RIP Nana
May 30, 2008 5:19pm
Tuesday my Nana died tragically as a result of falling down the stairs. She was DOA but was revived on site despite her previous request of a …
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Wired
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About Me
As my username suggests, I am wired all the time. Never slow down, always go go go. I like to stay active with sports and keep myself in good shape. This is my first year of college and I am struggling, so have begun to seek support.
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Sports, Fitness, Health. RUGBY, Greco-Roman/Submission Wrestling, Basketball, Ice/Field Hockey, Mountain Biking, Mixed Martial Arts, Running, Racquetball , Skiing/Snowboarding, Skatin, Wakeboarding/Waterskiing, WeightLifting. Metal music, Poetry, Creative Writing, Guitar.
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Thanks for your kind reply. The meds are working, I'm thankful!
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wel it looks by the pictures as if you have don alot with your life mountain biking snow boarding where you liver theres so many oppotunities i wish i live near you to get on some decent trails
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yeah we do! i see you into your mountain biking, im going to put a picture of my bike up soon dude! its the reason i have quit the cannabis, except theres no where that good to ride here in london there is a couple of woods, but meh not big enuf might go to italy apprently they have a 80 mile trail woo, what bike have you got anways? woo big rant but im james nice to meet you, i see you have ADD or ADHD, tbh mine calmed down as soon as i started smoking cannabis but i have started to become alot more active and jittery i guess its good i stopped but i might have to go bak on medication, sucks donkey balls, but anwayz how comes your feeling bad today? looks as if you have done some amazing things with your life
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Just remember wired it's not about you. You don't get praise and positve encouragement because that person is probably punishing themselves, low self-esteem, they may not have lived up to someone's expectations. Some of us are average, some of us are above average in life but no one is perfect. Its up to you and my son to break that cycle of emotional damage.
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Like you I had to be very active in sport & activities to feel happy. When I stopped, it was hard to get motivated. Turned to gambling and drinking to be happy. Does the opposite. Take care & remember you're medication. Here, have some hugs & snugs
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Close ADHD / ADD
I was diagnosed when I was 14. Up until then, I was ridiculously active and involved in many sports. I quit the majority of the teams when I was 14 due to injuries sustained. When all physical activities were taken out of the picture, it was very evident in the classroom. I struggled through high school, with limited help/accommodations from teachers and am currently struggling in the college environment without the behavioural support that I need.
Treatments
- Behavior Management Working / Worked
- School is providing accomodations and behavioral support for me starting in the fall. I have to attend the Learning Centre twice a week and get tutoring.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- I physically exsaust myself untill I can sit down and relax if I time it right I can do homework right after practice.
- Adderall Working / Worked
- It does a good job of making things clear and 'crisp'. When I religiously take it, I am able to slow down a bit and focus according to friends and family.
- Behavior Management Working / Worked
- School is providing accomodations and behavioral support for me starting in the fall. I have to attend the Learning Centre twice a week and get tutoring.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
- So far so good. I can see now that sometimes my behaviour affects others negatively. I am learning strategies to deal with my extra energy and study tips.
- Concerta Too Soon to Tell
- Started 04/04/08 18mg. Moved to 36mg 04/04/23. Upped to 54mg 04/04/28. So far there are some positive effects, I am slightly calmer and some of the debhilitating nervous energy has decreased.
- Dexedrine Considering
- Marijuana Not Working
- I've come to realize that stoning myself away from reality does not really make reality go away.
- Music Working / Worked
- Metal. Can prove a distraction at times, but limits the amount of external stimulation, particularily sounds that going on around me.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- I physically exsaust myself untill I can sit down and relax if I time it right I can do homework right after practice.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Is going well so far and helped in the past.
- Research Working / Worked
- ADHD: Handbook for diagnosis and treatment(Russel A. Barkley 2006). Defiant teens: A Clinician’s Manual for Assessment and Family Training(Barkley,R.A, Robin, A. 1999) ADHD - A clinical workbook (Russel A. Barkley 2006) ADHD in Adolecents: Diagnosis and Treatment (Arthur L. Robin 1998). Medications for Attention Disorders and Relation Medical Conditions: A compehensive handbook (Edwin D. Copeland) Driven to Distraction (E. Hallowell 2003) College Students with a LD and ADHD (2001) There's more.
- Ritalin Not Working
- The effect of the drug is approximately 3-5 hours long, which was not enough to sustain me through a day of school.
- Running Working / Worked
- I run myself into the ground just to wear myself out. I will go for a run in the morning 3 days a week then go work out.
- Swimming Working / Worked
- The days Im not running Im in the pool doing laps.
Close Asthma
Type: Exercise-Induced AsthmaI was diagnosed with Exercise Induced asthma when I was 10 years old. Over the past 8 years it has severely taken a turn for the worse and I have ended up in the hospital on several occasions. Now, my asthma is triggered by allergens as well as physical exertion. Being an athlete, this put a bit of a damper on my sports, but it is an obstacle in life that I constantly have to deal with
Treatments
- Advair Somewhat Helpful
- I'm not a fan of the disc, but I definitely have noticed improvements since being on it for over
- Albuterol Working / Worked
- Definitely has saved my life on more than one occasion.
- Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful
- These are a tedious and redundant, but helpful.
- Flonase Working / Worked
- for allergies.
- Flovent Working / Worked
- Helps to reduce allergin triggers.
- Inhaler Working / Worked
- Symbicort Not Working
- I had an allergic reaction. Throat swelled up.
Open Anxiety
I am constantly thinking/moving, can never turn my mind off or 'shut down'. Am a terrible nail-biter and though I may appear not to be a nervous person, it is highly untrue. It all started once I hit puberty, with performance anxiety related to sports and have progressed severely, ultimately leading to a psychiatric diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Just started.
- Marijuana Somewhat Helpful
- It made me relax, but ultimately, as any drug does, it turns on you.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Helps me to figure out ways to calm down and develop strategies for taking tests and dealing with stressful situations.
- Trazodone Somewhat Helpful
Open Insomnia
I was diagnosed with Insomnia when I was 15. I can never stop thinking and have a hard time being still. Almost four years later, I am now dependant on medication and physical exhaustion order gain a few hours sleep. Comorbid with ADHD and anxiety.
Treatments
- Ambien Somewhat Helpful
- Lunesta Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Restoril Working / Worked
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- Exsaust myself with numerous sports and activities all day.
Open Self-Injury
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- Stupid shrink of a woman. Hated her. She judged me and her solution was to medicate me into oblivion. The one councellor I trusted decided to pack up and move to China.
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- Stupid shrink of a woman. Hated her. She judged me and her solution was to medicate me into oblivion. The one councellor I trusted decided to pack up and move to China.
- Red Marker Working / Worked
- Rubber Bands Somewhat Helpful
- S.A.F.E. (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) Working / Worked
- Squeezing Ice Somewhat Helpful
Open Sports Injuries
Type: Patellofemoral Pain SyndromePatellofeormoral sydrome in my knees, dislocating elbow (its been fractured a few times as well), split disk in back, ribs needed to be rotated back into place, 7 concussions, torn ankle ligament, numerous sprains and broken bon
Treatments
- Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked
- The chiropractor had to rotate my whole rib cage back into place.
- Ice Pack Working / Worked
- Naproxen Working / Worked
- Muscle relaxant...it relaxes you. 500 mg morning, 375 night.
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- Swimming Working / Worked
- no resistance, it does wonders.
- Spinal Adjustment Working / Worked
- Ouch. Put 3 vertabrae back into place that were out of alignment and rotated my ribcage.
- Spinal Decompression Working / Worked
- This hurt like a mofo.
Open Marijuana Addiction & Recovery
I had my first blunt when I was 11 in the 6th grade, hung out with the wrong crowd. Don't remember much of high school, suspended a couple times, almost got expelled, charged with possession once as a juvenile and I barely graduated. I've realized that I have lost alot of opportunities and burned a lot of bridges because I was too busy getting stoned. I used weed/coke/ecstasy/shrooms/lsd/pcp to calm down from my wired state of mind and to escape from a reality I hated. The drugs are my way out.
Treatments
- Detox Not Working
- I got sent to the Rehab centre in the local hospital after an accidental overdose of cocaine, exctasy, oxy and marijuana. Apparently I thought that if I jumped off a bridge I woudn't get hurt and that I was a better wrestler than both the police officers that arrested me.
- Group Therapy Not Working
- In order to get out of the stupid centre I had to sit around and listen to other teens who abused drugs. Although it was no help really it was interesting to hear other peoples struggles and offer a new perspective on things.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- I would love to see a substance abuse counsellor who focuses specially on drug addiction. However, I was seeing a good counsellor who tried to work with me and make me see why I was using and explore what I was hiding from.
Open College Stress
Just finished first year and am awaiting my letter to be dismissed as I did not make the required GPA and was on Academic Probation. Need some advice in how to stay in college, studying/test taking techniques etc.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell
- Just started seeing a shrink, he seems ok. Tempted to ask for accommodations from the Center for Students with Disabilities.
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- My family has been very supportive this past year, especially with the recent psyched testing I completed, revealing a new dx of Dyscalculia and old dx of ADHD. It's nice to know they have my backs.
Open Dyslexia
I was just recently diagnosed with Dyscalculia (Mathematical Disorder 315.1 DSM-IV-TR) and it came as a bit of a shock. I knew my math skills were way below normal, failing Math in grades 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 - never achieving Math 11 which almost prevented me from graduating high school. It's good, but frusterating, that this was identified.
Open Family & Friends of Bipolar
My uncle killed himself on December 25th,2006 Christmas morning in severe manic episode. A good friend of mine has also suffered from BP for a good portion of his life. I want to understand more about the disorder and hear some different perspectives in order to understand what they are going/went through.
Treatments
- Marijuana Somewhat Helpful
Open Bereavement - Teens
Uncle 12/25/06, my friend Caitlin 12/28/06 and my grandmother 02/15/08. RIP. Still haven't grieved nor accepted that they are dead.
Treatments
- Keeping Busy Working / Worked
- Marijuana Working / Worked
- I just stoned myself away from reliaty, forgot that they died, that they lived, that I was living.
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- I try to bring it up with my shrink and I end up shutting down.
- Time Working / Worked
Open Families & Friends Affected By Suicide
My uncle killed himself in a severe manic episode Christmas morning of 2005. Still having a hard time accepting and grieving.
Treatments
- Marijuana Not Working
- I tried to escape, avoid and deny, simple as that.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- It's hard to talk about it, but eventually I will have to won't I.
- Running Working / Worked
- I run myself into the ground.
- Writing Working / Worked
Open Back Pain
Recently I was snowboarding and tobogganing I took a major bail off a jump and compressed 5 vertebrae in my back, Thoracic - 9, 10 and 11 of which are fractured. In the past I've also had compression fractures in T-6 and 7.
Treatments
- Bedrest Somewhat Helpful
- I hate lying in bed for too long, I get bored.
- Chiropractic Adjustment Working / Worked
- Didn't know there were fractures at the time, so this probably made it worse, but did release some muscle spasm.
- Codeine Not Working
- Made me a zombie.
- Heat Working / Worked
- Ibuprofen Somewhat Helpful
- Not strong enough.
- Naproxen Working / Worked
- 500 mg in the morning, 375 mg at night.
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- Lots of exercises to do.
- Stretching Working / Worked
- Always good. Every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up out of a comatose drug induce slumber = STRETCHES.
- Spinal Adjustment Working / Worked
- Put 3 vertabrae that were out of alignment back in to place once the fractures were healed. My ribcage was also rotated back into its proper position for the seocnd time.
- Spinal Decompression Working / Worked
- Dear god I hope I never have to get this done again.
Open Prescription Drug Abuse
Recently, with all the painkiller medication being prescribed to me, I'm begining to use them for more purposes than to suppress physical pain. It doesn't seem to matter what high I get, as long as I escape. Got to stop this. Naproxen, Hydrocodone and Codeine.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell
- Will tell my shrink when it becomes a real problem that severely negatively impacts my life.
- Residential Treatment Center Not Working
- I was put into the RTC at the local hospital for oding on cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and oxy. If my pattern of behaviour continues with the prescriptions, I might be sent here again.
- Swimming Working / Worked
- Helps with injuries because of no resistance and keeps my mind off the pain thus preventing popping a pill.
Open Environmental Allergies
My allergies include: Grass, Pollen, Dust, Chalk, Blackflies, Bees/Wasps and Peanuts.
Treatments
- Allergy Shots Working / Worked
- Flonase Working / Worked
- Nasal Irrigation Not Working
- It leaves this awful smell residue in your nose that is unbearable.
- Patanol Working / Worked
- Great for itchy, watery, dry eyes that I seem to have daily.
- Zyrtec Working / Worked
- Does its job during the day but noticable when it wears off.
- Claritin Not Working
- Was less effective and didnt last as long as reactine.
- EpiPen Working / Worked
- For bees and peanuts. Last injection was due to a bee sting which sent me into anaphylactic but my mom was prepared stuck me with the pen and drove to the hospital. Saved my life more than once.
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