ghost_train Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I've been following CrazyMeds for a while, but only started reading the boards yesterday, despite having read allusions to them long ago. My Rx/Dx are listed in my signature, but....OCD (pure O, scrupulous), ADHD (predominantly inattentive), Nonverbal Language Disorder, MDD exacerbated by PMDD. I'm a nontraditional undergraduate student in my mid-twenties - psychology, with concentrations in bio and chem. Looking at pharmacology, clinical neuropsychology, or neuroscience for grad school. I've been hyperlexic, hyperactive (mellowed out considerably before school), inattentive/spacey, spelling bee champion, math whiz, bullied, verbally abused, religious (scrupulous OCD ftw!), "asked to leave" one of my high schools....a college dropout (I had a 2.1), a waitress, a medical transcriptionist, a bartender...fired, laid off due to corporate bankrupcy (twice!), told I was shitty at my job despite five years of experience, forced to quit quietly. I don't think I've never shared so many of these things at once before. My interest in mental illness began when my sister was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Turns out she has likely been misdiagnosed for the past seven years, and actually has a severe version of what I do, only perhaps without the NLD. (Neurosis, not psychosis.) I plan to help drag her out of the living hell of meds that do the opposite of what she actually needs (if she indeed, isn't psychotic) but when one has been diagnosed schizoaffective for seven years, that takes paperwork. At worst, I think she may have had psychosis in the past related to severe depression. But pretty much every fear she's had, I've had before. (One doctor heard this from her, and suggested I was also OCD. A few years later, here I am.) I had forgotten how debilitating OCD could be until it came back while on my Wellbutrin. A lot of bad things happened, and it was very humiliating for me. Someday, with the work I do, I hope to enable everyone to have what I now have - a good, healthy thought-life. Anyway, I also hope to learn more awesome things, exchange ideas, and meet some people who are interesting, or who are similar to me in diagnosis. (Understandably, people who are OCD - pure O / scrupulous don't really talk about it in mixed company, if at all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Welcome to CB I'm a science student as well (physiology) so I'm glad to meet someone else. Lots of psych majors around here, I suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost_train Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Lots of psych majors around here, I suspect Well, you can't blame us. Psych ROCKS! I'll even flat-out admit that it might've been a subconsciously self-serving decision. After all, it helped me delineate my own illness as well as my sister's. It also gave me background knowledge with which to stand up for myself...with mental health professionals, even. I have to take physiology soon. Scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I now have the theme song from Dinosaurs stuck in my head that reference in your title was intentional, right? haha, that show was insane. ahh my childhood. welcome to CB btw will try to respond w/more later but had to mention Dinosaurs. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olga Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Welcome to Crazyboards! I'm glad you found us and I hope we can be of some use to you. Please read the rules when you get a chance---they aren't complicated or onerous. Some of the mods are kind of tied up with complications of life, but PM any of us if you have a question. If you don't hear back, try another one. Be sure to check out the blog section if you are feeling bloggy. olga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost_train Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 that reference in your title was intentional, right? Yes! I wasn't sure if anyone would get it...I miss that show. Thanks for the warm welcome. :-) Welcome to Crazyboards! I'm glad you found us and I hope we can be of some use to you. Hi! Thanks. Maybe the blog would serve as a good mood diary...I always lose track of the worksheets they give me for this purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I keep my mood journal online as well. Not here - I use a private livejournal - but it's much easier than paper. Also, on livejournal you can use tags and atuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost_train Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 I keep my mood journal online as well. Not here - I use a private livejournal - but it's much easier than paper. Also, on livejournal you can use tags and atuff. Cool. I have way too many journals, I think. :/ Paper, digital, little blogs on social networking sites where I post news articles....yeesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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