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Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:55 am to High C
Yes, my mom was bi-polar.
I really fear my son is going to inherit my genes. I'm like please just let it skip him.
But you know what, because of all the crap, I'm really well aware and in my opinion a good advocate for mental health. It's kind of embarrassing to say I wanted to commit suicide here, but I like to share in case it ever helps one person even. Because I'm still here.
I really fear my son is going to inherit my genes. I'm like please just let it skip him.
But you know what, because of all the crap, I'm really well aware and in my opinion a good advocate for mental health. It's kind of embarrassing to say I wanted to commit suicide here, but I like to share in case it ever helps one person even. Because I'm still here.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:00 am to HoustonChick86
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I really fear my son is going to inherit my genes. I'm like please just let it skip him.
My son takes after me in a lot of ways, for better or worse. When he started showing symptoms, I was able to help and talk to him about it, whereas my wife had no experience dealing with those things and didn’t quite understand.
This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 11:01 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:01 am to RollTide1987
I wonder what alot of you OT drool cups think about ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)? AKA shock therapy.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:01 am to crazy4lsu
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That's true for lots of things in medicine. We know they work but don't know how.
Over history, we have thought a lot of things worked and didn't know why in medicine. Only to learn later it wasn't good.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:03 am to HoustonChick86
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It's kind of embarrassing to say I wanted to commit suicide here, but I like to share in case it ever helps one person even. Because I'm still here.
Exactly, I spent a few days hospitalized on suicide watch many years ago. Having a security officer standing at the door while I used the restroom was no fun. Like you said, though, I’m still here. I’m actually in a better place mentally now than I’ve been since my twenties, and I have a life of experience dealing with this to use for helping my son overcome it.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:04 am to Pandy Fackler
Goes into the category of "works, but dunno why". I think antidepressants only partially go into that category. You can make then ineffective by depleting serotonin, so it does seem they rely on increasing monoamines.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:08 am to High C
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I’m still here. I’m actually in a better place mentally now than I’ve been since my twenties
Cheers man.
I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life, and without meds, but there is something very different in brains like ours that "normal" people.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:14 am to RollTide1987
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Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:19 am to RollTide1987
I'm not a doctor, so take this for what it's worth, but I believe that the mental health industry in this country is largely a scam. I'm not saying mental health is a scam; I absolutely believe people have mental health problems, but I think the whole "give them a pill" response (hello, Xanax) for every mental health diagnosis is nothing more than easy money for pharmaceutical companies.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:21 am to VADawg
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Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:45 am to lsu13lsu
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Over history, we have thought a lot of things worked and didn't know why in medicine. Only to learn later it wasn't good.
Like what? If you say thalidomide I'm going to lecture your arse.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:48 am to crazy4lsu
Recently: Masks for Covid.
Older: Cocaine
Older: Cocaine
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Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:49 am to RollTide1987
Have a look at positive psychology studies led by Martin Seligman and Shawn Achor re: peoples' signature positive factors that drives happiness.
Are there interactions with neurotransmitters, yes! But it is not just about the characteristics of the neurotransmitters (amount, re-uptake speed/quality, enzymes); it is not simply "chemical imbalances".
The signature factors that drive things like people's optimism and hope that make positive emotions tend to impact happiness (and its offset of depression) matter. These factors involve belongingness, people identifying with a meaningful life and purpose, accomplishment, etc.
We humans like to boil solutions down to pills, when we should focus first on connection and mindset.
May still be a place for the pill, but it is likely more exceptional than we are led to believe.
Are there interactions with neurotransmitters, yes! But it is not just about the characteristics of the neurotransmitters (amount, re-uptake speed/quality, enzymes); it is not simply "chemical imbalances".
The signature factors that drive things like people's optimism and hope that make positive emotions tend to impact happiness (and its offset of depression) matter. These factors involve belongingness, people identifying with a meaningful life and purpose, accomplishment, etc.
We humans like to boil solutions down to pills, when we should focus first on connection and mindset.
May still be a place for the pill, but it is likely more exceptional than we are led to believe.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:51 am to RollTide1987
So it’s the sads after all.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:54 am to RollTide1987
You mean to tell me we most likely have crisis of predominately purpose and priority, not a pandemic of depression to be fixed by simply throwing drugs at the problem?
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:57 am to HoustonChick86
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Yes, a healthy lifestyle goes a long ways, but does working out really help when I was thinking of cutting my wrists. NOPE.
Of course it does, but it takes effort and discipline
Posted on 7/27/22 at 12:02 pm to Jim Rockford
I agree. Wouldn't flare badly with hormone fluxes if it wasn't hormone-related.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 12:02 pm to VADawg
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I think the whole "give them a pill" response (hello, Xanax) for every mental health diagnosis is nothing more than easy money for pharmaceutical companies.
Some dude doesn't want to go to work one day so we give him pills to make him "not sad."
What we don't take care of is the dude sleeps like shite, doesn't excercise, eats like shite, and watches and consumes fear porn news 12 hours a day.
But yeah, it's just a chemical imbalance and there's nothing he can do about it but get medicated.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 12:02 pm to Pandy Fackler
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Spoken like a complete fricking moron.
You seem triggered now that the scam is finally over. Are you a lobbyist for big pharma or something?
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