As 19-jarige mediese student het sy op \u2019n dag, erg deurmekaar en op haar eie, Stellenbosch se strate ingevaar. Hier het haar bekommerde koshuismaats haar in die donker, verward en dalk histeries gevind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later in die hospitaal het die dokter iets verduidelik van \u201cjou brein het letterlik ontplof, jy het maniese depressie\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het gehoor, maar niks het geregistreer nie, sy het nie logies gedink nie en was buite haarself . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Marchell Gordon van Mamre is 24 Oktober 1996 \u2019n dag wat sy vir altyd sal onthou. Dis die dag toe haar stryd met bipol\u00eare gemoedsversteuring begin het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bipol\u00eare gemoedsversteuring, ook bekend as maniese depressie, is volgens \u2019n berig in Huisgenoot<\/span> (Jou kind en bipol\u00eare steuring, 26 Mei 2014), \u2019n toestand wat die brein be\u00efnvloed. \u201cMense met bipol\u00eare gemoedsver\u00adsteuring ervaar ongewone gemoed\u00adskommelinge. Soms voel hulle gelukkig of opgewek en aktiewer as gewoonlik. Ander tye voel hulle baie ongelukkig en teneergedruk en is minder aktief as gewoonlik \u2013 dit word depressie genoem,\u201d lees die artikel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marchell vertel met die high-<\/span>tye is jy grasieus en het \u2019n onwerklike denkwyse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJou kop sal byvoorbeeld vir jou s\u00ea jy is die koningin van Engeland. Iewers binne jou weet jy dis nie waar nie, maar jy het nie beheer oor jou gedagtes nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn di\u00e9 fase kan jy selfs onverant\u00adwoor\u00addelik optree deur op shopping sprees<\/span> te gaan sonder om te dink aan die gevolge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volgens Marchell, is daar \u2019n algehele gevoel van alleenwees in die depressietyd en toon sommige ook selfdoodneigings. Simptome verskil van persoon tot persoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het vir \u2019n lang tyd met die siekte saamgeleef en nie geweet hoe om daarmee te cope<\/span> nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie dokter het net ges\u00ea ek gaan baie ondersteuning nodig h\u00ea,\u201d vertel die nou 41-jarige vrou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Di\u00e9 ondersteuning het sy van haar ouers en twee broers gekry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy ma was vir my soos \u2019n kruk op wie ek kon steun. My pa was my pilaar. My ouers het begin boeke lees en flieks oor depressie gekyk sodat hulle kon verstaan waardeur ek gaan en hoe om my te ondersteun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nou na \u2019n 21 jaar na haar diagnose sien Marchell ook hoe bipol\u00eare steuring haar lewe in \u2019n positiewe manier be\u00efnvloed het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk was altyd \u2019n baie ernstige mens. Daar was nie tyd vir grappe nie. Noudat ek behandeling vir bipol\u00eare gemoedsversteuring kry, kan ek my uitleef. Ek kan nou hardop lag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2019n Jaar na sy gediagnoseer is, het sy op 22 weke uitgevind sy is swanger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het \u2019n bleeding pregnancy<\/span> gehad, dus het ek nie geweet ek is swanger nie en steeds medikasie gebruik. Maar dank die Vader my seun is perdfris en gesond gebore.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dit wat haar vinnig omkrap, is spanning. In 2002 het Marchell besluit om sielkunde aan Unisa te studeer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het voltyds gewerk en was \u2019n ma toe ek die groot stap geneem het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dit het haar byna 14 jaar geneem, maar 8 Oktober 2016 het sy uiteindelik haar graad gekry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Daar was baie uitdagings, maar sy voel uiteindelik of sy \u2019n goeie balans handhaaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk moet elke dag my medikasie drink. Ek probeer om spanningsvolle situasies te vermy en \u2019n gesonde leefstyl te handhaaf deur te oefen en gesond te eet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oktober is geestesgesondheids\u00adbewusmakings\u00admaand en met haar ver\u00adhaal hoop Marchell om die wanpersep\u00adsies van geestestoestande hok te slaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die jong ma droom om eendag haar doktorsgraad in sielkunde te voltooi en wil graag kliniese sielkunde doen om sodoende andere te help om hul siekte te verstaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n As 19-jarige mediese student het sy op \u2019n dag, erg deurmekaar en op haar eie, Stellenbosch se strate ingevaar. 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\n .<\/span> Vir meer inligting oor bipol\u00eare steuring of ander geestestoestande kontak die South African Depression and Anxiety Group by 0800 70 80 90 of besoek www.sadag.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"