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  • About Me

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    Col24

    Female, 37, Married
    NJ, USA
    Member since January 9, 2008

    • About Me

      I have been struggling with trich for about 15 years now. I am so frustrated by the fact that I keep doing this self-destructive thing that has such a negative impact on my life. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful fiance, Tom, who has been nothing but supportive of me for the last four years, but I need to connect with people who are suffering from trich too and probably having a lot of the same feelings as me. In May, I was diagnosed with shingles, and then constant worry about my health sent me into a tailspin with extreme anxiety and panic attacks. I have always been an overly anxious person who gets stressed out easily. I also have had social anxiety disorder, primarily because of the trich, but getting sick with shingles just set off this major wave of anxiety, depression and fear that was so scary. I have been in therapy and on medication for about one month now and finally feel like I will be able to get through this and recover. Anxiety is not going to control my life!

      I have been struggling with trich for about 15 years now. I am so frustrated by the fact that I keep doing this self-destructive thing that has such a negative impact on my life. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful fiance, Tom, who has been nothing but supportive of me for the last four years, but I need to connect with people who are suffering from trich too and probably having a lot of the same feelings as me. In May, I was diagnosed with shingles, and then constant worry about my health sent

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      Music (my ipod is crammed, but Madonna is probably my all-time favorite), baseball (used to like the Yankees but not so much since Tino Martinez left, although I still am a huge fan of Derek Jeter), college basketball (Go Duke!), television (Amazing Race, American Idol/I love love love Chris Daughtry and David Cook, Deal or No Deal, ER, General Hospiral, Hells Kitchen, Top Chef, etc), exercising, reading and spending time with my fiance and my Golden Retriever.

      Music (my ipod is crammed, but Madonna is probably my all-time favorite), baseball (used to like the

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    • so so so sad

      Mood August 3, 2009 6:36am

      it's been a long time since i wrote here.  my anxiety was pretty well controlled until a month or so ago, but that's not why i am …

    • Day 15

      Mood October 21, 2008 6:34pm

      Today is day 15 of essentially a cold turkey withdrawal off of clonazepam (0.5 mg 2 times a day for about 3 months).  I have read a lot of scary …

    • on edge

      Mood September 16, 2008 4:01pm

      Arrrrrgggggh!  I was feeling pretty good until two days ago, when I weaned my dosage of Klonopin down from two pills a day to one.  I am …

    • i got married yesterday!

      Mood September 1, 2008 2:26pm

      And it was a wonderful day.  The weather was beautiful, I got to see a lot of my family and friends at the same time, and I truly believe I …

    • notes to self

      Mood August 12, 2008 1:22am

      stop obsessing and worrying about your health!

       

      i just haven't been able to totally break free from the health anxiety yet.

       

      i never used …

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      Hi there ! Hope you are well, and know that I am thinking of you today !
      Hugs and love, Sugar

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      Sending some sunshine for your day today !!
      Hugs, Sugar

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