silveroceanblue

Open Asperger Syndrome

I was in a relationship with someone with Aspergers, it ended badly. one of our daughters has Aspergers as well.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

my daughters counselor has worked well with her and she is doing better she is still having problems in school but they are not crisis level on a daily basis anymore.

Open Bisexuality

difficult to go into in detail at this point.

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

i have been struggling with depression since i was a child. i was suicidal and self harming at points. i feel like my life has changed, and i have better tools now......but i'm tired of falling into the depressive mode.

Treatments

Meditation Working / Worked

daily breathing practice i suppose isn't true meditation, but it does help me.

Paxil Somewhat Helpful

i was on this while i was pregnant with my third child. i wsn't good at taking my meds. i don't much remember the experience.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

saved my life.

Writing Considering

sometimes this works and sometimes it just seems to make it worse.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked

this treatment saved my life.

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

i started seriously gaining weight as a teenager, i've been plus size since then but my weight in my late 20's and 30's has steadily climbed, i currently need to lose over 200 lbs. i'm scared and i feel like my health is very veyr poor due to my weight.

Treatments

Counting Calories Not Working

could not stick with it, i forget to write thinngs down, i eat things that don't have a readily available calorie count, and then i give up.

Eating Healthier Foods Not Working

hard to stick with. i sabotage myself often.

Eat Less Not Working

i just seem to eat more often.

Physical Exercise Not Working

more frustration

Weight Watchers Not Working

i couldn't keep track of what i ate. my weight would bounce 10 lbs back and forth every week i weighed. a very frustrating experience.

Open Food Addiction

i don't know what to say other than that i can't stop eating.

Open Loneliness

i was in a long term relationship that was a disaster, i'm raising three little girls on my own. i am very very lonely.

Open Obesity

i weigh around 400lbs. i don't think i need to say more.

Treatments

Physical Exercise Not Working

frustrating even to think about.

Swimming Not Working

expensive, and embarrassing, and time consuming.

Weight Watchers Not Working

couldn't keep track of the food i was eating.

Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

i was in an emotionally, mentally, and physically abusive relationship for 10 years. and before that spent my life in a severely dysfunctional home. i've been diagnosed with PTSD.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

we're just beginning to explore this diagnoses.

Open Single Parenting

i was in a severely abusive relationship for 10 years, i'm now raising 3 little girls on my own. with physical support. it's hard, and scary, and they've come out of this scarred.

Open Thrombocytopenic Purpura

i've had idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura for years now. i tend to ignore it. my hemotoligist was rude to me and i'm scared to go back.

Open Time Management

i have troub,e managing my time. not really sure there is a story.