Information about lamictal in hangul

Hi everyone,
I’ve been with my partner (27m) for almost 10 years. We got married last June. We got together before he got his diagnosis, which he finally received in 2021 for bipolar 2 and cyclothymia.
Before he was medicated he had a lot of depressive episodes for months at a time, particularly in winter, and would have sudden, aggressive outbursts over very minute things. He got so much better whilst he was on his medication, his mood was stable and he was more relaxed, didn’t have any sudden outbursts and we were getting on better than we ever had. I believe he was on 200/250mg lamictal for his bipolar and 150mg sertraline for anxiety.
I noticed he started acting differently in November last year, around 5 months after our wedding and a few weeks after his birthday. He’s always been pretty introverted, but suddenly he was meeting up and talking to friends he hadn’t seen for years, staying out late without keeping in touch, taking much more care of his appearance and becoming more vain. His memory became awful and he kept forgetting things, he also began skiving off work and neglecting his job responsibilities, as well as chores etc around the house more than usual and was listening to music constantly and always on his phone.
As the months have gone on, he’s become more and more distant from me and tells me to my face that he thinks I’m boring now and we no longer have anything in common, even though the only thing that’s altered in terms of his hobbies is how much he listens to music and goes to concerts, he’s also started running 5k every evening.
He then began saying we should have an open marriage and see other people, which is extremely out of character. He says this is the best and happiest he’s ever felt in his life, and I’m just putting him down - he’s got a very inflated sense of confidence at the moment and says he’s finally feeling like himself.
I suspected he was hyper manic as he was acting very out of character and then discovered he was altering his medication and reducing his dose. I told his doctor who had him assessed at a psychiatric facility, where they somehow concluded he wasn’t manic despite his odd behaviour.
As the months have gone on his behaviour has gotten worse, he still goes out for an entire weekend without properly keeping in touch, he’s started saying that he feels nothing towards anyone and like he’s a sociopath — saying he could stab someone and not feel anything, doesn’t feel empathy towards others etc. he’s also began having angry outbursts again over very small things and will be verbally abusive towards me. He’s now reduced his lamictal to 100mg and completely come off his Sertraline, and says he plans to come off his lamictal completely very soon. I've informed his doctor of this and they said they'll try and get him seen by a psychiatrist.
Every time I try and talk to him about how he’s feeling he just shuts down, he insists he isn’t manic or going through any sort of episode but I’ve known him for 10 years and have never known him to act like this. I feel like he despises me and he tells me he resents me and isn't sure if he loves me anymore as he doesn't feel anything towards anyone at the moment. He keeps saying we should get a divorce as we're too different now and I can't accept the 'new version' of him, which he says is here to stay.
I don't know what to do. I'm getting no support from his doctor or family, and I still feel in my heart that this is some kind of episode and isn't the real him. I'm worried if we separate he'll later regret it, even though he says he feels more like himself than ever. I love him so much and don't want to split up, but I don't recognise the person he's become.

• Drama: Dare To Love Me
  • Hangul: 함부로 대해줘
• Network: KBS
• Premiere Date: May 13, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Monday & Tuesdays @ 10:10 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: May 13, 2024 - July 2, 2024
• Episodes: 16
• Director: Jang Yang Ho (Snowdrop, Sky Castle)
• Starring:
  • Kim Myung Soo (L) (Numbers, Angel's Last Mission: Love) as Shin Yoon Bok
  • Lee Yoo Young (Insider, The Lies Within) as Kim Hong Do
• Plot Synopsis:

Shin Yoon Bok, a disciplined scholar from Seongsan Village, South Korea, is entrusted with the important task of preserving the heritage of the Joseon Dynasty and recovering valuable cultural artifacts for his family. While he holds deep respect for the wisdom of his elders and diligently follows their guidance as a prominent Confucian scholar of his era, he also possesses the progressive mindset of a modern-day youth, occasionally displaying a streak of rebellion. Despite his courteous demeanor, he struggles with forming emotional connections with others and tends to maintain a certain level of distance.
When Yoon Bok decides to leave his home in Seoul to pursue his dream of becoming a webtoon writer, his journey takes a significant turn when he encounters Kim Hong Do, a woman weary of life's struggles. How will Yoon Bok, who's cautious with his emotions, navigate the whirlwind of emotions that lies ahead?

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• Drama: The Midnight Romance in Hagwon
  • Revised Romanization: Joleob
  • Hangul: 졸업
• Director: Ahn Pan Seok (One Spring Night)
• Writer: Park Kyung Hwa (tvN O'PENing: Stock of High School)
• Network: tvN
• Episodes: 16
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
• Airing Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays @ 9:20 PM KST
  • Airing Date: May 11, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Viki, Viu
• Starring:
  • Jung Ryeo Won as Seo Hye Jin
  • Wi Ha Joon as Lee Jun Ho
• Plot Synopsis: After resigning from a big company, Lee Joon Ho returns to the academy where he'd studied, this time as an instructor. He's motivated by his lingering fixation on his first love, academy teacher Seo Hye Jin. Seo Hye Jin has been a Korean language instructor for the past fourteen years. She became a star after the legendary incident labeled “Miracle of Daechi.” Just when her life begins to feel settled, former pupil and troublemaker Lee Joon Ho, whom she'd helped get into a prestigious university ten years previously, shows up and stirs up chaos.
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• Drama: The Atypical Family
  • Hangul: 히어로는 아닙니다만
• Network: JTBC
• Premiere Date: May 4, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Saturdays & Sundays @ 10:30 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: May 4, 2024 - June 9, 2024
• Episodes: 12
• Director: Jo Hyun Taek (Snowdrop, Sky Castle)
• Writer: Joo Hwa Mi (Introverted Boss, Meow, the Secret Boy)
• Starring:
  • Jang Ki Yong (My Roommate is a Gumiho, Born Again) as Bok Gwi Joo
  • Chun Woo Hee (Be Melodramatic, Delightfully Deceitful) as Do Da Hae
• Plot Synopsis:

Bok Gwi Joo and his family were born with different supernatural powers. Bok Gwi Joo is able to travel back in time, but only to happy times in his life. He can't change the past, so he can only dwell on those happy moments. Bok Gwi Joo becomes afflicted with depression, and this leads him to lose his supernatural power.
His family also loses their own powers due to modern-day problems like insomnia, bulimia, and smartphone addiction. One day, Do Da He happens to get involved with Bok Gwi Joo and his family. She begins to live with them, and change occurs.

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• Drama: Chief Detective 1958
  • Hangul: 수사반장 1958
• Network: MBC
• Premiere Date: April 19, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays @ 9:50 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: April 19, 2024 - May 18, 2024
• Episodes: 10
• Director: Kim Sung Hoon
• Starring:
  • Lee Je Hoon (Taxi Driver, Move To Heaven) as Park Young Han
  • Lee Dong Hwi (Big Bet, Reply 1988) as Kim Sang Soon
  • Choi Woo Sung (My Roommate Is A Gumiho, It's Okay To Not Be Okay) as Choi Kyung Hwan
  • Yoon Hyun Soo (A Good Day To Be A Dog, Racket Boys) as Seo Ho Jeong
  • Seo Eun Soo (Unlock My Boss, Duel) as Seo Ho Jeong
• Plot Synopsis: The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.
• Streaming Sources: Disney+
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UPDATE: After a little chat with my older sister tonight about our family's history, I found out that my mom says she was misdiagnosed and doesn't actually have bipolar 1 (I'm no contact with her so I didn't know about this before talking to the new doc). Isn't a family history of bipolar disorder a huge factor when it comes to getting diagnosed?? I don't want to start the new mood stabilizer if I don't actually have it in the family, but there's no way to know for sure...
Anyone here initially misdiagnosed with ADHD? Anyone diagnosed with both bipolar2 and ADHD?
Was diagnosed ADHD a little over a year ago. My previous psychiatrist's treatment wasn't working to address ADHD symptoms, including depressive episodes, so I decided to get a new psychiatrist who specializes in ADHD treatment. We had our intake appointment, but oddly, out of all the information I provided on the VERY extensive new patient paperwork, she focused more on my mood regulation issues and family history of bipolar disorder (mother is diagnosed bipolar 1).
At the end of the session, and VERY much to my surprise, she suggested that I might actually have bipolar disorder (type 2). She didn't rule out that I could potentially have both ADHD and bipolar2, but she was quite adamant that the depressive episodes + family history + issues with SSRIs could indicate a diagnosis of bipolar2.
I was quite taken aback... I was in no way seeking a new psychiatric diagnosis, and now I'm left unsure about what to believe or how to move forward. The new psych wants to put me on Lamictal/Lamatrogine to see how it helps with the depressive episodes, and then check back in after a couple of weeks. I just went through a terrible trial period with Prozac, so I'm really hesitant to try another new medication.
What should I do? One friend suggested I go through psychological evaluation to make SURE I have bipolar2 before taking Lamictal because she's heard horror stories about it (apparently one of her friend's brain swelled and it left her disabled for months). Then again, I went to this psychiatrist specifically because she specializes in ADHD. So, if she looked at all my history and said "hey I don't think you actually have ADHD, I think you have something else" shouldn't I trust her?
Psychological evals/tests also cost a lot of money and I'm not even sure if my insurance covers them. Is there another way I can find out if I really have bipolar2? I just want to know what's wrong with my stupid brain so I can start working with it, rather than against it...
Any insight is helpful.

• Drama: Frankly Speaking
  • Revised Romanization: Bimileun Eobseo
  • Hangul: 비밀은 없어
• Director: Jang Ji Yeon (Nevertheless,)
• Writer: Choi Kyung (CHIP-IN)
• Network: jTBC
• Episodes: 12
  • Duration: 1 hour 20 min.
• Airing Schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays @ 8:50 PM KST
  • Airing Date: May 1, 2024 - Jun 6, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Netflix
• Starring:
  • Go Kyung Pyo as Song Ki Baek
  • Kang Han Na as On Woo Joo
  • Joo Jong Hyuk as Kim Jung Heon
• Plot Synopsis: Song Ki Baek is single and 33 years old. He works as an announcer at a broadcasting station. People consider him an ideal announcer. He is polite and well-mannered. One day, Song Ki Baek suffers from a disease which causes him to speak without thinking first. He now faces the biggest crisis of his life. Meanwhile, On Woo Joo is an enthusiastic TV variety show writer. She becomes interested in Song Ki Baek’s harsh language, and she gets him to appear on her variety show.
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• Drama: Blood Free
  • Revised Romanization: Jibaejong
  • Hangul: 지배종
• Director: Park Cheol Hwan
• Writer: Lee Soo Yeon (Grid)
• Network: Disney+
• Episodes: 10
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
• Airing Schedule: Wednesday @ 4:00 PM KST
  • Airing Date: April 5, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Disney+
• Starring:
  • Ju Ji Hoon as Woo Chae Woon
  • Han Hyo Joo as Yoon Ja Yoo
  • Lee Hee Joon as Seon Woo Jae
  • Lee Moo Saeng as On San
  • Park Ji Yeon as Jung Hae Deun
• Plot Synopsis: Ending millions of years of humans eating animal meat, BF now dominates the genetically engineered cultured meat market. There are people inside BF and outsiders who begin to have doubts about the path taken by BF CEO Yoon Ja Yoo. Yoon Ja Yoo founded BF with On San, who has a Ph.D. in physiology. Meanwhile, after graduating from the Naval Academy, Woo Chae Woon served in the army, but he now works as a bodyguard.
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Non smoker, 5'7 160 lbs, taking Lamictal and seroquel. Diagnosed with bipolar depression and ADHD.
I recently learned that the local community mental health center where I have been getting treatment at has included information about substance abuse in their record of me.
Can they share this information with my insurance company or anyone else without my consent?
I'm desperately hoping that information has not been put into some kind of permanent record that will follow me around for life. For example, if I change doctors will the new doctor somehow have this information also?
The reason for my concern is because I have been completely unable to function for quite some time now so I recently had an evaluation and was diagnosed with ADHD and now I'm afraid I may never be able to get treatment for it since ADHD meds are schedule 2's.

• Drama: The Midnight Studio
  • Hangul: 야한 사진관
• Network: ENA
• Premiere Date: March 11, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Mondays & Tuesdays @ 10:00PM KST
  • Airing Dates: March 11, 2024 - April 30, 2024
• Episodes: 16
• Director: Song Hyun Wook (The King's Affection, The Golden Spoon)
• Writer: Kim Yi Rang (Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency)
• Starring:
  • Joo Won (The Good Doctor, The Bridal Mask) as Seo Ki Joo
  • Kwaon Nara (Itaewon Class, Doctor Prisoner) as Han Bom
  • Yoo In Soo (Alchemy of Souls, The Good Bad Mother) as Go Dae Ri
  • Eum Moon Suk (Hello, Me!, The Fiery Priest) as Baek Nam Gu
• Plot Synopsis:

Seo Ki Joo is a photographer and runs a small photo studio. He is the 7th owner of the photo studio, and the shop is only for ghosts. Ki Joo takes portraits of the ghosts that come into the store.
Han Bom is a lawyer who is passionate about her work and does not tolerate injustice. Somehow, she ends up in a partnership with Ki Joo's photo studio. The studio also has two employees: Assistant Manager Go and Baek Nam Gu. Assistant Manager Go is in charge of bringing in ghosts as customers, and Nam Gu is in charge of taking care of small chores around the store.

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• Drama: The Atypical Family
  • Hangul: 히어로는 아닙니다만
• Network: JTBC
• Premiere Date: May 4, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Saturdays & Sundays @ 10:30 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: May 4, 2024 - June 9, 2024
• Episodes: 12
• Director: Jo Hyun Taek (Snowdrop, Sky Castle)
• Writer: Joo Hwa Mi (Introverted Boss, Meow, the Secret Boy)
• Starring:
  • Jang Ki Yong (My Roommate is a Gumiho, Born Again) as Bok Gwi Joo
  • Chun Woo Hee (Be Melodramatic, Delightfully Deceitful) as Do Da Hae
• Plot Synopsis:

Bok Gwi Joo and his family were born with different supernatural powers. Bok Gwi Joo is able to travel back in time, but only to happy times in his life. He can't change the past, so he can only dwell on those happy moments. Bok Gwi Joo becomes afflicted with depression, and this leads him to lose his supernatural power.
His family also loses their own powers due to modern-day problems like insomnia, bulimia, and smartphone addiction. One day, Do Da He happens to get involved with Bok Gwi Joo and his family. She begins to live with them, and change occurs.

• Streaming Sources: Netflix
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Hi, thanks for reading.
I have a symptom of thought echo and I'm wondering if it will ever go away. I have been well and stable for the last 3 years and it has been getting better but I'm worried I'm stuck like this, or if it indicates that I might be schizophrenic instead of bipolar.
If there's a better sub to post this in please let me know.
I had repeated and worsening psychotic experiences after being forcibly injected with olanzapine at the end of 2013 which continued despite being made to take different medications such as epilem, lithium, lamictal, seriquel, risperidone, aripriprizole, none of which helped. I did nearly recover in 2018 and was just on lamictal with only minor thought echo symptom which I'll describe more further down, but after the death of my little brother it triggered it all over again.
At first when I started to hear, see and feel things that weren't there I was pretty sure it was my mind playing tricks on me and put it down to the medication I was forced on, because it had never happened before. It's a long story of how I ended up medicated against my will in the first place but it was not because I was experiencing psychotic symptoms.
As the psychotic episodes worsened and continued for over 7 years it wore down my sense of reason and I had lost insight and really was unable to be sure of reality or function in a normal way.
Since getting put on the paliperidone injection in 2021 it was like a switch in my mind flipped and I could see I had been delusional and hallucinating, and I have not been psychotic from then on. I have no idea why that drug worked and none of the others did.
The only thing is now I am left with a thought echo, I know it's my mind but it's like a zombie echo of my thoughts sometimes coherent sometimes not. It seems to need a background noise of water, traffic, hum of fridge or bathroom fan, storms, some types of music, etc. Sometimes I can tell it's an echo of what I was just thinking, sometimes it seems to be doing its complete own thing, sometimes ranting or screaming but quietly and can barely make it out.
I recognise it as my own thoughts, and its quite mild and easy to block out most of the time so it doesn't really disturb my life. When I was psychotic I would always be trying to turn off the source of the sound and it would constantly disturb and upset me and make life impossible, and of course it was seeming external to my mind whereas that's not the case any more for which i am so thankful.
I never told the doctors in the public health system about hearing, feeling and seeing things that weren't there because I was terrified of the public mental health system due to my mother's experiences during my childhood (she's bipolar) and always had been taken there against my will to begin with. I was diagnosed bipolar, then schizoaffective, and then back to just bipolar again, that's my current diagnosis along with PTSD.
So my question is, is this kind of normal for someone who's had psychosis to experience and will it ever go away or am I stuck like this?
I'd also like to ask if antipsychotic medication itself can cause psychosis. I was medicated for all of those 7 something years and it seems to have done the opposite of what it was meant to do.
And also, is this more indicative of schizophrenia over bipolar, I am worried I've been misdiagnosed because I never really cooperated with the doctors treating me against my will.
My information - 35 yr old female 52.8kg from australia, currently taking 150mg lamictal and weaning off 100 mg of Paliperidone monthly depot over a 9 month period, with the last dose being 75 mg and the next 3 to be 50mg

• Drama: Chief Detective 1958
  • Hangul: 수사반장 1958
• Network: MBC
• Premiere Date: April 19, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays @ 9:50 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: April 19, 2024 - May 18, 2024
• Episodes: 10
• Director: Kim Sung Hoon
• Starring:
  • Lee Je Hoon (Taxi Driver, Move To Heaven) as Park Young Han
  • Lee Dong Hwi (Big Bet, Reply 1988) as Kim Sang Soon
  • Choi Woo Sung (My Roommate Is A Gumiho, It's Okay To Not Be Okay) as Choi Kyung Hwan
  • Yoon Hyun Soo (A Good Day To Be A Dog, Racket Boys) as Seo Ho Jeong
  • Seo Eun Soo (Unlock My Boss, Duel) as Seo Ho Jeong
• Plot Synopsis: The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.
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Hi community was just curious to know if you have anything to share about your experiences with bipolabpd meds or anti-depressants (i know they are different i have both Bipolar2 and BPD) cover the course of this journey that started with my initial diag of clinical depression with suicidal inclinations i was given different combinations of SSRIs. I then develop anxiety started having panic attacks. I don’t know if it just was because covud fucked us all or if i was vulnerable that time. Had a attempt of which i am not proud of (suicide). As soon aa i started tapering from meds i couldn’t sleep. I never had experiences of not being able to sleep but then doc said i might have insomnia. I still have insomnia after all these years. My faternal aunt and my grandmother both were on sleeping pilla at some point of their life, they had insomia. Not sure if this runs in the family but anyways doc atleast could have inform this upfront to me when i shared my family history. Now two weeks back go lt my diag of Bipolar2 and BPD currently on mood stabilizers doing okayish.
If anyone is curious these are the meds i took over the course of 2017-2023 (on and off prescribed by different doc)
Petril MD 0.5 Mirtaz 25 mg Etizolam 25 mg Rexipra - 10 mg Quetipine - 25 mg Olanzapine 5 mg Melatonin 5 mg Clonazepam 0.25 mg Ventab DXT 25
Currently on Lamictal 25 mg taking twice daily and seroquel 50 mg.

• Drama: Frankly Speaking
  • Revised Romanization: Bimileun Eobseo
  • Hangul: 비밀은 없어
• Director: Jang Ji Yeon (Nevertheless,)
• Writer: Choi Kyung (CHIP-IN)
• Network: jTBC
• Episodes: 12
  • Duration: 1 hour 20 min.
• Airing Schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays @ 8:50 PM KST
  • Airing Date: May 1, 2024 - Jun 6, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Netflix
• Starring:
  • Go Kyung Pyo as Song Ki Baek
  • Kang Han Na as On Woo Joo
  • Joo Jong Hyuk as Kim Jung Heon
• Plot Synopsis: Song Ki Baek is single and 33 years old. He works as an announcer at a broadcasting station. People consider him an ideal announcer. He is polite and well-mannered. One day, Song Ki Baek suffers from a disease which causes him to speak without thinking first. He now faces the biggest crisis of his life. Meanwhile, On Woo Joo is an enthusiastic TV variety show writer. She becomes interested in Song Ki Baek’s harsh language, and she gets him to appear on her variety show.
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• Drama: Blood Free
  • Revised Romanization: Jibaejong
  • Hangul: 지배종
• Director: Park Cheol Hwan
• Writer: Lee Soo Yeon (Grid)
• Network: Disney+
• Episodes: 10
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
• Airing Schedule: Wednesday @ 4:00 PM KST
  • Airing Date: April 5, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Disney+
• Starring:
  • Ju Ji Hoon as Woo Chae Woon
  • Han Hyo Joo as Yoon Ja Yoo
  • Lee Hee Joon as Seon Woo Jae
  • Lee Moo Saeng as On San
  • Park Ji Yeon as Jung Hae Deun
• Plot Synopsis: Ending millions of years of humans eating animal meat, BF now dominates the genetically engineered cultured meat market. There are people inside BF and outsiders who begin to have doubts about the path taken by BF CEO Yoon Ja Yoo. Yoon Ja Yoo founded BF with On San, who has a Ph.D. in physiology. Meanwhile, after graduating from the Naval Academy, Woo Chae Woon served in the army, but he now works as a bodyguard.
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• Drama: The Midnight Studio
  • Hangul: 야한 사진관
• Network: ENA
• Premiere Date: March 11, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Mondays & Tuesdays @ 10:00PM KST
  • Airing Dates: March 11, 2024 - April 30, 2024
• Episodes: 16
• Director: Song Hyun Wook (The King's Affection, The Golden Spoon)
• Writer: Kim Yi Rang (Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency)
• Starring:
  • Joo Won (The Good Doctor, The Bridal Mask) as Seo Ki Joo
  • Kwaon Nara (Itaewon Class, Doctor Prisoner) as Han Bom
  • Yoo In Soo (Alchemy of Souls, The Good Bad Mother) as Go Dae Ri
  • Eum Moon Suk (Hello, Me!, The Fiery Priest) as Baek Nam Gu
• Plot Synopsis:

Seo Ki Joo is a photographer and runs a small photo studio. He is the 7th owner of the photo studio, and the shop is only for ghosts. Ki Joo takes portraits of the ghosts that come into the store.
Han Bom is a lawyer who is passionate about her work and does not tolerate injustice. Somehow, she ends up in a partnership with Ki Joo's photo studio. The studio also has two employees: Assistant Manager Go and Baek Nam Gu. Assistant Manager Go is in charge of bringing in ghosts as customers, and Nam Gu is in charge of taking care of small chores around the store.

• Streaming Sources: Viki
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• Drama: Queen of Tears
  • Revised Romanization: Nunmului Yeowang
  • Hangul: 눈물의 여왕
• Director: Kim Hee Won (Soundtrack #2), Jang Young Woo (Bulgasal: Immortal Souls)
• Writer: Park Ji Eun (Crash Landing on You)
• Network: tvN
• Episodes: 16
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
• Airing Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays @ 9:10 PM KST
  • Airing Date: Mar 9, 2024 - Apr 28, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Netflix
• Starring:
  • Kim Soo Hyun as Baek Hyun Woo
  • Kim Ji Won as Hong Hae In
  • Park Sung Hoon as Yoon Eun Seong
  • Kwak Dong Yeon as Hong Soo Cheol
  • Lee Joo Bin as Cheon Da Hye
• Plot Synopsis: Baek Hyun Woo, who is the pride of the village of Yongduri, is the legal director of the conglomerate Queens Group, while chaebol heiress Hong Hae In is the “queen” of Queens Group’s department stores. “Queen of Tears” will tell the miraculous, thrilling, and humorous love story of this married couple, who manage to survive a crisis and stay together against all odds.
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Hi. I've been following this subreddit for a little while now, just lurking. But, I feel that talking to other people in the community would be beneficial for me, since my diagnosis is still relatively new, and Reddit is more or less anonymous enough that I feel safe.
So, for some background I'm in my mid 30s, I had an extremely traumatic childhood, and my biological father (who was the source of so much trauma) is himself schizophrenic. I was always terrified growing up that I'd develop it myself, but after I passed my mid 20s I felt I dodged that bullet. Perhaps what actually happened is that bullet grazed me.
I've always known something was "off" about me. There's just that certain "something" that never clicked for me. I don't "get" it. Everyone else does, everyone on the street, all of the people chatting with each other, they get "it" but I never did. All of the people that are in the "know" also, obviously, know something about me too. I don't actually think that's the case, but that's what my mind wants me to think. Paranoia is something that often afflicts me. Being in contact with other people feels gross to me. I don't want to be around others, but I also don't want to be alone. So, I linger in the periphery, mostly content with having the option to socialize but never actually doing it.
There are very few people in my life, but on the whole I've gotten pretty far. I'm a grad student, I have a great career path in the sciences and I am highly accomplished and getting recognition in my field, but I also don't talk to anyone at work and they avoid me. By some miracle I am also engaged to a wonderful partner who did not run away screaming throughout all of my mental health transitions. I have only one friend who I consider my best friend, and it takes effort to get in touch with me to meet up in real life. There's a rotating cast of ancillary characters in real life but I don't seek them out. I feel much more comfortable just sticking to text and online.
One way I've been able to excel in my career is my intense creativity. I treat data as if it's art, and I make many novel visualizations. By some other miracle I have a great boss who knows nothing about any of my mental health struggles but gives me all the space I need to be, well, spacey. I've never done well with being micromanaged, it leaves me a miserable wreck, but when you let me zone out for a while, I will come up with some of the strangest, but most informative diagrams and plots that you've ever seen. The reactions I get are a source of satisfaction for me. I'm a highly proficient programmer, largely because I spend so much time in front of computers. So, as long as you just sit me down at a desk and don't bother me, I will disappear inside my head and pull out some really cool stuff.
Clinically, I've been in psychotherapy for the past six years. I'm fortunate enough to have a phenomenal psychiatrist. This all actually started when my relationship began, and I knew something was wrong because I developed intense mood swings. It turned out I was bipolar, and after some trial and error, Lamictal saved my life. Total lack of side effects, never had mood swings again. I am lucky. Besides that, the usual dealing with life struggles, anxiety, and depression. We discovered I had OCD as well, because of how much control I need over myself to keep myself stable, and then ADHD. Funnily enough, it was that which led to the schizotypal diagnosis.
The standard ADHD drugs did nothing for me. Adderall and Ritalin made me infuriated and suicidal, respectively. Wellbutrin helped more with my depression than anything else, but it started making me feel weirder. I would get very scared in the dark in my room at night, and felt like there was a presence. Obviously, I don't think that's what actually is there, but the fear was strong. We stopped the Wellbutrin, and this actually caused us to connect all the dots. I took the schizotypal questionnaire, and scored a 58. Everything clicked into place. We're treating my attention issues with Guanfacine now, and it's actually been a miracle. Turns out that, for whatever reason, a 2mg dose has been researched to be beneficial for schizotypy. I'm actually enjoying the added clarity and the ability to push thoughts out of my mind.
So, those were all my experiences that I wanted to share in my first post here, and I hope to participate here and get to know everyone and share. Thank you for reading!

• Drama: Queen of Tears
  • Revised Romanization: Nunmului Yeowang
  • Hangul: 눈물의 여왕
• Director: Kim Hee Won (Soundtrack #2), Jang Young Woo (Bulgasal: Immortal Souls)
• Writer: Park Ji Eun (Crash Landing on You)
• Network: tvN
• Episodes: 16
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
• Airing Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays @ 9:10 PM KST
  • Airing Date: Mar 9, 2024 - Apr 28, 2024
• Streaming Sources: Netflix
• Starring:
  • Kim Soo Hyun as Baek Hyun Woo
  • Kim Ji Won as Hong Hae In
  • Park Sung Hoon as Yoon Eun Seong
  • Kwak Dong Yeon as Hong Soo Cheol
  • Lee Joo Bin as Cheon Da Hye
• Plot Synopsis: Baek Hyun Woo, who is the pride of the village of Yongduri, is the legal director of the conglomerate Queens Group, while chaebol heiress Hong Hae In is the “queen” of Queens Group’s department stores. “Queen of Tears” will tell the miraculous, thrilling, and humorous love story of this married couple, who manage to survive a crisis and stay together against all odds.
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• Drama: Goodbye Earth
  • Hangul: 종말의 바보
  • Also known as: The Fool at the End of the World, The Fool of the End, Jongmalui Babo
• Director: Kim Jin Min (My Name, Extracurricular)
• Screenwriter: Jung Sung Joo (Heard It Through the Grapevine, Secret Love Affair)
• Network: Netflix
• Episodes: 12
  • Duration: 70 mins.
• Air Date: Friday @ 16:00 KST
  • Airing: Apr 26, 2024
• Streaming Source(s): Netflix
• Starring:
  • Ahn Eun Jin (My Dearest, The Good Bad Mother) as Jin Se Kyung
  • Yoo Ah In (Hellbound, Chicago Typewriter) as Haa Yoon Sang
  • Jeon Sung Woo (Diary of a Prosecutor, Designated Survivor: 60 Days) as Damiano/Woo Sung Jae
  • Kim Yoon Hye (Shooting Stars, Vincenzo) as Kang In Ha
• Plot Synopsis: An asteroid is on course to crash into Earth in 200 days and destroy the planet. The world soon learns of the news and falls into confusion. Jin Se Kyung works as a middle-school teacher in Woongchun City. She learns about the impending end of the world. She decides to quit her job and do volunteer work at a child and youth division in city hall. She struggles to save children in danger. Her boyfriend of many years is Ha Yoon Sang. He currently works as a researcher at a biotechnology research institute in the United States. After news of the end of the world is released, he flies back to South Korea to be with Jin Se Kyung. Woo Sung Jae is an assistant priest at a Catholic Church. The presiding priest at the church ran away after news broke out about the approaching asteroid. Woo Sung Jae now takes care of the parishioners at the church. Kang In A is a commander of a combat support battalion. She goes around Woongchun City, which has been ruined, to provide supplies, transport and security.(Source: AsianWiki)
• Genre: Thriller, Psychological, Drama, Sci-Fi
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• Drama: Chief Detective 1958
  • Hangul: 수사반장 1958
• Network: MBC
• Premiere Date: April 19, 2024
• Airing Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays @ 9:50 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: April 19, 2024 - May 18, 2024
• Episodes: 10
• Director: Kim Sung Hoon
• Starring:
  • Lee Je Hoon (Taxi Driver, Move To Heaven) as Park Young Han
  • Lee Dong Hwi (Big Bet, Reply 1988) as Kim Sang Soon
  • Choi Woo Sung (My Roommate Is A Gumiho, It's Okay To Not Be Okay) as Choi Kyung Hwan
  • Yoon Hyun Soo (A Good Day To Be A Dog, Racket Boys) as Seo Ho Jeong
  • Seo Eun Soo (Unlock My Boss, Duel) as Seo Ho Jeong
• Plot Synopsis: The drama will follow the story of Park Young Han, a passionate detective who boasts the highest arrest rate when it comes to petty thieves, as he teams up with three charismatic colleagues to break the norms of corruption.
• Streaming Sources: Disney+
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