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Open Anxiety

i was afraid i wouldn't stay between the lines while driving and that i would run into people with my wheelchair i get so anxious my whole body shakes and i feel like i'm coming out of my skin

Treatments

Ativan Working / Worked

i take this before i go on dialysis without it i wouldn't be able to sit the 4+ hours it takes to do a run it calms me down tremendously

BuSpar Working / Worked

i've been on it for about 10 years and it works i use it in conjunction with lorazepam (as needed) to handle my anxiety

Faith Working / Worked

i am putting my anxiety into His hands

Open Chronic Pain

have had fribromyalgia since i was 17 been on tylenol since and gabapentin recently

Treatments

Neurontin Working / Worked

using this actually for neurapathy but it seems to help some for the chronic pain

Tylenol Working / Worked

been on 3 extra strength twice a day for 30 years it eases the pain but the gabapentin does more

Faith Working / Worked

I pray everyday for the fortitude to handle the pain

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

i suffer bouts of depression but i no longer wish to die no matter how bad things get as screwed up as my life and health get i wish to live i am on dialysis

Treatments

Celexa Working / Worked

been on this for about 5 years does cut the low off haven't been suicidal in as long

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful

have been through as many classes as there have been hospitalizations still don't understand it

Desipramine Not Working

didn't cut the lows

Elavil Not Working

too sleepy

Electroconvulsive therapy Not Working

all it did was put me in super mania

Geodon Somewhat Helpful

got rid of the knocking and cut down on the calling of my name but i still "falusale" (hallucinate)

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

all the talking in the world doesn't cut the hallucainations but does help with the depression

Writing Working / Worked

boy does this help since i started journaling it's like well getting the load off

Faith Working / Worked

without faith i would commit suicide

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Partner/Spouse

my life partner passed away october 2006 i miss him terribly he passed away after an illness they took him off dialysis and he live for only 7 days

Treatments

Crying Somewhat Helpful

helps some but the lonliness and pain is still there

Prayer Working / Worked

helps a lot i have a deep belief in the Lord and i know Robert is in Heaven

Talking Working / Worked

it helps to talk to those who will listen

Time Not Working

it is as painful if not more so

Faith Working / Worked

i have faith that my life partner is in Heaven waiting for me

Open Personality Disorders
Type: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

i am a 50 year old woman who doesn't know her boundaries i was diagnosed with borderline personality disotrder when i was 18 when others talk to me i transverse to be what i think they wish me to be

Treatments

Talking Somewhat Helpful

counseling is all i have to work with it helps

Open Schizophrenia

i see things that no one sees hear things that no one else hears "flalusal" a lot (do both at the same time)

Treatments

Geodon Somewhat Helpful

i've begun hearing the radio tell me to do things i don't sleep i "flalusal" a lot halllucinate

Risperdal Not Working

bad news increased a hormone in my petiuitary gland to dangerous levels now i have tardive dyskenesia

Zyprexa Working / Worked

bad news messed up my diabetes had to go off of it

Open Fibromyalgia

was though to be all in my mind for a number of years when i was 17-20 then a rhuematologist diagnosed it as fibromyalgia i went on a regimin of tylenol for 30 years now i'm on gabapentin i hurt all over

Treatments

Neurontin Working / Worked

i can walk again without pain in special shoes am on 600mg twice a day

Ultram Not Working

broke out in a rash and itched like crazy went off it

Tylenol Working / Worked

have been on 3 extra strength tablets twice a day for the last 30 years takes the edge off

Faith Working / Worked

i have had fatih that God will give me the fortitude to handle the pain

Open Alcoholism

i started drinking in my 20's and became sober when i was 25 i needed my job and my family i did it alone cold turkey to this day i crave it been off twice but sober 4 yrs

Treatments

12 Step Program Not Working

went to one meeting mental health meetings were more beneficial

Willpower Working / Worked

i chose not to drink i choose not to drink i drink non=alcooholic

Open GERD & Heartburn

have had GERD for many years take Protonix for it have my bed raised at the head and avoid certain foods mcate

Treatments

Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked

i avoid foods that i know are coming up i can sense it and stop eating them fruit juices like red grapefruit grapefruit juices are a no no

Protonix Working / Worked

don't know if it works not going to stop it to see take it in the morning

Raising Bed Position Working / Worked

has decreased the number of instances of going to ER with chest pains

Open Hypothyroidism

i have been on levoxyl for many years .075mcg i experienced hair loss from the thyroid problem that has slowed since i went on the drug

Treatments

Synthroid Working / Worked

my thyroid is stable and has been for years as i said .075mcg is the dose i have thin hair which used to be luxiorious thick

Open Sexual Abuse

i am a victim of child abuse but it ocurred 30 years ago when there was no treatment i don't have anyone to talk to

Open Diabetes Type 2

i have type II diabetes diagnosed about 10 years ago been on diet controlled since except when a anit-psychotic messed it up and i went on meds mcate

Treatments

Avandia Working / Worked

got it back under control

Dietary Modification Working / Worked

am still on diet contorlled except for the mms

Open COPD & Emphysema

last night i went to ER with difficulty breathing they confirmed my diagnose of COPD and asthma

Treatments

Advair Working / Worked

working okay

Albuterol Working / Worked

working okay

Spiriva Working / Worked

working good

Theophylline Working / Worked

wokring good

Open Medical Mysteries

i have tremors that threaten to shake my body to smitherines no known cause or cure

Open Arthritis

i was just told by the doctor that i had severe arthritis in both knees

Treatments

Heat Too Soon to Tell

just starting treatment

Open Obesity

i am a large woman of close to 300 lbs i fight the last 20 lbs go up and down

Treatments

Humex Working / Worked

i love to eat am addicted to food so i losegain the 20 lbs