YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I also will eat entire jars of cake frosting... usually within a day. I used to be able to eat one in 3-4 hours, but, I don't eat as much in the summer. Meh.

I won't mutilate my body... it is an urge, but I will not succumb to it. It's not in my best interest. I've self harmed around my chest area, but never in such a way that it'd cause permanent damage. Merely light scars. I'm not sure if being muscular would get rid of my urge to weigh less. I mean, o...

Gender dysphoria tends to have me wanting to mutilate my body to somehow make it more male. I don't think a lot of you can relate to that... I could be wrong, but eh. Dysphoria is bad enough, but then there's the issue of me thinking I'm too fat, ugly, etc. I am stuck between wanting to weigh as lit...

200mg Lamictal 1x Daily
15mg BuSpar 2x Daily
2mg Risperdal at night, 1mg during the day.

Hi, I'm Skylar. I'm 16, and I discovered the Mental Illness Happy Hour by browsing through iTunes podcasts, because what else is a teenager to do on a lazy summer day? I have Bipolar, ADHD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and "High-functioning" Autism. Back during DSM-IV, I could have been d...