Toothless in WI !
September 16, 2008 10:54am
Tomorrow's the day, I get my top teeth pulled, not looking forward to this at all. long term medications play a huge part in this. I …
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About Me
I have 3 adult children a cat and a conure parrot. I am early retired due to multiply disabilities.
Interests
I love doing jig-saw puzzles. I have a conure parrot named Kokomo who's really loud! I enjoy games like Jewel Quest Solitaire I & II, Soduko and creating cheesecakes! Music is a must spanning several generations!
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Happy holiday!!
September 1, 2008 2:47pm
Happy day to all. Hope your day is going well. I'm hanging in there. Went to a wedding on Saturday, had fun!!!! Didn't go …
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Spiritual Journey
August 13, 2008 12:57pm
I recently joined a Bibly study correspondence group and am very excited about that. Hopefully, it will bring me closer to my goals and my …
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Spirituality at a low
July 10, 2008 12:32pm
Need to get my butt in gear and do something!!! I feel spiritually low and somwhat lost again. Will keep trying.
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Need to get my umph! back
July 10, 2008 12:26pm
Been going through too many medical problems at one time. Now I need to have my top teeth pulled! I'm scared to death of going to the dentist as …
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Happy Sunday! Hope you're doing great!
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hey you, thanks for reading my journal (: I found a bike today. it is a beauty. I will post pics soon
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sorry you have not been doing well. How are you now? Love the weather the past few days? I have been enjoying it, not inside (:
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Close Bipolar Disorder
Many,many years living with bipolar. On lithium past 10 years. Went thru many drugs, it can be a horror story in itself! My youngest son inherited depression and anxiety and it's so hard to watch his daily struggles. He refuses to go for treatment, so sad, so young. If you hang in there long enough, doctors will find the right meds for you. Life can be a bit better. It's hard to live with the stigma "mental illness" and the fear it ignites in family, friends, co-workers, etc.
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Works well for me: Lorazepam
- Depakote Not Working
- Made me sick
- Group Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- I prefer one on one
- Holistic Health Somewhat Helpful
- Health, hope and harmony. Works well when I keep it together, but hard to maintain daily. Many years of many different treatments, my doctor and pharmacist told me to stop wasting my money.
- Lithium Working / Worked
- Works best with lorazepam
- Wellbutrin Not Working
- Made me sick
Close Chronic Pain
I have degenerative disc disease at all levels of my spine, 3 ruptured discs, scatia-just constant pain all the time
Treatments
- Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked
- I enjoyed this very much, but due to the condition of my back they stopped treatment
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- made me sick
- Flexeril Working / Worked
- I use this rarely, puts me to sleep!
- Heat Working / Worked
- only after ice and I love it
- Marijuana Working / Worked
- makes me happy all the time-doesn't help the pain though :)
- Meditation Working / Worked
- Helps, but I'm bipolar too, so trying to quiet my mind is very difficult
- Methadone Working / Worked
- don't like this
- Naproxen Working / Worked
- No help at all
- Neurontin Working / Worked
- no help
- Oxycodone Working / Worked
- Works the best of what I have, I can at least function most of the day
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- I don't think I did it long enough to benefit from it. Insurance stopped
- TENS Working / Worked
- Didn't do diddly-squat
Open Hepatitis C
I've had hep c for over 25 years. Not sure if I got it from needles or a blood transfusion. So much negative response from friends, co-workers, even friends in AA-which I stopped going to.
Treatments
- Interferon Working / Worked
- sick, sick and sicker!
- Interferon, pegylated Working / Worked
- Had to quit study 2 weeks prior to deadline. this stuff was awful!! Almost lost my job it wiped me out so bad. Results were negative of course!
- Milk Thistle Working / Worked
- Not a thing good about it
- Pegylated Interferon Working / Worked
- Had this combined with Ribo-totally wiped me out. Negative results.
- Ribavarin Working / Worked
- Did not work, side effects were awful.
Open Depression
Depression has been a part of my life for over 45 years. It wasn't recognized that long ago, I was just "withdrawn." I don't like depression, it's as if my spirit is dying. Feelings of not being loved, not good enough, being alone, all make up a part of who I am. But thank God it's not all of who I am...
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- Celexa Working / Worked
- Bad side effects
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- Really bad side effects
- Effexor Working / Worked
- This worked very well for me. I had to stop due to liver treatments
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- 10 years of therapy-works well one on one for me. Do not like support groups
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Very little support from my family
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- Worked well, had to stop due to my liver
- Wellbutrin Working / Worked
- I got very sick off this
- Writing Working / Worked
- I've been journaling for 16 years since I left AODA treatment and haven't stopped. My favorite except it keeps me from confiding in people
Open Alcoholism
I've been using alcohol and drugs for over 20 years before I went into treatment, 16 years ago. I went into treatment the day after I spent a night in jail. Did the "programs" but stopped due to people in the program in regards to my hepatitis c. I became an "outcast" of a 12-step program.
Treatments
- 12 Step Program Working / Worked
- Worked very well for several years. I found a lot of these people to be severely judgemental, gossipers and had to stay away for my own sobriety.
- Al-Anon Working / Worked
- Didn't like hearing so much blame at the drunk
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Lorazepam has been working real well for me for years.
- Detox Working / Worked
- I loved Rehab! Worked very well for me.
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- Worked well for me, had to stop due to liver.
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