Yeah they don't even truly know how to treat Borderline Personality Disorder, not to mention a lot of psychologists doubt whether it's an actual disorder, so I'd say keep on smoking and find your own fix!i have borderline personality disorder...and im really resistant to the meds they give me...but toking makes me feel as close to normal as i've felt in a very very long time...lol. i take just one med now for anxiety and the weed helps with everything else...i get some pretty crazy episodes too...but never when mary jane's got my back
I agree. Though, some meds can make a person feel just awful, so I understand why they wouldn't want to take them if they can help it at all.
I agree. Though, some meds can make a person feel just awful, so I understand why they wouldn't want to take them if they can help it at all.
So, does the cannabis really do anything for your manic episodes? (directed to the op and those who are bipolar) Those are just as scary to see as the down times, at least from my perspective
I want to say something because of what was probably not an ill-intentioned post, but it touched on something I feel is important. Mental illness is an illness as much as cancer or diabetes or high blood calcium or... People who suffer have often very real physiological problems with the brain, which is itself a very physical thing. I don't mean to hack about it, but it does rub me the wrong way when I get the inference that "it's all in your head", which implies it can be controlled if you have enough willpower. I feel that this further exacerbates the problem we have, specifically in the U.S., with the serious lack of empathy for those who have mental illnesses.
This is why I so strongly encourage people to read Vilayanur Ramachandran, a brain researcher who's made some amazing discoveries about us.
Great post! I wonder if we will ever get rid of the stigma of mental illness. Mental disorders are as real as any other disorder like diabetes and cancer. We can prove that things like Schizophrenia are real, as people who suffer from the negative symptoms lose brain matter from the disorder. Their ventricles just keep getting bigger and bigger and we have no cure for this.I agree. Though, some meds can make a person feel just awful, so I understand why they wouldn't want to take them if they can help it at all.
So, does the cannabis really do anything for your manic episodes? (directed to the op and those who are bipolar) Those are just as scary to see as the down times, at least from my perspective
I want to say something because of what was probably not an ill-intentioned post, but it touched on something I feel is important. Mental illness is an illness as much as cancer or diabetes or high blood calcium or... People who suffer have often very real physiological problems with the brain, which is itself a very physical thing. I don't mean to hack about it, but it does rub me the wrong way when I get the inference that "it's all in your head", which implies it can be controlled if you have enough willpower. I feel that this further exacerbates the problem we have, specifically in the U.S., with the serious lack of empathy for those who have mental illnesses.
This is why I so strongly encourage people to read Vilayanur Ramachandran, a brain researcher who's made some amazing discoveries about us.
Nope! I just don't want the person to feel called out or attacked or anything is all.
Um.. I'm open to hear more about what you mean by that. I know of specific instances and situations, but these are rooted in physical health (amputees, phantom limb syndrome, for instance).
I disagree with that. I've known too many people who, because of their illness, are unable to function at all without their meds. It's one reason why we have the kind of homeless population we do.
Ah.. you saw PIMP's post, eh? Yeah.
It is, but it is also subject to physiology and something as simple as a wee bit of chemistry can seriously, SERIOUSLY fuck it up. While I commend you for being able to handle your own issues as well as I think you do, I think it's wrong to tell others who can't that they can and should be able to. You do not experience what they experience, no two issues are exactly the same, and frankly, it's not your place (with all due respect), whether or not you also suffer from mental illness.
Thanks, I'm glad to know that you agree.
But wait! There's more. Did you know that children who have suffered serious abuse have differing brain structures, and that these differences affect mood, stability, and the ability to learn and retain that information? In other words, it can make children stupid and crazy. And it can be seen via imaging, the differences in structure.
Did you know that the folds and creases in the brain increase with knowledge and learning (increases surface area without requiring the brain becomes larger)? That MR people have smoother brains than those who are of normal intelligence?
Did you know that there are specific structures in the brain that are different between homosexuals and heterosexuals?
Did you know that epiphanetic events can be artificially stimulated?
None of these can be controlled by the individual, certainly not yet anyway.
I think it's very important that all of us work to remove the stigma of ANY mental illness. Even just feeling down and maybe needing to talk to someone is frowned upon and joked about. People with very real illnesses are, in this country, treated as though they are of full faculties and control, and if commit a crime are sentenced as such. This is one arena where Great Britain is HEAD AND SHOULDERS above us in the U.S.
Remember Andrea Yates? How many here would LOVE to just fucking burn her at the stake? Yet, how many are actually familiar with her form of mental illness, which was made so much worse for her post-partum psychosis (there is post-partum depression, which is to psychosis what a tornado warning is to a watch)? How many have any empathy for the crazy person? How many were happy that Dahmer met the end he did? He knew he was crazy and wanted to die, so.. ok, but still. He was mentally very unwell, how can that be held against him?
Nope! I just don't want the person to feel called out or attacked or anything is all.
Um.. I'm open to hear more about what you mean by that. I know of specific instances and situations, but these are rooted in physical health (amputees, phantom limb syndrome, for instance).
I disagree with that. I've known too many people who, because of their illness, are unable to function at all without their meds. It's one reason why we have the kind of homeless population we do.
Ah.. you saw PIMP's post, eh? Yeah.
It is, but it is also subject to physiology and something as simple as a wee bit of chemistry can seriously, SERIOUSLY fuck it up. While I commend you for being able to handle your own issues as well as I think you do, I think it's wrong to tell others who can't that they can and should be able to. You do not experience what they experience, no two issues are exactly the same, and frankly, it's not your place (with all due respect), whether or not you also suffer from mental illness.
For instance, I can guarantee you that clinical depression is nothing like a multiple personality disorder, and only bipolar disorder can come close to the horror of schizophrenia, as the original poster indicates, it can lead to a complete break with reality. If a person is not in the here and now, how are they going to manipulate their own thought processes, moods, and stability?
Not a psych major, though my counselors tried to get me to go in that direction. I'm just fascinated with people, have been exposed to a LOT since a young child, and think that it's gotta be incredibly hard to have a real mental illness and actually open up about it. I've also tried to read as much as I can on subjects that interest me. My folks are also both health care professionals, and on my dad's side there is one hell of a history of serious mental illness.
