dragonfly70

Open Panic Attacks

i am new here. basically looking for advice for relatives. two of my family members have painc attacks. one is young, he is my brother. he gets real panicky around crowds, and has a difficult time dealing with people. the other is my grandmother, she has many panic attacks. i am very concerned about these 2. wander if there is anything that maybe able to help them.

Open Family & Friends of Cancer Patients

i am new here. my mother has waldenstrom's. she has had it about 2 years now. she has tried different treatment. not much has helped. we are both ill. i have rsd myself. we take care of each other. but its really difficult dealing with my mom having cancer. i guess i need to talk to other people about it. to feel like i am not alone.

Open Incest Survivors

i was sexually abused by my grandfather from 7-13. i have not only confronted him, but also my non supportive family. my grandfather is now off of probation. just recently i got him off due to illness. i have been through therapy, and have dealt with what he did to me. now my focus is on dealing with my family members. its been a tough road. it never seems to end. although, i wish it would.

Open Loneliness

i am extremely lonley at points. i am basically homebound. at points i do get very lonley. because i can not go out to the outside world to socialize. i have rsd. this has what has caused me to be housebound. i do not have a family that really cares. that makes it even harder. my mother has cancer. so its tough. sometimes i really hate it. i feel as if no one seems to care.

Open Shyness

i was extremely shy as a child. alot had to do with the sexual abuse. it still does. i am not one to trust people. but i do give them a chance.i have only had one real relationship.i do not feel i am pretty enough, for anyone. i am trying to still get out of my shell. but do the best i can to talk to new people. i am much more open now than i ever was.

Treatments

DailyStrength Working / Worked

its very helpful. because i am talking to people almost everyday.

Pets Working / Worked

i love animals. i have had them all my life.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

i would say counseling has helped me. i have alot more strengh.

Self-esteem Not Working

i have a extremely low self esteem.

Self-help Working / Worked

i do what i can to socialize. i have become much more open.

Socializing Somewhat Helpful

i have not dated in many years. i have had only real serious relationship. but i do enjoy socializing, and going out with other and doing things.

Open Insomnia

i have had insomnia for many years. it has progressively gotten worse. i am a big night owl. i have basically had it about 10 years now. since i got rsd.

Treatments

Counting Sheep Not Working

does not really help.

Reading Somewhat Helpful

it can sometimes put me to sleep, but not all the time.

Open Family Issues

my family is a total absolute mess. they can not seem to come together, to do the right thing. they support the wrong people and wrong things. like the fact that my grandfather sexually abused me. they support him rather than the victim. its sickening. i do not think they know how to handle anything. when it comes time to, or have to deal with me. they abandon and throw me away. this has gone on for years. it makes my family look awful, not as they see it, good. because they are not good.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

it helped some. it made me become a stronger person. able to stand up for myself. not let my family take me down.

Talking Working / Worked

i am talking about my situation more. trying to get my family to deal with me, and my mom. how they have treated us so badly. but its not an easy task. its hard work.

Writing Working / Worked

itr has helped me get out the way i feel. so i do not hold it in as much.

Open Rosacea

i have had rosacea for many years. i am trying to figure out what to do, to get rid of it.

Treatments

MetroGel Somewhat Helpful

not that helpful

Open Scoliosis

i have had scoliosis since i was a child. at one point when i was 14, they were thinking about doing surgery, but decided it was not bad enough too.

Treatments

Brace Somewhat Helpful

i wore a brace when i was a child. it did not help much, and i hated it.

Open Financial Challenges

i am in credit card debt. trying to find a way to get out. credit couseling seems to be of not help. i have a good credit score. the only way to help solve the problem is to make your payments go behind. that makes no sense to me. i just want to get out of debt.

Treatments

Budgeting Not Working

does not work to well.

Credit Counseling Considering

considering but still does not help with the credit score, if you pay on time.

Debt Consolidation Considering

once again does not help with the credit score if you pay on time.

Open Medicaid

i have been on medicaid for 5 years now. i have rsd, and i am homebound.

Open Medical Mysteries

my medical mystery is rsd. it is still not known about well enough, and why it happens to people. there are no cures. its been around since the civil war.

Treatments

Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working

it did not work for me.

Open Medicare

i am on both medicaid and medicare. i am disabled due to rsd. i am homebound.

Open Tooth Grinding

i have been grinding my teeth now for many years. having difficulty stopping it.

Treatments

Mouthguard Somewhat Helpful

it helps a little.