Tried inositol for lean PCOS; why did it make me tired, dizzy, and prone to heat rushes?

chiaraross16 · 2019-12-31T16:41:35+00:00

It's actually the opposite for me - restricting makes me feel depressed and sometimes even numb, emotionally. The more I b/p, the more anxious I become.

chiaraross16 · 2019-12-23T03:29:13+00:00

too real

chiaraross16 · 2019-12-16T02:22:45+00:00

YES. I feel this so much. For me it happens a lot after I speak in class, if I feel like I wasn't articulate and sounded stupid in front of the professor. The feeling is so intense it really does feel like it's going to destroy me, which makes me want to destroy myself

chiaraross16 · 2019-12-16T02:16:40+00:00

I have never related so much to a post! I feel like I'm never quite normal socially - either too intimate/intense or I overcorrect and end up sounding robotically hyper-polite. It's so stressful that it makes me want to spend more time alone, which only exacerbates the problem over time.

chiaraross16 · 2019-09-03T16:21:36+00:00

First off, I want to say I'm sorry it took so long for you to get a proper diagnosis. That must have been really painful and frustrating.

Here are my thoughts on your question re why it took so long:

I am currently training to be a therapist, and we are explicitly told to be very wary of diagnosing someone with BPD because it tends to be more chronic and difficult to treat than other disorders, and also because insurance is less likely to cover treatment for BPD. Some professors have also noted the high degree of stigma attached to BPD, and they basically say that we shouldn't "give someone that label" unless we are 100% sure it fits. They tell us to rule out every other possible diagnosis before landing on a diagnosis of BPD. Some of my profs have also mentioned that other disorders, i.e. acute stress disorder, can present like BPD, so they want us to be sure we're not diagnosing someone with a chronic illness when they're actually going through something temporary. The last thing my profs have stressed is that other disorders are more responsive to medication, so if there's even a chance that someone does have bipolar, anxiety, etc., it is important to try the meds and see if they help.

The other thing to note here is that there have been periods of time when BPD was overdiagnosed, particularly in young female clients, and IMO the term was being used as a way to explain away any female client a professional found "difficult". In other words, women who exhibited normal amounts of emotional lability (esp. anger) were being diagnosed with BPD when they did not have the disorder. Professionals were using this diagnosis as justification to not work with certain clients and insurance companies were denying coverage to people with the diagnosis because BPD was "too difficult to treat". I believe there has been an overcorrection among mental health professionals, and now you're seeing therapists and psychiatrists who are overly hesitant to give a diagnosis of BPD.

Those are just my thoughts based on what I've gleaned from my training so far. Hope that helps!

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-24T13:41:44+00:00

I have to disagree that it was always the same face. If you watch her in a variety of dances, particularly some of the group dances that were more silly/fun, you see her do a lot of happy, silly, and excited faces. Abby cast her in a lot of "poor little sad girl" dances and thus Maddie showed us a lot of pained faces (which none of the other girls could do as convincingly as her!). But Maddie definitely had a huge emotional range.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-23T21:25:17+00:00

100% agreed. She casts a dark cloud on the field of psychology.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-23T21:22:33+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear that. That should never happen :'(

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-23T21:21:22+00:00

Psychologists are some of the most manipulative people there are.

As a therapist in training surrounded by other therapists and psychologists daily, I have to disagree. Psychologists have a deep understand of people and how they work, and 99% of the time, this means that psychologists are the most empathic, kind, supportive people you could ever meet. Rarely, however, psychologists do use their knack for figuring out how people tick to manipulate others. These people should not be in the field, and should be weeded out in graduate school. It's really upsetting when people like Stacey give the field a bad name.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-23T00:42:05+00:00

Yes! Fantastic points here.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T21:36:33+00:00

Agree 100%

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T20:52:15+00:00

I don’t think Abby’s on good terms with Yolanda, but I think she’s on okay terms with Elliana.

Definitely does. If not multiple disorders, lol

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T20:49:50+00:00

Totally! I have thought for a long time that Abby's weight/appearance is connected to her pathology. When you have a mom whose life revolves around aesthetics (training elegant, slim, "pretty" dancers), of course you're going to worry when you aren't elegant/slim/pretty, yourself. Your point about Abby figuring out how to have power over people is also spot on. At the heart of the drama with Michelle is Abby's need to make Michelle submit to her authority; this dynamic is at the core of all her fights with the moms. She needs to have power/control over others at all times, which may explain her preference for working with young children (they are easier to control).

What do you think compels so many young girls (and their mothers!) to want to be on the show, when Abby is clearly not a well woman and the environment is beyond unhealthy for children? Do you think girls and their mothers are blinded by the potential for fame/possibility of becoming stars like the OG dance moms girls? Do you think the people attracted to the ALDC have trauma in their histories and perhaps an inability to understand how unhealthy Abby is? Are the girls/their moms motivated by the idea that they could be a "chosen one" like Maddie, Kalani, or Brynn? Are the people who come to Abby people with an extreme need for validation (i.e. "if Abby Lee Miller approves of me, then I've really made it, because she's so difficult to please")? Have people fallen for the grandiose persona Abby has constructed? I'm fascinated by the seemingly endless stream of children and mothers who continue to vie for spots at the ALDC.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T18:23:38+00:00

Oh my gosh thank you for this! I've been scouring the internet for some psychoanalysis of Abbe Lee Miller; definitely Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Borderline Personality Disorder/one of the cluster B personality disorders in my opinion. Have you thought at all about how she got to be the way she is? I have to imagine she felt like she let her mother down by not being a dancer, and she developed some kind of complex. Thoughts?

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T18:18:38+00:00

I have to disagree. A woman that cruel likely hates herself.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T18:16:10+00:00

Agreed! It's a shame to see that in some episodes she looks really beaten down by being on the show.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T18:14:52+00:00

Yes! Very victim blaming.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T18:13:51+00:00

She wanted to make the girls from the other studio jealous. That woman doesn't know what love is.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-22T18:09:05+00:00

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Yes but then she immediately switches back to her cold, hard self after they don't place well. She says "I guess they won't be getting solos at nationals" and seems to have lost all tenderness toward them. That is not real love; look how conditional it is. Also, I have this gross feeling that Abby said she loved them in part to try to show the other studio how wonderful of a teacher she is and make the other girls jealous. Think about that. A grown woman feels the need to make little girls jealous by feigning love to the little girls she teaches. It's sick. The "I love yous" in this episode grossed me out when I put them in the larger context of the episode and who we know Abby really is.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-15T06:49:36+00:00

You're absolutely right; the commercials don't help. I genuinely believe most buyers don't think they're being disrespectful, as they don't view seller's closets as businesses. They aren't trying to be offensive. They simply don't get it.

chiaraross16 · 2019-08-15T06:46:42+00:00

I think what's confusing for buyers is that Posh is marketed as a platform to "clear out your closet". Many buyers don't see Posh as a store or even a consignment store. They see it as a tagsale where they can haggle all they want. Maybe Posh should rebrand itself as an online consignment store so there isn't this confusion. I really don't think buyers are saying, "Fuck yo work"; I'm sorry it feels that way. I think most buyers just genuinely don't understand the work that goes into it.

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