Black people and Mental health.
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What do you feel started this.
I first started feeling depression and anxiety when I was 8-9. I’d randomly wanna cry. Or I’d rock back and forth in my seat at school or church. The only thing I can figure that may have triggered it was being flooded around that time. Really bad hurricane hit my area
Security, you don't feel secure. Do you meditate in anyway? Or do you have any hobbies that make you feel comfortable?
Yeah I’m very into fitness and nutrition. I can’t imagine how I’d be without that
I do need to drink less alcohol though. That could be negating the benefits
Have you seen anyone? A professional? You can even text them.Yeah I’m very into fitness and nutrition. I can’t imagine how I’d be without that
Not lately. I did on and off in my teens and early 20s. My plan is to go to a doctor for blood work to see if there are any underlying physical causes. Then if not I’ll take that route.
Big Brown Areola
Young Soul
Anyone here not scared of dying?
I made a similar thread last week
Black mental health should not rely on Churches
Black people do not get the treatment they need and a lot of that is due to ignorance.
Black mental health should not rely on Churches
Black people do not get the treatment they need and a lot of that is due to ignorance.
Paradise50
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Can't quote the post but I really really disagree w/ the guy talking down on ADHD or ADD. Now I will say that kids are OVERLY diagnosed, and that a lot of times they use the medication to cover up bad ass parenting.
I was the kid that used to miss key words in questions because I read too fast....parents always hit me w/ the "you wasn't paying attention", but I was very smart so I could mask my deficit all through grade school. Hell I was able to do it 2.5 years into undergrad, and then I hit a brick wall when shyt got real in upper level courses. Just paying attention in class wasn't enough (and I use to always have issues zoning out) and I struggled bad. Ended up dropping out a couple years later (Fall 10). shyt hit my confidence HARD. Took 2 prereqs for the LPN program in Fall 14 w/ no issue, and then Fall 15 I started the program. By October I felt the issue coming back so I sucked it up and went to my Dr.
Got dx w/ ADD, and put on adderall. shyt was night and day, and days of drifting into daydreams during lecture was over and I wouldn't have to sometimes reread what I read because I read it while spacing out. Was a C student all through because I carried doubt in general (plus caught a DUI during the program
) until I finished and started working as a LPN. Now I'm in RN school, and I'm an A student. I literally give credit to adderall COMBINED w/ other behavioral skills for helping me reach my full potential.
With that said, I don't abuse the shyt and never will. I work in pysch anyway so I already know what overstimulating your brain w/ stimulants can do
....I don't got time for that shyt. I take it as needed and never take it on free days. I also monitor my BP because I know it could be a side effect but it hardly effects mines at all.
People mess up when they're taking 100 mg a day of XR
....hell even if it was IR that's fukking retarded 
my scrip 15mg bid so I'm
I was the kid that used to miss key words in questions because I read too fast....parents always hit me w/ the "you wasn't paying attention", but I was very smart so I could mask my deficit all through grade school. Hell I was able to do it 2.5 years into undergrad, and then I hit a brick wall when shyt got real in upper level courses. Just paying attention in class wasn't enough (and I use to always have issues zoning out) and I struggled bad. Ended up dropping out a couple years later (Fall 10). shyt hit my confidence HARD. Took 2 prereqs for the LPN program in Fall 14 w/ no issue, and then Fall 15 I started the program. By October I felt the issue coming back so I sucked it up and went to my Dr.
Got dx w/ ADD, and put on adderall. shyt was night and day, and days of drifting into daydreams during lecture was over and I wouldn't have to sometimes reread what I read because I read it while spacing out. Was a C student all through because I carried doubt in general (plus caught a DUI during the program
) until I finished and started working as a LPN. Now I'm in RN school, and I'm an A student. I literally give credit to adderall COMBINED w/ other behavioral skills for helping me reach my full potential. With that said, I don't abuse the shyt and never will. I work in pysch anyway so I already know what overstimulating your brain w/ stimulants can do
....I don't got time for that shyt. I take it as needed and never take it on free days. I also monitor my BP because I know it could be a side effect but it hardly effects mines at all. People mess up when they're taking 100 mg a day of XR
....hell even if it was IR that's fukking retarded my scrip 15mg bid so I'm
Paradise50
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Also ADHD is the majority of the times a comorbidity to anxiety and/or depression which can affect focus. There's cases where depression/anxiety got corrected and the adhd-like symptoms disappeared.
JuditeTormentor
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Exactly. Same with Bi-Polar D/O, Disruptive Mood Dysregulated D/O, amongst others. That's what I was trying to impress upon the person whose posts were deleted. You can't deny the symptoms. And ultimately, despite the titles attributed, any GOOD doctor knows that it is more important to focus on the symptoms. At one point, 90% of my caseload consisted of clients with a history of ADHD, and my treatment plans for them looked very different. Why?? Because their common labels did not tell me shyt about the unique complications that their symptoms were imposing. Are there TERRIBLE providers out there who see a label and generalize their treatment accordingly? Absolutely. And I utterly disdain those b*stards. The focus should ALWAYS be upon the symptoms/problem behaviors, and at that point, the label doesn't mean anything. Heck, drugs used to treat seizure disorders are also quite effective at treating for anxiety and depression. Because they affect specific symptoms. And that's just one example. Diagnoses are important in order to bill the insurance companies. Beyond that, they are useless. But the symptoms, those are everything!
Paradise50
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Yep! Anticonvulsants be treating all kinda shyt
One of the more versatile classes of medications tbh
JuditeTormentor
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Exactly. My top priority is always to provide my clients and their families with as much info as possible so that they can make well-informed decisions. It irks me when parents refuse certain meds b/c their child doesn't have "X" disorder. Like, chill fam. This little pill doesn't have some magical ability to label your child as one thing or another. It simply happens to be one option that specifically targets the cause of whatever chemical imbalance is resulting in your child's targeted behavior. Although meds are my least preferred alternative, there is no way I will advise against a drug that is safe and effective when the client clearly needs it.Yep! Anticonvulsants be treating all kinda shyt
One of the more versatile classes of medications tbh
Paradise50
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Psychiatrist?