Going to a concert
August 9, 2009 3:03pm
Today I have to be brave so I can do something fun. It may seem really silly to you, but I have a very bad issue with anxiety. Going out by myself …
Krissanta
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About Me
Krissanta
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About Me
I have been married since 1994. I love my cat, Elmo. We recently lost or other cat to cancer. I am on medical leave from studying for a psychology degree. I love football and going to rock concerts. My favorite bands are FUEL, Alterbridge, Evanescence, oh there are too many. But those are my top three.
I have been married since 1994. I love my cat, Elmo. We recently lost or other cat to cancer. I am on medical leave from studying for a psychology degree. I love football and going to rock concerts. My favorite bands are FUEL, Alterbridge, Evanescence, oh there are too many. But those are my top three.
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New England Patriots Football, rock concerts, Red Sox baseball
New England Patriots Football, rock concerts, Red Sox baseball
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Journal Entry for March 20, 2009
March 20, 2009 7:26pm
I am having this amazing anxiety attack that just will not let go of me. It's like my brain is confused and it is reliving the the night of my …
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Journal Entry for February 23, 2009
February 23, 2009 2:48pm
My pain manager dumped me and I have to go for a nuclear thyroid scan tomorrow. Things just keep getting exciting around here.
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Journal Entry for February 3, 2009
February 3, 2009 8:49pm
I have just felt sick constantly for the past few weeks. If I don't feel sick or in pain, I feel sad or anxious. I apologize to my friends for …
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HI, I would like to know how you are doing since we last talked? I myself was in the hospital, something was wrong with my heart, but after all the tests nothing was found ,so now it's a process of elimitation, so time will tell for whats wrong & I might get my discs replaced after 4 yrs of waiting - please life is so special please stay here on earth,cause you don't know whats on the other side! please keep me in your journey, -I should of been dead 7times due to being a bad person in my earlier years but now i've grown up & learned the reason why I was saved please hold your head up & smile every day , you never know you might save someone else who was going threw a ruff time also!- takecare --PETERS
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We do need support. I go through my rough times as well. I know when OCD began with me, but it hurts because I would rather let it go than face the person who started it. I may have had it before, but the trigger to Obsessions began then... Thanks for your comment, and I will continue to support you
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Hi Kristen, look for me in facebook under Danielle Doll ...Matt and Ken are both on my friends list :) Hope you've been okay
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Little Love
Hi hun! haven't been on for a long time. My son has been very sick! luv ya!
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Always encouraging my friends to believe in themselves. You are definitely important, to you first then to others.... YOU MATTER!!! Enjoy the holidays, you deserve it!! Vic
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Support Groups
Close Rape
I wrote about it in my journal, but writing it here will make it too real right now.
Treatments
- Rape Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- When I was first raped, I saw a therapist and it was bad. Tell you about it later. But I like who I see now and I trust her not to hurt me. It's slow going.
Close Female Sexual Issues
I am a rape victim and I suffer from chronic pelvic pain. These issues make sex very difficult for me. I am looking for advice and people who share these problems.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- I see a therapist weekly and it seems that all we do is talk about these issues. It gets frustrating that I am not just "healed", by all the work I do.
Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I was abused as a child, raped as a teen and emotionally abused and stalked by a crazy man. I think I have a sign on my head. I was diagnosed with PTSD several years ago. Just looking to talk to others.
Treatments
- Art Somewhat Helpful
- It's more music. Singing really moves me.
- EMDR Not Working
- For some reason, this really freaked me out. My therapist and I talked about trying again last week, but we decided not to yet.
- Rape Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- Every week with the counseling. I like my therapist, it just seems like there are so many issues and it is taking so long.
- Seroquel Working / Worked
- This was working great, but my psych. took me off it because of potential heart problems.
- Supportive Care Not Working
- I haven't had much success with supportive people like family and such.
- Writing Somewhat Helpful
- I write a lot. It can be helpful, but sometimes it seems too one sided.
- Hospitalization Not Working
- I just did what was expected of me so I could go home. Most times just planning another suicide attempt when I could. It was all a game of who could play best and it was never me.
Open Painful Intercourse
I have chronic pelvic pain and pain during sex. I have been diagnosed with endometriosis and we are not sure if there are other causes. I was also abused as a child, raped at 16 and then dated an abuser. My doctor feels that all this contributes to how I feel sexually, he just doesn't know how to fix me.
Treatments
- Surgery Somewhat Helpful
- I am up to 7 or 8 surgeries trying to remove the endometriosis.
Open Self-Injury
I am a rape survivor. I have chronic pelvic pain. Cutting helps me because it is pain I can control.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I go to therapy every week. I don't like to tell her I have cut, but it usually comes out.
Open Bipolar Disorder
I was diagnosed Bipolar 12 years ago. Mania is bad for me. It is almost painful. Every sense is heightened and I FEEL everything. I also clean everything. The depressions are there as well, but I feel like I can handle them better. People seem to understand downs better than ups. Like you should enjoy mania. I have to be just right or everything is wrong.
Treatments
- Depakote Working / Worked
- I WILL NOT stop this drug even though many people tell me it is not good for me. It has done wonderful things for me. Find me something just as good, maybe.
- Group Therapy Working / Worked
- I am not good with groups. I feel like people are judging me.
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- I just stopped taking this, but I may need to start again. I was having problems swallowing it. My doc thinks I may still need it. We'll see.
- Lithium Working / Worked
- The doc added it when he thought I needed another stabilizer. I see a new doc now and she still wants me to take it. Seems to work. Helps with sleep.
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- I have a lot of problems sleeping. I was a victim of rape and I have lots of nightmares. The Trazodone helps.
- Neurontin Not Working
- Made me sleep 24 hours a day. They thought I could try it instead of Depakote. No luck.
- Topamax Not Working
- This made my mania VERY bad. I got real hyper and I felt like I was constantly stimulated. I didn't survive a week.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I love my therapist. I see her once a week. Just plan talk therapy. I have lots of issues with the rape and such. I don't think I would survive without therapy.
Open Physical & Emotional Abuse
I was abused as a child. I was raped as a teen. I dated an abusive man for three years and then he stalked me. My abuse has taken many forms, but they have come together to make me suffer.
Treatments
- Abuse Counseling Working / Worked
- I go to counseling once a week. I love my therapist and I don't think I could live without therapy.
Open Anxiety
I am a rape victim and abuse survivor. I think this has made me the anxious person that I am. My last boyfriend before I met my husband, would strangle me and tell me he could kill me and no one would care. I believed him. If I wasn't what he wanted, I payed. Now I am always panicked.
Treatments
Open Panic Attacks
I have panic attacks that seem to center around a rape experience. I can't handle places where there are lots of people. And I can't handle feeling trapped.
Treatments
- Effexor Not Working
- EMDR Not Working
- I freaked out. We plan to try again later. We were just working on something easy, but the feelings became overwhelming.
- Klonopin Working / Worked
- This works very well for my panic attacks. I only take it as needed.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I go to therapy once a week. I don't think I would make it through this without therapy.
- Seroquel Not Working
- This was working for me. Helped me with sleep, but my doc stopped it. There is a heart problem warning on it. I have already had 2 mini strokes. Don't need anything else.
- Zoloft Somewhat Helpful
- It was helpful, but I wanted to stop because it made me feel sleepy.
- Writing Working / Worked
- I keep a journal. I like to write things out, but sometimes I want some one to respond.
- Music Working / Worked
- I love music and relating to lyrics. This helps me. Sometimes it helps to write the lyrics out.
Open Healthy Sex
I have been married for many years. I was a victim of sexual abuse and I feel this has effected my ability to learn about sex. I am looking for info.
Treatments
- Reading Working / Worked
- I have bought some books I thought would help.
Open Chronic Pain
I have chronic pelvic pain. In and out of the hospital. Just found out I have 5 bulging discs, 2 leaking fluid. Migraines. Oh, and fibromyalgia. I feel like I have tried everything.
Treatments
- Flexeril Somewhat Helpful
- For my migraines.
- Heat Somewhat Helpful
- Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful
- Morphine Working / Worked
- Nerve Blocks Not Working
- They seem to make me sick.
- Neurontin Not Working
- Puts me to sleep.
- Oxycodone Not Working
- OxyContin is bad for me.
- TENS Somewhat Helpful
- Topamax Not Working
- Makes me hyper.
- Hydromorphone Working / Worked
- By mouth at home. When that doesn't work, IV at the hospital.
