So, I'm a mental mama. Short and sweet, eh? Okay, I'll share a little more, seeing as though this is a blog ;-) I'm Vix, I'm 26 and a mum to one happy chappy. I was finally diagnosed as bi-polar in 2011, after having a unipolar/depression diagnosis since the age of 15. I also have Anankastic personality disorder, also known as Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder - please do not confuse this with OCD. I suffer predominantly with depression, with rapid cycles of hypomania. I am currently on 60mg of the antidepressant Fluoxetine (better known as Prozac), and 250mg of the antipsychotic Quetiapine.
I've decided to blog, because I am active in campaigning for other health issues, and I desperately want to break the taboos about mental illness and it's sufferers. I would like to make it clear - this is a personal blog about my journey. All our paths are different, and I cannot speak for all of us, nor am I trying to. What I am doing, is sharing what it's like to be me, with my problems, and to give a little insight into how the mentally different mind can think.
I live by the sea in Yorkshire. I love it here and find the steadier pace of life much more suited to me than the city life I grew up in. I am happily married, a fact of which I am very proud, as there is a huge increase in the chances of divorce where one party is bipolar. My son, Squash, is 3 now and a bundle of chirpy energy. I run my own little crafty business, but I'll talk more about that in good time.
My other health problems include me being a severe brittle asthmatic, having the lung condition bronchiectasis, rheumatoid arthritis and CFS/ME. These conditions, I believe, are inextricably linked with my mental health issues.
This seems a good time for me to start blogging, as I am just starting to reduce my meds in order for me to try for baby #2. I hope documenting my ups and downs, will keep me sane and allow me to look back at how much I can come through!
Vix Xx
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