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Open Eating Disorders

NOS eating disorder

Treatments

Dietitian Consult Somewhat Helpful

She's OK

Lexapro Not Working

Put on it, didn't work, taken off.

Paxil Not Working

See Lexapro

Prozac Not Working

Made me suicidal

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

My nutritionist is phenominal! I am making very good progress but it is a daily struggle...

Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful

They're not very supportive.

Open Self-Injury

I have a history of this, it's been a while though.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

Meh.

Red Marker Working / Worked

It wasn't a red marker but drawing on myself did help.

Rubber Bands Working / Worked

This helped a lot in the beginning of stopping.

Talking Not Working

Talking about my urges to self-harm just got everyone riled up, not helpful to me.

Tattoos Somewhat Helpful

I have one, I love it, I don't think it has much to do with my SI history though.

Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

I have flashbacks, I have a wild startle reflex among other things.

Treatments

Art Somewhat Helpful

I love to draw and scuplt, it helps most of the time

Effexor Not Working

Just another link in the chain of drugs they put me on that didn't work.

Inderal Working / Worked

Officially I am on it for high blood pressure but it helps with this too.

Music Working / Worked

I'm a huge fan of Bon Jovi, if all else fails listening to Bon Jovi helps.

Paxil Not Working

Went on, taken off, meh.

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

It depends....

Remeron Not Working

Just another drug that didn't work.

Seroquel Not Working

Taken off, too sedating, and very serious heart side effects.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

It depends on who I try to talk to about what.

Open Anxiety

I have really bad panic attacks from time to time

Treatments

Inderal Too Soon to Tell

Brings down my blood pressure, seems to help my anxiety too.

Lexapro Not Working

Can't remember why I was taken off this

Paxil Not Working

Can't remember why I was taken off this one either

Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I have tendencies toward Obsessive Compulsive behaviors.

Treatments

Lexapro Not Working

Can't remember... I think I was taken off because of something having to do with my heart

Luvox Not Working

Oh who knows, who cares? Another drug they put through me.

Paxil Not Working

Don't remember why I was taken off this one

Remeron Not Working

Yay, more drugs! Oh, right, they don't bloody work!

Seroquel Not Working

Tired and irregular heartbeat = taken off.

Open Panic Attacks

Yeah, big, bad, ugly ones.

Treatments

BuSpar Somewhat Helpful

Upset my stomach, wasn't on it long enough to get the full effect.

Effexor Not Working

Was on this briefly as I recall but can't remember why I was taken off it

Inderal Working / Worked

Officially on it for HBP, works well for this too.

Patience Somewhat Helpful

Sometimes...

Paxil Not Working

I can't remember if it was a heart issue or if I was depressed on it or what but I was taken off it.

Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful

Tough, tough, tough

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

I have a therapist.. we talk.. it helps a little

Seroquel Not Working

Taken off when doctors FINALLY recognized what it was doing to my heart.

Open Career Changes

Been out of work since April '06, but am tired of retail anyway.

Open Separation Anxiety

I'm always scared that people are going to leave me! I don't really let anyone get too close to me.

Open Chronic Pain

I am in a lot of physical pain a lot of the time.

Treatments

Cymbalta Not Working

OMG devil drug!!!!! It gave me HORRIBLE nightmares and made my SOOOO tired!

Heat Somewhat Helpful

Works OK

Lyrica Somewhat Helpful

It works somewhat as long as I get some sleep I am OK

Open Phobia

Many.

Treatments

Acceptance Somewhat Helpful

What else can I do?

Open Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma

My grandmother has this

Open Depression

I go through periods of SEVERE depression

Treatments

Cymbalta Not Working

DEVIL DRUG!

Effexor Not Working

Lexapro Not Working

Paxil Not Working

Prozac Not Working

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

Seroquel Not Working

Wellbutrin Not Working

Writing Somewhat Helpful

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

I'm getting thinner, it's just hard since I have both a history of a raging eating disorder as well as being on medication that made me really, really heavy.

Treatments

Eat Less Too Soon to Tell

Physical Exercise Somewhat Helpful

I walk a lot, not that I have a choice, I never learned to drive!

Weight Watchers Not Working

Did this for a while, but all the goddamn weighing and points drove me crazy. I also wasn't loosing the type of weight I wanted to.

Open Family Issues

I have one, enough said.

Treatments

Family Therapy Not Working

We tried this, it was far from helpful.

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

Good days and bad days....

Talking Not Working

I have serious trust issues with my parents which results in words getting stuck in my throat. It's very hard. I can be SCREAMING things I want to say in my head and they will NOT come out my mouth no matter how hard I try to will them to.

Writing Working / Worked

Good way to vent.

Open Healthy Eating

Working toward this, but I've never had a healthy diet in my life, ever. It's all or nothing, tons of sugar and calories or not eating and purging. It's very hard to teach yourself healthy eating when you have NEVER come close to it in 27 years.

Open Healthy Relationships

I mostly have relationships that are all about me or all about the other person, it's very hard.

Treatments

Patience Somewhat Helpful

I do my best with this.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

Communication is not my strong suit.

Writing Working / Worked

I am really good at this, it helps me a lot.

Open Hypothyroidism

Treatments

Synthroid Working / Worked

Tiny, tiny dose but seems to help.

Open Insomnia

I have a hard time sleeping, particularly staying asleep.

Treatments

Ambien Working / Worked

Standard Ambien not CR helps me, the CR makes me really wacked out. Ambien need to run it's course though so I have to stay in bed even if I wake up in the middle of the night.

Lavender Somewhat Helpful

I love the smell of this, it's really relaxing.

Meditation Somewhat Helpful

If I can turn my brain off it does help.

Music Somewhat Helpful

Depends on what I am listening to obviously.

Open Breakups & Divorce

My parents are getting a divorce

Open Pancreatic Cancer

My grandpa had this, he died in December 2008.

Open Body Modification

Eyebrow piercing and a tattoo

Open Healthy Sex

I'd like a healthy sexual relationship when I am ready, it's just not now. I've had sex, it just wasn't healthy.

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Relative

My grandfather died mid-December 2008.

Treatments

Crying Somewhat Helpful

It helps when I can actually do it.

Getting Angry Considering

I can't tap into this emotion very long

Helping Others Working / Worked

I enjoy talking to people.

Keeping Busy Somewhat Helpful

As long as I don't get TOO busy it's helpful.

Music Working / Worked

Bon Jovi therapy!

Pets Working / Worked

My dog: aka my sister, mother, daughter, best friend....

Poetry Working / Worked

Haven't written in a while, used to be really helpful

Prayer Working / Worked

It's not really prayer but I talk to him like he's still here.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Therapy is really helpful but I don't talk much about this.

Remembering Somewhat Helpful

A bit helpful.

Scrapbooking Working / Worked

Making that scrapbook was so theraputic.

Support from Friends & Family Too Soon to Tell

I don't talk about it much and neither does my family.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

It helps, I don't talk much about this though.

Time Somewhat Helpful

It is getting better, some days are better than others though.

Open Loneliness

Just lonely.