tammygirl

Open Smoking Addiction & Recovery

I've been smoking for nearly 20yrs and am very addicted without much hope of being able to quit. I hate it and it totally controls me. I'd like to change that and maybe some support and advice here will help me to do that.

Treatments

Cold Turkey Not Working

horrible

Nicotine Patch Not Working

Open Healthy Sex

Open Parenting Big Kids (5-8)

I'm bipolar which in the past has affected my ability to parent effectivly. I'm now stable and concider myself to be a very good mother, but there's always room for improvement. My 7 year old daughter is the most precious thing in this world to me and she deserves the absolute best I can be.

Treatments

Patience Working / Worked

When I feel like I'm going to scream, I always count to ten or even twenty if necessary and it always grounds me.

Open War in Iraq

Personally I don't agree with the war in Iraq. Yes, Sadam needed to be taken down but we did that. That should have been the end of the story. I also saw on a news program that we went in after weapons of mass distruction primarily due to one so called 'very reliable' source who stated that he previously worked at an establishment where he knew the weapons to be located at. His name was 'Curve Ball'. It was later found to be a complete and total hoax on this mans part.Unacceptable.

Open Seasonal Affective Disorder

I'm bipolar, and I understand that seasonal effective is common in bipolars. Most seasonals suffer from depression in the winter it's said because of the lack of light. I'm just the opposite. I love the winter. I feel fresh and spunky in the winter. I simply cannot stand hot weather. My depressive episodes are far more severe and frequent in the summer. My anger level and my quickness to snap angrily are a lot greater in summer as well. I hope to edjucate myself about this issue.

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

I am bipolar, but suffer almost primarly from major depression. I've been this way for as long as I can remember. I'm on meds that help tremendously, but it's still something that affects me daily and is sometimes debilitating.

Treatments

Paxil Working / Worked

Positive Thinking Working / Worked

I've applied the concepts of the laws of attraction as described in the book and movie "The Secret" and when used has amazing results.

Seroquel Working / Worked

Seroquel has helped to regulate my sleep as I've had insomnia all of my life. It also almost completly gets rid of anger issues I used to have. I used to be absolutely furious at times for no good reason and I rarely feel that way anymore.(except for PMS)

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

I have an extremely supportive husband and mother. And my friends on this site are so very loving and supportive. They have become my second family.

Lithium Working / Worked

I take lithium for bipolar disorder. It helps a lot with the frequency of my depressive episodes.

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

I take medication that makes it very easy to gain weight and very difficult to loose it.

Open Healthy Eating

I know my eating habits are atrocious. I don't eat enough fruits and vegtables and I don't have a proper eating schedule. I never eat breakfast and rarely eat anything at all until late afternoon. I'm a late night eater and that has to change but I need support to do that. It's difficult to teach an old dog new tricks.

Open Fitness Goals
Type: Improve overall fitness

I never exercise. And I mean NEVER! I'm pushing 40 now and becoming more aware that I have a responsibility to take better care of my health for my family's sake as well as my own.

Open Healthy Relationships

I am deeply in love with my husband of 9yrs. We have had a tremendous amount of problems in that time and have even split up a few times and gotten back together. We have been through hell and back together, but now have a very happy and healthy marraige and I want to keep it that way. He's everything to me.

Treatments

Patience Working / Worked

Sometimes I do with my husband what I do with my 7yr old daughter. When I feel I'm going to blow my top, I count to ten or twenty(depending on how angry I am) and it always helps me to back up and not say anything I'll regret.

Open Families & Friends of Gays & Lesbians

I have an 18 year old step-son who came out a year ago. I have absolutely no problem with homosexuality and never have so it's not an issue. I just joined this community to help me better understand some of the issues that he faces that I may not be aware of. I want to be able to support him in the best way possible if needed by educating myself with the help of others in this community.

Open Breakups & Divorce

My husband and I split up two months ago after he got drunk and got into my kolonipin and hit me and my daughter and a cop. He's facing jail time soon. I'm now a single mom for the first time and it's good but lonley.

Treatments

Forgiveness Working / Worked

I could be resentful and angry, but that will only hurt myself.

Reading Working / Worked

Reading is a great escape for me.

Talking Working / Worked

I talk to my mom and ds friends alot and that helps.

Open Self-Injury

I don't self injure, but I love someone who does. I need help to help this person.