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Mod Introduction
Current Diagnoses: Bipolar NOS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depersonalization and Derealization Disorder
Past Diagnoses: ADD, Depression
Therapist Suspects: Aspergers (I somewhat disagree)
Major: Film and Video Production, primarily documentary work
Minor: Asian Media Studies (though I don't really have a major or a minor - my college's program is completely self-directed, but these are the rough equivalents, for me)
Current Medications: .5mgs Risperdal, 75mgs Lamictal, 1mg Klonopin PRN, 25mgs Seroquel PRN, .5mgs Risperdal PRN
Past Medications: Ritalin, Adderal, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Strattera, Wellbutrin

I go to Hampshire College, out in Amherst, Massachusetts. I have been in therapy for 9 years (since I was 12) but didn't really get much out of it until recently, due to a combination of ignorance on my parents' side and incompetence on my therapist's side (unnoticed at the time). I now see a therapist, a psychiatrist, and am trying to get in to start seeing a dialectical behavioral therapist soon. I really struggled through my first two years in college, and was having significant issues last semester. Then, I got out of a 4.5 year primarily long-distance relationship, and starting dating someone who has overcome an incredible amount of hardship (much of it mental health related), and he has been an inspiration for me to re-seek help. I recently got myself registered with my college's disabilities office, and am doing considerably better this semester than I ever have before in my entire history of schooling. Ironically, my problems are getting much worse, but I guess I could say that I just feel more confident in knowing that I'm at least trying to get help for them.

Anyway. That's my introduction.

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