Bipolar/Aspergers support and chat thread
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Diagnosed with bipolar disorder and I almost certainly believe that I have Asperger's.
I was hospitalized for a month last year in November-December because of psychosis. I didn't want to believe that I'm bipolar, I figured that it was just a psychotic break due to intense and continued stress throughout the whole year. I'm still not sure.
I also think I might have mild ADHD.
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“The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation”
― Terence McKenna
I was hospitalized for a month last year in November-December because of psychosis. I didn't want to believe that I'm bipolar, I figured that it was just a psychotic break due to intense and continued stress throughout the whole year. I'm still not sure.
I also think I might have mild ADHD.
I can't possibly imagine what it's like to live with those three conditions.
*hugs*
I was hospitalized for a month last year in November-December because of psychosis. I didn't want to believe that I'm bipolar, I figured that it was just a psychotic break due to intense and continued stress throughout the whole year. I'm still not sure.
I also think I might have mild ADHD.
In America, at least, there is a preference in psychiatry to try diagnosing psychosis as bipolar disorder at first, because psychotic mood disorders have a much better prognosis than psychotic disorders that are not purely mood disorders, especially those with "schizo-" in the name. They always wanna give you a trial of lithium or some other mood stabilizer to see if mood stabilization nips the psychosis in the bud.
Of course, if this is your first psychotic break, they could be entirely wrong. If looking over the long period and they see your mood actually tends to be stable and it's simply that you just get psychotic regardless of mood, then they may start moving you toward diagnoses like schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, or psychotic disorder NOS.
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I was hospitalized for a month last year in November-December because of psychosis. I didn't want to believe that I'm bipolar, I figured that it was just a psychotic break due to intense and continued stress throughout the whole year. I'm still not sure.
I also think I might have mild ADHD.
I can't possibly imagine what it's like to live with those three conditions.
*hugs*
Although at least you're formally diagnosed. I feel like somewhat of a fraud.
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“The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation”
― Terence McKenna
I was hospitalized for a month last year in November-December because of psychosis. I didn't want to believe that I'm bipolar, I figured that it was just a psychotic break due to intense and continued stress throughout the whole year. I'm still not sure.
I also think I might have mild ADHD.
In America, at least, there is a preference in psychiatry to try diagnosing psychosis as bipolar disorder at first, because psychotic mood disorders have a much better prognosis than psychotic disorders that are not purely mood disorders, especially those with "schizo-" in the name. They always wanna give you a trial of lithium or some other mood stabilizer to see if mood stabilization nips the psychosis in the bud.
Of course, if this is your first psychotic break, they could be entirely wrong. If looking over the long period and they see your mood actually tends to be stable and it's simply that you just get psychotic regardless of mood, then they may start moving you toward diagnoses like schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, or psychotic disorder NOS.
In March last year I had pretty much hit a rock-bottom depression in which I was hospitalized and barely spoke at times. The psychiatrist put that together with what happened in November and that's how the diagnosis came about. They gave me lithium, cogentin, and haldol, and I had to take them daily...but I hated taking them and how they made me feel, so I weaned myself off of them without any doctor's help. And I haven't seen anyone since.
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― Terence McKenna
Marduk1965
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Joined: 17 Nov 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 70
Location: South Central, TX, USA
So glad this thread is here, though it doesn't get much conversation these days.
I have bipolar I and self diagnosed autism. The first doctor I spoke with about autism and so far the only, said that being officially diagnosed with both would mean never being admitted into a psych hospital no matter how badly I may need it. I'm leery about an official diagnosis for autism because of this but my cousin who is diagnosed with Asperger's says that it opened up so many doors for him to resources that he really needed besides understanding his situation. He was called mentally deficient in school and was placed in special ed classes. He is now a meteorologist. I'm very glad he was able to overcome his early primary schooling.
When I talk to people on bipolar forums they talk about things that I have never been able to do and I could never understand why I seemed so different from all of them.
My cousin thinks I have Asperger's syndrome though it is not available as a diagnosis anymore. I doubt that because Aspies seem to have things they are good at. I would venture to say that I am NOS as opposed to Aspy.
Interested to see this thread! Going to read all the posts at some point... I was unofficially diagnosed with AS in 2011, it has been on my medical record ever since but I am now awaiting an official assessment to confirm. I was diagnosed with Bi-polar Disorder II in 2013. I don't believe I have Bi-polar Disorder. It is a long, complicated story. I am glad there is a dedicated thread for this combination.
Likewise, I'll also express gladness over the existence of this thread.
I was depressed yesterday. Strange. I was just taken over by my thoughts, I had no hope left and then today I'm just tired but in a normal-ish mood.
I have bipolar type 1. It's so hard to find info on bipolar and Aspie together. Some of the things I thought were bipolar are Aspie traits. I am a mental health advocate.
Hugs
Anyone in Sydney Australia needing information and referral PM me anytime.
Hi. I'm in Sydney. I'd ask for a referral but every one I get ends up being for a doctor that is so expensive. I'm worried about spending all that money and not being believed.
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Well, the government is forcing me to find a job despite being on disability, and still without no diagnosis or treatment.
I kind of think well I'll go along with it and maybe if some people saw my symptoms they will actually believe and I'll get that diagnosis.
Problem is I will have to be put into a situation that will make me so stressed out I may break down. I need to stop being so scared of having a panic attack and just see what happens. That's how desperate I am for treatment, to put myself in the worst possible situation so I end up doing something that may be potentially harmful to me.
I have another sister living with me and my sister now and she is such a skeptic she doesn't think I can ever be hyper - my code word for 'manic' so I've barely brought up my mood disorder symptoms with her.
Not sure how many years I can leave without any treatment. Oh and my anti-anxiety meds are hardly working anymore.
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I feel a manic episode coming on. Not much I can do about it. Guess I shouldn't have had those 4 beers.
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My band photography blog - http://lostthroughthelens.wordpress.com/
My personal blog - http://helptheywantmetosocialise.wordpress.com/
I have been diagnosed with autism at ten years old and have had bipolar showing its ugly face in my mid teens. I never did get treatment back then because my mother thought I was just being a dramatic hypochondriac: that was up until April of this year when I got let go in my last job due to bipolar symptoms getting progressively worse (didn't help that I was getting exploited at work, but that's another story).
Anyways I am very worried because I have tried suicide once already three years ago and am finding I go through fleeting thoughts of trying again. By fleeting I mean that I'll be performing at my highest peak one minute and then a minute later I'm starting to think of lethal methods to put myself down.
Last time I went to the hospital over reoccurring episode I was locked up for two weeks- the entire process made me feel humiliated and dehumanized.
Is there any hope?
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