my story part 1
July 6, 2009 12:10am
Progress
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Goal End Date is Sep 30, 09 57 days ago.
Mags23 
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About Me
Mags23
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About Me
just trying to make sense of things and get through each day
just trying to make sense of things and get through each day
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Recent Activity
November 7
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Mags23 updated their status 12:23am
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Mags23 and 2angelsinmo are now friends 12:23am
September 23
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Mags23 turned 23 12:00am
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Journal
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Hugbook
Hug
hey mags...i wasn't on hardly at all this summer...just getting back now...thinking of you and sending you a great big hug..hope this hug finds you well....wishing you peace and love and all thing's pure and good, hope to see you back on the board real soon....xoxox, maggie
Well Done
good job expressing yourself in your journal mag.....stay strong.......
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Good Luck
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I’m With You
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Ray of Sunshine
just remember maggie:you're special,and as bright as the sunshine in the sky above....
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Support Groups
Close Spina Bifida
Type: otherIt seems impossible to try to tell my story in 500 characters. I was born with myelomenigocele (L4-L5). I have had multiple surgeries and other treatments along the way. I am looking for others who can relate to my experiences.
Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI was diagnosed with depression at 15 due to delayed reaction of a traumatic event when I was 12. I have been living with it ever since. some days are better than others.
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
- Has worked and is still working for me
- Cymbalta Not Working
- Wasn't on it too long. Made me too nautious and at the time I couldn't stick it out
- Effexor Working / Worked
- I was on this med probably the longest of all the meds I have been on. Lasted a good few years. They had to keep increasing the dose over time and eventually I had to switch to another med.
- Paxil Not Working
- felt really tired and drugged on paxil
- Prozac Working / Worked
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Wellbutrin Somewhat Helpful
- Once I got past the nausea it worked. I developed some strange side effects but they disappeared over time. Had I stayed with it this one probably could have continued to work pretty well.
- Writing Working / Worked
- I love writing. Sometimes it makes me think more which is not always a good thing but most of the time just being able to put pen to paper helps me organize my thoughts and validates what I am feeling.
Open Hydrocephalus
Treatments
- Shunts Working / Worked
- Have had the same shunt most of my life and so far so good
Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Parentlost my dad 15 days after my 12th birthday. He had bone marrow cancer and then a stroke. I miss him a lot even 10 years later.
Treatments
- Crying Working / Worked
- sometimes it works, sometimes I just feel worse, but I think its good to get it out
- Grief Counseling Somewhat Helpful
- I went to a grief support group years ago but didn't find it very helpful
- Music Working / Worked
- A lot of the time the music I listen to when I'm grieving is sad. So I cry. Sometimes I feel better afterward.
- Pets Working / Worked
- I have had many pets over the years, they are a comforting companion most of the time.
- Poetry Working / Worked
- I wrote some poetry when I was about 15 or so. It helped me at the time.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I am still working on a lot of issues connected to my dads death. It is nice to have the support of a professional to deal with it.
- Remembering Working / Worked
- Remebering is bittersweet but I appreciate the moments when I can tell one of my dads jokes and laugh instead of cry.
- Talking Working / Worked
- Its nice to be able to just vent and have people there to be supportive and listen. Makes me feel not so alone.
Open Anxiety
Treatments
- Meditation Working / Worked
- helps sometimes
- Paxil Not Working
- didnt work
- Xanax Working / Worked
- has worked in the past
Open Bipolar Disorder
newly diagnosed from depression to bipolar 2
Treatments
- Lamictal Considering
- about to start it, not sure what to think
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