In doing some research on the internet I came across a simple viable solution to a variety of mental illnesses, a cause that is surprisingly missing from the information available in public, which begs the question why ?

Two other studies found that exposure to cats (the primary carrier for toxoplasmosis transmission) in childhood is a risk factor for the development of schizophrenia. Furthermore, certain antipsychotic and mood-stabilizer drugs such as Halperidol and Valproic acid inhibited this parasite in vitro at a concentration below that found in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood of individuals being treated with this medication, suggesting that some medications used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may actually work by inhibiting the replication of toxoplasmosis gondii. (Ref: Jones-Brando, Torrey, Yolken)

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They just classified me as bipolar I think I just lost my mind but yes I do feel the need to have sex a lot is it just my hormones maybe lol or what? Why is this or is it just me?

Do you think I have some type of mental disorder?
I’m constantly thinking that there is something wrong with me and I’m like obsessed with figuring it….Also I have a total lack of self motivation and self confidence. I have extreme emotional outbursts that I try to control as much as I can…and by that I mean I get very strong emotions when I shouldn’t, like I totally over react. I’m very paranoid of other people…especially of guys because I always think they’re attracted to me and I don’t want them to be or it just makes me feel uncomfortable…seriously any guy at all will weird me out. I need constant reassurance from others, and am sort of a push over. I have a very hard time showing my emotions to other people, I feel like I can’t. I have social phobia and social anxiety disorder. I am very bad at getting close to other people…it’s like if I’m close to anyone, it can only be one person and I don’t want to be around anyone else a lot then. Some times I have these sudden and weird feelings or mental states and they’re really different each time and they always scare me. But then after they usually don’t come back. When ever I meet a stranger in public for a brief moment I’ll usually think that person was a total *ss hole or really creepy because of the way they interact with me. I’m pretty weird and usually don’t think like anyone else but a few of my friends. I also often think no one understands me or people just misjudge me or something. Growing up, pretty much everyone in my life was dysfunctional.

As a child I was pretty isolated because of my over protective father who was also an alcoholic with anger problems and who sexually molested me. My mom had bipolar disorder and had constant delusions and was just totally out of it most of the time. She used to have violent outbursts of anger and would just,to put it nicely, talk trash about and to everyone especially my dad. She would also emotionally neglect me and my brother who is older than me but is mentally handi capped and has the mind of a 5 year old. 5 years ago we moved 6 states over from my grandparents who took care of me sometimes and whom i was very close to and away from all my friends and shortly after the move my mom died and my dads alcoholism got a lot worse. I also grew up in poverty and still am in poverty living with my dad at age 18 usually taking care of my brother since my dad is at work all day and we pretty muchdon’tt see him until the week end.

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Addiction
Anorexia
Bipolar disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Perfectionism
Schizophrenia
Tourette Syndrome
Phobias
Alcoholism
Personality disorder
Gender identity disorder

Answer any or all!

Bipolar disorder goes by many names: manic depression, manic-depressive disorder, manic-depressive illness, bipolar mood disorder, and bipolar affective disorder are medical terms for the same condition.

Bipolar disorder affects both men and women. For many people, the first symptoms show up in their early twenties. However, research has shown that the first episode of bipolar disorder is occurring earlier: It often shows up in adolescence, and even children can have the disorder.

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According to someone w/ a psychology degree in egypt, acceptance and understanding of mental disorders is a fairly new phenomenon. I’d like to know what kind of treatment people w/ bipolar receive in egypt since I find those w/ the “disease” fascinating individuals (tend to be musicians and artists…and to the potential uninformed person who wants to go off on multiple personalities and schizophrenia, it’s medically not the same as manic depression/bipolar. You’ll find that fact pointed out in a beginning psychology text book). Also, if recognition of mental illness isn’t as prevalent since the acceptance of mental sicknesses are kind of new, is there a severely high rate of suicide or other destructive behaviors? And with the lack of availability of jobs preventing ppl. from marrying at the time they would like to marry (and probably being a major factor in ppl. feeling sexually repressed and possibly upset often because of it), are depression rates high? If so, what is done4 it