mazz1983’s Profile

Open Breakups & Divorce

My fionce ran off with my big sister

Open Psoriasis
Affected Areas: Psoriasis of the Skin

i have suffered with psoriasis since i was 14

Treatments

Betamethasone (Topical) Working / Worked

very good

Coal Tar Working / Worked

ok ish, works but stinks

Dovonex Working / Worked

good but burnt my skin

Phototherapy Not Working

made it worse

Open Infidelity

my ex fionce went behind my back with my big sister, needless to say i speak to neither now

Treatments

Leave Working / Worked

i moved to my moms and now im moving south for a new life

Open Eating Disorders

i dont know if you can call it an eating disorder but i eat very little, sometimes not at all, i only eat a little on a night, i have a phobia of putting on weight hence why i cant eat, i dont want to be fat

Open Chronic Pain

i have osteitis pubis

Treatments

Heat Working / Worked

diddnt work

Hydrocodone Working / Worked

diddn work and there adictive

Marijuana Working / Worked

best ever

Open Rape

I was raped in 2006, i diddnt report it because the law let me down when i was 7 and assaulted, he now has his own childeren, the local authority sucks!! judges let me down like they do every sexual assault victem - I have nightmares, can't sleep half the time, sometimes cant wake up because i know reality is there and i don't like reality at the moment.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Not Working

i live for revenge, i will get him one day and chop his bits off the sick B******!! i was told its not the best way so i walked!

Rape Counseling Not Working

it dont work because the councellors ive had havnt had to deal with it so they can never show true empathy, they dont know how scairy it is, how much life it eats from you, they cant possibly understand and some even try to shrug it off " ohh dont worry you'll get better" fkin worry!! im goign through it!

Talking Somewhat Helpful

i could hardly remember the details because i was drugged but i knew who it was

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

I was beaten from the age of 13 to 16 by my mams bf after i refused to sleep with him and do rude things then i was in a very violent relationship for 3 years having 2 miscarages, both were alcoholics

Treatments

Leave Working / Worked

ran far away, worked because no one can get me now

Open Bipolar Disorder

i have friends who are bp

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

suffered from depression since childhood

Treatments

Celexa Too Soon to Tell

ive only been on them 2 weeks, seem ok tho

Elavil Working / Worked

cant remember, was that long ago

Lexapro Somewhat Helpful

were ok at first then they stopped working

Meditation Not Working

too noisy

Positive Thinking Working / Worked

till the bad things crop up again

Prozac Working / Worked

good

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

diddnt work as councelor was full of critasism

Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful

i felt a burden 2 them

Trazodone Working / Worked

only good if you like being in bed all day, not good if you have childeren to take care of because you do nothing but sleep and when your awake you want to sleep

Wellbutrin Working / Worked

ok 4 a while then they stoped working

Writing Working / Worked

works then when im betre i look back and think gosh why was i feeling that low

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Relative

Lost my father 19/12/03 after a year of knowing him and my nanna 11/1/07 after a long illness

Treatments

Crying Somewhat Helpful

Getting Angry Working / Worked

Grief Counseling Somewhat Helpful

Helping Others Working / Worked

Keeping Busy Working / Worked

Music Not Working

so many songs remind me of the times we shared, everytime i thaugh of them i cried

Pets Working / Worked

Poetry Working / Worked

i write letters and burn them, is a comfurt to think the smoke carries the letters to them, silly but its worked for me although i am not religious

Reading Not Working

couldnt keep concentration

Remembering Working / Worked

it helps to remember the good times

Scrapbooking Working / Worked

Support from Friends & Family Somewhat Helpful

i pushed them all away even though they suffered too

Support Groups Somewhat Helpful

Talking Working / Worked

Time Working / Worked

as time goes on i gets easyer

Open Migraine Headaches

ive suffered migrains since i was a teen, my 7 year old son has them too

Treatments

Aspirin Not Working

ive become mune to them and have to keep changing the types f painkillers every few weeks

Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked

avoiding caffene, also since my son stopped drinking juice his have lessened

Caffeine Not Working

braught onmigrains so nowi rink de caffe and i get thm less

Open Sports Injuries

I have osteitis pubis, sport related but i got it through childbirth

Treatments

Heat Not Working

Ice Pack Not Working

Physical Therapy Not Working

make it worse, couldnt move the next day

Swimming Working / Worked

wrks but cant do it often as i also have psoriasis

Open Pregnancy - Teens

I fell pregnant when i was 16, had a wonderful baby boy when i was 17, never regreted it once, hes 7 now and thriving :o) and ive raised him by myself!

Open Sexual Abuse

abused 3 times by different men, first i was 7 then 10 and last guy who did it i was 13 and it was my moms then bf n she stayed with him knowing what he done to me then to top that off i was drug raped last year

Treatments

Group Therapy Somewhat Helpful

was ok but because there was males in the building i was scaired

Leave Not Working

dosnt work because it becomes a habit then everytime something bad happens i feel the need to move house/town

Music Working / Worked

works because when i sing i concentrate on the lyrics nothing elce

Talking Working / Worked

works only if pwerson has been through it then they understand proply and dont pretend to

Open Epilepsy & Seizures

i used to be a carer for someone who had really violent epelepsy

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

Open Phobia

got a few phobias, massive spiders, people, earwigs, nits, seaguls (there vicious) ants, flying ants

Treatments

Acceptance Somewhat Helpful

i accept these things exist, as long as i stay away im fine whereas before just knowing they were there freaked me out

Open Asthma
Type: Adult Asthma

my sister has asthma and so does my nephew, ive herd that many horror stories about the ilness that is scaires me

Treatments

Advair Working / Worked

works sometimes, depends how far shes into the attack

Breathing Exercises Working / Worked

they only work if someones talking to her going through them with her or she panics

Pulmicort Somewhat Helpful

was ok but it wasnt right for her

Open Environmental Allergies
Type of allergy: Latex

i have a wierd alergy to a chemical contained in rubber, its a rare one too, its also found in clothes, bags, belts, condoms, gloves and best of it is the products arnt labled with the ingredient! lucky the alergy is just irratating rather than life thretening

Open Parenting Big Kids (5-8)

I have a 7 year old son

Treatments

Education (School) Working / Worked

works well, he lacks concentration but i did too at school so mabie it runs in the family, hes ace at maths, crap at reading and writing but hes getting better the more i do it with him, i have him readint and writing every day now for 30mins after school

Listening Somewhat Helpful

it always helps to listen but if hes wrong about something and i corect him then listening is not a good idea because he looses it and shouts at me (ouch on the ears)

Patience Somewhat Helpful

sometimes works, if he knows i'll be patient and wait then he will take the mickey with me more i.e running off in strops at the school, he thinks i will stupidly wait, i dont wait i carry on walking and hide round the corner, he runs to try find me "gotcha"

Open Pregnancy

Not pregnant but ive got a child

Open Family & Friends of Bipolar

Open Seasonal Affective Disorder

Open Anger Management

ive had anger management as i get angry, hold things in for a while till i explode, im never violent towards people but i break things, hurt myself ect...

Open Self-Injury

i used to self harm, i still do sometimes but i dont cut like i used to, no one knows i still hurt myself

Open Healthy Sex

Open Healthy Relationships

Open Eczema

my son has it, i suffer with psoriasis

Open Child Support & Custody

my little boys father has not suppourted me at all, not one bit, my son is 7 now

Open Internet Addiction

ive been adicted to the internet for a long time, i got over it till i came across self help sites for my life isshues, now i stress out when i cant get near a pc

Open Painful Intercourse

Open COPD & Emphysema

My father passed away in 2003 due to COPD

Open Nystagmus

my baby niece has just been diagnosed with congiental Nystagmus in both her eyes :o(

Open Alcoholism

I turned to alcohol a few years ago after i was raped, i took an OD and when that diddn't work i started drinking, now everytime i'm depressed i want to drink all the time, it helps at the time but i know ive got to stop