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  • About Me

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    ami

    Female, 39
    KY, USA
    Member since February 15, 2007

    • About Me

      i am a single bipolar mom of 2 sons. am a motherless daughter. suffer depression and anxiety issues. have lived a long life in my 38 years and am sometimes very tired. but my kids keep me going.

      i am a single bipolar mom of 2 sons. am a motherless daughter. suffer depression and anxiety issues. have lived a long life in my 38 years and am sometimes very tired. but my kids keep me going.

    • Interests

      chatting , cooking , my kids, my dogs , music , shopping when i have money, long hot baths

      chatting , cooking , my kids, my dogs , music , shopping when i have money, long hot baths

  • Journal

    • Journal Entry for March 12, 2009

      Mood March 12, 2009 6:33am

      was just recently diagnosed with fibromylagia , so am looking for others and i know there are alot out there with it , to talk with . am in constant …
    • Journal Entry for January 18, 2009

      Mood January 18, 2009 11:13pm

      well  for those on here who are my friends you know we move alot , however, i think we have found our home. we moved here the day after …
    • bored

      Mood October 20, 2008 11:14pm

      just bored, up and down alot , have a new pdoc and he is playing with my meds , has decreased them to a bare minimum. i have no clue what he is doing …
    • Journal Entry for July 30, 2008

      Mood July 30, 2008 10:03pm

      ok my apologies to all my friends on DS for disappearing,. life got ahold of me , and i got lost , but i am back . Summer has been fairly uneventful …

    • Journal Entry for May 29, 2008

      Mood May 29, 2008 6:06am

      the move is complete and i love my new place !!  it is now 5;57 am and i am up watching the sun rise through my bay window in the living room, …

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  • Goals

    Goal Completed on Oct 20, 08
  • Support Groups

    • Close Bipolar Disorder

      Treatments

      Geodon Working / Worked
      seems to be working ok
      Topamax Working / Worked
      does a good job for me
    • Close Hypothyroidism

      had graves disease in 1989 ,,later recieved radioactive iodine to destroy my thyroid so therefore now have hypothyroidism ,,aint life grand .

      Treatments

      Synthroid Working / Worked
      have been on this med for years the problem is keeping my dosage correct ,
    • Open Single Parenting

      i have 2 sons ages 10 and 14 , my 14 year old thinks he is alot older and tries to act older also . they are good kids , but we do have our power struggles , especially the oldest and i /

    • Open Hearing Loss & Deafness

      i have a family history of hearing loss and started losing my hearing in my mid 20's i wear hearing aids in both ears ,also have learned to read lips quite well ,just worry that my children will also develop this problem

    • Open Obesity

      i have thyroid disease and take thyroid hormone replacement so therefore my metabolism is non existent .

      Treatments

      Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Not Working
      Breast Feeding Working / Worked
      Physical Exercise Somewhat Helpful
    • Open Depression

      i have suffered from depression most all of my life as far back as i can remember . just always felt like something was missing inside me .

      Treatments

      Effexor Not Working
      didnt work for me
      Geodon Working / Worked
      am on it but cant really see that it is helping
      Paxil Not Working
      Prozac Not Working
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      works well when i go ...
      Trazodone Somewhat Helpful
      i was on it for awhile but i sleep too much as it is so they took me off of it
      Wellbutrin Working / Worked
      didnt seem to help
      Writing Working / Worked
      this does help me
      Zoloft Not Working
    • Open Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

      Treatments

      Ibuprofen Somewhat Helpful
      i have carpal tunnel in my right hand , have alot of trouble using this hand for any thing strenuos, it causes me alot of pain when i try.
    • Open Female Sexual Issues

      well , i simply have no desire for sex with anyone , i am in a loving relationship with a very caring understanding man and in the beginging i wasnt like this but now its like i just am dead as far as that goes , the doctors have tried changing my medication and nothing is working , i dont know what to do.

    • Open Sexual Abuse

      ami hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Fibromyalgia

      i have been in chronic pain for about 9 months and was diagnosed with fibro last month. still in pain

      Treatments

      Cymbalta Working / Worked
      most of the time it works fair
      Ultram Working / Worked
      i take it but cant see that it helps alot
    • Open Chronic Pain

      i am in constant pain, fibromylagia. degenerative disc. , bipolar type 2 with major depression

      Treatments

      Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked
      hurts afterwards
      Cymbalta Working / Worked
      worked, but am trying something else currently
      Flexeril Working / Worked
      sometimes
      Hydrocodone Working / Worked
      makes me sick
      Lidoderm Working / Worked
      just cant tell
      Marijuana Working / Worked
      works cant afford it lol
      Naproxen Working / Worked
      take it all the time
      Topamax Working / Worked
      i take it , but i dont know that it works or not , i take so many meds
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