Depression
June 12, 2009 2:47pm
Well, you know, when you,ve been with a group of people for a long time than you feel like you aren't really a part of the group as much …
StephP
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About Me
StephP
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About Me
I am currently unemployed, jobs are hard to come by in my area if you don't want to work in the restaurant business. Also, the best time to look for work around my area is to wait until the college students are on break or after they graduate. I like to bird watch outdoors and collect coins and bird figurines. I have a machanical parrot named Squakers, he has a remote control, he speaks, he'll respond to what you say if you know what he'll respond to [he came with a list of words]it depends on the setting you have selected on the switches on his back and on the remote. He is very entertaining to watch and listen to.
I am currently unemployed, jobs are hard to come by in my area if you don't want to work in the restaurant business. Also, the best time to look for work around my area is to wait until the college students are on break or after they graduate. I like to bird watch outdoors and collect coins and bird figurines. I have a machanical parrot named Squakers, he has a remote control, he speaks, he'll respond to what you say if you know what he'll respond to [he came with a list of words]it depends on the
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Interests
1. Crocheting 2. Writing 3. Reading mysteries 4. Browsing the internet 5. Watching T.V. 6. Talking to my cockatiel 7. Shopping for shoes 8. Walking for fitness 9. Dancing to music cds & the radio. 10. Typing 11. Shopping for clothes 12. Attending support groups 13. Eating out 14. Baking 15. Bird shops 16. Travelling 17. Playing board games 18. Playing computer games
1. Crocheting 2. Writing 3. Reading mysteries 4. Browsing the internet 5. Watching T.V. 6. Talking to
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Depressed and Uninthusiastic
March 10, 2009 12:26am
Hello, I have been away for awhile, I was enjoying the weather in south Florida for 3 weeks and hearing about the snow falling in eastern PA …
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Support Groups
Close Brain Injury
I was in a car with my family and we were hit broadside by a drunk driver. Unfortunately I had my head resting on the the door that was hit and that is how I aquired my injury. I was 3 years old at the time and my sister was a baby in her car seat.
Treatments
- Paxil Working / Worked
- I am on Paxil now and I found that if I miss 3 doses I am extremely depressed and I keep crying non stop, the day I remembered to take it, I stopped crying and my energy returned. I was at 20mg but I was shaking like I waas nervous so I asked to be taken back down to 10mg a day.
Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI don't know what to say. I'm at a loss here.
Treatments
- Meditation Working / Worked
- I have read from a daily-reading book and meditated on each thought for that day, it really works to calm your thoughts.
- Paxil Working / Worked
- It is working for me, it's like a match made in medical heaven. No side affects I can describe.
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- I still visit a therapist or therapists at a local center once a month to check in with my moods and how I'm doing. My parents arn't good at doing any of that.
Open Separation Anxiety
I get scared when people I get to know leave or don't visit me. I get accustomed to having someone around and than they leave, that bothers me.
Treatments
- Pets Somewhat Helpful
- Without my pet I would be depressed.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I have someone to talk to because my family won't.
- Paxil Working / Worked
- It is working for me Im energized.
Open Codependency
I entered into the Al-anon program in 1990 and have been attending meetings ever since. Some of my family members are/were alcoholics. I had an uncle that died of Cerosis. My grandmother was an alcoholic plus she had mental illness, my aunt was under house arrest for a DUI, and my other grandmother who is 93 likes to drink til she's drunk. My mother is trying to deal with trying to change her behavior too, we don't want to behave like we did before our programs came along.
Treatments
- 12 Step Program Somewhat Helpful
- Still attending support group meetings and reading from their literature.
- Music Working / Worked
- Listening to good music is so relaxing and makes you forget some things you don't want to think about.
- Reading Working / Worked
- One Day at a Time Courage to Change How Al-anon Works
- Talking Working / Worked
- It works because you are not keeping it inside and getting upset about it.
Open Shyness
I am alittle bit scared timid to try anything different and I don't make friends easily either. I don't really like to open up much until I really know somebody.
Treatments
- Pets Working / Worked
- I am constantly looking after my bird. I talk to him and sometime sing to the radio to him. I keeps my mind occupied.
- Socializing Working / Worked
- I try to keep busy with socializing with my peers.
Open Bullying
I was bullied in middle school and high school as well as at home buy my sister and on the school bus to and from school. I now have social anxiety and hate large crowds as well as small crowds {as small as 25 people and more}. If I see a group of people walking toward me on the sidewalk, I feel anxious, shopping doesn't bother me but a crowded bus does. I'm afraid to look for a job somewhere because of it. My bullies are not in this area, we moved away from that school district.
Treatments
- Paxil Working / Worked
- Without it I feel really depressed and dont want to do anything.
Open Alcoholism
I grew up surrounded by alcoholics and still am in recovery for my "stinkin' thinkin'" and depression. Some of the alcoholics are in recovery themselves, but not all are related. My father's brother died from cirrosis and so did my mom's father's sister.
Treatments
- Al-Anon Working / Worked
- I am feeling better about myself since going to al-anon. If I wasn't going, I'd be feeling really awful about myself and I'd have the same bad attitude I had before I started attending and working the 12 step program. I've been going for at least 18 years now and I feel better about things that happen. I am learning to break the cycle.
- Sleep Working / Worked
- This works to get "reved up" for the rest of the day if I'm tired in the middle of the day.
- Willpower Working / Worked
- I tell myself that I don't need whatever I see that I like if I have it already or I don't really need it.
