Re: Mental/psych problems (was: Suprafixes)

On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 05:02 AM, Isidora Zamora wrote:

>>>    Not gonna name anyone, but most of us who've been here for the past
>>> 2-3
>>> yrs. know of at least one conlanger who is most definitely
>>> OCLD-afflicted
>>> to
>>> point of seriously impaired health due to long prolonged periods of
>>> insomnia and
>>> lingua-mania (in which - one time - he posted to the list like every
>>> 20-30
>>> min.s).
>>
>> I recall that now.  Too much idle time, methinks. Help - I'd better be
>> careful
>> when I retire next year   :)
>
> Are you sure it was just too much time on his hands?
Well, no.  But I can well imagine that if one doesn't have the troublesome
interruption of the 'real world', one could get a bit obsessive with
conlanging
and replying to the list.

> If he was doing it
> round the clock, it's possible that it could have been the manic phase of
> Bipolar Illness.
Yes, of course.  I don't recall now the details.  I think Hanuman was
exaggerating
a bit at the frequency.  If it was round the clock, you may well be right.
   It's
a salutary reminder that sometimes people we find just a pain cannot help
what
they are doing.

> (And I say that being Manic-Depressive myself, though
> mine doesn't get too badly out of hand until you start giving me
> antidepressants.  I turn hypo-manic within the week and eventually beome
> fully manic on antidepressants.  Needless to say, I stay on mood
> stabilizers and eschew antidepressants :)  It took me a year to get full
> conitive function back after my last episode of drug-induced mania.)
Truly sorry to hear about your problems and hope things are now going OK
for you.

My father suffered bouts of depression for as long I can remember and I
recall antidepressants were not particularly effective.  I remember three
occasions when he had to hospitalized basically as a result of depression.

Ray
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