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About Me
anxious57
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About Me
I have 2 wonderful boys, one in college, one married, and one grandson. I was first diagnosed with clinical depression. Ten years later, diagnosed BPD1. Been on meds 7 yrs. now with PTSD and anxiety.
I have 2 wonderful boys, one in college, one married, and one grandson. I was first diagnosed with clinical depression. Ten years later, diagnosed BPD1. Been on meds 7 yrs. now with PTSD and anxiety.
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Interests
Family time, playing with my grandson, computer games, reading on the web. crocheting.
Family time, playing with my grandson, computer games, reading on the web. crocheting.
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Been crappy w. husband. BAD. He is ADHD and is in denial and not on meds, so we when my PCOS. mood diorder, hormal imbalance and aweful periods start he tends to be verbaclly abusive and his ADHD really comes out and he does not recognoze it, he says its ALWAYS me and "my severe mental sickness and bi polar, which I am not, just have a mood disorder and am peri-menopausal since the birth of our son 3 yrs. ago. My body is 100% different. Hoping to go see psy FOR PERHAPS SOME NEWAND BETER MEDS? i HATE THIS@ TY for listening. Dina
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You popped in my thoughts this morn and I wanted to send ya this hug. Hope all is well with ya. I still keep ya in my thoughts and close to my heart. Lotsa Love too, Shellie
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XXXOOOO
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Wish you were still here.
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Bipolar Disorder
BP1 MANIA MANIA MANIA
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- I have plenty of anxiety and have been taking ativan for 5 years now. I also have insomnia, taking an ativan before bed, and a pill called melatonin that disolves under your tongue helps me sleep. They now have prescription melatonin, but I stick the the health food one, cause it works for me.
- Risperdal Working / Worked
- Definately kicked the mania. I've been sleeping, it feels good, but I will get tired of sleeping all the time eventually, and maybe lower the dose.
Close Smoking Addiction & Recovery
I've been smoking since I was 13. I tried to quit recently, but was unsuccessful. For now, I'm just smoking, not thinking about quiting. Maybe when things level out a little more for me, after I get moved. I moved, and am still smoking. Going through bp med. change, so things are still not level. My pdoc says he'll give me chantex after i get stablized with my drugs.
Treatments
- Commit Lozenge Not Working
- spent over 40 bucks and the taste was so bad I never finished the first lozenger.
- Hypnotherapy Not Working
- Did not work. I couldn't seem to be hypnotized, I was concentrating too much about what he was saying or something. I was disappointed. I once went to a dr. who helped me go through certain steps to quit, and I actually did quit for 6 months. As soon as something tragic happened, I ran back to the cigs. Haven't had any luck since then.
- Nicotine Patch Somewhat Helpful
- Worked for a while, but my mental obsession caused me to take patches off so I could smoke.
- Willpower Working / Worked
- Quit once with a plan and will do so again.
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionThe earliest time I can remember contemplating suicide was when I was 19, standing in front of a mirror holding a knife in my chest. It scared the hell out of me. I was not diagnosed with depression until I was 32. I started therapy and antidepressants. When I was 43 I was re-diagnosed as bipolar 1 with an alcohol dependency problem.
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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
- Learned that if I change my thinking, I change my reactions. It helped me grow and take away a lot of unneccessary anger.
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- learned it from CBT, but i still start out with a lot of negative thinking, it's not always easy to change the way I see things. It takes practice.
- Prozac Working / Worked
- just started, i'm not having any physical side effects.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Absolutely priceless in my eyes. Have had 2 great therapists in my life. Look until you find the right one for you and don't give up. Have been seeing my current therapist for 6 yrs. so she knows me inside and out and has been there through a lot of problems in my life. I love her to death, she has been so helpful over the years.
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Friends are few for me, people don't understand when I withdraw from society even when they know I'm bipolar and depressed. But my family supports me now, didn't in the past, again because a lack of understanding. We get along fine now and have good times together.
- Writing Working / Worked
- Writing has always been a part of my life to help me work through things.
Open Menopause
not much to tell, just part of adult life, another thing to add to the mix.
Open Eating Disorders
I binge eat, but don't throw up or anything. Just feel stuffed and lay in bed waiting for sleep to end my discomfort.
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