Fat shaming is bad. Bald shaming is encouraged. Why?

[diffuse2007]

Antidepressants won't solve his problems. Only getting (some of) his hair back will.

I fell for that crap, antidepressants that turn me into a manic extrovert who talked to everybody and posted YouTube videos of myself on this forum.

It doesn't happen to everybody though, just people who suffer from mild bipolar disorder. Sadly I was one of them, but I didn't know before trying SSRI's.

Psychiatrists said they were sorry for turning me into a lunatic, oh and also for giving me man boobs later "Sorry, it happens, we couldn't know."

Screw psychiatry. The day everything changed for me was when I saw this woman psychologist in July 2012.

She told me something no other psychologists with their pseudo feel-good science like "accept yourself as you are! you're beautiful!" BS.

She told me something quite simple and effective: "Why don't you get a hair transplant?" I then researched if it was possible for a NW5 and discovered FUE megasessions.

"Oh you're depressed because you're fat? Don't do anything about it, because you're beautiful, oh and take this pill that might make you go insane. That will be 80€."

I assumed he was treating his hair loss but if he isn't and that is the number one cause of his anxiety then i don't know why hes sitting around smoking weed. There seems to be mixed responses on ssri's ,it helps some people and drives others insane but if things are getting really bad i think there worth a shot. And as you said speaking to a good physiologist isn't a bad idea.

Some people are depressed for no reason due to chemical imbalances in the brain. For these type of people it isn't as simple as losing weight, they could be predisposed for anxiety and depression.

 

[diffuse2007]

It's a very mild form of bipolar disorder. My father has it too and he isn't on medication. It's totally possible for us to live with it without much trouble.

Some people may have witness that I have this disorder when I made posts about being depressed for no reason, even after getting a successful hair transplant.

There will be days where I feel very happy and confident, but I know that it will always result in a low later. I've learned to live with that and I know that it passes every time in a day or two.

So yeah, it's a pretty mild form of bipolar disorder, nothing that can't be managed without medication. But when artificially exacerbated by medications like SSRI's, it can really get out of control.

Very interesting i am not very familiar with bipolar disorder but you just described how i always feel ,happy for a day or two then i get depressed for a couple of days and it's a never ending cycle. How do you diagnose it?

 

[Wolf Pack]

It's a very mild form of bipolar disorder. My father has it too and he isn't on medication. It's totally possible for us to live with it without much trouble.

Some people may have witness that I have this disorder when I made posts about being depressed for no reason, even after getting a successful hair transplant.

There will be days where I feel very happy and confident, but I know that it will always result in a low later. I've learned to live with that and I know that it passes every time in a day or two.

So yeah, it's a pretty mild form of bipolar disorder, nothing that can't be managed without medication. But when artificially exacerbated by medications like SSRI's, it can really get out of control.

Oh right that's nice. Yes, as you know I do have experience seeing people with this. I have seen some people in a manic episode, feeling special, talking a lot, not sleeping, taking risks e.t.c.

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Very interesting i am not very familiar with bipolar disorder but you just described how i always feel ,happy for a day or two then i get depressed for a couple of days and it's a never ending cycle. How do you diagnose it?

A Dr. Yours just sounds like depression but do get it checked out. Bipolar has a massive high and then a comedown.

 

[swingline747]

It's a very mild form of bipolar disorder. My father has it too and he isn't on medication. It's totally possible for us to live with it without much trouble.

Some people may have witness that I have this disorder when I made posts about being depressed for no reason, even after getting a successful hair transplant.

There will be days where I feel very happy and confident, but I know that it will always result in a low later. I've learned to live with that and I know that it passes every time in a day or two.

So yeah, it's a pretty mild form of bipolar disorder, nothing that can't be managed without medication. But when artificially exacerbated by medications like SSRI's, it can really get out of control.

Im the same way, why when I post horrible and depressive things I preface with "Im off my meds"

 

[Agustin Araujo]

yep. i am a huge fan of green too. it definitely is one of my main coping mechanisms for baldness lol. it helps me focus on things as they are instead of just my ideas/sensations that are just responses to how things really are. it's hard to explain lol.

but yea i feel it is one of those things that society used to misunderstand. ofc with washington and all legalizing it the world has been getting more rational about it.

kinda reminds me of baldness in its stigma and all that. hopefully same thing will happen with baldness one day

Neat! I like to smoke Cannabis because it helps me to sleep a lot better since I have anxiety. I also like to take Cannabidiol oil and helps to treat some of my Asperger's symptoms. Also of course, succumbing to male pattern baldness has been a horrendous thing that happened to me, and smoking Cannabis has helped me feel a lot less distressed about the genetic skin disorder.

I'm for sure sometime in the future, Cannabis will eventually be legal anywhere you go. I live in Oregon and live roughly like 15 miles away from the Washington state border. Whenever I want to go get my self some Cannabis, I'll drive to the state up north and go to a local recreational Cannabis store that sells the herb. You don't even need to be a Washington resident to buy the goods, anyone can buy the herb where ever they're from as long as they're 21 years of age or older. They sell excellence strains where they can even be used as medical ones than only for recreational use, it's really high quality Cannabis. Within a month, Cannabis is going to be completely legal for recreational use in the state I live, so I won't need to be driving up to Washington anymore.

I'm glad people have realized that Cannabis isn't a bad plant and are more rational about it. I really hope the same thing happens with baldness and people will eventually take the condition seriously. From there is when a cure will truly be found.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Two things I want to say before I start a long Destiny gaming session:

1) I wish I was around at the time to see this:

I fell for that crap, antidepressants that turn me into a manic extrovert who talked to everybody and posted YouTube videos of myself on this forum.
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2) Regarding the social anxiety stuff. I have definitely been there. They called it shyness when I was growing up, but for me it was extreme. I was uncomfortable in just about any social situation you can imagine. Couldn't talk to people, it was really bad looking back on it. Talking to girls...forget about it. When I was in highschool, there was this girl I really liked and it was well known that she liked me back. I couldn't even seal the deal.

I would say the only thing that helped me was "throwing me into the fire". After high school, I left the state to go to college and I lived in the dorms. Forced me out my shell a bit. I am not saying that I am 100% cured or anything. Not even close. But since then I can at least talk to people. I got my first GF in that first year of college too. With all that being said, I can only imagine what it must have been like to be in Exodus' or Fred's shoes. Actually I can't imagine it. Who knows where I would be today if on top of everything I had to deal with extreme hair loss.

Talk to you guys later...