Steph16

Open Breakups & Divorce

My parents have been divorced for over 4 years, and the animosity between them has yet to cease. I really need help trying to filter their "stabs" at one another everytime I talk to them.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Currently in progress, it seems to be helping a little bit.

Talking Working / Worked

Venting through psychotherapy and with my friend Gail, really helps me.

Open College Stress

I need help learning to manage stressful events during fulltime semesters in univertsity.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Considering

Sleep Working / Worked

Very successful, but found it difficult to get all my work done.

Open Children Of Divorced Parents

My parents have been divorced for over 4 years and constantly pull me into their conflicts. They refuse to speak to each other but will say things to my sister and I like, "Tell you mother/father blah blah blah" I need to learn ways to deal with this.

Open Eating Disorders
Type: Anorexia

I have an eating disorder for almost 12 years. I am 20 years old and i'm looking for some online support while i'm in treatment.

Treatments

Celexa Working / Worked

Wicked drug, everyone should use it.

Dietitian Consult Working / Worked

I am currently being tube fed, so my dietition helps me to plan menus and supplement calories through my tube feed.

Group Therapy Somewhat Helpful

Group therapy helps a little bit, but i'm always worried about triggering other patients or saying something stupid.

Outpatient Treatment Program Working / Worked

I am currently an outpatient, but i'm essentially being treated as an inpatient (living just off of the unit/clinic) and receiving daily meals and support.

Paxil Not Working

Did not work for me, no change.

Prozac Not Working

Decreased my appetite and made me manic.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

In the process of working through psychotherapy. Have been engaging in this for 5 years. Slowly making process.

Open Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)

Open Agoraphobia & Social Anxiety

I have schizoid personality disorder (SPD), and I find it very difficult to be around pepole, or to go out. It has made maintaining relationships extremely difficult, because I inadvertantly withdraw myself and become extremely anxious when social gatherings are a prospect. I can't even walk into a mall or order pizza on my own because I am so afraid of the social contact that I will have to engage in. I need help to overcome these fears and to start living my life with companions.

Open Bullying

I was bullied all through elementary, junior high and high school. Back in the first year of my post-secondary studies, an ex-boyfriend continued to bully me by refusing to let me talk to other men. After I finally broke it off, he told our mutual friends about horrible things that I did (which was completely fabricated), and I now have no friends. I am not a confident person and being a victim of bullying has pushed me to attempt suicide twice in the past. How can be as me and not a victim?

Open Depression

I have been clinically depressed for 7 years. I have had 3 suicide attempts and I need help to get out of this "fog" of confusion and apathy toward life that I am in.

Treatments

Celexa Working / Worked

Working really well right now.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful

Worked well for awhile, but was terminated when therapist left the IP program to do private practice.

Meditation Too Soon to Tell

I am starting to use guided meditation in my recovery, which seems to be helpful, but I have only done it twice...I tend to fall asleep to it!

Paxil Not Working

Did nothing for me.

Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful

When I am able to think positively, it helps, but at this point i'm so far into my depression that these moments are fleeting at best.

Prozac Not Working

Made my manic, more suicidal, and completely killed my appetite. Terrible drug to prescribe to an anorexic.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Currently engaging in psychotherapy to try to get to the root cause of my illnesses.

Seroquel Working / Worked

Miracle drug, everyone should use it. Takes down anxiety immensely, and allows you head to think about things through a more rationale lens than that of depression.

Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful

Sometimes my family gets TOO involved which makes things worse, but on the whole, I like having them around when I need them.

Trazodone Somewhat Helpful

Pretty much just zonked me out so that I was physically unconscious and unable to be depressed.

Writing Too Soon to Tell

I have anorexia, so journally back and forth between my e/d and self is sort of interesting, but as far as how successful this is, it is too soon to tell. Too physically tired to do this all the time though, I am very weak at the moment.

Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I have had problems with OCD sine I was 5 years old and my mom told me that playing on playground equipment was "dirty" and "filthy" and would make me unclean. Two years ago I was at the point where I wouldn't open doors because the door handles were "contaminated". I carry hand sanitizer with me everywhere. I have to eat my foods in seperate sections (ie. carrots, then potatoes, then meat) until each is gone. No mixing. Foods must not touch. I "type" words in my head to make them equal.

Treatments

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Not Working

Paxil Not Working

Seroquel Too Soon to Tell