I looked up my symptoms and I appear to have Borderline Personality Syndrome and possibly an anxiety disorder. I recently told my friend that I think I might have it.... and it was the most awkward conversation of my life. She said that's it's not that big of a deal and that should I should just ignore it. But how can you ignore it when you're in depression and close to suicidal?
So I'm think of maybe telling my mother that I have this. [I'm so terrified she won't believe me, or will freak out.] She'll probably send me to a shrink, which will probably lead to anti-depressants. So here's my question: What do anti-depressants feel like? Do they change your personality? Do they make you happy? Do they make your feel like your happy and floating, or something along those lines?
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It sounds like you are indeed suffering from some form of a combination of %26quot;Mood Disorders.%26quot;
A neurosis is a condition of the mind suffered by one who is called a neurotic. It is when you have a very active imagination. The old saying - %26quot;a neurotic builds castles in the sky.%26quot; (Or a hyper-active daydreamer.) Excessive worry, anxiety, etc.
A psychotic is a person suffering a psychosis, and it is much a more serious condition. It must or should be treated because of the possible dangers to others or especially yourself. A psychosis is the state or condition or hearing noises and voices or seeing things (%26quot;hallucinating%26quot;) that re not really %26quot;there%26quot;,
and others cannot hear or see them. These sysmptoms are caused by chemcal unbalances in the brain.
You do need to discuss this calmly with your mother and seek professional help.
You may even need to be hospitalized for a short period of time to be under observation, (for proper diagnosis) cared for and until you are stabalized. This my not be absolutely necessary. The most important part is to get the psychosis under control with antipsychotic drug whic can world in a short as 4 days or a long a a week or two.
Once you have been properly diagnosed, you may also need to be on other longer terms drugs like anti-anxiety, mood contril and anti-depressants.
Anti-psychotics and/or mood control drugs do not make you feel like you are floating, feeling sleepy or tired. In fact they have a calming and relaxing effect that simply bring you back to the %26quot;real%26quot; world and they stop the voices, noises and hallucinations. They provide wonderful pleasant relief - that is all.
Anti-anxiety and mood control pills have various side effects depending on the type of drug used and the individual's tolerance to these drugs. Yes they will make you feel sleepy, tired and even a bit confused. Anti-depressants may also have similar effects depending on the drug brand. They generally %26quot;remove or counter%26quot; the effects of anxiety, depression, mania and excessive mood swings. And, they do not make you happy and/or floating. They do however reduce the %26quot;Dark Dogs of Unhappy Depression.%26quot; In that sense you will feel happier, but it is a normal happy. The myth of anti-depressants be %26quot;Happy Pills%26quot; is just that - a myth. In fact most people take months, years to actually feel the difference. then they begin to realize and appreciate just how %26quot;sick%26quot; they were. Their effect is mainly to bring you closer in line with reality and to stabilize your excessive mood swings and/or to prevent psychosis.
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i hated anti-depresents, ask for something else
alot of meds that are used to treat one thing, can treat another, i take something used for schisophrenia (spelt wrong) but it slows down my tumors,
i would tell your mom, get help before it gets worse
You're getting ahead of yourself, diagnosing yourself using the internet is pretty unreliable, but you know in yourself something isnt quite right.
Whatever it is you should tell your mum how you're feeling. She might be able to give better advice and support for you than meds can. But if you are feeling suicidal right now i do think its important you dont let anyone dismiss how you're feeling and to go to the doctor as soon as you can to talk things over and see whether meds might be helpful to you. BY no means do you have to take or do anything you dont want to, so dont see antidepressants as the only way to feel better- they are just one of many options.
Antidepressants arent so drastic to make you feel unrealistically happy. They dont make you floaty or dreamy, they dont change who you are. IIn my experience they make things 'not so bad anymore'.
They help you to cope with the things in your life that are bothering you. They make you see life more rationally so that you are less worried, anxious and bothered by things which perviously would make you feel awful.
They do help a lot of people cope with anxiety and depression but you cant rely on them to fix everything at once. You usually need to undergo some counselling to find out what was making you anxious/depressed, how you can change it, and how you can prevent it happening again.
All the best.
No, anti-depressants do not make you goofy or floaty or silly. Depression is caused by a lack of serotonin in the brain. Anti-depressants help bridge the gap between brain synapses and keep more of the serotonin where it's supposed to be. A person without depression would get no effect whatsoever.
BPD is a different story. I wouldn't claim to have it unless I was positive. It mimics lots of other diseases. I think they treat it with drugs, but I'm not sure which ones. Could be benzodiazipines like Xanax or Klonopin.
I wouldn't mention any specific diseases to my mother, I would just relate my symptoms and the fact that I need a doctor's help. Mental illnesses are no different than physical illnesses. If you had diabetes, she'd seek help for that, right?
I hope you get the help you need so you can get to feeling better.
Hi, McKenzie.
First, self-diagnosis isn't something you should count on being accurate.
Second, you're really worried about this, so get a professional opinion.
Third, if you don't want meds, say so to your counselor.
Fourth, if you do choose to take meds, and you don't like their effects, say so to your counselor. Meds should be adjusted to the individual because what works for one, doesn't work for all.
Tell your mother and/or maybe your school counselor. You can probably just tell your mother that you're extremely depressed and it's been going on for a long time, and you'd like to see a counselor to try to get better.
Don't let the what-ifs keep you down.
~Os
