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About Me
gette
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About Me
Well maybe in midlife crisis..... maybe not. Choosing to live my life different than i have. I do suffer from depression, and anxiety. I am an alcoholic and drug addict...... failin at recovery. Really hoping to gain back my sanity if possible. I have joined numerous groups since i joined this site. So they are there for all to see. I hope to sometimes be of help to someone else and just not seek it for myself. I am a true believer in what you give out is what you get back........
Well maybe in midlife crisis..... maybe not. Choosing to live my life different than i have. I do suffer from depression, and anxiety. I am an alcoholic and drug addict...... failin at recovery. Really hoping to gain back my sanity if possible. I have joined numerous groups since i joined this site. So they are there for all to see. I hope to sometimes be of help to someone else and just not seek it for myself. I am a true believer in what you give out is what you get back........
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Interests
Reading, nature, hiking or just walking in the woods, my animals and whoever else's i may come across.......oh and i really want to travel....
Reading, nature, hiking or just walking in the woods, my animals and whoever else's i may come across.......oh
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Little Love
Getttttttttte errrrrrrrr donneeeeeeee!!!!! hey, its your petunia.. remember meeeeeeeee??????
Thanks
thanks!
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been thinking about you and finally i get a chance to get back onboard this ds deal. for awhile i just concentrated on sobriety, work, and family and now i have a little breathing room where i can again be part of this forum. kind of found myself a bit lost for a time butall is well. for the time being anyway. how are you?
Little Love
Hey, sweetie. Hope everything is alright, and your happy. I've been very busy lately getting everything together. It's finally really happening. I'm going on Monday to Halton House. I'm a little nervous, and a little scared. Three months is a long time to just go away, but I think things will be alright. I've saved enough for two months rent, andhave some comming in, so I think it will go well. Anyway, I love you, and Jimmy does too, and Jet. Gotta work now. Try to talk later. Love ya always. James XOXOXO
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hey how are you...Sorry I havent talked with ya in a while...was bummed about foot then sick of feeling sorry for myselfblah blah blah....whats up with you
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Support Groups
Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionTaking it as not coincidence that this site came to me.. I have suffered depression for most of m y life. Self medicating and now that i am almost the big 50 i have again started an antidepressent i never tried... still waiting for it to work. First started it was very suicidal.... almost did me and my dog in. family helped when i let them.... i would rather have cancer than this depression.... also just came off oxycontin, perocets for backpain finally had surgery oct.
Treatments
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- worked yet could not get it with medicare
- Elavil Working / Worked
- seemed to work but so buzzed on pain pills who knows
- Meditation Working / Worked
- when i do it it helps
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- yeah right... can't find that to work for me
- Prozac Working / Worked
- just started about a month... first i was very suicidal...... somewhat better now, not crying everyday
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- when i keep the appts, it helps
- Seroquel Working / Worked
- gained weight, sleep walked.... glad to be off the 400 dose
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- take if i can't sleep at least 3 times a week
- Wellbutrin Working / Worked
- made my heart race
- Writing Working / Worked
- hoping to start that now.
- Zoloft Working / Worked
- worked for years but the higher the dose had to be Dr. took me off because my dreams were in color.. i liked it he didn't
Close Alcoholism
I used drugs and alcohol to deal with my depression and life issues, or should i say not to deal with life issues. I have not been aa for quite awhile.. but there was a day when i lived on aa meetings. once had 6 years clean and relapsed. i did not get honest with the fifth step.... don't know if i can. latest addiction was prescription drugs for back pain, had surgery and the doc took me off everything.... not easy. family visited, i drank threw up and feel like crap.
Treatments
- 12 Step Program Working / Worked
- only works when you work it.
- AA Meetings Working / Worked
- went for 6 years, helped me in my life as a mom..... only works if you go and work the program
- Outpatient Treatment Program Working / Worked
Open Empty Nests
i was lucky enough to have this site appear on my screen in my decision to address others with depression, then alcoholism.. and now this site. i feel i will get understanding here in regards to my loss of my daugher and grandson thousands of miles away...
Open Hepatitis C
I was diagnosed in the late 90's with hep C.. due to my iv drug use. I have been through the treatment, had a bad reaction with the depression.... the moods , the sickness.. I thank my god for at least getting enough in me of the meds.. that i am ok for now.... i am here to help those that may be struggling with the effects of treatment...
Treatments
- Interferon Working / Worked
- made me really sick,,, entered psych ward, severe depression.... came out the other side... last test was good. Had trouble with the needle part.. it didn't hurt, it just was not what i wanted to do.. have them so easily accessable.... stayed iv drug clean tho
- Interferon, pegylated Working / Worked
- this is the once a week shot yuck fever, no appitite... hair falling out... and severe depression i had to go off... seemed to help tho....
- Milk Thistle Working / Worked
- not sure
- Ribavarin Working / Worked
- made me feel sick and so many pills at a time....
Open Sexual Abuse
Hi everyone, my name is Gette and i wanted to join this group to see if one thing i say can help one of you. I too am a rape victim. Seems like a long time ago yet as i watch my daughter grow in to the woman she is i realize that time has passed. not healing everything of course but enough to know i survived.
Treatments
- Talking Working / Worked
- for me to share what happened to me and to let others know that we no longer have to hold onto this.. that there is a way out.....
- \"The Courage To Heal\" Working / Worked
Open Rape
this is the site i was looking for...... where i may be of some help to those that think they can never get past this..... you can. I was raped at knife point and stuck in my neck. In my own home too. I am thankful that i had just found out i was pregnant.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Had to accept that it was not my fault..... and deal with it.
- Rape Counseling Working / Worked
- My rapist was caught and sentenced to prison...... the Rape Crisis center was with me throughout the whole process of the trial....... and i surely needed them..
- Talking Working / Worked
Open Anxiety
I have suffered from anxiety for years now.... came with my last bad depression episode. I deal with it with meds and have been on a few.
Treatments
- BuSpar Not Working
- did not like this med
- Klonopin Working / Worked
- take it daily......... they say it stays in your system longer...... has seemed to help.
- Meditation Working / Worked
- going back to the 12 Step program has brought me back to meditation also.
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- only take it if i can't sleep
- Zoloft Working / Worked
- was on for years...... helped with the depression and anxiety..... yet had to be put on something else for reasons of colorful real life dreams........
Open Codependency
Treatments
- 12 Step Program Working / Worked
- Reading Working / Worked
- \"Codependent No More\" Working / Worked
Open Autism / Autism Spectrum
hi everyone.... i am a grandmother of a boy who has been diagnosed with autism.. and mild retardation. We knew something was different about Isaac and now with the diagnosis...... well i am just new to this and would like any suggestions,.feedback.....anything to help me to help him......thanks
Open Financial Challenges
i belong to other groups on this site. I love ds.......and thought with the financial things happening.....and i don't want them to get worse......well
Treatments
- Cut Up Credit Cards Working / Worked
- well stopped some of my spending
Open Smoking Addiction & Recovery
ok... miss some of my friends....and i have decided that tonight is the night i choose to stop smoking and save some money!!
Treatments
- Commit Lozenge Too Soon to Tell
- my daughter gave me those...... i am glad now to have them....haven't tried it yet tho.
- Nicotine Gum Considering
- i already know this gum is nasty tasting....yet i have it and have decided this is my time.....
- Support Groups Too Soon to Tell
- well, DS has helped me with other issues......so i think this is the big test......
