Paddy Foran
Diagnosis When I was 15, my parents took me in to be tested for ADHD. They had noticed several distracted and compulsive behaviours, and thought I may have attentional difficulties. The results of the...
View ArticleAshe Dryden
Diagnosis I’ve had PTSD for about 11 years and also live with anxiety. Medication I haven’t had health insurance in over 4 years, so haven’t been able to consistently afford health care, including...
View ArticleMike Taylor
Diagnosis Depression and ADHD -- good ol’ Depression :) with the added “joy” of it having an environmental aspect. Medication I was originally put on Strattera for ADHD but it smoothed everything out:...
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Diagnosis I have an anxiety disorder. When I was very little I experienced anxiety related some some things but for the most part of my life I didn’t have any issues until a few years ago. I believe...
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Diagnosis I was formally diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, but I don’t think that encompasses the whole of my mental health issues. Playing self-diagnosis for a minute, I have also had...
View ArticleBrian Fenton
Diagnosis I’ve been diagnosed with “generalized anxiety disorder” and depression. I believe there’s some seasonal affective disorder in there as well because I’m very sensitive to light levels and I...
View ArticlePhilip Roberts
Diagnosis I have been diagnosed by my doctor as having “moderate depression”. My therapist and I think that I also suffer from anxiety problems that exacerbate the depression. My depression manifests...
View ArticleMatthew Turland
Diagnosis In late 2002, I was admitted as an in-patient to a mental hospital and diagnosed with depression and suicidal ideations (or, in more common parlance, a death wish). A few years later, my...
View ArticleRichard Lampitt
Medication I take Citalopram for the depression, and very occasionally prescription sleeping aids to help with the poor sleep I suffer from as a symptom of depression. The Citalopram’s main job is to...
View ArticleThomas David Dalladay
Diagnosis I have Asperger’s Syndrome (one of the Autistic Spectrum Disorders), schizophrenia, depression, episodic paroxysmal anxiety, and Irlen’s Syndrome. In simpler terms: I’m socially inept, highly...
View ArticleSarah Hawk
Diagnosis 6 months ago I was diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder and mild depression. I still struggle to understand that diagnosis because I don’t have any kind of negative thoughts or downs—I...
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