Christ_empowered
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That's what I think I have. Its not that I'm symptom free or whatever, just that I'm not incapacitated and I have enough insight to get meds adjusted.
Also, thanks to Christ and Born Again Christians, my family is behind me, so I have a good place to recover. My social skills, conversational skills, responsiveness to norms, hygiene, activity level, etc. have all improved dramatically, thanks to Jesus, Teen Challenge, and my supportive family (and, if course, lots of people here).
I'm applying to liberty for some online education. Here's hoping everything pans out. Every now and then, a former mental patient will become a counselor. Happens.
I don't know why I keep getting diagnosed with Bipolar. I'm lucid, my parents are comfortable, I'm not wearing a tin foil hat (not trying to be mean, but apparently...it must take a lot to get diagnosed with schizophrenia around here), and I write well, so...Bipolar.
Schizophrenia scares me because the diagnosis alone can invalidate you as a person. That's why I preferred being diagnosed Bipolar; so I could still have something of a voice. Now, I realize that having a voice in our society isn't just about what diagnosis you have, but about how many resources you have (or have access to), how much education you have, etc.
So, my "moody schizophrenia" (my own diagnosis, thank you) is in remission. I just started a different mood medication (Tofranil). I'm blessed.
Pray that this continues. Pray for other mentally ill people out there who come into "the system" already damaged and leave destroyed. Docs always blame it on "Mental illness," but as a mental patient, I can tell you: shrinks destroy people.
Anyway, meds help. A lot. Thanks to Christ, Christians, and my family, I can have a life and have a voice, at long last.
Also, thanks to Christ and Born Again Christians, my family is behind me, so I have a good place to recover. My social skills, conversational skills, responsiveness to norms, hygiene, activity level, etc. have all improved dramatically, thanks to Jesus, Teen Challenge, and my supportive family (and, if course, lots of people here).
I'm applying to liberty for some online education. Here's hoping everything pans out. Every now and then, a former mental patient will become a counselor. Happens.
I don't know why I keep getting diagnosed with Bipolar. I'm lucid, my parents are comfortable, I'm not wearing a tin foil hat (not trying to be mean, but apparently...it must take a lot to get diagnosed with schizophrenia around here), and I write well, so...Bipolar.
Schizophrenia scares me because the diagnosis alone can invalidate you as a person. That's why I preferred being diagnosed Bipolar; so I could still have something of a voice. Now, I realize that having a voice in our society isn't just about what diagnosis you have, but about how many resources you have (or have access to), how much education you have, etc.
So, my "moody schizophrenia" (my own diagnosis, thank you) is in remission. I just started a different mood medication (Tofranil). I'm blessed.
Pray that this continues. Pray for other mentally ill people out there who come into "the system" already damaged and leave destroyed. Docs always blame it on "Mental illness," but as a mental patient, I can tell you: shrinks destroy people.
Anyway, meds help. A lot. Thanks to Christ, Christians, and my family, I can have a life and have a voice, at long last.
