Lexapro is great!
April 27, 2008 10:53am
I feel like me again. I have been on Lexapro for about 6 weeks and it is amazing! That along with my other medication makes me feel …
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About Me
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About Me
It would probably be easier for me to list the professions that I haven't had because I have had 35 different ones. I have done everything from selling real estate, to working at the courthouse, to being a bakery manager. The longest I have ever kept a job at one time is about a year and a half. I have a lot of education as you can guess in a lot of different areas. I am currently doing non-profit work. I don't feel like I have done much with any of my education. Some times I feel like a real loser.
It would probably be easier for me to list the professions that I haven't had because I have had 35 different ones. I have done everything from selling real estate, to working at the courthouse, to being a bakery manager. The longest I have ever kept a job at one time is about a year and a half. I have a lot of education as you can guess in a lot of different areas. I am currently doing non-profit work. I don't feel like I have done much with any of my education. Some times I feel like a real loser.
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I love to read when I have time. I am addicted to watching movie, I spend at least one week per year at the beach and I like spending time with non-judgmental family & friends. (When they can be found)
I love to read when I have time. I am addicted to watching movie, I spend at least one week per year
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March Update
March 25, 2008 5:52pm
I am still struggling with depression. I just saw my doctor yesterday and he switched my medication. I think that the other medication …
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Journal Entry for February 25, 2008
February 25, 2008 12:24pm
It has been so long since I have been on here. I am still on my anti-depressants. I think that they are working, but I am still isolating …
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Journal Entry for January 16, 2008
January 16, 2008 5:33pm
I feel so bad the last couple of days. I have been crying off and on. I haven't recovered from last Friday yet when they came in …
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Close Bipolar Disorder
I can be the life of the party who everyone loves and then other times I am just this quiet person that wants to be left alone. I can also be mean and hateful and extremely irritable. I have struggled with stress, road rage, anger and I quit one good job right after another (35 and counting). My ups and downs could all happen within the same day. I use to wake up and wonder what kind of day I was going to have.
Treatments
- Group Therapy Considering
- I would love to find group therapy in my area.
- Topamax Working / Worked
- Been on it for almost three months. I have lost about 15 pounds, which is great because I am also an emotional eater. The memory loss is frustrating.
Close Interstitial Cystitis (IC)
I was diagnosed with IC in October 2006 after years of pain and frustration. I went from doctor to doctor trying to get them to understand what was going on. I finally did enough research online and figured out what I had and printed it out and took it in to my urologist and asked him what we needed to do to prove that this is what I had. I had hydro-distention with biopsies surgery in the hospital a few weeks later.
Treatments
- Elmiron Not Working
- Had to stop taking due to side effects.
- Macrobid Somewhat Helpful
- Only took for short period of time.
- Atarax Working / Worked
- Had to stop using this because it causes depression but it did work for me. I didnt like the over medicated feeling the next day.
- Levsin Working / Worked
- This is as needed and is for bladder spasms.
Open Eating Disorders
Type: AnorexiaI was on a fat-free diet for 3 years and became obsessed with it. I developed heart arrhythmia and other issues. One day everything changed and I started binge eating and I couldn’t mentally handle the weight gain, but at the same time my body craved food. I had come to connect my self worth with the weight and this took me on a downward spiral into the deepest depression I have ever been in. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make out or if anyone was going to be able to understand or help me.
Treatments
- Group Therapy Working / Worked
- I attended at the medical center for about 4 months. I had stopped binging at this point and was losing weight from lack of eating.
- Outpatient Treatment Program Working / Worked
- I met a counselor once a week for about a year. This was helpful on all levels. I ended up working through all of my problems and deciding to go back to school.
- Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Somewhat Helpful
- I attended for about 1 year twice a week. It was very helpful with working through my problems, but not with the binge eating as much.
- Support from Friends & Family Not Working
- This didn't work because nobody understood what I was going through and just wanted me to snap out of it.
- Topamax Working / Worked
- Currently on that now for bipolar and it is working for binge eating also.
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI have had what I call episodes of depression over the past 21 years. Some times it will only last for several days and some times it will go on for months. I have started crying before and not been able to stop and spent half a day trying to get myself together. I get so tired and I have no energy. I have used things to try to deal with my depression and make it better or to help me snap out of it like extreme dieting, binge eating, new jobs, relationships & even sex.
Treatments
- Lexapro Working / Worked
- Just started taking this 3/08. This drug is amazing! It is 04/27 now and I feel better than I have felt my whole life. It has made my brain fog worse, but I don't care because I am happy and I feel excited about life for a change.
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- I go but I never seem to have enough time to talk about everything I need to talk about. I only get to go once every two to three months.
- Remeron Not Working
- Was only on this for about 6 or 7 weeks. It made my depression worse. I slept a lot and it put me back into my binge eating habits. I gained 9 pounds and became very very depressed.
- Writing Working / Worked
- Blogging helps when I can do it. I like to do it in private and do not like others to read it. With a full house it is hard to do find time alone to do this.
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