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  • About Me

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    Cottonto

    Male, 56, Divorced
    Columbia, MO, USA
    Member since December 4, 2008

    • About Me

      I am a 56 year old man, and counting, and divorce. I am an artist/writer who enjoys meeting people and making new friends of all ages/races. I am a spiritualist who beings in finding God through the inner personal experience.

      I am a 56 year old man, and counting, and divorce. I am an artist/writer who enjoys meeting people and making new friends of all ages/races. I am a spiritualist who beings in finding God through the inner personal experience.

    • Website

      http://osmith.spaces.live.com/default....

    • Interests

      writing, painting, dancing, being outdoors, walking, camping, fishing, movies, good music, traveling, go to the beach, nudism (when possible), women, making new friend, chess, board games, cards, helping others with their problems and at the moment; living. I am also interested in people who are wanting to talk about art, writing, spiritualism (Pleiadians), and of course what make you feel good (Sex),

      writing, painting, dancing, being outdoors, walking, camping, fishing, movies, good music, traveling,

  • Journal

    • Induced mania

      Mood September 3, 2009 6:40pm

       

      MANIA INDUCED BY MEDS

       

      I have isolated three medications I was on that believe induced my 2005-2006 mania. They …

    • Garden of Freedom

      Mood August 25, 2009 11:46am

      THE GARDEN OF FREEDOM

       

      After years of labor I found my garden deteriorating and my freedom wilting.  I sobbed and said to myself, …

    • They Who Speak Without Words

      Mood August 19, 2009 4:45pm

      Many people talk to themselves, in bars, walking down the street, in car (I sing in cars), some much louder than others.  But, most have …

    • Finding Yourself

      Mood August 2, 2009 3:05pm

      Finding Yourself

      Many people live on the surface of life and never seek the deeper meaning to life, or the questions it proposes to them.  I …

    • Anybody out there? Anybody read this stuff?

      Mood July 22, 2009 9:29pm

      Not sure why I write anything in this journal as no one seem to read the stuff anyhow.  If you are out there, leave a comment or two.  …

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Psoriasis
      Affected Areas: Psoriasis of the Skin

      I have scap psoriasis since I waa a child and scaly patches since I was in my twenties. The only thing which work was Embrel injections until I had to stop taking it. It has never covered more than 30% of my body but it has given me severe artritist since 1985.

      Treatments

      Enbrel Working / Worked
      Once I started the injection it started to clear my skin with in 4 months. Within two months my joints stop aching. I had to stop the treatment due to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
      Triamcinolone Topical Working / Worked
      Would work better if I remember to use it every day. I does stop the scaling temporarily.
    • Close Epilepsy & Seizures

      I became aware of my epilesy after a brain injure in 2003. It was then I notice strange things happening to me, such as lost time, stumbing, excessive chewing, car popping out nowhere in front of me while driving and etc.

      Treatments

      Keppra Working / Worked
      Works with VNS
      Klonopin Working / Worked
      did not work
      Lamictal Working / Worked
      Allergic to it
      Tegretol Working / Worked
      did not wok
      Topamax Working / Worked
      Worked for a while and then it stopped along with side effect.
      Trileptal Working / Worked
      Currently using it.
      Vagus nerve stimulation Working / Worked
      Tremendous help along with meds.
    • Open Brain Injury

      I had multiple tbi's in my lifetime. The worse was in 1971 when I suffered multiple fractures to my skull. The latest was in 2003 and was a mild tbi, but was the worst for symptoms.

    • Open Bipolar Disorder

      I was unaware I was BP until I went manic and ended up in the hospital. It was Nov. of 2005 when my mind began to race, and suddenly I was superman, stayed up a night and day for months until it all can to a head. As it always does.

      Treatments

      Depakote Not Working
      Nearly killed me by causing Hyperamonia, which hurt my heart, and brain.
      Group Therapy Working / Worked
      Helped in many areas, including anger management.
      Seroquel Working / Worked
      Helps me sleep.
      Topamax Not Working
      To weak for me.
      Trileptal Working / Worked
      Works for me at high dosage levels
      Wellbutrin Working / Worked
      Had to stop taking it because I have epilesy.
    • Open Healthy Sex

      I love sex in all its forms, but am dysfunctional due to meds. I take Cialas but it is not the same, nor is it a powerful as a natural erection.

      Treatments

      Cialis Working / Worked
      Not as good as a natural hard on and doesnt feel the same. It is just weird.
    • Open Anxiety

      I am a past suffer and healed when I went off the meds and with the help of my mother.

      Treatments

      Meditation Working / Worked
      Prayer and deep thoughts about reality and my purpose in life.
      Positive Thinking Working / Worked
      After my first divorce I was suicidal and suffer panic attacks. Once I realize that life goes on the attacks ended.
      Positive Thinking Working / Worked
      Yes this worked well much better then any medications.
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