I'm in the same boat as . I don't want to self diagnose, but I'm like 99% sure I have some mental issues.

I just lost my insurance though, so I can't afford to go see a therapist. The thought of seeing a therapist makes me way too nervous anyway, so even if I could afford it, I probably still wouldn't go. I'd feel too self conscious and awkward to talk about my problems with them. lol

That sucks. I don't try to self diagnose because it makes me more anxious than I already am.

I have Autism and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I also have a sensory processing disorder due to Autism. I'm taking medicine for it, but I've become worse in terms of visible anxiety. Like kids and teachers comment on it daily.

I have panic attacks nearly every day since I've started the medicine. I overall act like a very scared cat hiding from dogs, except I can't run so I just hide in my jacket. My ma is the worse when it come to mental health. She takes my anxiety personally, saying things like "You shouldn't be scared of me. Why are you scared of me?" She even says that my serious bouts of anxiety involving suicidal tendencies aren't real

yeah Im really lucky my parents are sweethearts, but this one time my dad said "maybe i need to be harder on you" and I just wanted to cry DX and stupid fucking child psychologists, which I will always have a massive grudge against, said that i was misbehaving just to get attention and the way to battle that is to be more strict. like thats just horrible. i'll never ever forgive that person! >^<

with misophonia i hate how people take it so personal. x( if you say one thing in the wrong tone then they will absolutely take you down for it. there are like no resources and everyone thinks its fake. so ive had to learn how to be incredibly sweet and accepting, just so i have a chance at a little bit of acceptance. its a stupidly hard life, living as a mentally ill person. >_<

by the way, i have misokinesia too! I forgot to mention it... ahh i think its a little bit nice to me though.

hihi!! i think the things i previously said in the post kinda relate... but wow, the things your mama says seem guilt trippy to me. is your medication giving you anxiety attacks? wtf D: and what is SPD like for you, if you dont mind me asking O:

my ma is somewhat guilt trippy, but she is slowly becoming better at not saying guilt trippy things. Anxiety attacks is not one of the side effects of the medicine, but it's controlling extreme anxiety that causes suicidal tendencies, so I guess it'll be the trade off until I either change it or I legally no longer have to take it.

Also sensory processing disorder is not fun. I can't eat most food due to the texture causing me to feel nauseous or vomit. There are certain clothes that I can't wear due to texture as well. I struggle with loud noises because of it. Only benefit is that I don't feel the heat and cold as much. Also have a large pain tolerance because of it.

Over the years the list has included major depression, anxiety (still get vivid panic attacks), ADHD, bipolar I, bipolar II, borderline, and probably others I'm forgetting. I haven't seen a doctor or been on medication in a couple of years because $$$.

I also have Tourette's (but that's not really a mental illness) and misophonia (which I'm hesitant to include above because it doesn't manifest itself like anxiety for me, just irritability).

I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder with anger outburst and PTSD. I know that I will never recover from them, but I'm getting better. It's just a part of me and I accept it.

Hello everyone! I don't have Autism myself but my little brother does so I understand it very well.

As for myself I've had Depression since I was in high school (I'm now 24), Bipolar II, Anxiety, Social Anxiety, some form of schizophrenia since I have hallucinations--but that hasn't been fully diagnosed yet.

What makes thing hardest for me besides all of that is I suffer from Epilepsy. I have since I was young but never knew it since I never had Grand Mal seizures, what most people are familiar with (the convulsive seizures) instead I had Petite Mal. Staring seizures, where my brain would shut down for a few seconds. Most people would think I was a young kid not paying attention. As I've gotten older it's grown worse. I take so much medicine for my epilepsy but can't take medicine for my mental problems since it counteracts with my seizure meds.

I don't like going out even though I am very social, I get scared. So scared of people, that they're going to hurt me. I wear gloves out a lot, even to my therapists office every Tuesday because they're a comfort to me. A safety blanket. Tight antique gloves that help hide me from the world, and also help me from digging into my palms out of fear.

I feel lucky to have my fiance understand, and have some friends who understand as well. But a lot of my family does not. I even had one of my uncles straight up say to me "You don't have Epilepsy" Really? Then why am I taking 2 pills a day? That was years ago. Now I take 14.

I feel so lonely. I want more friends but feel like I am a burden or bother to everyone i meet, I don't know what to do. So I saw this and decided to post. Sorry that it's long. I guess I felt that maybe there was somebody out there who felt the exact same way as me. And was as lonely and sad as I am.

Hey!

I have Autism, Dyspraxia, Anxiety, PTSD, Thalassemia, VRE Positive, Half Blind in my left eye, Eczema, Allergies to most of nature, and my most frustrating disorder- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

EDS is difficult to live with because it is constant pain. At my disability service, they asked me and my mates what someone should do if in pain. I couldn't answer the question because I'm 24/7 pain. The answer was tell someone but it's a little hard when I am constantly in some sort pain.

I got VRE from having my appendix taken out or so doctors suspect but could also been from my time in ICU. I now must be careful when I'm sick because a simple cold can turn into something more dangerous.

Hey!

I have Bipolar Disorder, PTSD (only slightly, and very specific), Misophonia and Alexithymia.

I also have Fibromyalgia, which really sucks, I had just passed my Phase 1 Training in the Army when I was diagnosed, immediate dismissal, too much of a liability :(

Chronic Depression Generalized Anxiety Disorder PTSD

I currently have medication for the depression. I just despise taking the medication I'm currently prescribed. It turns me into an emotionless shell - which is tolerable at best, but the insomnia, followed by being exhausted 24/7 is not. The anxiety and PTSD I just... handle, for now. I was in therapy but my therapist moved and I have yet to find one that I like enough to open up to.

Bleh x/

we seem to match pretty well.

Not-Diagnosed disorganized schizophrenia (because docs say you cant have both a seizure disorder and schizophrenia), PTSD, PMDD, general anxiety, depression...oh boy. There's even more physically wrong with me even if you count seizures as mental, which they arent. I'm considered disabled due to seizures but the reality is the schizophrenia is the disability. It's just that everyone has thought seizures=mental illness. Every symptom was chalked up to seizures.

But I havent taken any mental medications. I took ativan for anxiety but now my brain changed and thinks sedatives like benedryl are stimulants. Basically if anti-anxiety meds wont work I dont see a point in bothering. Idk about it all. I know antiphsychotics effect seizures and dont want to screw up my seizure control.

I'm so sorry, I know your pain well. Especially medicine. I can only take paxil right now since everything else messes with my mind. They'll either make me sick or don't work, worse off is make my seizures go insane. That's the worst part is the seizures that wreck your world painfully along with what happens inside your head.

I've been trying to get on disability for years since it is nearly impossible for me to even go outside sometimes but they fight you. Saying mental illness isn't a real thing...overlooking peoples pain. But yeah when I had my first court case they tried to chalk it up to seizures...when it was the mental illness. It's always the mental illness.

But why are you on so many medicines for seizures? That's not how a good nuerologist works. They try one or two...then change them out for new ones if they obviously arent working. Or are they not all for seizures?

Some seizure medications can help mental illness too...I'd like to get a nuero and psychiatrist working together. I cant even find a good one of either specialty.

Let's see... officially diagnosed with ADHD, panic attack disorder, ocd, and depression. Physical wise, ibs, chronic fatique. I also have poor circulation and I'm constantly achey or in pain. Fun, fun!

I'm pretty positive I've got a handful of things going on in my head. I don't like to self-diagnose, because I don't want to misdiagnose or tell someone, "I have x," and not be taken seriously because I haven't seen a doctor. But some things just seem really obvious to me. Like, I'm certain I'm on the autism spectrum. I've got a few siblings on the spectrum and I share a lot of characteristics with at least one (who has Asperger's, but I'm not sure if that's what I have, although I'm definitely the "highest-functioning" of the bunch). I hide my quirks/behaviors and most people would have no idea I'm more than just "a bit awkward." I'm not sure when my older brother was diagnosed, but his Asperger's is so much more obvious, I'm afraid if I were to go tell my family I think I'm autistic, they'd mentally compare us two, see nothing in common, and tell me I'm being ridiculous or even just seeking attention. I'm also positive I have social phobia and ADHD. And some other form of anxiety not related to social phobia. I might have other illnesses, too, but again- I'm hesitant to self-diagnose. The ones I've listed are just so apparent to me, I'd be shocked if it turned out I didn't have them or they were something else. This is actually the first time I've admitted to someone other than myself that I think there's something wrong with me.

But I feel anxious just running errands. I can't imagine making an appointment to see a psychiatrist :/

Manic depression (bipolar), anxiety, OCD. These cause panic attacks, uncontrollable anger, hallucinations and dissociation.

I also have epilepsy, and chronic fatigue. All of these have basically destroyed my life and I lost many of my friends. I dated someone who was also struggling and we tried to destroy ourselves together (I know, romantic right? -.-). Heavy drugs, booze, no thought for anything or anyone. It wasn't until I ended up in a local mental hospital that I started to sort my life out.

I have pretty severe depression and anxiety issues, as well as being easily exhausted after any mental/physical task, even small stuff. Doctors haven't been able to figure out why so I just kinda have to live with it :/ I also have Turner Syndrome which isn't a mental or physical disability, but it makes me super short (I'm only barely five feet) and unable to ever have children. It's probably contributed to or at least aggravated my depression, just knowing that I'm different.

I have diagnosed inattentive-type ADHD. I wasn't diagnosed until I was 20, but I probably should have been seen by the therapist way earlier because during the testing I discovered that I'd started showing signs when I hit puberty. I don't take medication for it or anything as it's not so significant to truly affect my day-to-day performance (as far as I know), and I can do my job well without it. If I was still in school it might be a different story however.

Also I'm pretty sure I have a generalized anxiety disorder as well, it's not diagnosed, but reading the signs I know it's there.

Hello.

I have: depression, anxiety, PTSD, and an eating disorder. I've started to see a psychologist but I don't really have much hope that it'll help much. I'm 22 (23 this year) and this has been going on since about grade 4 or 5 in primary school so...

I failed out of university 2 times and I don't have a job, nor do I think I can get one anytime soon. I have one friend (my now ex-boyfriend who i'm still on good terms with).

I'm not doing too well.

For the longest time I was told I was depressed, but there has just been a number of fun other symptoms that definitely don't match a depression. As I have recently started seeing a new therapist (I know her from group therapy, but now it's 1-on-1 sessions), I was told what my "actual" diagnosis was; depressive tendencies and a stress-related mental strain. Which might have been in some ways accurate 5 years ago, but it hasn't been changed since.

Right now, I am working on finding out if what I am experiencing is in fact something which can be considered as a MH issue or if I am experiencing something that's actually seen as normal. I can't know that, as I can't read minds. What I've been leaning on for some time is possibly a schizotypal personality disorder (comorbid with some anxious and depressive traits), but I have no idea whether that's valid or not.

As far as my life goes, I'm okay. I can go to work, I pay my bills on time, I can maintain a few friendships and a significant other, and there's food on my table at least 5 days a week. That's good enough right now.