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Open Anxiety

I am constantly thinking/moving, can never turn my mind off or 'shut down'. Am a terrible nail-biter and though I may appear not to be a nervous person, it is highly untrue. It all started once I hit puberty, with performance anxiety related to sports and have progressed severely, ultimately leading to a psychiatric diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

Treatments

Ativan Working / Worked

Just started.

Marijuana Somewhat Helpful

It made me relax, but ultimately, as any drug does, it turns on you.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Helps me to figure out ways to calm down and develop strategies for taking tests and dealing with stressful situations.

Trazodone Somewhat Helpful

Open Insomnia

I was diagnosed with Insomnia when I was 15. I can never stop thinking and have a hard time being still. Almost four years later, I am now dependant on medication and physical exhaustion order gain a few hours sleep. Comorbid with ADHD and anxiety.

Treatments

Ambien Somewhat Helpful

Lunesta Somewhat Helpful

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Restoril Working / Worked

Trazodone Working / Worked

Physical Exercise Working / Worked

Exsaust myself with numerous sports and activities all day.

Open Self-Injury

Treatments

Psychotherapy Not Working

Stupid shrink of a woman. Hated her. She judged me and her solution was to medicate me into oblivion. The one councellor I trusted decided to pack up and move to China.

Psychotherapy Not Working

Stupid shrink of a woman. Hated her. She judged me and her solution was to medicate me into oblivion. The one councellor I trusted decided to pack up and move to China.

Red Marker Working / Worked

Rubber Bands Somewhat Helpful

S.A.F.E. (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) Working / Worked

Squeezing Ice Somewhat Helpful

Open Sports Injuries
Type: Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Patellofeormoral sydrome in my knees, dislocating elbow (its been fractured a few times as well), split disk in back, ribs needed to be rotated back into place, 7 concussions, torn ankle ligament, numerous sprains and broken bon

Treatments

Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked

The chiropractor had to rotate my whole rib cage back into place.

Ice Pack Working / Worked

Naproxen Working / Worked

Muscle relaxant...it relaxes you. 500 mg morning, 375 night.

Physical Therapy Working / Worked

Swimming Working / Worked

no resistance, it does wonders.

Spinal Adjustment Working / Worked

Ouch. Put 3 vertabrae back into place that were out of alignment and rotated my ribcage.

Spinal Decompression Working / Worked

This hurt like a mofo.

Open Marijuana Addiction & Recovery

I had my first blunt when I was 11 in the 6th grade, hung out with the wrong crowd. Don't remember much of high school, suspended a couple times, almost got expelled, charged with possession once as a juvenile and I barely graduated. I've realized that I have lost alot of opportunities and burned a lot of bridges because I was too busy getting stoned. I used weed/coke/ecstasy/shrooms/lsd/pcp to calm down from my wired state of mind and to escape from a reality I hated. The drugs are my way out.

Treatments

Detox Not Working

I got sent to the Rehab centre in the local hospital after an accidental overdose of cocaine, exctasy, oxy and marijuana. Apparently I thought that if I jumped off a bridge I woudn't get hurt and that I was a better wrestler than both the police officers that arrested me.

Group Therapy Not Working

In order to get out of the stupid centre I had to sit around and listen to other teens who abused drugs. Although it was no help really it was interesting to hear other peoples struggles and offer a new perspective on things.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

I would love to see a substance abuse counsellor who focuses specially on drug addiction. However, I was seeing a good counsellor who tried to work with me and make me see why I was using and explore what I was hiding from.

Open College Stress

Just finished first year and am awaiting my letter to be dismissed as I did not make the required GPA and was on Academic Probation. Need some advice in how to stay in college, studying/test taking techniques etc.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell

Just started seeing a shrink, he seems ok. Tempted to ask for accommodations from the Center for Students with Disabilities.

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

My family has been very supportive this past year, especially with the recent psyched testing I completed, revealing a new dx of Dyscalculia and old dx of ADHD. It's nice to know they have my backs.

Open Dyslexia

I was just recently diagnosed with Dyscalculia (Mathematical Disorder 315.1 DSM-IV-TR) and it came as a bit of a shock. I knew my math skills were way below normal, failing Math in grades 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 - never achieving Math 11 which almost prevented me from graduating high school. It's good, but frusterating, that this was identified.

Open Family & Friends of Bipolar

My uncle killed himself on December 25th,2006 Christmas morning in severe manic episode. A good friend of mine has also suffered from BP for a good portion of his life. I want to understand more about the disorder and hear some different perspectives in order to understand what they are going/went through.

Treatments

Marijuana Somewhat Helpful

Open Bereavement - Teens

Uncle 12/25/06, my friend Caitlin 12/28/06 and my grandmother 02/15/08. RIP. Still haven't grieved nor accepted that they are dead.

Treatments

Keeping Busy Working / Worked

Marijuana Working / Worked

I just stoned myself away from reliaty, forgot that they died, that they lived, that I was living.

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

I try to bring it up with my shrink and I end up shutting down.

Time Working / Worked

Open Families & Friends Affected By Suicide

My uncle killed himself in a severe manic episode Christmas morning of 2005. Still having a hard time accepting and grieving.

Treatments

Marijuana Not Working

I tried to escape, avoid and deny, simple as that.

Physical Exercise Working / Worked

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

It's hard to talk about it, but eventually I will have to won't I.

Running Working / Worked

I run myself into the ground.

Writing Working / Worked

Open Back Pain

Recently I was snowboarding and tobogganing I took a major bail off a jump and compressed 5 vertebrae in my back, Thoracic - 9, 10 and 11 of which are fractured. In the past I've also had compression fractures in T-6 and 7.

Treatments

Bedrest Somewhat Helpful

I hate lying in bed for too long, I get bored.

Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked

Didn't know there were fractures at the time, so this probably made it worse, but did release some muscle spasm.

Codeine Not Working

Made me a zombie.

Heat Working / Worked

Ibuprofen Somewhat Helpful

Not strong enough.

Naproxen Working / Worked

500 mg in the morning, 375 mg at night.

Physical Therapy Working / Worked

Lots of exercises to do.

Stretching Working / Worked

Always good. Every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up out of a comatose drug induce slumber = STRETCHES.

Spinal Adjustment Working / Worked

Put 3 vertabrae that were out of alignment back in to place once the fractures were healed. My ribcage was also rotated back into its proper position for the seocnd time.

Spinal Decompression Working / Worked

Dear god I hope I never have to get this done again.

Open Prescription Drug Abuse

Recently, with all the painkiller medication being prescribed to me, I'm begining to use them for more purposes than to suppress physical pain. It doesn't seem to matter what high I get, as long as I escape. Got to stop this. Naproxen, Hydrocodone and Codeine.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell

Will tell my shrink when it becomes a real problem that severely negatively impacts my life.

Residential Treatment Center Not Working

I was put into the RTC at the local hospital for oding on cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and oxy. If my pattern of behaviour continues with the prescriptions, I might be sent here again.

Swimming Working / Worked

Helps with injuries because of no resistance and keeps my mind off the pain thus preventing popping a pill.

Open Environmental Allergies

My allergies include: Grass, Pollen, Dust, Chalk, Blackflies, Bees/Wasps and Peanuts.

Treatments

Allergy Shots Working / Worked

Flonase Working / Worked

Nasal Irrigation Not Working

It leaves this awful smell residue in your nose that is unbearable.

Patanol Working / Worked

Great for itchy, watery, dry eyes that I seem to have daily.

Zyrtec Working / Worked

Does its job during the day but noticable when it wears off.

Claritin Not Working

Was less effective and didnt last as long as reactine.

EpiPen Working / Worked

For bees and peanuts. Last injection was due to a bee sting which sent me into anaphylactic but my mom was prepared stuck me with the pen and drove to the hospital. Saved my life more than once.

Open Parents of Children with ADHD

Open Panic Attacks

I panic in alot of situations. My heart rate increases, vision blurs, head spins, start shaking and sweating uncontrollably, breathing is rapid and ultimately triggers an asthma attack. I panic when I'm in a place with no windows, when I have to take a test, when I'm in too crowded of a place, in elavators etc. Anytime I get overwhelmed I start to freak out, things start rushing through my head and I can't stop. Was diagnosed with GAD and Panic Disorder.

Treatments

Ativan Not Working

Was on this briefly, felt zombified and empty.

Marijuana Somewhat Helpful

Whenever I began to panic, I would just go smoke a blunt. I've realized this was just a temporary coping method that I used to calm down both from my ADHD and anxiety.

Psychotherapy Not Working

Didn't touch on this topic too often, would often avoid it and focus on other issues.

Running Working / Worked

When I panic I run. Literally. Just to get out of the situation I will bolt. Always running away.