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Maraya1969

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21. I was just thinking about this today! When I get manic it feels as if my BODY is speeding

Reply to mopinko (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 1, 2024, 09:21 PM

Feb 2024

up. I have less need for sleep. I speak fast and move fast; it is hard to sit still. And then the mental symptoms come. But why is it only considered a mental illness when my entire body is experiencing it?

OK maybe something in my mind is making me speed up and slow down but it that where it starts? I don't know.

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Well waddya know! 'She was headed to a locked psych ward. Then an ER doctor made a startling discovery. [View all] elleng Feb 2024 OP

Good news stories,so important. Get well soon Chloe. n/t SheilaAnn Feb 2024 #1

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #2

I'm in the mental health field and strongly believe Phoenix61 Feb 2024 #3

Darned if I know! elleng Feb 2024 #6

my youngest mopinko Feb 2024 #13

I was just thinking about this today! When I get manic it feels as if my BODY is speeding Maraya1969 Feb 2024 #21

there's so much we dont know. mopinko Feb 2024 #24

That was absolutely the first question that popped into my mind. Susan Calvin Feb 2024 #25

Excellent point Phoenix. People jump to conclusions and then stick by them no matter what evidence counters that view. Martin68 Feb 2024 #26

I'm glad you're being taken care by compentant doctors, elleng! 70sEraVet Feb 2024 #4

Thanks. Really good folks, it's their specialty, elleng Feb 2024 #8

How awful. Fuc**** doctors just dismissed her. Utter incompetence. 58Sunliner Feb 2024 #5

Thank goodness for Dr. Mitchell. democrank Feb 2024 #7

That's all well and good to find the Hydro, but why did she have hydrocephalus? Stenosis? tumor? why? and mitch96 Feb 2024 #9

'An MRI scan determined that Chloe's hydrocephalus was caused by aqueductal stenosis, elleng Feb 2024 #11

What happened? I cannot read the entire story, I am not a member of the Washington Post. Escurumbele Feb 2024 #10

Diagnosed with hydrocephalus, caused by elleng Feb 2024 #12

Gift link here: spooky3 Feb 2024 #16

Thanks. lamp_shade Feb 2024 #29

Wow. Its amazing how some are not looked at properly Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #14

Oh goodness! elleng Feb 2024 #17

That happened with my mom BittyJenkins Feb 2024 #15

and we ALL thank YOU so much, elleng Feb 2024 #20

Remember, these are the same people that the police are going to ask "Was this a natural miscarriage or an abortion?" ck4829 Feb 2024 #18

When I'm President or dictator for a day ... usonian Feb 2024 #19

I found out at 65 years old that I don't have a right Delmette2.0 Feb 2024 #22

WOW! elleng Feb 2024 #23

I'm so glad this was caught and hope Chloe ends up OK sdfernando Feb 2024 #27

Friend of mine fainting a lot and falling every week. Grins Feb 2024 #31

OMG Grins sdfernando Feb 2024 #33

Assuming she doesn't have health insurance. Nowadays, docs order MRIs for just about any pain. Glad she's getting care. Silent Type Feb 2024 #28

When my youngest son was a teen appleannie1 Feb 2024 #30

What most people don't realize is that there is limited space inside the skull tornado34jh Feb 2024 #32