Johnathan’s new name is “Sexy Bitch Kidnapping Victim”

:P

You need a snuggle, a massage, kitten kisses and just some time to chill

mmmmmm <3

'Blue-haired mindsperm' and 'smol headset-wearing mindsperm'.
There, they have names now ! :P

XD

As someone with diagnosed bipolar, its pretty wild out there man.

Age 3-6 was seen as that quiet loner kid with severe anxiety.

Age 7 get official diagnosis as chemically depressed and put on hard meds

Age 8 finally get proper diagnosis of bipolar type 2, given more meds over the next 10 years.

Age 18 tired of the drugs, the side effects and the damage done to my body (women don't get "gynecomastia" but our breasts still develope unnaturally larger than normal), so go hard cold turkey off the meds.

Age 18-soon to be 30, I am now living a happy healthy "normal" life with my husband, a kid on the way, and it was thanks to introspection, therapy, physical activities (as in lots of weight lifting, biking, kick boxing, etc) and I am doing better now than I did 22 years ago during my initial diagnosis phase.

Its hard to get the right diagnosis, espcially for mental conditions, but sometimes even with the doctors note there is always a chance that there will still be no help for you and you'll still have to conquer everything alone...

Being bipolar sucks, not being able to control when I am manic and when ai am depressed sucks more, seeing the signs and recognizing when it is happening has been the best for me.

Not saying this would work for you everyone is different but I hope it gives insight?

ive done so much research, i know what I have even if the doctors don't yet lol

mental illnesses are crazy!

Oh no argument here. I told doctors that my gallbladder was shutting down, even if I didn't have stones it still felt like something was seriously off, not a single one took me seriously for about 3 years until one finally humored me and made me do the dye test (where they inject dye into you and look at things) and saw that yes indeed my gallbladder was shutting down, by the time it was removed it was at about 20% functionality and would have become necrotic in a month or so.

There was no reason for a "healthy" 19 year old to have a gallbladder shut down on them, but my medical records indicated otherwise, stupid H Pylori bacteria >_>;;

But I agree doctors are good when they know what they are dealing with and you already have the diagnosis, but getting it is so hard, espeically if you know what is wrong with you and no one takes you seriously since you don't have a medical degree like them

So, uh... what are these names you speak of? Oh, you mean that sound that people make to get your attention

Oh, side note: I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar, and all the different at least dozen medications that they put me on after the previous ones didn't help made me gain weight like crazy, from 150 to over 325, gave me Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease, almost gave me diabetes, and on top of all that made my triglyceride count explode. Turns out this whole time I had high functioning Austim (formally Asperger's) and the depression and irritability and manic episodes were not anything more than autistic overloads (which, after you suggested that may be what was going on, was confirmed by the people who had done the testing) so yeah, I'm officially done with mental health meds (partially because I don't need them and partially because... everything else that they did) and I'm finally getting to the point where I'm in a good place mentally, and I'm even starting to lose weight! Yay!

One of them might be "ADD," though many other things fit those descriptions. "Leave me alone," "Introversion," or something similar would work too.

ADD isnt a thing anymore but you are very much on the right track!

^0o^ ADD isn't... I did not know that. I don't have the H part of ADHD, so I usually refer to my own as just ADD.

the H part is so dumb. like, since I'm a girl, I dont bounce all over the place but its not like I'm not hyper. my THOUGHTS are hyper. I look quiet and peaceful but my mind is INSANE lol

I'm gonna guess the one with headphones is maybe OCD or autism, as she seems to have a slight obsession with details and technicalities. Strikes me as pedantic.

The blue-haired one could be ADD or ADHD, though unsure if the latter is still officially recognized or not (sometimes the doctors label stuff as abnormal because they don't know what actual, normal people are like =P). Mostly because of her suddenly getting bored at the end, but I could see a bit of hyperactivity or ADD being mistaken for the manic part of Bipolar Disorder. And being the excitable type could cause people to question what's wrong with you.

Those are my best guesses, but I suppose we'll learn the truth eventually! Even if poor Johnathan is gonna feel like he's pulling teeth while finding out. XD

ADD isnt a thing anymore. it was blended into ADHD when people realized it was two names for the exact same thing lol
I WAS diagnosed bipolar once but those meds were baaaaaaaaad. turns out of you don't have it, the meds make you worse!

Ooooh yeah, having the wrong meds can be a bad thing. There was one medication they tried me on for my ADHD/OCD back when I was in college - totally shut off my ability to feel emotions. It was just... ugh, I don't even like remembering that sensation.

ooo i remember that feeling! i quit my meds cold turkey in highschool because of that. id rather feel too much than nothing.

Yeah, I ran out of some anxiety meds last summer, and I... suddenly felt happy since I couldn't remember when. Kinda realized it meant it was giving me depression. I still haven't seen the doctor about it, but I don't think I'm going back on those again. I don't think I should have to choose between being jittery and nervous and feeling no real motivation. Gonna have to try something else.

id recommend it. they FINALLY found an anti anxiety med that took the edge off my panic attacks and that's when these two sprites made themselves known. Seems depression squashed down other issues that I didnt realize i was having and now that I can SEE it, I can deal with it lol

Hmm, interesting. I'll have to see what they have available.