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Mandatory Psych Eval #Bipolar1

So I am a teacher with bipolar disorder. I took time off work last school year and found a doctor who was willing to change all my meds and I also got intensive therapy.
This year I work with a difficult coteacher who has been hard to please. I also have one or more administrators who are not on my side. So I have to meet with a district employed psych for an eval this Fri at 9:30 am EST. I need to show that I can do my job, which I know I can. I would appreciate thoughts and prayers.

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Mandatory Psych Eval #Bipolar1

So I am a teacher with bipolar disorder. I took time off work last school year and found a doctor who was willing to change all my meds and I also got intensive therapy.
This year I work with a difficult coteacher who has been hard to please. I also have one or more administrators who are not on my side. So I have to meet with a district employed psych for an eval this Fri at 9:30 am EST. I need to show that I can do my job, which I know I can. I would appreciate thoughts and prayers.

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Reaching out, then regret, recovery - any ideas?

Last month around my birthday I got a little excited/manic and reached out to a lot of friends. Had a plan for a birthday party, but it all fell through due to COVID and then taking time off from work for a partial hospitalization program.

Now I've got approx 30-40 messages/posts to reply to from friends and family.

They keep building up and at this point its overwhelming to reply to them all.

Does anyone else experience this? When feeling good I reach out to friends, then when something happens/falls through - I isolate and then don't reply, creating my own anxiety.

Anyone have any tips on how I could make a post to address this without revealing my mental health stuff?

I wish I could reply to each person, but it's too much.

So this post, something like "Thanks for all the messages, I've been out for health issues, etc, still want to chat". IDK how to phrase it well. #Bipolar1 #Mania #SocialAnxiety #Depression

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Reaching out, then regret, recovery - any ideas?

Last month around my birthday I got a little excited/manic and reached out to a lot of friends. Had a plan for a birthday party, but it all fell through due to COVID and then taking time off from work for a partial hospitalization program.

Now I've got approx 30-40 messages/posts to reply to from friends and family.

They keep building up and at this point its overwhelming to reply to them all.

Does anyone else experience this? When feeling good I reach out to friends, then when something happens/falls through - I isolate and then don't reply, creating my own anxiety.

Anyone have any tips on how I could make a post to address this without revealing my mental health stuff?

I wish I could reply to each person, but it's too much.

So this post, something like "Thanks for all the messages, I've been out for health issues, etc, still want to chat". IDK how to phrase it well. #Bipolar1 #Mania #SocialAnxiety #Depression

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Not all together today!

My pharmacy is out of stock of my bipolar meds and it's been 3 days now. Also I am currently going down in dosage on my Effexor which I have been on for 10 years. I'm getting some side effects. Too boot, I moved out 7 weeks ago from a toxic 25 year marriage to a narcissist and then he served me with divorce papers this past week!! So I'm not all together today. I'm trying to do self care checkups on me like eating and showering. It just sucks all around. Let's hope tomorrow I will feel a little better! #Bipolar1 #Addiction #ADHD #Anxiety

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Not all together today!

My pharmacy is out of stock of my bipolar meds and it's been 3 days now. Also I am currently going down in dosage on my Effexor which I have been on for 10 years. I'm getting some side effects. Too boot, I moved out 7 weeks ago from a toxic 25 year marriage to a narcissist and then he served me with divorce papers this past week!! So I'm not all together today. I'm trying to do self care checkups on me like eating and showering. It just sucks all around. Let's hope tomorrow I will feel a little better! #Bipolar1 #Addiction #ADHD #Anxiety

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So much guilt, shame and remorse

I feel guilt, remorse, and shame for having sadistic delusions about my former bullies and I feel bad for wanting to be a mass shooter or a serial killer to murder or slaugter my former bullies, it was a delusional thing I made excuses about.

I have been to the ER and then psych hospital for only a day and I was diagnosed with mental health issue with no useful info, then I was diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder with other symptoms and I was assessed for Autism and got diagnosed with Autism Spectrum. My diagnosis of PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified) changed to Autism Spectrum.

I asked my nurse why I was being released so early as I still was mentally unstable and he explained to me that I behaved too well and that the outpatient treatment program is more appropriate for people like me.

I am sorry if I sounded a bit antisocial. I don't have empathy for people who made fun of me in the past, but I don't want to go to prison, so I learned to control my anger issues.

I feel so embarrassed

I was so angry that I had a delusional belief that murdering my former bullies was the answer. I also had a command hallucination telling me to murder my former bullies and I turned myself into a psychiatric facility.

I don't want the SWAT team coming to my house, I am trying my best to behave.

I have a Delusional Disorder, but I am legally sane and intelligent.

I feel so R-word, stupid, and delusional for what I thought. Due to the Autism Spectrum Disorder, I don't understand what porn is at all. There are some videos and pictures that I downloaded from ages 13-22 that are allowed on YouTube and in reality erotic and not porn. I feel bad and there is no excuse for the delusional belief I had. I hope that everything is okay on your side. I even thought that tango dance was porn...

I still feel very embarrassed about my anger issues in the past and talking about my dark and twisted fantasies about doing something terrible to people who made fun of me in the past. I also feel embarrassed about what I talked about in the past online, because there was police involvement as someone reported me to the police due to my past behavior online. I once had voices in my head telling me to do those things to people who made fun of me in the past and was in a psychiatric hospital to treat the voices in my head, but still, I feel ashamed of myself.

I know that this was two years ago, but every time I remember what I said online and even the voices that I had, I feel so embarrassed and ashamed of myself, I am sorry!

Although I had symptoms of Unspecified Personality Disorder symptoms with paranoid fantasies before Bipolar 1 Disorder, and although I have Autism Spectrum and it's a neurodevelopmental disorder, I would still get the death penalty if I acted on my paranoid fantasies as it's plans of class A felonies, and also because I am not intellectually disabled.

Although your brain is not that developed until age 25-26, it's a good idea to diagnose mental disorders at age 12-15 as soon it develops to improve the symptoms rather than just waiting for it to become worse until it turns into delusions and hallucinations. If Premorbid Personality Disorder is emerging in young adulthood before Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, it's best to diagnose it at age 18 if it is severe or age 23 if it is mild, so you can no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for mental disorder and get it treated as soon as possible.

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Can grandiosity or Delusion of grandeur happen in the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Bipolar 1 Disorder?

Can grandiosity or Delusion of grandeur happen in the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Bipolar 1 Disorder?

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#SchizophreniaSpectrumPsychoticDisorders #Bipolar1 #ADHD #Psychosis

Finally in the process of getting the help I have been needing. I know they say to trust the process, do the work... One step at a time. Why does it seem like all I'm doing is waiting? Why do I get more anxious after an appointment than I am at the beginning of it? It doesn't help that when I have a psychotic episode they seem to be lasting longer and I don't trust my own thoughts or perception... This has all been a new eye opening journey but also a scary one because I'm just learning about my disorders and the symptoms from them which is definitely giving me some clarity for certain situations that have happened throughout my life but it's also disheartening. I live with so much guilt and shame, I can't help but wonder that if I had help sooner that maybe I wouldn't have all this regret. I know I shouldn't dwell on the past and focus on creating a better future, a better version of myself (whoever the help that is) but that's easier said than done.

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