New Job
October 3, 2009 8:46pm
I just accepted a job offer! I'm going to be a residential counselor at an adolescent treatment center. I'm really excited about …
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bonny526
8:43pm, October 3, 2009
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About Me
bonny526
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About Me
-name\'s Rachel -recently graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine with a B.A. in Sociology -love to sing, read -write my own song lyrics -am currently suffering from anxiety and depression for the umpteenth time and feel like I\'ve tried everything. I just don\'t know what to do anymore. I don\'t know how to get better, especially when I\'m doing it on my own without the support of family and friends. -Diagnoses: GAD with panic attacks, Major Depression, mild OCD, mild Social Phobia
-name\'s Rachel -recently graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine with a B.A. in Sociology -love to sing, read -write my own song lyrics -am currently suffering from anxiety and depression for the umpteenth time and feel like I\'ve tried everything. I just don\'t know what to do anymore. I don\'t know how to get better, especially when I\'m doing it on my own without the support of family and friends. -Diagnoses: GAD with panic attacks, Major Depression, mild OCD, mild Social Phobia
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Interests
Singing, songwriting, dance, reading
Singing, songwriting, dance, reading
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Interview
September 7, 2009 2:50pm
Have an interview Friday for a job that was originally a 32-hour position. That, unfortunately, was filled internally, so now I'm looking …
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Journal Entry for July 14, 2009
July 14, 2009 10:28pm
I'm tired of living somewhere I'm not wanted. I spend all my time alone in my room on my computer, doing nothing. I can't …
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Journal Entry for July 13, 2009
July 13, 2009 6:30pm
I had the worst panic attack of my life this afternoon. Out of the blue, I just started to feel like I couldn't breathe and was blacking …
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Journal Entry for July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009 9:00pm
I saw my new psychiatrist today and she says I have "atypical anxiety". A little GAD, a little panic disorder, a little OCD, a little …
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Support Groups
Close Anxiety
I was diagnosed with GAD with panic attacks my junior year of high school and had bouts of depression through college. After seemingly getting a handle on my anxiety, I've relapsed significantly and it has thrown me for a loop. I'm frustrated with myself and my family has never understood. I have very little support and I'm back to living at home, which is kind of a war zone. I'm having a lot of difficulty feeling motivated or good about myself.
Treatments
- Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful
- Meditation tapes and visualization exercises are very soothing.
- BuSpar Not Working
- made me feel more depressed
- Klonopin Somewhat Helpful
- Take as needed for panic attacks
- Lexapro Not Working
- no effect
- Luvox Not Working
- numbs me, makes me excessively tired, doesn't help with the anxiety at all, extremely habit-forming
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- Paxil Working / Worked
- Is very habit-forming and I had quite a difficult time with withdrawal when my doctor changed my medication, though I was weaned off very slowly. Stopped being helpful after I was on it for a few years.
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- Originally helped a lot. Now I'm having anxiety that my former treatments no longer help with.
- Prozac Somewhat Helpful
- Mild effect, no side effects, no withdrawal symptoms
- Research Working / Worked
- Xanax Not Working
- Yoga Somewhat Helpful
- Zoloft Not Working
- Remeron Too Soon to Tell
Close Arthritis - Juvenile
Diagnosed at 6. Currently in remission but worried it's coming back
Treatments
- Naproxen Working / Worked
- Physical Therapy Somewhat Helpful
Open Children Of Divorced Parents
bonny526 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionSeveral episodes of depression over the last 8 years
Treatments
- Celexa Not Working
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Not Working
- Lexapro Not Working
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- Paxil Not Working
- Positive Thinking Not Working
- Prozac Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- Writing Somewhat Helpful
- Zoloft Not Working
Open Family Issues
Too much to tell
Treatments
- Family Therapy Not Working
- My family failed to cooperate
- Music Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Talking Somewhat Helpful
- Writing Somewhat Helpful
Open Insomnia
Insomnia due to an anxiety disorder
Treatments
- Lavender Somewhat Helpful
- Meditation Working / Worked
- Music Not Working
- Reading Not Working
Open Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Treatments
- Acidophilus Somewhat Helpful
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Not Working
- High Fiber Diet Somewhat Helpful
- Imodium Somewhat Helpful
- Peppermint Somewhat Helpful
- Probiotics Somewhat Helpful
Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
mild OCD
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Lexapro Not Working
- Luvox Somewhat Helpful
- Habit-forming, fatigue
- Paxil Working / Worked
- Habit-forming
- Zoloft Not Working
Open Panic Attacks
GAD with panic attacks, has recently worsened despite years of handling my anxiety successfully
Treatments
- BuSpar Not Working
- Klonopin Somewhat Helpful
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- Patience Somewhat Helpful
- Paxil Working / Worked
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Xanax Not Working
- Zoloft Not Working
Open Physical & Emotional Abuse
My mother is extremely verbally, emotionally, and mentally abusive.
Treatments
- Group Therapy Not Working
- Leave Somewhat Helpful
- Works when I have the choice
- Music Working / Worked
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Talking Somewhat Helpful
Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD from family issues and parent's alcohol abuse
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Music Somewhat Helpful
- Paxil Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Reading Somewhat Helpful
- Talking Somewhat Helpful
- Zoloft Not Working
Open Restless Legs Syndrome
bonny526 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Shyness
Treatments
- Pets Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Self-esteem Somewhat Helpful
- Would work better if I had more of it
- Self-help Working / Worked
- Singing Somewhat Helpful
- Socializing Somewhat Helpful
Open Stress Management
Treatments
- Music Working / Worked
- Patience Working / Worked
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
