flowerinahailstorm

Open Families & Friends Of Addicts

too much involvement in this category. i have emotionally supported or, tried to, several people. their use has greatly emotionally effected me.

Treatments

Patience Too Soon to Tell

Talking Too Soon to Tell

Writing Working / Worked

writing is a marvelous tool in life

Open ADHD / ADD

undiagnosed but severely adhd; sleep disorder; headaches; increased anxety; etc

Treatments

Music Working / Worked

always helpful

Research Too Soon to Tell

Open Anxiety

i suffer from panic attacks, especially in cars. i am only able to sleep a few hours at night, when i am finally able to lay down. i use alternative medicine to treat this that is the best, hands down.

Treatments

Art Working / Worked

i refuse medication for this.

Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful

when done with yoga, it helps a lot more

Meditation Working / Worked

Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful

i try to use these tools everyday. it works amazingly when you truly believe yourself and your happy thoughts. i am in a different atmosphere though so i am having to work extra hard to not be a product of my environment.

Marijuana Working / Worked

a natural flower with homeopathic powers beyond pharmaceutical control. i am truly eased and relieved by this. this is my medicine.

Open Arthritis

undiagnosed. i fell down a flight of basement stairs on my tailbone when i was around the age of 10 and have had severe daily pain ever since. also daily pain in my hips and knees. two types of arthritis run heavily in my family.

Treatments

Ibuprofen Not Working

have taken but stopped so as not to thin my blood too much; also didnt seem to work.

Swimming Working / Worked

used to be on swim team in middle school and high school; always felt very stretched and focused and ready to take on the day after practice.

Tylenol Not Working

have stopped using that as a method, doesnt seem to help anything but a headache for me.

Open Depression

i have been in dark places but i am happy to be on the roads that lead to sunnier places.

Treatments

Meditation Somewhat Helpful

i refuse to take pharmaceutical medication for this. meditation helps clear the mind. my preferred method is to meditate with music on in a hot shower.

Paxil Not Working

intentionally overdosed on in the past when depressed. prefer not to take pharmaceuticals anymore.

Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful

Prozac Not Working

intentionally overdosed on in the past when depressed. prefer not to take pharmaceuticals anymore.

Seroquel Not Working

intentionally overdosed on in the past when depressed. prefer not to take pharmaceuticals anymore.

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

Writing Working / Worked

always helpful.

Zoloft Not Working

intentionally overdosed on in the past when depressed. prefer not to take pharmaceuticals anymore.

Art Working / Worked

Open Depression Supporters

i have supported/still support my mother, my boyfriends mother, my boyfriend, myself, and several friends.

Treatments

Crying Somewhat Helpful

Music Working / Worked

Patience Somewhat Helpful

Talking Somewhat Helpful

Art Working / Worked

Open Stress Management

i try to keep myself completely positive for myself and people around me. although, life always throws curveballs, and sometimes i find that all old feelings of pain can be incorporated to new feelings/happenings.

Treatments

Music Working / Worked

Patience Somewhat Helpful

Physical Exercise Too Soon to Tell

i think this will help a lot, i must set up a yoga schedule and stick to it.

Art Working / Worked

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

emotional abuse, light physical abuse when a child, although not severe, only when my mother was very angry

Treatments

Art Working / Worked

this is my number one aide.

Forgiveness Working / Worked

i forgave myself and i am definitely a lot better than i used to be because of this.

Leave Working / Worked

i have moved 18 times in my life, although only a handful of those times were to leave stressful environments.

Music Working / Worked

very very helpful

Psychotherapy Not Working

this wasnt the right avenue for me. we live in a pharmaceutical world.

Talking Too Soon to Tell

i have found that most of my increased strength has come from within and the desire to turn my life into what i want it to be.

Art Working / Worked

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Relative

the disappearance of my aunt almost 21 years ago haunts my dreams. the physical passing of my great grandmother really shook my life. also, having to give our dog away, although his status of alive or not is unknown at this time, still shakes me.

Treatments

Crying Somewhat Helpful

Getting Angry Somewhat Helpful

Helping Others Working / Worked

Keeping Busy Working / Worked

Music Working / Worked

Pets Working / Worked

Poetry Working / Worked

Reading Working / Worked

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

Talking Somewhat Helpful

i have always kept to myself slightly in terms of personal issues

Time Working / Worked

time is infinite so technically thats a tricky answer.

Art Working / Worked

Open Chronic Pain

i suffer from multiple forms of physical pain everyday, some including, stomach pains, joint pains, tightness in chest, headaches (not daily but often), hip pain, knee pain, etc.

Treatments

Chiropractic Adjustment Somewhat Helpful

cant go often enough for it to be effective

Heat Working / Worked

doesnt last long enough though

Marijuana Working / Worked

Open Self-Injury

being irish is good. your skin is ultimately too pale to hold onto scars. they stay a soft pink for awhile and then fade away. the love and support of my boyfriend led me to want to find strength, and ultimately i quit this because of him, because i didnt want to cause him pain.

Treatments

Art Working / Worked

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

this did not work for me.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

Open Family Issues

abandonment issues and general dis-love from father. psychotic but loving mother with bi-polar and ocd tendencies + wild at heart. several issues with sister that must be masked in order to see my nephew (lives on a farm for children with behavorial problems.

Treatments

Music Working / Worked

Psychotherapy Not Working

this did not work for me and i soon quit, but was first forced to go because i ran away from home.

Open Healthy Sex

at an early age, i was caught and punished for humping my beloved teddy bear. after watching a grown-up movie with mommy in elementary school, a neighbor boy and i got in trouble for attempting to dry hump in the backyard, although we really didnt know what it was. but i liked it. i find sexual activity a healthy way to connect with another person, although upon cautious exercise.

Treatments

Patience Too Soon to Tell

insanity is a silly thing.

Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

i feel like i'm an odd mix between OCD and purely o.

Treatments

Art Working / Worked

my go to always.

Marijuana Working / Worked

it helps calm my energy down some helps me stop focusing intensely on unimportant details.

Open Panic Attacks

i have suffered from panic attacks for at least 6-7 years. i experience increased crying, hyperventilation, and light-headedness. putting my face in a cooler and using a brown paper bag are two ways i calm myself down, although i worry these could be a compulsive pattern

Open Eating Disorders

while in a somewhat current self-recovery, the past of anorexia, bulimia, excessive exercise, diet pills, ednos, etc is a daily struggle i must deal with. this was never about my looks, but much deeper issues.

Treatments

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

one night i had taken to many diet pills and drank and ate too much on them later. seeing my boyfriends tears while i had to interrupt a sexual moment to puke profusely in a sink, this was one of the first moments that ever made me want to get better... his fear, sorrow, and concern.

Open Insomnia

i have been suffering since i was 10 years old. sometimes i am 100% fine with it, sometimes it crushes me like a wave. i refuse to take medication for this. when i can finally sleep, i get a typical 5-6 hours and feel refreshed by this.

Treatments

Music Somewhat Helpful

calming at least, although it doesnt necessarily lead to sleep.

Reading Somewhat Helpful

sometimes helpful, sometimes i end up reading a whole book.