Progress
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Goal End Date is Feb 1, 15 1898 more days.
angelczech 
8:40am, November 13, 2009
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About Me
angelczech
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About Me
Hi ~ I am a happy, upbeat, positive person who loves to talk and listen. My hope is to help others as well as get some support myself -- share the good times and the bad. I keep things upbeat and happy to lift my mood and the mood of others. I look at life positively. Love and understanding heal the soul. I am happily married with 2 great kids and looking to help my General Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar 2, work stress, and Menopause. Looking for a few good friends to care for and enjoy.
Hi ~ I am a happy, upbeat, positive person who loves to talk and listen. My hope is to help others as well as get some support myself -- share the good times and the bad. I keep things upbeat and happy to lift my mood and the mood of others. I look at life positively. Love and understanding heal the soul. I am happily married with 2 great kids and looking to help my General Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar 2, work stress, and Menopause. Looking for a few good friends to care for and enjoy.
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Interests
Love ambient music that soothes the soul; more instrumental than vocal. I love stained glass pictures and color my own. Would love to learn to play the harp. Love collecting angels (of course). I love my family and love spending time with them when I am not working (I work a lot!) I also love playing the piano but it is in storage right now. I genuinely love people and enjoy making friends.
Love ambient music that soothes the soul; more instrumental than vocal. I love stained glass pictures
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Just popped on for a chat. 1pm in the UK. Will try later Pattye.
Hope things are good with you.
Some flowers to brighten your day sweetie.
Huuuuuugs Beth xxxx
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Thinking fo you Pattye...hope things are going ok and work is sorting out....sending you love and hugz from Julie xxxx
Prayer
May you get work that
you would like to get,
big hugs Ida.
Little Love
Hi Pattye ~ sorry we got disconnected yesterday. Sending you love and hugs today !
Love, Edie
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Support Groups
Close Bipolar Disorder
Looking for a few good friends who know what BD is like to deal with every day. Am a wonderful friend once you give me a chance. I'm always supportive and full of love. I'm 51, happily married, and had two bratty teenagers. Plus I have a new job to focus at. Hiding BD at work. Friends?
Treatments
- Abilify Not Working
- Didn't work.
- Ativan Not Working
- Didn't work. Alprazolam is working well 3 x a day. Keeps me from running out into the parking lot screaming each day! Ha!
- Celexa Not Working
- Didn't work.
- Concerta Working / Worked
- Works well for focusing on work. Couldn't do my job without it! No side effects. Gets my motor running and keeps me going all day long. Makes me a different person.
- Geodon Working / Worked
- Stabilizes mood very well. Is working. No side effects.
- Group Therapy Considering
- Can't find a DS support group in town. Guess church would help although my hours are opposite church hours. Guess I'm back on my own again. Thanks for my DS friends who are my support group.
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- Working well to stabilize mood. No side effects.
- Lithium Considering
- I've tried this before and it was wonderful but I had a hard time working and staying focused (sleepy and face down drooling on my keyboard). If the new regime of Prozac doesn't work, then pdoc wants to put me back on lithium. Should work with Geodon, Lamictal, and Concerta already taking. Wasn't on those meds last time I took lithium. We'll see.
- Prozac Too Soon to Tell
- Just started on Prozac. Taking 20 mg 3 times a day at 6 a.m. noon and 3 p.m. if I need to work at night. Seems to give me energy and lift mood. If this doesnt work pdoc wants to try lithium. I'm thinking Zoloft again.
- Seroquel Not Working
- Horrible rash. This medication is on my allergy list now.
- Wellbutrin Not Working
- Didn't work.
- Meditation Working / Worked
- Need help learning how.
Close Anxiety
I just started a new job (12-16-08) out in the work force. I deal with anxiety every day. I manage with alprazolam. I am looking for friends with anxiety for support and positive feedback.
Treatments
- Xanax Working / Worked
- Alprazolam is the only medication that gets me through they day. Working with over 100 people. Scary but I am doing it.
- Meditation Working / Worked
- Need help learning how.
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionDealing with the ups and downs of depression. Make it most days but sometimes get so low that I "hide under the quilt." Also am bipolar, have adult-onset ADD, and have anxiety. Just started a new job at 50 years old after working 10 years as a medical transcriptionist working alone at home. Liking getting out of the house, doing my hair, and wearing make-up again! Sounds silly, but I did not care about myself when I was working alone at home. Now I am making friends and liking it.
Treatments
- Celexa Somewhat Helpful
- Tried it for awhile. Didn't feeling much of a change after 6 months.
- Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
- Actually worked for the first week and then the effects wore off. Switched to something else.
- Effexor Working / Worked
- Worked for a couple of years but then pdoc put me on something else. Can't remember much about Effexor anymore. It's been a couple of years.
- Elavil Working / Worked
- Causes weight gain.
- Geodon Working / Worked
- Working great to keep my mood stable. No more ups and downs.
- Lexapro Somewhat Helpful
- Was okay. Didn't work that well. Had to try something else.
- Paxil Not Working
- Boy! Does this medication pack on the pounds unless you have a fast metabolism, which I don't have.
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- Always works! Shake off the negative ... literally shake it off!
- Prozac Working / Worked
- Working well. Need to up the strength though. Sometimes the old drugs work better than the new and improved.
- Psychotherapy Considering
- Really thinking about this. It's just so expensive! Need treatment for snoring problem more (surgery) so I can sleep in my bed with my husband again.
- Seroquel Not Working
- Major allergic reaction ... rash. On my allergy list.
- Support from Friends & Family Not Working
- They don't understand. They don't think there is anything wrong with me. Want me to get off all my meds. I refuse. Just started a new job and won't take a chance on screwing that up.
- Wellbutrin Not Working
- Worked for awhile but then stopped working.
- Writing Working / Worked
- This helps a lot. I can write all the things I can't say out loud. Don't know what I would do without it.
- Zoloft Working / Worked
- Worked for 10 years. Don't know why I got off it. I think it made me manic. It was on zoloft that I found out I was bipolar.
- Biaxin Working / Worked
- Lamictal helps keep my depression under control and even out my temperament. It works! Now there is a generic that is more affordable. It works!
- Meditation Working / Worked
- Need help learning how.
Open Stress Management
I just started a new job and started working a month ago after 8 weeks of training. Needing support and encouragement that I can do it because I feel insecure and worried. Major life change at age 50. Working out of the house after 15 years working alone as a medical transcriptionist. Liking being out of the house ... just worried about doing a good job. Need advice!
Treatments
- Patience Somewhat Helpful
- I am taking it day by day trying to be patient with myself and my job. Being thrown back into the workforce after 15 years working alone at home is a shock. Just need lots of support.
- Raptiva Working / Worked
- What a Godsend. Keeps my mood stable and keeps me functioning. Wonderful.
- Biaxin Working / Worked
- Wonderful. Keeps my depression at bay and majorly helps with my mood happy most of the time. It really works for BD.
- Xanax Working / Worked
- Really helping get me through stressful days with new stressful job. Pdoc upped to 3 per day and I am really able to function.
- Nicotine Gum Working / Worked
- WONDER DRUG Couldnt survive without it. Keeps me focused and up in order to do my job. Its the best.
- Meditation Working / Worked
- Need help learning how.
Open Menopause
I just turned 51 and BAM! Don't know what to expect. All friends have had hysterectomies and can't help at all ... can't relate. What's normal and what is not?
