psyche

Open Depression

I first tried to kill myself at the age of 7 and have dealt w/depression since then with little to no success..I'm having an awful time in my life right now w/out any kind of support system.

Treatments

Effexor Not Working

Lexapro Not Working

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

back in therapy but I'm not holding my breath since I have personality disorders which don't really respond to treatment.....I wish I could die

Open Breakups & Divorce

Treatments

Al-Anon Somewhat Helpful

Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell

Support Groups Too Soon to Tell

Time Not Working

Open Anxiety

I suffer from Bi=polar and never had anxiety until my parents got sick and died 3 years ago and then my boyfriend of 7 years left me. I now have panic attacks and take meds daily for anxiety. It sucks and it's the worse feeling

Treatments

Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful

Breathwork Not Working

Klonopin Somewhat Helpful

Zoloft Too Soon to Tell

Open Codependency

I let my boyfriend send $130,000 of my money and I now live in a trailer that I'm getting ready to lose since he convinced me that I didn't need to file taxes. I worked 3 jobs while we were together..he rarely worked if ever. Now the money is gone he's gone and I'm a basket case.

Treatments

Pets Somewhat Helpful

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Parent

I lost both of my parents w/in 2 months of each other in 2--4 and I can't get over it. My mom and I had the same birthday. Her anniversay of death was 10/12/07. I don't feel like I can live w/out my best friend...my mom.we talked everyday. I miss her

Treatments

Crying Not Working

Getting Angry Somewhat Helpful

Pets Somewhat Helpful

Prayer Not Working

Psychotherapy Not Working

Remembering Somewhat Helpful

i'm jewish but I can't even go to temple and say the prayers for the dead...someone else has to do it for me .....I end up screaming and crying and was carried out the one time I tried

Support from Friends & Family Not Working

my family is dead, my boyfriend left me and I don't know anyone in the area that he moved me too before he left me

Support Groups Not Working

no support grps in my backward area of the state

Talking Not Working

Time Not Working

Open Chronic Pain

I've had arthristis since I was 26 now 52. I've been moved to an area that has a large drug px so no docs here will write Rx's for pain meds....I hurt so bad all the time and my depression makes it much worse and I don't have insurance.

Treatments

Chiropractic Adjustment Somewhat Helpful

but no insurance

Cymbalta Not Working

Flexeril Working / Worked

helped but no one will give it too me now..and no insurance

Heat Somewhat Helpful

Marijuana Working / Worked

it helps but since it's illegal what can I do...my ex moved me to a new area and I don't know anyone or trust anyone....but sometimes pot did seem to make the pain in my muscles worse.

Naproxen Not Working

Neurontin Somewhat Helpful

but stopped working after awhile

Oxycodone Somewhat Helpful

in this area no one will write for pain meds and the percocet helped but they wouldn't increase the dose after the same dose for 7 years

Physical Therapy Working / Worked

helped but no insurance; no PT

Topamax Not Working

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

first my dad used to beat me then I grew up and married a man that beat me. He was good.he only hit me where it never showed. I quess i was used to it.my last boyfriend threatened to beat me due to my depression.

Treatments

Abuse Counseling Working / Worked

Divorce Working / Worked

Psychotherapy Not Working

Talking Somewhat Helpful

feel ashamed

Open Sexual Abuse

my father sexually abused me from the age of 4 until the age of 12.no penentration but still very weird. I've been date raped a number of times and stranger raped once

Treatments

Talking Too Soon to Tell

Open Financial Challenges

do to a boyfriend telling me that I didn't owe taxes for 3 yrs I owe the IRS $4500 and the state of VA $3500 and have no income..trying for disability..he's now left me and I'm going to lose my home

Treatments

Cut Up Credit Cards Working / Worked

Earn Money Not Working

can't get a job due to mental illness and lously economy

Filing for Bankruptcy Somewhat Helpful

filled years ago

Holding a Garage Sale Somewhat Helpful

sold all of my mother's silver (she's dead) and other family herilooms

Open Senior Dating & Sexuality

I'm 52 spent the last 7 yrs with a man 15 years younger who took me for everything I had. Who wants to date an old woman.

Open Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

I was diagnosed with CFS at the age of 26.I'm now 52...no real success in treating this disease just living with it

Treatments

Cymbalta Not Working

Klonopin Somewhat Helpful

Pain Management Clinic Working / Worked

helped but moved from urban area to rural area w/drug issues (meth labs) so no docs will write for Rx's and most don't believe in the disease here

Reflexology Working / Worked

loved it, but no one here knows it and don't have the money

Reiki Considering

no one knows it here and no money

Zoloft Too Soon to Tell

Open Pet Bereavement

I have a cat(really my ex's) who I've taken care of for the last 7 yrs. He won't. The cat is in critical condition at the vets and I may have to decide to end his life and then bring him home so the other animals may see him and then bury him with no support since my family is dead, my ex is gone and i have no friends in this area that I've just moved too.

Open Coming Out

I've considered myself to be bi-sexual for my whole life despite the fact that I've only had affairs w/women but no long term relationships. Relaionships with men have never worked for me and now I think I'm probably jsut gay and at 52 confused.

Open Self-Injury

I'm 53 years old and been self cutting since I was a teenager...I'm bi-polar and going through the break up of a long term relationship(his idea, not mine) and both of my parents just died w/in 2 months of each other.

Treatments

Group Therapy Working / Worked

I really got more out of group but there is no group therapy in this little piss ant of a town that my boyfriend left me in.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

didn't help much but I didn't like the therapist...one of those "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" type.

Open Bipolar Disorder

I was diagnosised as Bi=polar about 12 or 14 yrs ago after being treated for depression since the age of 17...I have lots of diagosises for lots of other things too, but I'm really struggling w/getting the bi-polar under control...I'm never manic...never the happy I can do anything fun type...I only get angry, want to hurt myself or others and then more deeply depressed...depressed everyday.

Treatments

Celexa Somewhat Helpful

Depakote Not Working

made me gain tremoudous amount of weight

Lamictal Not Working

allergic reaction....severe scalp itching

Lithium Not Working

made me sad and then psycotic

Seroquel Working / Worked

makes me eat

Topamax Somewhat Helpful

Wellbutrin Not Working

made me violent

Open ADHD / ADD

I've had it all my life except in the 50's they beat the hyperactivity out of you so now I'm quiet but I can't remember shit.

Treatments

Adderall Too Soon to Tell

Ritalin Somewhat Helpful

Open Marijuana Addiction & Recovery

I've been getting high since I was 14 and I'm 53 now. I love it and it helps with my chronic pain. The trouble is for me is that I've moved to a new area where I don't have any connections and haven't been high in 8 months and I know it's making my depression much worse.

Treatments

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Not Working

I went to NA when I was in my late teens when my shrink found out I was getting high, but didn't stay once I was released. Instead I became a drug counselor for alcoholics and hard core addicts; meth,coke,etc. I believe in legitagization of all drugs to pay off the national debt in the USA

Open Phobia
Type: Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces)

I've been depressed since the age of 7. I just received disability for bi-polar. My boyfriend of 7 yrs left me last yr after my mom and dad died w/in 2 months of each other. I live in the country where I don't know anyone and I have now developed agoraphobia. I have 4 cats and 1 dog which keep me living. I have had numerous suicide attempts, I self-mulitate and I cry all the time. I am 53 years old and wish I was dead. I don't have any children and no family now that my boyfriend has left

Open Anger Management

I hate the entire fucking world and my stupid inability to kill myself. I should have died time after time, but when I get really depressed I get so angry that I just want to destroy things. Punch walls. I've gone to bars looking for fights but I can never get the guys to fight me and the dumb ass chicks don't last. It's like I can taste blood in my mouth and once I start on somthing or someone I have to be thrown off of them. I hate myself but there's no rush like anger where shit is flying.