[wifezilla]

I had a hard time when I first found crazy meds...trying to figure out all the different terms everyone was using. I was able to figure them out, but jeeezzzz...I already had a headache from my hubby's bipolar issues! Anyway...what about creating a glossary in this newbie check in section to help people along? Is there already one and I just didn't notice? I miss things when I am stressed.

If there isn't one...I will get things started. (If there is one, feel free to make fun of me!)

AD - Anti-Depressant
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
BP - BiPolar
Dx - Diagnosis
MS - Mood Stabilizer
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Tdoc - Psychiatric therapist or councelor
Pdoc - Psychiatrist or medication prescribing doctor
Uberspazz - being autistic, bipolar and epileptic, plural form: uberspazzen (according to strungoutonlife)

If you have more terms...please post. I can gather them all together into one coherant post after we get most of the terms covered.

Question...is NT supposed to mean "Normal-type"??

[Batou]

We had a lsit of acroynyms and abbreviations posted on the old board. We well have to see about getting it transferred offer.


Erika

[Maddy]

wifezilla, on Jun 11 2005, 08:55 PM, said:

Question...is NT supposed to mean "Normal-type"??

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Actually, it refers to Neuro-Typical.  Although, I'm really starting to prefer the term Neuro-Social.  heh, heh.  Humour people, humour.

I actually started the abbreviations list on the old site.  I couldn't keep up with it though.  There may be a way for me to index the information into a more easily retrievable format for quick calls when you need a term.  [sorry, my brain has been stuck in code for over 24 hours now]  Give me a bit and I'll see what I can come up with for you.

Maddy.

[Maddy]

Brought over from Crazy Talk on crazymeds.us --

The Abbreviations & Acronyms List

5150 = Seventy-two hour hospitalization for treatment and evaluation when patient is considered a threat to self or others.  (WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 5150-5157 - link to comple text)
5HT = Serotonin

AAP = Atypical AntiPsychotic
AD = Anti Depressant
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AED = Anti Epileptic Drug(s)
AP = AntiPsychotic
AS = Asperger's Syndrome
ATM = At The Moment
ATT = At This Time

b/c = because
BC or BCP = Birth Control / Birth Control Pill (aka "The Pill")
BID = Twice a day
BF = Boyfriend
BP = BiPolar
  may be used with the modifiers: I, II, RC, UC
  RC = Rapid Cycling
  UC = Ultra Rapid Cycling
BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder
BTW = By The Way

CBT = Cognitive behavior Therapy
CP = Complex Partial (seizure)
CYA = Cover your ass

DA = Dopamine
DBT = Dialectical behavioral Therapy
DH = Dear Hubby
DID = Dissociative Identity Disorder (same as MPD)
DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition
DSM-IV-TR =  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision
DW = Dear Wife
DX = Diagnosis

ECT = Electro Convulsive Therapy (shock treatment)
ED = Eating Disorder
EPS = ExtraPyramidal Symptoms

GABA = Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder
GF = Girl Friend
GP = General Practitioner (regular Doctor)

HFA = High Functioning Autistic/Autism
Hx = History

IBS = Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IP = In-Patient (aka - In-Patient hospitalization)

MAO/MAOI = monoamine oxidase/inhibitor
MDD = Major Depressive Disorder
MIL = mother-in-law (or sil, bil, or fil for sister-, brother-, or father-in-law)
MOTOS = Member of the opposite sex
MOMOS = Member of my own sex
MPD = Multiple Personality Disorder
MS = Mood Stabilizer (or Multiple Sclerosis, etc. Check it's use against the context of the sentence or topic.)

NA = Norepenephrine
NOS = Not Otherwise Specified
NT = Neuro Typical (non-autistic, "normal" people)
NVLD = Non Verbal Learning Disorder

OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCPD = Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
ODD = Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OTC = Over The Counter

PD = Panic Disorder
PDD = Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Pdoc = Psychiatrist
POSSLQ = Persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters (i.e. shacked up)  -- obsolete
PRN = As needed
PTSD = Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

QAM = in the morning
QD = Once per day
Qdoc = Quack Doctor 
QHS (or hs) - at bedtime
QID = Four times a day
QOD = every other day

Rx = Prescription

SAD = Seasonal Affective Disorder
SI = Self Injury
SO = significant other
SP = Simple Partial (seizure)
SNRI = Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors
SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

TCA = tricyclic antidepressant
TD = Tarditive Dyskensia
Tdoc = Therapist
TID = Three times per day
TLE = Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
TMJ = TemporoMandibular Joint
TX = Treatment

Uberspazz = being autistic, bipolar and epileptic.  (Also referred to as the Classic Trifecta)  Plural form: uberspazzen (according to strungoutonlife)

Acronyms for internet related stuff:    http://www.gaarde.or...yms/?lookup=A-Z


That's all I could think of for now.

*edited to include additions and suggestions by:  Greenyflowers, ka-mai,      Erika, anafagodma, reddog, lp, Miche, Tegork, Fire_Storm, Velvet Elvis and wifezilla.

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This is only the first post of that thread.  I've included the link to that thread at the top of this post [Crazy Talk] I will start working on transferring the rest of the abbreviations & acronyms to this thread tomorrow or sometime soon.  I hope this helps a bit so far, though.  Thanks for the kick to the butt, I'd totally forgotten about it!

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*Updated*

Updated to include the suggestions from Crazy Talk on YaBB that never got done, plus the suggestions from wifezilla and Velvet Elvis.  I also updated the credits to all who contributed to the glossary/abbreveviations/acronyms list.  I also included some additional ones that I stuck me as I was adding the newly suggested ones.

Thanks to all the contributors!
Maddy.

This post has been edited by Maddy: 12 June 2005 - 07:29 PM

[Velvet Elvis]

5HT -- Serotonin
NA -- Norepenephrine
DA -- Dopamine

[wifezilla]

You rock Maddy! Thanks

[Maddy]

I've formatted the list into an easier to navigate list and put it in the Help section for easy access.  Here is a quick link:

http://www.crazyboar...&CODE=01&HID=17

I'll update the change log after Resevoir Dogs is over.

[Ophelia]

oh, man, MADDY!  you rock, as always!

~Ophelia

[CrazySoprano]

What's ANT?

[grousemouse]

Automatic Negative Thought. 

or

Alice, not tonight. if you prefer.

[Ophelia]

lovely sentiment...

[Sunshine]

I started one (a glossary), but being the anal, mildly obsessive/compulsive perfectionist freak that I am, I've been unable to keep it to a manageable length so that I can actually finish it this century. I'll keep trying, though.

[CrazySoprano]

grousemouse, on Sep 23 2005, 11:48 PM, said:

Automatic Negative Thought. 

or

Alice, not tonight. if you prefer.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

why yes, i do prefer!

[anafagodma]

Fuckiatrist- qdoc to the n th degree. Ignores symptoms you KNOW because you've  HAD MDD all your life and plays little games like taking you off one of your meds that you've been on, successfully, for 2 years, then refusing to see you for your scheduled intake the day you get released from the bin to which you were certified after a failed suicide under his careful w/drawal of such med, then refusing to see you again because the fucking receptionists can't coordinate a date and a day of the week on a fucking appointment card.

Basically, a fuckiatrist just hopes you'll manage to successfully kill yourself before they ever have to actually see you.

[anafagodma]

Whoops. That should be spelled phuckiatrist.

[Echo]

anafagodma,

Oh god, your description is so right on so many levels. Mine phuckiatrist threw me into a month long (and counting....) ultraradian cycling mixed state from hell because he chose not to believe my prior diagnosies (sp?) that had been agreed upon by several doctors (pdocs, tdoc, and gp) as well as chosing to downplay or completely ignore ALL my my symptoms for no good fucking reason. In a completely sarcastic tone: "Oh, sure, you're bipolar - here's 150mg of effexor, have a nice trip!" A trip to the ER, change of meds, and new doctor later and i'm STILL in hell. Fucking phuckiatrist. FUCK YOU ABOULNAZR!

[/end rant]

This post has been edited by Echo: 07 November 2005 - 11:26 PM

[revlow]

Here's a link to a dictionary of computer definitions and terms (and chat abbrev's): http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm. Thought it might be useful, since we use so many around here. Seems pretty thorough and has an alphabetical index.

[Maddy]

And don't forget to check the help section for what I have put together.  It's not as extensive, but it is searchable.  And hopefully helpful.  And always available right up at the top.  I've also updated some of the terms and added the link to the computer and chat terms and added Revlow and GrouseMouse to the credits.

http://www.crazyboar...&CODE=01&HID=17

[revlow]

Beautifully done, Maddy. This will be a big help!

Wow! Thanks for the the credit. Totally unexpected (and entirely unnecessary)...but a nice surprise!

This post has been edited by revlow: 26 January 2006 - 09:22 PM

[Maddy]

http://www.acronymfinder.com/