EmpressAngel81

Open Back Pain

injured in a car accident in 99'. messed my tail bone up and then in 03' i suffered a neck injury.

Treatments

Bedrest Working / Worked

sometimes it does help to lay down.

Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working

was more pain than good.

Heat Working / Worked

very helpful eases back pain in a half hour and creates a good moment for me

Hydrocodone Working / Worked

definately useful

Ibuprofen Somewhat Helpful

useful for getting through the day.

Naproxen Not Working

no good.

Physical Therapy Somewhat Helpful

worked as long as i stayed active.

TENS Somewhat Helpful

only worked while in the office.

Open Anger Management

i was recently raped and i find it hard sometimes to curb my crankiness. i don't want to snap off at people or my family, but i find myself doing it anyway

Treatments

Music Working / Worked

I think again it goes back to self expression. Music is a great way to express anger and all other sorts of emotions.

Open Sexual Abuse

i was raped two months ago and was over a long period of time by my half brother who beat me and assualted me.

Treatments

Music Working / Worked

i drown myself in it. it is the best form of ecapism i know

Talking Working / Worked

im learning that this a good way to let it out.

Open Families & Friends Affected By Suicide

my cousinjohnny and i were really close growing up. however at the age of 15 he took his own life with a gun i miss him still

Open Panic Attacks

i usually get panic attacks when im under too much stress or if im dealing with my family in a stressful manner.

Treatments

Klonopin Working / Worked

it works as needed.

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

i was abused physically and emotionally by my half brother for several years. it is still hard to speak to him now as he lives in denial about the whole thing

Treatments

Forgiveness Working / Worked

hard to do, but i did it

Music Working / Worked

music is the best form of getting lost and away from these feelings or confronting them through verse

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

it was all a matter of my rapport with the therapist

Open Rape

i was raped two months ago, by someone i thought had grown up and was a good friend. i found the truth out quickly i was sadly mistaken

Treatments

Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell

i have to settle in with my new therapist before i can say.

Talking Working / Worked

one of the undermost used tools in my opinion. sometimes talking is the best thing for everyone.

Open Pre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS)

I have been having recent events in the last two months which lead me to think I have it.

Treatments

Naproxen Not Working

It's like giving candy to a baby.

Zoloft Somewhat Helpful

See Naproxen

Open Family & Friends of Bipolar

I found out I had bipolar in early 03' and have since been put the through the ringer as far meds go and I still coast daily.

Open Gallstones

I don't have gallstones but my gallbladder isn't functioning at all.

Treatments

Low Fat Diet Somewhat Helpful

My luck with food sucks

Open Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)

I've had this for the last several years, although it has never been diagnosed. I think it could be LBS

Open Fitness Goals
Type: Maintain a workout schedule

I would like to gain weight but I want it to be muscle not flab. I need a good fitness regimen.

Treatments

Hiking Somewhat Helpful

It helps sometimes but not a lot.

Open Healthy Eating

I've been eating a lot of Asian cooking. Although I have the habit of breaking it sometimes. I want to be able to maintain the mentality that I can take this on.

Open Homelessness

I was homeless for almost three months this year. However I didn't go into the shelters. I suppose I had too much pride for that.

Open Family Issues

Well I doubt 500 words is going to cut it, so we will leave it at father abandonment

Treatments

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

Only when the topic was broached did anything start to work and even then it remained a soft spot.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

On most subjects I will open up and tell you how I feel. In this case, I'm pretty much a locked book, even though I don't want to be.

Writing Somewhat Helpful

I think this is the best form for me to express myself and my emotions. although I have days where I can write until I'm blue in the face and nothing is accomplished

Open Seasonal Affective Disorder

I don't know whether or not I have it, but I know during most of the winter I am either sad or depressed. I think it has to do with cabin fever, which I guess is the same thing.

Open GERD & Heartburn

I have heart burn. I have had it for a long time now. My doctor is looking into why it has messed up my throat

Treatments

Antacids Somewhat Helpful

Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked

Nexium Working / Worked

Open Peptic Ulcers

I'm unsure but I will know more. I believe I may have stomach ulcers though.

Open Urinary Incontinence

I've been having trouble getting to the restroom in time. I can drink anything and it just goes right through me.

Open Degenerative Joint Disease

I have it in my neck. I have gone through pt and it only made it worse. I'm to the point that I pretty much stay on painkillers

Open Pregnancy

I am unsure whether or not, I actually am pregant or not, but I've been craving milk and I have been getting up in the morning feeling sick.

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Relative

My Grandmother passed away last month on the 25th. I have been struggling with depression and bouts of crying and lonliness.

Treatments

Crying Not Working

I can cry for hours and still nothing

Prayer Somewhat Helpful

I have done some.