CrazyBeautiful85’s Profile

Open Sports Injuries
Type: Chondromalacia Patellae

I have just been diagnosed with chondromalacia patellae, I have painful knees, although I am not as active as I was a few years back, Ive had the problem for quite a few years

Treatments

Ibuprofen Too Soon to Tell

Am just starting on 400mg 3 times a day to see if it will help ease the pain.

Prayer Working / Worked

Its good to prayer, it helps to know someone on a higher level is listening

DailyStrength Working / Worked

has been great

Open Schizophrenia

I have episodes of psychosis, this can be depression related and manic related. Have heard voices since a very young child and have visual hallucinations too. I have delusions which to me feel so real and normal but have been told they are not.

Treatments

Music Working / Worked

Helps alot to shut the voices up especially when the music is up very loud.

Pets Somewhat Helpful

My cats help to relax me.

Seroquel Somewhat Helpful

Has quietened the voices a little.

Stelazine Not Working

Did absolutely nothing.

Thorazine Somewhat Helpful

Helped to calm me down as a prn

Zyprexa Not Working

Just made me gain so much weight, and be zombified.

Art Working / Worked

Helps to draw what I see and turn the voices into pictures

Poetry Working / Worked

Love to write poetry and it helps me to express how i feel

Writing Working / Worked

Love writing and it helps to write down how im feeling

Talking Working / Worked

It helps to talk about what im seeing and hearing

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

My husband is really supportive, and my dad and friends are too.

Crying Working / Worked

Crying helps to relieve built up emotions inside and release anger

Positive Thinking Working / Worked

I try to think of how far I have come, and it helps sometimes

Prayer Working / Worked

Its good to prayer, it helps to know someone on a higher level is listening

Reading Working / Worked

I love to read and find it very theraputic and distracting when near a crisis

Breathing Exercises Working / Worked

I find this very theraputic and distracting when in distress

DailyStrength Working / Worked

has been great

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked

It is helping somewhat but some of it is a crock of shit, by hey thats my own opinion

Haldol Too Soon to Tell

My pdoc has giving me this during pregnancy to stop me from having a full manic episode, am on 2.5-5mg

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Parent

Lost my father in law end of Jan 07, he died suddenly and unexpected. Which has hit myself and my husband very hard, altho itws now over a year since he died we still havent come to terms with it properly. My husband is finding it incredibly hard as he has lost his dad, but recently there have been alot of triggers and we have been struggling.

Treatments

Crying Working / Worked

It does help

Grief Counseling Not Working

my hubby has 6 sessions of this, but had it too soon after the death so it didnt help one but

Keeping Busy Somewhat Helpful

sometimes helps

Music Working / Worked

helps remind us of him

Pets Working / Worked

great for comfort

Remembering Somewhat Helpful

This helps sometimes but can also trigger off low mood

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

we have had alot of support from the family and been giving support too.

Talking Working / Worked

It helps my hubby to talk about his dad

Open Miscarriage

I discovered today 23/07/08 at my 12 week scan that there was no heartbeat and that the baby had stopped developing around 8 weeks. I am deverstated.

Treatments

D&C Somewhat Helpful

Didnt do it properly, was in alot of pain afterwards and severe bleeding ect.

Open Eating Disorders
Type: Bulimia

Had this during my teens, it went away for a bit but is coming back again to the point I dont want to eat, yet when i do i feel guilty and then starve myself for days.

Open Paranoia

I suffer with paranoia, sometimes on its own sometimes mixed in with psychosis as part of bipolar. I get paranoid delusions that im being watched and spied on and that someone is out to get me and hurt me.

Treatments

Haldol Somewhat Helpful

Helps to calm me down

Talking Somewhat Helpful

Can help to talk about how im feeling but only if the other person is willing to listen and not judge

Thorazine Somewhat Helpful

Helps calm me down and doesnt make me feel sleepy unless at a high dose

Writing Somewhat Helpful

Sometimes it helps to write things down

Open Bullying

I was bullied very badly at school and at home, Ive also been bullied at work, by people online. I seem to attract it, I dont know how wish i did so i could stop attracting it. Bullying has crushed my confidence.

Open Trying To Conceive

Hubby and I are trying to concieve again after we miscarried in July. We are hoping and praying that we are blessed with a child this month. Baby dust to all xx

Open Self-Injury

and it starts again, nearly 6 months wihout SH but im doing it again, it relieves so much pressure, its punishment from the voices and The Outlanders

Treatments

Crying Working / Worked

Crying helps to relieve built up emotions inside and release anger

DailyStrength Working / Worked

has been great

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Not Working

it is a crock of shit, by hey thats my own opinion

Music Working / Worked

I use music as a distraction

Occupational Therapy Working / Worked

Had this while in hospital, it was good to get away from the ward for an hour or so every few days

Pets Working / Worked

My cats give me comfort, when i need them, and they are brilliant to watch when play fighting.

Poetry Working / Worked

Writing poetry relating to self harm helps sometimes as a distraction, but can also be morbid and dark

Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful

Thinking about how long i have gone without self harming keeps me from wanting to hurt myself more

Reading Working / Worked

I love to read and find it very theraputic and distracting when near a crisis

Red Marker Not Working

didnt work as it wasnt the blood i wanted to see

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

My husband understands why I self harm, and praises me when ive gone so many days/weeks/months without self harming

Talking Working / Worked

talking about what was causing me to self harm helped alot.

Writing Working / Worked

Love writing and it helps to write down how im feeling