I don't have any experience with SNRI or SSRIs since that's for other mental illnesses other than mine. But seriously, you think Lamictal is mild? That stuff fucks you up hard. I'm talking about half your body feeling numb and loss of coordination and memory problems and insomnia. Were you prescribed arsenic or something?
I got run through a battery of various medications, whether or not they really fit the bill. I guess the Lamictal could be fucking me up, but it's fucking me up less noticeably than most. Prozac alone is hell in a pill for brain issues, then other SSRIs stacked with antipsychotics and anxiolytics at high doses just left me as an absolute zombie. Highly unethical to do to a 15 - 16 year old but that's in the past, I guess. Duloxetine trashed everything for the first month or so (no sleep, feeling like shit was crawling in my skin, brain zaps, bad coordination, discomfort when sitting still, etc) before it leveled out. Brought in some mood improvement before it started faltering. Introducing Lamictal after all that actually was a breath of fresh air, seeing as I am a couple months in now my mood is a lot better. That all leaves me thinking I might've become a misdiagnosis statistic.
But hey I know that I certainly am biased against other meds. Like I will never take Prozac again because I was forced onto that and it took me from 10 to 1000 suicidality within two weeks, but then there are people who take that and magically have all their problems go away. Brains are weird.
Considering how daunting meds can be alone, I wonder if any Tumblrina has ever had to deal with em. Most I see just tend to self-medicate with weed and booze mixed with a horse pill of self-pity and are vocally anti-meds and anti-recovery (it's becoming a pretty sizable thing in the dipshit community of Tumblr). I know the few friends I have who aren't mentally ill or really had to deal with much mental illness crap outside of their contact with me tend to be aghast at the effects which I tend to shrug off. When you actually need them you're much more willing to face it, I guess.
I got run through a battery of various medications, whether or not they really fit the bill. I guess the Lamictal could be fucking me up, but it's fucking me up less noticeably than most. Prozac alone is hell in a pill for brain issues, then other SSRIs stacked with antipsychotics and anxiolytics at high doses just left me as an absolute zombie. Highly unethical to do to a 15 - 16 year old but that's in the past, I guess. Duloxetine trashed everything for the first month or so (no sleep, feeling like shit was crawling in my skin, brain zaps, bad coordination, discomfort when sitting still, etc) before it leveled out. Brought in some mood improvement before it started faltering. Introducing Lamictal after all that actually was a breath of fresh air, seeing as I am a couple months in now my mood is a lot better. That all leaves me thinking I might've become a misdiagnosis statistic.
But hey I know that I certainly am biased against other meds. Like I will never take Prozac again because I was forced onto that and it took me from 10 to 1000 suicidality within two weeks, but then there are people who take that and magically have all their problems go away. Brains are weird.
Considering how daunting meds can be alone, I wonder if any Tumblrina has ever had to deal with em. Most I see just tend to self-medicate with weed and booze mixed with a horse pill of self-pity and are vocally anti-meds and anti-recovery (it's becoming a pretty sizable thing in the dipshit community of Tumblr). I know the few friends I have who aren't mentally ill or really had to deal with much mental illness crap outside of their contact with me tend to be aghast at the effects which I tend to shrug off. When you actually need them you're much more willing to face it, I guess.
Kinda weird to be thanking you for this, but thanks for the info on meds and stuff I'm going to a psychiatrist sometime this year to finally get medicated for my mental illnesses and I wanna know what I'm getting into.
I think some have been medicated, but a lot of the time these Tumblr types are only anti-recovery or anti-meds because they're too young to get properly medicated or diagnosed (a lot of these sorts of people are around 13-16 years of age, I find) or their parents won't get them help. Which is unfortunate (I had experienced the latter, it's not enjoyable and really damaging), and I feel for them, but if you are truly sick, you really should want the help. Nobody wants to be sick.
You wouldn't want chronic back pain, so why would you want bipolar disorder? Or depression?
Of course, then there are the Tumblrinas who want their illnesses only so they can use them as an excuse for their shit behaviour. "No, no. I didn't tell you to kill yourself because I want you to die. I have BPD and I can't help it."
Yeah, definitely.
Possibly a bit late, but my experience with lamotrigine has been pretty tame (and I was in fact prescribed it for my bipolar disorder). I've been on it for years now and it's been fairly helpful, with no side effects that I've noticed.
That said, it can have some really awful side effects, such as a disease called Steven-Johnson Syndrome (which cam lead to permanent disfigurement), so patients on lamotrigine are generally kept well-monitored for a bit (not hospitalized, but lots of checkups) to ensure it's safe for that specific patient, and so it can be stopped if symptoms of something nasty start to show.
Also, while bipolar IS hard to control, I don't think it quite accounts for Spring's level of sheer batshit craziness. Different issues.
That said, it can have some really awful side effects, such as a disease called Steven-Johnson Syndrome (which cam lead to permanent disfigurement), so patients on lamotrigine are generally kept well-monitored for a bit (not hospitalized, but lots of checkups) to ensure it's safe for that specific patient, and so it can be stopped if symptoms of something nasty start to show.
Exactly. Medicine like that has to be monitored so that they can tell how it affects that particular patient. I started on a different medicine first for my seizures, and it made me feel awful. It was like having mono all over again. But lamotrigine only makes me feel bad if I forget to take a dose, and I've been seizure-free for a year. It really just depends on the person.
Lamotrigine did give me all the side-effects I mentioned, but it worked. After two months on it, my psychiatrist switched me to lithium, which has been much better in comparison given how all the initial side-effects eventually wore off after a couple weeks (except for constant thirst and frequent urination).
So she changes her alternate personalities as often as one would do laundry. Assuming that Spring does laundry weekly, and has decent hygiene unlike most other lolcows.
So she changes her alternate personalities as often as one would do laundry. Assuming that Spring does laundry weekly, and has decent hygiene unlike most other lolcows.
I'm going to start off with Spergtrap's accounting of her abuse by her father. Frequently Spring brings up her abuse and threatens suicide when confronted, so I'm mostly going to be talking about posts that were not made when she was being called out.
Before I get started, you should probably be aware that Spring's mother recently divorced her father, which very well could have been due to some of the weirdness below. On the other hand, this is coming from someone who is admittedly a compulsive liar and during at least half of the time these caps are sprinkled over was lying about nearly every facet of her life. I'll admit right now, I'm pretty torn. I want to take the claims of a victim at face value, but I've also seen her lie about literally everything.
This is the first post about abuse that Springtrap ever made. Every single post about abuse or things that sounded like abuse was made after this.
This is the first rape allegation that I found, and every other one appeared to come after this.
https://archive.today/JqyGi
The idea of this happening is absolutely horrific. However, it sounds really unlikely that her father would actually say this, supposedly in the presence of an irl friend.
Most of her complaints are about either her father or both her parents calling her fat.
She says that she developed an eating disorder over this.
Sometimes she complains over sillier subjects, like how she can't live without internet.
The first two caps took place when she was lying about everything on kawaiibatter. I very suspicious about both of these posts.
The next three are from the Chicken Smoothie forums. She says things similar to this pretty much everywhere she goes, and I'm personally most inclined to believe these.
The final five are from ppurpleguy. I believe the less dramatic posts (like the one about Christmas), but things about being beaten and raped which are never repeated again, I'm kind of doubtful about.
Maybe Spring is unpleasant and abusive because of her unpleasant/abusive home life. And it may also explain why she's drawn to so many abusive/mental characters.
In any case, she should go get therapy, somehow. I'm just curious of what a mental health professional would think if they read through all of her Tumblr shenanigans?
So, I'm not much of a snooper. I like to document, but usually only when pages are thrown at me - you guys know that. Especially with Springs. I just keep her blog open in another tab and refresh every so often to see if anything new has - haha - sprung up.
That said, I was curious about who Springs was vague-blogging over. So I did some searching around and found this.
This is the first rape allegation that I found, and every other one appeared to come after this.
https://archive.today/JqyGi
The idea of this happening is absolutely horrific. However, it sounds really unlikely that her father would actually say this, supposedly in the presence of an irl friend.
Most of her complaints are about either her father or both her parents calling her fat.
She says that she developed an eating disorder over this.
Sometimes she complains over sillier subjects, like how she can't live without internet.
These caps really got to me, I guess you could say that. Their dad reminds me of my dad, so at this point I do believe that their father is a complete jerkass and that this has affected Springy in some way. Without revealing too much about myself, this sort of thing really can affect a person, and I know that it has in my case. Being a complete dick to your kid is just inexcusable. I understand why Springy's afraid of their dad. It's a bad experience for anyone.
I don't think they were ever beaten or raped by their father, but it's more along the lines of being scared that it MIGHT happen one day. Having a person that negatively impacts your life makes you think differently of them. Springy may just be really paranoid of their father. Overly paranoid, yes, but it happens (I could use my own personal experiences to further explain why they think this way, but I'd rather not [it's really personal]).
TLDR; I don't think Springy is lying about being treated like shit by their family (perhaps it's not full-on abuse, but it's possible that it could be).
I'd also like to add that while they may have lied about stuff in the past, it most likely was because Springy felt like shit about themselves and wanted to make themselves look cooler/better/more credible, or simply wanted to be accepted by a certain group of people (see: 14 year old girls on Tumblr tacking on strange gender identities because they want to be accepted by the Tumblr crowd, that happens a lot). I can say that personally I have done this: when I was younger, I told people I was a 16 year old guy on Xbox Live. I was a 12 year old girl. In hindsight, I have no idea why they believed me, but they did. For like, a year. Anyways, I did it so people wouldn't judge me and think of me as a lesser person for being so young. This is a common thing that people do over the internet. The internet allows you to lie about anything, really.
That is to say, I don't believe Springy is a compulsive liar, either. I think they're just using it as an excuse for their past actions, and also as a way for them to gain pity, much like how they use the concept of "alters" to gain pity points. I know compulsive liars IRL and they lie about the most ridiculous things, not just their age or whether or not they've been on hormone therapy. Springy wanted to seem cooler and wanted to be accepted because they're not comfortable with themselves, so they lied. Compulsive liars? They lie because they can't help it.
Another TLDR; Springy isn't a compulsive liar. They're just saying they are for pity points and to excuse their past lies.
As for now, I will believe that the stuff regarding their family did happen. However, I will also say that they may just be stretching the truth for even moar pity points.
... I used to do that too. I really do understand Springy's behaviour in some sort of weird way. It's almost as if Springy is the younger version of me... except... Springy is considerably more crazy, and also Springy is older than me. Huh.
So she changes her alternate personalities as often as one would do laundry. Assuming that Spring does laundry weekly, and has decent hygiene unlike most other lolcows.
I'm laughing so hard, one of her kintypes is Caliborn.
For those of you who don't know anything about Homestuck, all you need to know is that Caliborn is a homicidal, sociopathic jerkass, and a raging misogynistic dudebro tool to boot. I'd understand her identifying as him based solely off his love of killing the fuck out of everything, but given the fact that he's also pretty much the Patron Saint Of Dudebros, I'm actually kinda surprised that a Tumblrina identifies with him at all.
Also, re: room cleaning, it's possible she has some sort of executive functioning difficulties. They're very common among autistics (I can't remember if Spring is actually autistic or not), and speaking as someone who has those issues herself...it really can be difficult to follow through with a task like getting a particularly messy room clean.
Then again, I'm probably giving her too much credit. :/
From what I saw on Spine and bpdgat's blogs, I think Spine's pissed at Sperg over some communication kerfluffles and skype blocking and dragged the other two into the drama by proxy. Though I might be off since they're all vagueblogging like the passive-aggressive pissants they so love to be.
I started to, before I was met with the message that FR is currently reworking some of the forum features - forum search is one of them, so I can't look through them too far back beyond her most recent ones. Nothing interest in those either - 404s and dragon breeding threads.