I have a cocktail of mental health issues and don't know where to start fixing them. Help!

[deleted] · 2015-05-27T04:21:32+00:00

I have a cocktail of mental health issues and don't know where to start fixing them.

Okay Step 1 I want you to stand looking at the wall. Then I want you to bang your head repeatedly while telling yourself that's bullshit.

Back with me?

Okay so physical activity doesn't seem to be a problem for you. You're a little spare on details but I'm guessing you have very low social engagement.

When was the last time you participated in anything in a group outside of a work environment?

[deleted] · 2015-05-27T05:57:10+00:00

I am in therapy already, but I do not feel it working.

Tell your Therapist that. We're not mental health experts, be wary of people advising you anything to the contrary.

myrpaccount · Wed May 27 4:37:08 2015 UTC

Have you been officially diagnosed by a psychiatrist? If not, you don't officially have any of these problems. How many times have you been to the psych ward and how long have you stayed? Are you taking your meds exactly as prescribed by your psychiatrist?

Ogudomang · 2015-05-27T04:51:37+00:00

Wait how the hell does BPD work for males?

[deleted] · 2015-05-27T05:20:59+00:00

U need to read every book and devour every resource on top of working with professionals. I didn't have anything nearly as bad as you, just social and general anxiety (diagnosed) as well as some mild depression (undiagnosed). But I overcame all of it through diet, supplementation and exercise; as well as pushing myself socially.

What I did was read and implement the principles from:

-The ultra mind solution by Doctor Mark Hyman and books by Daniel G. Amen. As well as redirect by Timothy D Wilson.

-Cardio every day even on lifting days.

-I don't mediate but I find walking outdoors at night extremely beneficial

-The Book Redirect teaches you have to change the narratives we tell ourselves into positive ones.

-Going out socially with alcohol, then slowly reduce the alcohol to only going out with phenibut, then slowly stopping the phenibut.

-Ask to try different medication

FinnianWhitefir · 2015-05-27T06:55:24+00:00

I only got the courage to find a therapist when I heard "Half of all therapists are bad, and only half of the good ones will be good for your issues". The first was just useless. The second one I got a ton of progress really fast and slowly got even better over a year. I saw a third one because I was curious about EMDR and again just got almost nothing out of it.

So if you are paying a doctor to help with your issues and aren't getting improvement, try another. It's important to give them time to work, but if after 12+ sessions you don't see improvement, they likely can't.

I once had serious Social Anxiety, and in the third session he helped me get this insight and breakthrough that just wiped out a ton of it.

If you know all your issues, maybe you need something like CBT that is objective-oriented and a bit more measurement?

[deleted] · 2015-05-27T10:18:06+00:00

Change therapist, study the therapy that you're being provided. There are a lot of ways to conduct therapy sessions, and different psychologists/psychiatrists do it all differently.

People do say drugs make them feel worse, but a combination of both prescription drugs and therapy has been shown as the most useful combatant to mental illness. It's just a matter of finding what dosage/drug works best, and finding the correct psychologist. Speak w/ your psychologist and provide feedback, mental illness is much like physical illness in that things that work for one individual do not always work for others, a difficult hurdle to jump over in the field.

There are a lot of people in this thread just saying go lift/force yourself to socialize/address your diet. All well and good, and may work for mental illnesses that are not as intense as yours may be. You need to find what works for you, and be open-minded in the process because in order for mental illness to get better, it typically must get worse as you address the core problems.

My 2 cents as a psychology major, listen to others if it aligns more w/ your thoughts/ideas.

favours_of_the_moon · 2015-05-27T04:29:46+00:00

Nourish blood and yin essence, harmonize shen.

Acupuncture is the most effective modality I know of for BiPolar. It can smooth that shit out, not a cure all though. Can be very difficult to treat in some cases.

For PTSD, rapid eye movement therapy. EMDR

Title	I have a cocktail of mental health issues and don't know where to start fixing them. Help!
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Date	May 27, 2015 4:14 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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