So in light of Mental Illness Awareness Month

[Cappytaino]

I'm finally on a medicine that makes me stable! I got prescribed Latuda two weeks ago and I just went this week for a blood test to see whether the medicine was at therapeutic levels and it came back as a 97, which is a little high, but definitely where it should be, and I've had a phenomenal week for the past seven days because that's when the medicine started to kick in. No more random anger or sadness, no extreme irritability, the only thing that's left is the mania, which I can get another medicine to bring that down soon, but yeah, the worst parts of me are pretty much cured through therapy/medicine! Just in time for mental illness awareness month! It's been a trip but I'm really happy that I've gotten to where I am and I'm truly sorry for the asshattery that I partook in on these forums when I was in my moods.

In light of Mental Illness Awareness Month, if you guys have any questions about severe bipolar II disorder, discrimination, what school is like, what home life is like, hospitals, self harm, etc, I can answer them all to the best of my ability! 

Discuss wonderful times when you feel happy <3

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[Becquerel]

Ive been through multiple psychiatric hospitals and are on 2 antipsychotics for Schizophrenia

Id be happy to also answer any questions related to Psychology, which will be presented from my own knowledge and from Online resources.

Anyway good to hear you are on something that works for you.

Also Happy Mental Illness Awareness Month

[Electrk.]

Glad you're feeling well. I hope it works in the long term.

[Maxwell.]

I'm kinda curious what your school life is like

[Planr]

I think I might need the help of some ADHD medication myself. I decided this school year to stop taking my Ridalin pills because they made me really depressed and made me lose my appetite and also have some suicidal thoughts. While I'm feeling happy and just fine each and every day, my grades have been absolutely awful because I have nothing in my body fighting my intense mental urges to procrastinate and goof around. I'm now having to retake several of my core classes online over the summer just to graduate on time next year.

[Flatflyer]

I actually think I suffer from slight depression.

I tend to be very Irritable IRL at very small things, I don't concentrate very well and am kinda self-loathing
which are all apparently symptoms of depression

I don't know really.

[Cappytaino]

I'm kinda curious what your school life is like

I used to not make it to a lot of days, so I was on a homebound education program from my school where I could take my core classes online and come in to school for an hour for electives. I have this because of a 504 plan with the school, which basically outlines what's wrong with me and what I need to be successful. All of my teachers have read it. There is some discrimination and some fear when kids find out that I'm bipolar and they're like afraid of making me stressed or frustrated at all, same with teachers, but you get used to it after a while

I think I might need the help of some ADHD medication myself. I decided this school year to stop taking my Ridalin pills because they made me really depressed and made me lose my appetite and also have some suicidal thoughts. While I'm feeling happy and just fine each and every day, my grades have been absolutely awful because I have nothing in my body fighting my intense mental urges to procrastinate and goof around. I'm now having to retake several of my core classes online over the summer just to graduate on time next year.

Try to find a psychiatrist near you if you can see one. Be perfectly honest with them about symptoms and that ritalin was not good for you. I had troubles with a medication called Lexipro that overstimulated me to the point I attempted Self Delete.

[Planr]

Try to find a psychiatrist near you if you can see one. Be perfectly honest with them about symptoms and that ritalin was not good for you. I had troubles with a medication called Lexipro that overstimulated me to the point I attempted Self Delete.

I want to get back on Ridalin. Having one or two fleeting thoughts of killing myself every other day is better than failing my classes and losing college opportunities.

All I'd have to do is go back to my local doctor and just let them know I want to be on it again, and they'll prescribe it to me.

I've tried dozens of different ADHD medications ever since I was a little kid and each of them had really bad side effects. Concerta and Ridalin have proven to been the least harmful in terms of side effects.

[Becquerel]

I found this thread I made from my old posts. Im not gonna open it back up because its a dead thread but you could take a look at it if your interested. It was the old Psychology Megathread
Here.
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=239954.0

[Skig]

Oh my gosh, have you seen the Latuda commercials? It has a list of like 30 major side effects

[Cappytaino]

Oh my gosh, have you seen the Latuda commercials? It has a list of like 30 major side effects

the reason medicines have thode side effects is because if it happens to ANYONE in a clinical trial, it could be a side effect. If a guy is on the medicine and gets in a car crash and dies while the trial is being run, they HAVE to list death as a potential side effect even if it wasn't directly caused by the medicine.

[Planr]

If a guy is on the medicine and gets in a car crash and dies while the trial is being run, they HAVE to list death as a potential side effect even if it wasn't directly caused by the medicine.

Now that's just messed up

[Swat 3]

Well, they do not know that it was the medicine or not.

What are they going to do, make some guy take the medicine and purposely put him in a car seat to see if he will crash? You would also have to do this for multiple trials.

[Katadeus]

Try to find a psychiatrist near you if you can see one. Be perfectly honest with them about symptoms and that ritalin was not good for you. I had troubles with a medication called Lexipro that overstimulated me to the point I attempted Self Delete.

Yeah what works differs a lot from person to person. Lexapro got me through a lot of anxiety when I was younger

But I am really glad to hear that you're doing well. I always worried for you.

[SlayerZ99]

i realize how lucky i am now