AtlantisCasual Contributor
Mental illness is all around me
Hi I have just discovered this forum. Thought I’d have a go as I feel quite isolated. I have battled mental illness from around 10. I didn’t know at the time what it was, the anxiety has been there for as long as I can remember. I have recently been diagnosed with bipolar 2. Which I have asked before years and years ago but psych said no. Then I got diagnosed with a thyroid disease so my mental probs were put down to the thyroid. But once it was stable for a few years I was still all over the place. So I have been to psychiatrists and psychologists and meditation and smoked weed ate mushrooms and even had frog poison put into me to try and find a better mental state. Anyway my journey is not yet over. I also have a 20 yr old son with ADHD ODD anxiety depression and schizophrenia so that has been very traumatic for us all. So to add to me I also have PSTD. My daughter has GAD and a mild ID and then my youngest has ADHD and I can see the beginnings of depression and anxiety with him also. My partner is possibly a functional alcoholic. I also have a alphabet of other diagnosis which I don’t know what I really have. I mostly function. I work full time. I take care of my family. But I do crash sometimes. Wow that feels good letting that out. Not sure how comfortable I am with posting as I am such a closed book usually.
