<p>@lionswim: I totally agree with your "P.S." comment. I have seen the same, especially involving OCD (as ADHD has been overdiagnosed at my school, to say nothing of the greater world). What I find hilariously disturbing is that, even after reading your post, CC members continue speaking that way in their responses.</p>
<p>Wow, eating disorders are extremely prevalent....</p>
<p>Simfish... I went through the same thing.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think the eating disorders are especially not surprising at a board like this. Perfectionism will get you like that.</p>
<p>yeah OCD for me...</p>
<p>i think i'm a little dyslexic lol i don't know... sometimes i type or write words backwards... sometimes i write something completely different from what i'm thinking... and when i look at what i wrote i'm like ***</p>
<p>People. I'm more interested in what we DO have, for certain, according to a professional diagnosis.</p>
<p>Ontolome... are you by any way pro-ana? Because I rarely hear those nicknames except on the pro-ED sites.</p>
<p>i have been self-diagnosed as having obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and paranoia complex. :D</p>
<p>Ugh, meds cause a whole league of problems. I lost 60 lbs in almost a year due to meds and I couldn't eat without feeling sick. Constantly felt sick, headache, tired, etc. I wasn't sure if I wanted that or just go through with severe depression/lock myself in my room forever.</p>
<p>I think I have mild ADD/ADHD, of course I haven't seen a doctor or anything, but I've been looking at it on the web, and I probably have a mild case of ADD/ADHD. I cannot concentrate on anything for more than a minute or two, my brain feels like it's constantly changing channels, I can't pay attention, it takes me a longer time than my peers to write essays because I can't concentrate long enough to write sentences and I'm known for being oblivious, just "stuck in my mind". Maybe I'm just a normal teenager, I don't know. At first I thought I was just easily distracted, but it's at the point where I'm thinking maybe this isn't normal. I show the three symptoms of inattention, which is huge, and I literally can't think about one thing for more than 3 minutes. Impulsivity, I get very impulsive at times, not like in an OCD way, but I might snatch something away without thinking I shouldn't be touching this, things like that. I do without thinking. And I am very hyperactive at times, I literally go skipping around my house with excess energy, and it's not occasional, literally everyday, 10-12 times. It's hard to draw the line between normal and not though.</p>
<p>I have been diagnosed as having OCD and a Mild Schizoid personality disorder. It apprently means mild Schitzophrenia, and makes sense...I find my mind in different modes at times. Plus, theres the whole eccentric thing...that's me.</p>
<p>ADD, OCD, mild schizoid/schizophrenia</p>
<p>yes, they have been diagnosed</p>
<p>You people depress me. You are talking about what you think you have. And the prevelance of eating disorders is absolutely disturbing, but not quite as my as the laxsidaisical attitude that surrounds them. Look at what happened to Terry Schiavo. Eating disorders are not a joke and some of you talk about how it is kind of funny looking back. That is sad.</p>
<p>I mean I'm as picky as the next person, but I'm not going to self diagnose myself as OCD, I am just a perfectionist.</p>
<p>dissociative identity disorder. beat that!!!</p>
<p>ADHD is hard b/c it is overdiagnosed and people don't believe it. I got bad grades my first semester and I realized it was my ADHD's fault and I wasn't providing excuses but this semester it was obvious now that I have medicine and my friends used to tell me to "Just study" and "You're not trying hard enough." Well now I know and my friends know that it really was real b/c I'm getting much better grades. Yeah I hate my ADHD but it has made me who I am so I guess I'll take it.</p>
<p>poisonivy, i used to frequent those sites, but when recovered the last thing you need is a powerful deliberate trigger like that...i don't do this stuff anymore. A lot of young girls approach that kind of thing as a sort of last resort, but not yet fully knowing exactly what it can do to you. EDs are one of the strangest disorders out there. one of few that result from actual willed deludedness as opposed to dramatic chemical imbalances or other invisible creepy crawlies that usurp your brain w/o prior consent, in many cases anyway. i guess that's gotta be why so many teenagers here seem to have it.. youthful rebellion taken to a dangerous and self-referential extreme.</p>
<p>i bet i suffer from ADD, Clinical depression and a slew of other imbalances, but then again most people seem to, they just dont get diagnosed and thusly dont get that fancy test time extension and diasbility service that 75% seemingly just take advantage of or dont need enough to make it a balanced playing field for those who have just as much trouble but not diagnosed with anything........hmmm maybe i should make an appointment the next time i'm home.</p>
<p>Luwain-
A mild schizoid personality disorder does not mean Schizophrenia. If you are schizoid, you may prefere to be alone or in small groups-- its more descriptive of being somewhat isolative. And it is a personality disorder. Schisophrenia is a formal thought disorder, with far more profoundly negative consequences. There are other diaagnoses-- Schizotypal personality disorder and schizoaffective disorder, that border more closely on Schizophrenia.</p>
<p>Undiagnosed depression (possibly dysthymic disorder). I know some posters here have spoken out against self-diagnosing, but my parents refuse to let me see a professional, and I don't have the money on my own.</p>
<p>I am against socities treatment of any type of ADD or ADHD and many other supposed disorders. Its just so over diagnosed.</p>