KristiL

Open Personality Disorders
Type: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

I suffer from borderline personality disorder as well as bipolar disorder, i am in therapy now,(again) to try to help myself learn how to deal effectivly with it

Open Healthy Relationships

i am trying to learn ways to have a healthy relationship with my husband . we dont have a healthy one at all

Treatments

Patience Working / Worked

i do my best...sometimes it works

Writing Working / Worked

works for me

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

IN short, i deal with emotinal abuse, verbal abuse from my spouse. he is the love of my life, but i cant for the life of me understand why he treats me the way he does.

Treatments

Talking Not Working

tried communicating with him, doesnt work. I do journal to vent and taht does help me some to get rid of the pain

Open Gastric Bypass Surgery

I wll be 6 yrs post op in may 2008.

Open Degenerative Disc Disease

After a at work injury i was dx'd with DDD a few months ago. I also have osteoarthritis i am told. So many physical things going on right now and fighting the wc system to get the care i need. The pain is a 24/7 thing for me. It seems that heat is the only thing that helps relieve it some. Hopefully we can get me all figured out. All i know is that life is extremely hard right now. I am so limited on what i am able to do. My husband carries the load of most of the stuf i used to do,

Open Arthritis

I am 41 and have been recently dx'd with DDD and cervical arthritis, i also evidentally have osteo arthritis in my hips, i am sure i do in my hands and knees too. I am still in the beginning of the treatment faze of it all, It all came crashing in after i got hurt at work. The pain keeps me from doing so much. Even the simplist tasks. Boy the things we take for granted on being able to do :(

Treatments

Ibuprofen Not Working

Pain Management Clinic Considering

Relafen Somewhat Helpful

Tylenol Not Working

Open Bipolar Disorder

I am 41 and have been dx'd bipolar for many years now. 20 yrs pretty much is what i can remember. I take my meds faithfully. After years of therapy , med therapy i pretty much know how to handle the changes.

Treatments

Depakote Not Working

my hair fell out from it so they took me off it

Group Therapy Working / Worked

when i was first diagnosed group therapy for my bipolar really helped..It showed me that alot of what i was doing was from the bipolar NOT me.

Lithium Not Working

oh i hated this stuff. I had extreme problems with it. Lethargy, bloody stools (bleeding all the time). etc

Seroquel Working / Worked

It works i dont use it all the time but when i am having problems sleeping

Tegretol Working / Worked

Been on it for 20 yrs now and it has worked great for me. I have some memory loss but nothing like the other meds. The extended release worked better for me though. because of gastric bypass i cant take that type anymore

Wellbutrin Not Working

didnt work

Paxil Working / Worked

with the tegretol it works good for me. i still have lows but very very seldom the black tunnel lows unless something in my life is stressing me to the bottom

Open Chronic Pain

after a injury at work at a truck driver i was told by one of my drs i had cervicle degenerative arthritis. It has been a few months since the injury and dx and i am still in extreme pain. Medical care is on hold because of my employer. I am hoping to get into pain managment to get proper treatment soon

Treatments

Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful

Physical Therapy Not Working

Relafen Not Working

i dont know if this helps or not. I have been on it for 4 months now. I am still in extreme pain with alot of physical limitations

Open Myofascial Pain Syndrome

the last dr i saw because of intense pain i am having dx'd me as this. I am not sure if i have it or not. I have been in extreme pain in different parts of my body since a injury.

Open Menopause

I had a complete hysto that put me into surgical menopause. I was put on the vivelle patch the same day i had my hystorectomy. It worked pretty good for awhile then stopped working pretty much. sometimes it just sucks being a woman lol.

Treatments

Estrogen Patch Somewhat Helpful

it worked well to begin with but needed an increase in dosage and because i smoke stupid i know huh i cant have it increased.

Open Back Pain

i am a truck driver (well was) i was injured while driving my truck in may, since then i have neck, back, arm, rearend, hip and leg pain. we are working on figuring out whats wrong so i can fix it all

Treatments

Cortisone (Injection) Not Working

Flexeril Not Working

Heat Somewhat Helpful

Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful

Naproxen Not Working

Physical Therapy Not Working

Relaxation Not Working

Stretching Not Working

OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Open Sciatica

i am waiting for the official dx of sciatica, i have mri's this week. i am sure i have it though by what i read. Pain in my low back, rear, burning pain in my hips, thighs all the way to my toes.

Treatments

Duragesic Patch Working / Worked

I started on this last week after 8months on vicoden that didnt really helpmuch. It works wonders!

Lyrica Too Soon to Tell

i just started it saturday i am not sure if it helps or not yet. It does make me doppy for a bit after it take it and in the afternoon i am pretty much out of it so tired then

Celebrex Not Working

didnt do a thing for me

Open Fibromyalgia

Treatments

Heat Working / Worked

Lyrica Working / Worked

TENS Working / Worked

Open Epilepsy & Seizures

Open Breakups & Divorce

after three years of emotional and verbal abuse i told my husband no more. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and conversion disorder. I have mental illnesses prior. It got worse after i got "sick" all i know is that i deserve to be treated like i am loved not like i am hated.

Treatments

Forgiveness Not Working

i wish i could say i forgive...i am not to that point right now. when it happened over and over i stopped forgiving. but because i am a christian i will have to come to a point where i do

Leave Working / Worked

i coudlnt take it anymore. The emotional and verbal abuse has taken me from a strong woman to someone who is struggling. I will be fine now that he left. I see no future for us at all. He is who and what he is.

Pets Working / Worked

my cat is my everything. unconditional love

Psychotherapy Considering

i would love ot go like i am supposed to , but it will have to wait until i move and get my own vehicle in a few months

Reading Working / Worked

i find reading very relaxing

Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful

because i lost all my friends, and my family is so far away it is hard to let myself call and talk to them, for support. my problem is i dont want to put all my trash on someone else

Talking Not Working

didnt work anymore. his way or no way

Open Life After Divorce