New Jersey. Have been here most of my life... Except for six months. Then I was in California xD

Wow. I'm meeting a lot of people from New Jersey. My roommate visited a friend in California recently and loved it. Did you like California? I have to say my view of California is not the best. Most people I have met from California are the typical Cali girl types. *shudders*

I don't know where half the people I'm meeting are from xD

I didn't mind it... I missed the snow though.
The people were nicer then in New Jersey. Well... Most of them. There was that one guy in my gym class who kept screaming in my ear... ._.

Well, a lot of those are in real life at my college. But yeah, I believe that you would meet more nice people in California.

oO That's... odd. Was there something wrong with him?

Yep! It's called "troublemakeritis"... At least, that's what I call it xD

ROFL! That's a good one.

I just came up with it recently, actually. Most of my family is doctors, and I get sick a lot to boot (not that the doctors in my family help much for that). Unfortunately, I really am sick in the head... Sorta. ._.

I used to get sick a lot too. Sick in the head? How so?

I've got psychiatric problems... That are driving me to madness. I swear, one day I may end up literally insane from this havoc in my head ._.

That kinda sounds like my little sister. She also has problems with her. My mom and I just say she is sick in the head. Not handicapped, not psychotic.

My dad and I both have similar problems. I just love being bipolar! ...not. >>

I'm sorry to hear about your sister. ._.

My sister is bipolar too. She has a few other things too though.
Pshh. It's no problem. It made us the most understanding people you will ever meet though. Ha ha ha.

I have Bipolar and Anxiety/Panic issues... They're not a good combo. I'll tell you that much.

-hasn't been in school for 3 weeks cause of illness and depression stages of bipolar- The doctor expects me to be out of school at least another week cause he changed my meds. Hopefully I won't be out longer then a month... ._.

Oh wow. I understand how that can make your life a little upside down. My little sister has bipolar, ADHD, Skitzoaffective (I know I had to have spelled that wrong) disorder, and I think there's one more.

Isn't it called Schizophrenia? xD My dad had a Schizophrenic friend when he was younger. He told me about it. At one point, he thought people thought I had it cause I talked to trees. But, I'm on a medication that's supposed to help that and my anxiety, but all it does is lower my anxiety a bit. Doesn't change the fact I still talk to trees occasionally xD

Well, Schizophrenia is one. But there are other types. You talked to trees? And I thought it was odd that I would talk to flowers when I was little. I was hoping fairies were living inside of them. Come to think of it, how did my little sister get tested for stuffs and I wasn't? Maybe my mom realized how expensive it would be. Ha ha ha ha ha! (Sarcasm >.>)

Oh okay xD And that's wierd that you weren't tested if your sister was.... I'm an only child. I was just tested cause I was showing signs of problems... Sadly, both sides of my family has problems, so it makes sense I do. ._.

Ahh. I always wondered what it was like to be an only child. I think only my biological father's side has problems. I haven't heard about anything on my mom's side. And I listen in on a lot of conversations I probably shouldn't.

Talking about issues are we? I'm Bipolar, Have General Anxiety Disorder, ADHD, and a small case of split personalities. >.< Those are four things that SHOULD not be mixed into one being. Heh...it drives my roommate/ex-boyfriend/friend CRAZY. Which is why he's now an ex. He can handle me as a friend, but not as a boyfriend. *giggle snorts*.
The split personality thing, is very very small, Its not like my "other" ever takes control, but you can catch me sometimes talking to my "other". I most the time forget she's there though so *shrug* She's very passive. Don't even know why she's there to be honest. As to the other stuff...meh, oh well. I'm also emotionally stunted. I tend to not feel much of anything. Other than apathy..and panic. Weird yes?

I think we have stumbled upon quite a topic here. I think the only thing I could have though is OCD. I don't talk to flowers anymore so I think it was just a weird phase...
Yeah, I'm the saner one here. ^.^;;;
Yeah, those are definitely things that shouldn't be mixed. I understand a lot about those disorders because my mom explains them all to me. She's a nurse.

Disorders! Fun, I get to get in on the action of the discussion.

The only "disorder" I have is chronic depression and anxiety. I take Lexapro for it, but it hardly does my disorder any justice or help whatsoever. Yeah, I'm a BIT more calmer than I normally am (my anxiety and impatience is TERRIBLE), however, my depression is still at an all time high. I think the only way I'll be able to get out of my bouts of depression is to just let go and let live. Trying things gets me out of the fear state, and that's mainly where I struggle concerning depression. I'm pessimistic and think the worst thing is gonna happen to me if I try something -- that's why I'm just starting to drive, two years later. But hey, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. My mind just told me it was.

COMPLICATED STUFF, DEPRESSION. . . let me tell ya. >_>;

Aw... I don't know if I have anything. I went to a few psychiatrists when I was younger and they put me on Zoloft but I refused to take it. Everything had this hazy feel to it and I didn't feel like myself. So I quit. I get really depressed a lot. My mom has manic depression and she really has to be careful with her meds. Once she stopped taking them for a week and ended up attempting suicide because of it. The doctors told me that she couldn't be blamed for anything but not taking her medicine. That's a serious side effect. I was really mad about that. I yelled at them asking how they could sleep at night knowing that these drugs could do something so drastic to a person's mind.

But when she takes them she's fine... so I guess I should get over it.

My mom's constantly watching me. She believes that depression to her degree is genetic... I'm trying really hard to prove her wrong but there are times when I get so sad it physically hurts.

Anyway... sorry to get all serious on you guys. I guess we all are a little f-ed up hu?

I can relate to you on the whole, your mom thinking it's genetic thing, cause most of the time, depression IS a genetic disorder. The only reason I have it is because my dad has it (has been taking medicine non-stop since 1993), and my grandmother also had it.

She's not doing a bad thing by being cautious about it, but EXPECTING it is a different thing. She shouldn't base her beliefs on the possibility that just because she has depression, it doesn't mean you'll end up with it as well. My sister and I have the same father (obviously), and she doesn't have depression. However, when depression does strike, it's most likely genetics -- doesn't mean it HAS to happen every generation, or ever, at all.

Oh boy, this is turning into a biology/psychology/doctor's lesson here. Ahhhh! XD

Nickname; Wiz
Age; NEVER TELLING. ;D
Time Zone; EST. (Eastern Time)
Favorite midnight snack; Red Bull/Peanut Butter
Lamest tv show you watch during the wee hours; Kim Possible

LOL I know we should open up a shop in Life Issues >.<

Yeah... I think the difference between me and my mom is that while I may be depressed, my depression has become manageable. There are ways that I deal with it without medication you know... it's not as bad as hers. And she used to tell me "well you'll get it when your older. I had it a little before I became pregnant with you" Well I'm waaaay past that age (well not waaaay, but I'm 25 now) so I think I might just escape this life relatively unscathed by depression.

The genetic thing makes sense but she's only looking at herself and not all the genes I got from my father who didn't have depression >.<


[edit]: Welcome Wiz! I'm EST too ^.^ I think a lot of us in this thread are.