How Euphoric,Depressed are you?

[Verarde]

What will you be next week as everyone in the sports media talks about how Tebow just had a certifiable miracle and is well on his way to becoming a saint?

You mean the miracle of him being alive after the Patriots' D-Line gets through with him?

 

[Hygro]

I have become good at managing my emotions & I don't take them out on other people (except maybe online).

If online is where you take your emotions out on people, you don't take your emotions out on people at all

 

[MantaRevan]

I'm probably an 8-9. Overall, I'm pretty happy in life.

 

[emzie]

Are you going to sponsor me to be "monitored by a psychiatrist"? I don't have medical insurance.

I could use the moral support of course but I've never found psychiatrists provided much of any. Maybe I should just read a book geared towards psychiatrists & forge some prescriptions.

In case you're genuinely concerned & not actually trolling most of my mania (again, I don't like this word) when my daughter is asleep. The main thing that affects my ability to function day to day is insomnia.

I have become good at managing my emotions & I don't take them out on other people (except maybe online).

I don't troll mental illness, though I do get short with people when I see stupidity happening. I'm quite frustrated with what you said, because I know I have, myself, done some really stupid things when manic. A family friend who took me under his wing when I got diagnosed told me some true horror stories from his past: the kinda situation where the only reason he didn't have a felony domestic battery charge on his record was he was unable to get into the house. And this was a gentle, compassionate guy when "normal" -- the point is, "you" are not "you" when manic and if it's not controlled, you lose the ability to control your emotions.

I don't presume to know what your life is like, but even a milder type II can be serious, and it should be at least monitored by a professional and family. After all, type II doesn't rule out type I.

I admit I have a pretty big advantage that I overlooked: I have uncomplicated government health care which provides me uncomplicated access to a psychiatrist. I don't know if you're still together with your daughter's mom (or if you're married for that matter) but in New Jersey, a family making less than 133% of the poverty line is eligible for medicaid -- not just your daughter, but you and her mother as well.

http://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dmahs/clients/medicaid/families/index.html
http://njfamilycare.org/pages/whatItCosts.html

If your combined income is less than $24,645 you would be covered and could see a psychiatrist.

 

[Narz]

transferred to PM

 

[MantaRevan]

I'd like to think that since I'm pretty damn wealthy, I ought to be happy about how wonderful I really have things here.

 

[emzie]

transferred to PM

I read a lot into Narz' original post, injecting personal experiences that weren't the same for him, reaching a hasty conclusion. I was wrong. I'm sorry for jumping down your throat Narz.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I am perpetually at 1.

 

[MjM]

The past year or so I've been a solid 2 with the occasional 4s and 5s. Mostly that terrible 2 though.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I've dropped from 9 to 7 just reading this thread . It's upsetting .

 

[classical_hero]

Right this moment I would classify myself as a 3, since life is not going well right now, but once I get better, I will be higher up.

 

[azzaman333]

On average, about a 4, right now somewhere between 1 and 2.

 

[Winner]

Too bad we can't have a new poll every day.

Right now, 2.

(damn)

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Should we try to keep this up to date?
Currently 4,5.
I know my life sucks in many ways but I keep some great hopes for the future...

 

[Kozmos]

That was horrifying to read. There's no reason a bi-polar patient couldn't be a phenomenal parent. It's just something one would have to take certain precautions with. One thing that certainly would be bad to have in a parent is an uncontrolled manic episode with a young child present.

Or a six month long depressive sleuth where you can comfortably sleep 15 hours every day and still feel tired and that your life is pointless. Maybe kids help with that I don't know, give you a purpose and all that.

 

[Verarde]

Went down to a 4 today after some bad news. :/

 

[Tee Kay]

I'm feeling well enough today so I voted 2.

 

[NiRv4n4]

That was horrifying to read. There's no reason a bi-polar patient couldn't be a phenomenal parent. It's just something one would have to take certain precautions with. One thing that certainly would be bad to have in a parent is an uncontrolled manic episode with a young child present.

Which is what I believe I said; if someone has bi-polar, and they are not taking measures to try and lessen it, then they probably shouldn't have kids. Obviously it is sort of dependent upon severity, but a chemically balanced person makes a better parent than one who is not chemically balanced and does not try to remedy that fact.

 

[Narz]

Which is what I believe I said; if someone has bi-polar, and they are not taking measures to try and lessen it, then they probably shouldn't have kids. Obviously it is sort of dependent upon severity, but a chemically balanced person makes a better parent than one who is not chemically balanced and does not try to remedy that fact.

What is "chemically balanced" exactly? I hear these phrases "imbalance", "balance" tossed around with no scientific definition.

Was Leornardo Da Vinci "balanced"? Was Einstein? Gandhi? Shakespeare?

I may be biased but when I was a kid it was all "sit still, shut up, don't have too much fun or be too boisterous", if you act up (or "act out" is the popular one nowadays) you got ADHD, if you can't sleep at night + a history of depression you have bipolar and if you got a problem with all that <snip> you have Opposition Defiant Disorder (you can't make this stuff up, look it up it's a "real" disorder.

How do balanced people behave? They hit the drivethru like clockwork? Make it on time to work every day? They don't party too hard yet also don't eat too healthy? They don't worry about the fate of mankind?

So much stigmatization of the mentally interesting (to use the Simpsons line) and so much focus on debilitating effects... if it's really so damaging & largely genetic (which is bogus but a common belief) maybe we should ask ourselves why were such personalities were selected by others for breeding in the first place? Perhaps being nuerotypical (whatever that even really means, as if anyone's "normal" if you really get to know them) isn't such a particularly strong survival trait after all.

People who suffer from emotional issues may be less capable of raising a kid but on the flipside maybe they'll be more attentive & want to make sure their kid doesn't suffer like they did (being keenly aware of what hurt them as children).

It's wrong to judge someone based on some diagnosis. Judge based on actions.

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[Eukaryote]

8. Last night I reached a 10 a few moments. Life seems pretty good. Future prospects look lovely.