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I have noticed something with my #tourettes #tics now that can fully relax and stop suppressing them.
I often do when stressed even alone, and causes me pain, so I have been #learning to relax.
I always have one of my arms up. I put one down, the other tics up, without fail.
My left hand is more intricate and detailed in its movements/tics when up, more gentle.
The right hand wants to fling about and be POWERFUL and POINT.
My mood influences which hand I tic with
@RationalizedInsanity I noticed things got better for me when i stopped trying to hold my tics too.
@jrcs3 I am a lot happier and in drastically less pain.
I was 300 pounds, barely alive and bed ridden after being addicted to drugs and on antipsychotics I shouldn't have been on for five years, cuz they thought I had schizophrenia and bipolar, or however you spell the combination. It messed me up more and made my tics worse once I was off them.
I am still recovering.
I feel a lot better, and I am now more fit than most people.
Not trapped by my own body.
I basically refuse to go on any psych drugs anymore and I have made so much more progress on my mh off of them than I ever did while on them.
I have bipolar probably, well I get manic sometimes though I don't really get depressive episodes, so what ever that is.
But all of my worst episodes were when I was on drugs and they got noticably worse when I started them. I was only able to put up with them for 2 years and then I finally just went cold turkey on them because I knew in my bones they were making shit worse. My doctor didn't want me to stop them but like fuck them. Pretty strong antidepressants, mood stabilizers, briefly antipsychotics... Never again.
I still get manic like maybe a few times a year, but it's totally manageable. I can just ride it out. And they are getting more manageable overtime. Exercise, diet, shit is working for me. I think medication should be the last resort not the first thing you try.
@gnomekat @jrcs3 If you don't have lows, then you probably aren't #bipolar at all.
I gets constantly misdiagnosed. I was also an #addict and they thought my compulsive behavior was due to #mania
I was actually terrified of everything due to complex PTSD issues, and my response was fear and aggression and crazy #behavior as a defensive show.
Then I have #tourettes and severe #adhd which explains the mood swings, and manic levels of energy.
May be the same for you, not sure.
I'm not terribly concerned about the actual labels. Describing it as a manic episode gets the point across. I stop sleeping, super high energy, unstable emotions, high paranoia, borderline psychotic but not like crazy bad I just start to think things like videos or random posts on the Internet are trying to communicate directly with me. Like there is a grand conspiracy trying to manipulate me.
I am able to recognize I am in an altered state and I just ride it out. They are uncomfortable but very manageable once I realize what is happening. I just have more sessions with my therapist than normal and take off work, I'm lucky that I am able to take a week off work without much issue. (work in software we are spoiled)
Tho I definitely probably have cptsd and ptsd from a bunch of shit that happened to me. But like I just don't care anymore about the labels, I have figured out the path that is working for me to improve things and that is all that matters to me.
@gnomekat @RationalizedInsanity
Software and Work from Home have given me the space I need!
I have been working without a gap since 2019.
I don't go too heavy into labels, though I do throw Tourettes around if I get out of sorts, people have some context. (I am "high functioning" which can get me into trouble when I fail to meet expectations)