What do you all think? Do any of you have experience with this and know how to get a handle on it?
I am really hoping to get some answers; I know I am suffering a lot from mental afflictions and I always have. I don't want to feel alone in this anymore.
Different mental afflictions require different things to "get a handle on".
For instance, schizophrenia generally requires anti-psychotic medication, whereas severe depression may be helped by ECT treatments.
My wife has a good friend with bipolar disorder who apparently wants to try to deal with it through distance running (exercise), rather than medication. I'm not seeing how that's a good idea, since I've never seen bipolar disorder controlled without medications.
You are asking a medical/psychological question here, which is why Bostonian gave the reply he gave.
I don't know of any "gifted/mental health" forums or support groups, but then I'm generally professionally dealing with the bottom portion of the IQ distribution, so it's not something that I would look for.
