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  • About Me

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    aime33

    Female, 39
    exeter, ME, USA
    Member since December 27, 2008

    • About Me

      I work as a Nursing Assistant a couple of days a month, really, really, love my residents--get very attached to them. I have two boys--15 & 12. I have been married for 16 years. I have a variety of mental afflictions, but Bipolar & PTSD are the main ones.

      I work as a Nursing Assistant a couple of days a month, really, really, love my residents--get very attached to them. I have two boys--15 & 12. I have been married for 16 years. I have a variety of mental afflictions, but Bipolar & PTSD are the main ones.

    • Interests

      My hobbies include swapping, writing penpal letters, writing in my journal, writing poetry & short stories. I collect unicorns, butterflies, apple themed things for my kitchen, and just recently acquired Barbie & Bratz dolls, and my hubby got me a Blythe doll for Crimbo.

      My hobbies include swapping, writing penpal letters, writing in my journal, writing poetry & short stories.

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    • Rainbow

      From childhood February 24

      welcome to the new group i join too ~ i change my d.s. photo from starfish to me in my peter pan clothes ~ i must stay as a boy an find my childhood ~ hug :o)

    • Little Love

      From Cath58 February 11

      Happy Valentine's Day

    • Little Love

      From DanRuff1 January 26

      thankyou aimee for straightrning that up for me

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      From girlie4721 January 26

      Thank you aime. Love to u Cathy

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      From disallutioned January 26

      I love you and thank-you for the help

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  • Goals

    Get back into shape!

    Progress

    5 %

    Current Weight (Lbs)
    213
    Finish that art project!

    100%

    Goal Completed on Dec 30, 08

  • Support Groups

    • Close Bipolar Disorder

      i am a 38 year old mother of two teenage boys (that i believe have bipolar also). i work as a nursing assistant a couple of days a month. i have been dx'd for 15 years, and have been on every medication known to man, having only in the past few years finding a combination that seems to work for me.

      Treatments

      Abilify Not Working
      made me jumpy and irritable
      Ativan Not Working
      made me jumpy and irritable
      Celexa Not Working
      Depakote Not Working
      Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Not Working
      i couldn't stand to listen to people that were suicidal when i was trying to lift myself out of that cycle
      Geodon Too Soon to Tell
      just started it last week as a mood stabilizer
      Lamictal Not Working
      Risperdal Not Working
      Seroquel Considering
      Tegretol Not Working
      Topamax Not Working
      made me violently irritable
      Wellbutrin Working / Worked
      i take this with my combination of other meds as an anti-depressant
      Zyprexa Not Working
      Zoloft Working / Worked
      another of my antidepressants that seem to be working
      BuSpar Working / Worked
      this one i take for anxiety. supposed to take it 3x a day but always forget the last two doses.
      Ambien Working / Worked
      taking it for sleep
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked

    • Close Anxiety

      getting a little anxious in group settings, stores, conferences--a little paranoid too.

      Treatments

      Ativan Not Working
      made me edgy, bitchy, violent
      BuSpar Working / Worked
      seems to work well for me (when i remember to take it)
      Zoloft Working / Worked
      seems to work well
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked

    • Open Menopause

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Parenting Teenagers (12-18)

      i have two boys. the oldest is 15, the youngest will be 12 at the end of next month. i believe that both of my boys have bipolar, but my oldest will not take any medications, and my youngest is being treated for ADHD (oldest was dx'd with ADHD, OCD, ODD, mood disorder NOS)

    • Open Sexual Abuse

      i suffer from PTSD. i was sexually molested from the time i was 10 to the time i was 18 and left the house. both my step-father and my mother were the perpetrators. my step-father has died, but my mother is still alive and she will not talk to me claiming that i "had an affair" with her husband. this hurts, but, what can i do?

      Treatments

      Art Working / Worked
      i draw pictures of the instances as i remember them. am working with a therapist for this.
      Poetry Working / Worked
      i write alot of poetry about my experiences and feelings.

    • Open Kleptomania

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Loneliness

      i often feel alone in the middle of a group. i live in an isolated area, have no close friends, only see my husband (who works 60-65 hours a week) my boys, and maybe, if i am lucky, the mail person. i crave company & friendship.

    • Open Family Issues

      i have a very dysfunctional family, from my family of origin (can't tell i've been in therapy for year, can ya?), to my children and spouse, to my in-laws.

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Writing Working / Worked

    • Open Female Sexual Issues

      little skittish about making love

    • Open Incest Survivors

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Parents of Children with ADHD

      both of my sons have been dx'd with ADHD--the youngest one is on medication for this, and seems to be doing alright. the oldest one is 15, refuses to take meds, and is getting very out of control.

    • Open Obesity

      i'm fat. i hate my body. i cannot lose the weight.

      Treatments

      Slim-Fast Not Working
      the shakes made me hungrier then ever.
      Topamax Working / Worked
      lost 100 pounds when i was on topomax--the doctor stopped it--gained it all back.

    • Open Food Addiction

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      Treatments

      Art Working / Worked
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked

    • Open Motherless Children

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Eating Disorders

      aime33 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.

    • Open Self-Injury

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked

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