mental: anxiety & mild ocd
day-to-day life: you think you're pacnicking abotu grades? well, magnify that by 100 times, and that's how i feel when i forget to put a title on a paper (or something equally insignificant).
i was formally diagnosed in my late 20s, though i suspect it's been going on far longer (spent 10 years on a waiting list to get a family doctor). i manage it with meds and, on the days i need a tune-up, there's awesome counsellor at student services i talk to.
anything else you'd like to mention: uh, yes. don't confuse temporary stress or nervousness with anxiety; it's patronizing.
physical: hypothyroidism & anemia
day-to-day:
you know that thing with the hormones that regulate sppetite and metabolism? yeah, mine's defective... which means that losing weight is a nightmare and being on a first-name basis with the local blood clinic.
(and, because i have less blood in my body than the average person, it takes me longer to recover from illness & injury. it also means that my hands and feet are often cold, but the 10 pairs of socks i put on won't make a lick of difference.)
coping: i take levothyroxine in the morning and iron pills at night; can't take them together though, because i'll get blood poisoning and die (yaaaaaay... /sarc).
also have to take levothyroxine on an empty stomach and wait 1-2 hours before eating.
anything else you'd like to mention:
imagine going to school or work and trying to take notes while your stomach is screaming at you to put something in it but you're also falling asleep because you can't have your morning coffee until almost 11 am... sound awful? good, because it should.
Oh HELL yeah. I have a condition where I can't eat or drink without feeling severe stomach pain. It's been that way for as long as I can remember, and I've never known a meal or a sip of water without pain during and after eating. On top of that, I also have constant, chronic stomach pain. Obviously I still have to drink and eat, so it effects me every single day. I'm also a singer, so when I take deep breaths, it can add to the pain. Due to all of this stuff, I've fallen far behind in my education, and have developed progressively worsening anxiety and depression. Kinda sucks.
I have a few mental health issues the main one is mild bipolar. Your questions
(1) Day to Day life not really but I have spells where it is harder to manage
(2) A long period of knowing something wasn't right actually then internet research to try and figure out what was wrong. Eventually going to a doctor to get it confirmed.
(3) How do I cope - More internet research and learning what do other people do to cope and trying them - Some work and some don't work.
(4) Anything else :- Sometimes people ask these questions when they have something on their mind, everything okay with you?
When I was tested for alergies, my doctor said she's never seen anyone with such big bumps on the skin as reaction to many elements.
But I never really noticed it in my real life lol. I never had crisis or anything. I just get colds easily, but that's more because of the temperature than anything else I think.
I also took some medicin during my teenage years to attenuate the simptoms. They said I had difficulty breathing, but again, I only noticed when I had colds (they were frequent, but not severe.. I think?)
They also said it would get better after puberty, and it did.
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Yes, I got Bipolar, Schizo-effective disorder, Depression, Anxiety
had this since age 19-21 also been a Diabetic for about 15 years
Had a hormonal imbalance since age 24 could be possibly genetic
related cause many female relatives have hormonal imbalances too.
Diabetes runs me a 75 % chance of having it. You don't know what it
is to give myself insulin shots everyday. Got take blood test to make
sure all my body functions are running normal so far so good and
I walk about 30 minutes every other day or so for exercise and i
loss so far 86 lbs I'm 14 lbs from losing 100 lbs.
I have two fairly rare conditions. They are unrelated. One is a condition called pigmented villinodular synovitis. It is where cysts or tumors form in your joint areas; generally knees, elbows, and ankles. I also have pigment dispersion syndrome, which is where the color granules of your iris adhere to the outside of your iris. The color very slowly starts draining from your eye. It can lead to pigmented glaucoma in some cases.
It is hard to run or do strenuous physical activity because it really hurts my knees. Other than that it doesn't affect me much. The eye condition I use eye drops for.
I have varicocele, its a "swollen vein" in testicles. I was at gym like few years ago and I lifted more than I could with biceps, I didn't feel anything in the beginning but when I got home I felt pain down there. I thought it will be aight but it got even worse and I began to can't stamp on my left foot because it was hurting. It was hurting so bad and I had to give a break to gym for a while.
I didn't know what was that before I went to hospital, I thought it was something serious but however I learned its nothing actually. Doctors said I can have operation If I want to, however it isn't hurting anymore but I'll have anyway in few years, its all good now.
For all lifter dudes, don't try weights which are more than u can lift ;D
I have PCOS and stage 4 endometriosis, so I get a lot of abdominal pain and cramping, severe pain and bloating with periods and the occasional cyst bursting. It was managed with birth control but I've been off that for almost two years to try and have a baby so it's currently not managed and I've had surgery 4 times in that period to clear it.
From that I have stress induced insomnia so keep extraordinarily busy, multitasking most things until I sleep from exhaustion, but this won't be something I have for the rest of my life
I have terrible ADHD. Took me a lot of years to finally figure out how to manage it and stay productive. It can work to my benefit. I'm a superb multitasker for example, but university is not tailored for someone with ADHD so I've sort of had to adjust. I do well though.
Bipolar, highly biased towards depression. It was bad enough that it that if it weren't for shock therapy that I had last year I probably wouldn't be here now. I still take some meds, but nothing like before. I still have some bad days every so often, but compared to what I've been through they're just minor annoyances.
I have many allergies, well 2 (nasal allergy and eczema) but I wouldn't call them medical conditions :p They're just annoying because they make my immune system weaker and I get colds and a sore throat quite often ><
The only thing I have is a Visual Processing Disorder
I have no physical or mental conditions that I'm aware of.
Mental. It's called "just getting out of my first 9 hour work shift."
Woopee bitches.
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I used to have a seizure disorder but I had brain surgery in 2005 to fix that problem. I do have a metal plate in my head though. Life is 100% better since my surgery
I have a psychological condition, not a mental/medical one, it's not the same.
Arfid, clinical depression and OCD tendencies... not the stereotypical kind
I don't know if that counts but I have a diagnosed phobia. It's not very bad (meaning I can live with it) but yeah, I guess it counts?
Mental right now its despression but they realize there is a problem just dont what what it is.
Physical I have rheumatoid athritis in my back.. it can't be cured, only managed. i take immine supressants i do physical therapy
Skin thing , well bascailly it's because of the hot weather and pollution but that's it
I just have ADHD and an abnormally high level of red blood cells.
I have excercise-induced asthma and minor anxiety. Nothing too terrible.
Fairly certain I have anxiety that's never been diagnosed. I deal with it in my own way, but there are some days I wonder if medication would help
Multiple sclerosis
"How does it affect your day to day life?" Makes doing everyday tasks difficult
"When did you find out you had it?" a couple years ago
"How do you cope with it?" One step at a time
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