolar disorder as his current diagnosis. I have bipolar disorder…

My last time in, they restrained me on the ambulance ride —padded restraints attached to the gurney i was rolled in on. They take them off after intake, but restraints are very much still used.

Thanks for this. Took me 5 years of therapy to say the sentence “I have bipolar disorder” rather than “I’m bipolar”. Probably wouldn’t have taken 5 years of therapy if the social stigma weren’t so strong.

This month marks 6 years of no psychiatric hospitalization for me after going in every Oct/Nov for 3 years straight. The last stay was almost 4 weeks (two 5150 holds plus a 5250) plus 3 months in outpatient group therapy. Be patient. Listen to your doctors and staff. Advocate your needs. Be kind to yourself. Wishing…

Speaking as a person with the severest form of bipolar disorder with a couple of comorbid diagnoses, don’t. Just stop with the armchair nonsense. Is he suffering a mental breakdown? You don’t need a magic 8-ball to see that “all signs point to yes”, but without intimate knowledge of his thoughts, emotions, and…

This craziness has led to Axl Rose making actual sense? I think we may officially be in the Twilight Zone.

My aunt babysat me and forced me to eat all the time. My mom did the same til I learned to cook at age 7. From then on I made my own dinner if my mom planned something I couldn’t stomach. I will literally try anything at least once, but I’ve tried a lot and kmow what I can’t stomach —strongly sweet or strong onion…

Speaking of the Tea Party...the local members, all like 10 of them (all over 40 and white, how did you know?) were holding a pro-Trump roadside rally by my local mall. Choice sign: “Life’a a b**** -don’t elect one as president” (self-censored, by the sign-maker). It was nice playing “La Vie Boheme” from RENT to drown…

I hope she gets as little time in jail as possible and gets the help she actually needs. I ended up writing a book about killing my father and then being haunted by his angry spirit. I never edited it once I finished writing; I think it was a way for me to cope and reason myself out of acting on it. I knew deep down…

Chronic PTSD for sure. I have the same from growing up in an abusive household. I’m sure her defense can use this to help her. She needs to be psychologically evaluated, because it’s obvious she has trauma.

This. I called the cops on my father several times, and nothing ever came of it. The last time I called he lied to them as usual and the threatned to kill me and my mother if I ever tried it again. I actively plotted killing him until I finally moved out for college.

Best lip sync performance hands down.

MRAs in a nutshell

I ended up becoming a teacher. In my eyes the most important part of my job is sharing my issues (without too much detail) and hoping I can help kids who are growing up like I did know they can mame it out without ending up dead, on the streets, or in jail. Most of my kids respect me and trust me enough to open up to…

Agreed. I asked my mom to take me to therapy multiple times as a teen. I even showed her a NAMI evaluation about bipolar disorder literally telling me to go get evaluated for psychiatric care. She ignored me. My dad found a suicide letter I’d thrown out once after cleaning my closet (I’d written the letter before a…

My aunt did Al-anon after finding out about it through AA actually. She wants ny mom to try going but knows she won’t go til she’s ready.

Everyone finds balance their own way. I acted out through self harm (burns and bruises after realizing cutting didn’t give me any meaningful release). I tried to kill myself multiple times. I found that I need a solid regime of medication and therapy mixed with creative outlets to stay in a safe mindset. Whenever I’ve…

I saw my dad for the first time in 4 years a couple weeks ago. I usually try to get just my mom to fly out to me instead. He’s not as volatile as he used to be, but I can tell my mom is still in the cycle of emotional abuse. To her, it’s not abuse if he isn’t hitting her or being overly aggressive. One night my mom…