wifezilla Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 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"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batou Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 We had a lsit of acroynyms and abbreviations posted on the old board. We well have to see about getting it transferred offer. Erika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 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 ETOH = Ethanol (i.e. alcohol) GABA = Gamma-AminoButyric Acid GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder Gdoc = Medical doctor (variant for general practitioner, also Mdoc) 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 Mdoc = Medical doctor (variant for general practitioner, see Gdoc) 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 = Neurotypical (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.org/acronyms/?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. <hr /> 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! <hr /> *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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 5HT -- Serotonin NA -- Norepenephrine DA -- Dopamine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wifezilla Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 You rock Maddy! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 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.crazyboards.org/index.php?act=Help&CODE=01&HID=17 I'll update the change log after Resevoir Dogs is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 oh, man, MADDY! you rock, as always! ~Ophelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazySoprano Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 What's ANT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grousemouse Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Automatic Negative Thought. or Alice, not tonight. if you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 lovely sentiment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazySoprano Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Automatic Negative Thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeNewHomeBody Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeNewHomeBody Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Whoops. That should be spelled phuckiatrist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revlow Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 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.crazyboards.org/index.php?act=Help&CODE=01&HID=17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revlow Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Beautifully done, Maddy. This will be a big help! Wow! Thanks for the the credit. Totally unexpected (and entirely unnecessary)...but a nice surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonder Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 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! Oh. My. God. That is, like, EXACTLY what happened to me a few months ago. EXACTLY. A shrink chose not to believe my prior diagnoses for no apparent reason, completely ignored my symptoms and anything I tried to say to him, and prescribed me Effexor, which threw me into an ultradian cycling mixed state from hell. (I feel uncomfortable describing myself as "ultradian cycling" even though I'm pretty sure it's accurate, since it feels like self-diagnosis when a shrink has never used that term with me, but at least one has described me as rapid cycling. But I think it's not incredibly easy to find a shrink who believes that ultradian cycling exists. Hell, it's hard enough to find one who'll say "rapid cycling.") Mine only lasted a little over three weeks, though, because I got arrested and taken to the hospital after three weeks, and when I stopped taking Effexor, I actually became fairly stable again. Lucky me. But I would feel a lot luckier if he had prescribed me a fucking mood stabilizer in the first place, 'cause then the three-week roller coaster ride from hell wouldn't have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel1 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Sensory overload-SOL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Submerged Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I work for an institution treating children suffering from autism. We don't use the term SI at work; instead we use SIB - Self Injurious Behavior. Sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 I an aspie. We don't use the phrase "suffering from autism." We say "is autistic." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Submerged Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I an aspie. We don't use the phrase "suffering from autism." We say "is autistic." Personally I agree with you. I always used to say "was autistic" until an administrater where I work corrected me one day about a year or two ago and said that the socially acceptable phrase is "suffering from autism." I then had to make a point to say "suffering from autism" all of the time because I didn't want to offend any of the children's parents. I think that this would be a good topic for the Autism board, though. I think that ultimately, those who have autism should be the ones making the call. Sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I an aspie. We don't use the phrase "suffering from autism." We say "is autistic." Personally I agree with you. I always used to say "was autistic" until an administrater where I work corrected me one day about a year or two ago and said that the socially acceptable phrase is "suffering from autism." I then had to make a point to say "suffering from autism" all of the time because I didn't want to offend any of the children's parents. I think that this would be a good topic for the Autism board, though. I think that ultimately, those who have autism should be the ones making the call. Sub Heh. Trust me. It's well covered groud. Your boss is clueless. It's an identity issue. I suufer from asperger's about as much as I suffer from green eyes. I suffer from NTs though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person-first_terminology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panz Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 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. Hey cool! I've been searching for just the right word to describe most of the lovely mental health care pros of Idaho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c ircular stone Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Am so glad this page is here with all the abbreviations, great help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 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. 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! *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 is the one I went to over and over and over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I updated the list to add the following: ETOH = Ethanol (i.e. alcohol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pajamas Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Hi! I thought of a couple to add to the list... 201 = voluntary commitment 302 = involuntary commitment ADLs = activities of daily living AN = anorexia nervosa BED = binge eating disorder BDD = Body Dysmorphic Disorder BN = bulimia nervosa Bx = behavior B/p = binge/purge CD = Conduct Disorder COE = compulsive overeating disorder CSA = childhood sexual abuse DD = developmental disability OR dual diagnosis EMDR = eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (trauma therapy) FOO = family of origin HALT = hungry/angry/lonely/tired IOP = intensive outpatient NAMI = National Alliance for the Mentally Ill NHS = National Health Service (UK) NIMH = National Institute of Mental Health NP = nurse practitioner NPD = Narcissistic Personality Disorder OP = outpatient PHP = partial hospitalization program PPD = post-partum depression RD = registered dietician Sx = symptoms TBI = traumatic brain injury THC = marijuana (or MJ) YMMV = your mileage may vary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netsavy006 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I've seen this abbreviation in some users sigs. What's this mean: "r/o" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 r/o means "rule out" - it's for a diagnosis that is under consideration, but is unclear or not confirmed as yet, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackadaisical16 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 what does MI mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo 'n dye Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 what does MI mean? In the context of CB it means mental illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackadaisical16 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 what does MI mean? In the context of CB it means mental illness. okay thanks! so the common "I'm MI" just is saying "i have a mental illness"? or something along those lines" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TardisGrl Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 SID = Once a day ('Semel in Die' in Latin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Recluse Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 AvPD = Avoidant Personality Disorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himinow Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 A few people have asked me when I've used it so I figured I'd better add: GID - Gender Identity Disorder (I used to say Dysphoria but I've been corrected - GID is the cause, GD is the symptom) GD - Gender Dysphoria - which can be a symptom of other MIs, not just GID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endaline Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 How does post -differ from- use full editor. I am the new one on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiekins Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 When my son has had enough of people, and needs to decompress, he says he needs to "sperg out" for a while. We think that is not only very clever, but pretty mature for a guy who used to refuse to admit he had Asperger's. Cookiekins The Noobiest Noob on the Board, a little dizzy at the moment from an increase in her Venlafaxine scrip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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