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  • About Me

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    scottysgurl35

    Female, 37
    PA, USA
    Member since July 3, 2007

    • About Me

      I'm a loser baby, so why don't ya kill my...drive by bikers, yo bring it on down!

      I'm a loser baby, so why don't ya kill my...drive by bikers, yo bring it on down!

    • Interests

      Stuff that is , uh, interesting, like hard music and interesting people, oh, oh, oh, and xbox!!!! Yeah, xbox - games like COD4 where I can blow peoples' heads off and I LOVE TO PLAY ONLINE....EEEEEK!!!! So much fun!!!!!!

      Stuff that is , uh, interesting, like hard music and interesting people, oh, oh, oh, and xbox!!!! Yeah,

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Bipolar Disorder

      I'm just Bipolar I...GOSH!

      Treatments

      Ativan Not Working
      Made me moody and too jumpy when it wore off...same effects as when I took Xanax
      Lamictal Not Working
      Lamictal caused the worse manic episode ever - grandiose thoughts, etc - gaps in time, way over the top mania - stopped
      Lithium Working / Worked
      Works perfect-caused me to gain 35 lbs but would rather that than go manic again-happy to be stable for the first time EVER in my life 600 mg per day
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      I have made a lot of progress through therapy-but I have multiple diagnoses (Borderline, Anorexia, Panic, OCD)
      Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
      w/out my husband and boys and family I would not be alive b/c I would have given up on living with this disorder-but they show me what love & life are every day
      Topamax Working / Worked
      VERY level moods, lost all weight gained from lithium, no side effects 200mg per day
      Wellbutrin Working / Worked
      Dosage is up to 450 mg extended release per day
    • Close Eating Disorders
      Type: Anorexia

      Started around 16, still struggle with it constantly, lowest weight was 87 lbs at 17 (NOT GOOD), still get too low at times, I trigger pretty easily, I never have a normal relationship with food - EVER and I wish I could

    • Open Back Pain

      Fell in April 2005 - had degenerative disks in lower disks. Herniated L5/S1 - had Lumbar fusion in September 05 - titanium rid and screws put in - constant pain now but not nearly as bad and now legs don't give out. disks above now starting to go now.

      Treatments

      Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working
      made worse
      Darvon Working / Worked
      only thing that eases pain
      Hydrocodone Working / Worked
      took prior to surgery and right after surgery
      Ibuprofen Working / Worked
      doesn't work unless used with the darvon
      Physical Therapy Not Working
      Made the injury 10 times worse after the fall - but did help after the surgery
    • Open Personality Disorders
      Type: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

      Diagnosed Boderline Personality Disorder after many years of abuse - not surprising considering I was never taught how to cope and I have a narcissistic mother and a self-absorbed father who didn't care his daughter was being abused from 850 miles away.

      Treatments

      Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
      Still in it once a week
    • Open Self-Injury

      I have been a cutter since I was 15. It started along with my eating disorder as a way to get rid of hunger pains and also to feel alive/numb pain, etc.

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      I have not cut since January 2007 but recently relapsed
    • Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      Mainly from sexual abuse as a child from age 7 to 8 from step-father,2 uncles, physical abuse by several men while growing up(burns, beatings, etc), flashbacks constantly in dreams or at any time, can have lack of trust in men, raped at age 14 by friend of fathers

      Treatments

      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Presently in, is working but is difficult to get past flashbacks
    • Open Veterans

      I served in the Navy for 4 years Search and Rescue based at Naval Air Station Lemoore. I was An Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class PO. Married my hubby who was a Rescue Swimmer also stationed there. Wouldn't have traded my experience to work on huey's and the comradery for the world!

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