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mariemichelle
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About Me
25 year old woman living in Western Maryland with my fiancée and our 2 cats :). I had bariatric surgery 8/29/08 and was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at the end of August 2009. I had a total thyroidectomy on 9/9/09 and am having my 1st RAI treatment at the end of October. I'm a very laid-back lady and like to relax more than anything.
25 year old woman living in Western Maryland with my fiancée and our 2 cats :). I had bariatric surgery 8/29/08 and was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer at the end of August 2009. I had a total thyroidectomy on 9/9/09 and am having my 1st RAI treatment at the end of October. I'm a very laid-back lady and like to relax more than anything.
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More people need to focus on the positive things in life and
not focus on the negative. Prescription drugs cannot make you
100% happy. The drugs can only make you feel more normal.
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Close Thyroid Cancer
Type: Papillary CarcinomaWas diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer 8/09, had total thyroidectomy 9/9/09, having 1st RAI 10/09.
Treatments
- Cytomel Working / Worked
- Haven't been on it too long yet, but I won't be on it very much longer before switching to Synthroid only.
- Radioactive Iodine Too Soon to Tell
- Going to have the treatment 10/21/09, lets hope all goes well.
Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionWas diagnosed with major depression at 15, and am now 25 and still feel depressed on & off, despite therapy & medications.
Treatments
- Effexor Somewhat Helpful
- Was on this for a year or two, felt like it worked somewhat okay for a while, but then felt like it stopped working altogether.
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Seroquel Somewhat Helpful
- Well, it surely did help me sleep.....but it would practically put me into a coma and I did *not* like that at all.
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Trazodone Somewhat Helpful
- It helped me sleep for a while, but the more often I took it, the more I felt like I *had* to take it in order to sleep...
- Wellbutrin Somewhat Helpful
- Was on Wellbutrin a couple different times throughout my years of psychiatric counseling. The first time I took it I felt like it didn't have any effect and the second time I think I felt a bit happier while taking it, but not to my full potential.
- Writing Working / Worked
- I've kept an online journal for many years now and it definitely helps to get my thoughts out on to the screen.
- Zoloft Somewhat Helpful
- I'm currently on Zoloft now, 200mg a day. Like everything else I've been on, I feel like it's helping me a bit, but no medication I've been on thus far has helped me feel 100% happy.
Open GERD & Heartburn
Treatments
- Antacids Not Working
- Pepcid Somewhat Helpful
- Pepto-Bismol Somewhat Helpful
- Prevacid Working / Worked
- Protonix Working / Worked
Open Anxiety
I've suffered from intermittent anxiety for about 10 years now and have been on meds for anxiety since I first felt symptoms.
Treatments
- Atarax Working / Worked
- I've used Atarax sporadically over the past 9 months and it's helped me fall asleep very well.
- BuSpar Working / Worked
- I'm currently on BuSpar and fortunately I haven't needed it too often as of lately, but when I do need it, it works pretty well.
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- Xanax Working / Worked
- Xanax worked like a charm every time, but my psychiatrist now refuses to prescribe it to me because he says it's too addicting :(.
- Zoloft Somewhat Helpful
- Taking Zoloft now and my psychiatrist says it's supposed to help with anxiety as well as depression, but I definitely don't notice it being as much of an anxiety reducer compared to other meds specifically for anxiety alone.
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