MISTYKAT’s Profile

Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING TREATMENT AND COUNCELING FOR DEPRESSION AND AT ONE POINT WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BIPOLAR BUT THAT WAS LATER DECIDED NOT TO BE THE ON AND OFF SINCE 1988, MORE SO SINCE 1993. I HAVE BEEN ON JUST ABOUT ALL MEDS TO BE FOUND. MOST OF MY SUPPORT IS COUNCELING AND SUPPORT FROM FRIEND. I HAVE HAD EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE FROM MANY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY AS A CHILD.

Treatments

Desipramine Working / Worked

DON'T REMEMBER

Effexor Working / Worked

WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME BUT DON'T REALLY REMEMBER HOW I FELT ON IT CAUSE IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO

Lexapro Working / Worked

WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME BUT DON'T REALLY REMEMBER HOW I FELT ON IT CAUSE IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO

Meditation Working / Worked

WHEN DEPRESSED I SOMETIMES CAN'T FIND THE PATIENTS TO MEDITAT AND I GET AGGRAVATED WITH IT

Paxil Working / Worked

DIDN'T WORK AT ALL, MADE ME EXTREMLY HYPER AND PARANOID

Positive Thinking Working / Worked

I TRY TO DO POSITIVE THINKING AND DO POSTIVE THINGS TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL BETTER AND IT IS A 50-50 THING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK TO BRING ME TO A POINT OF CALMING MYSELF AND BRINGING MY SPIRITS UP

Prozac Working / Worked

WHEN FIRST TAKING THIS MED I FELT LIKE IT WAS THE SUPER MED FOR CURING ALL DEPRESSION AND AFTER BEING ON IT FOR A LONG LONG LONG TIME THEN IT JUST STOPPED WORKING

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

SOMETIMES WORKS

Seroquel Working / Worked

THIS MED DOES WORK WITH THE SLEEPING. SOMETIMES IT HITS ME WITH A BANG AND I GO RIGHT TO SLEEP AND OTHER TIMES I CAN STILL BE AWAKE 4 HRS LATER

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

I HAVE MY MOTHER WHO SOMETIMES HELPS BUT MOST THE TIME I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER HER WITH MY DEPRESSION. I TURN MORE TO FRIENDS THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT I FEEL AND AM GOING THROUGH WHO IN TURN WILL DO THEIR BEST IN HELPING TO REMIND MYSELF THINGS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TO ME AND TO HELP ME SEE MY WAY THROUGH THINGS

Trazodone Working / Worked

THIS MED DID HELP WITH THE SLEEPING BUT LEFT ME TOO DOPED UP DURING THE DAY SO HAD TO STOP IT

Wellbutrin Working / Worked

COULDN'T REALLY TELL A DIFFERENCE WITH THIS MED SINCE I WAS ON SO MANY OTHER MED

Writing Working / Worked

IT DOES HELP TO WRITE IN MY JOURNAL AND SOMETIMES BLOGGING BUT AT TIMES WHEN I AM TOO DOWN IN THE DUMPS IT IS HARD FOR ME TO GET UP THE ENERGY TO EVEN WRITE ANYTHING

Zoloft Working / Worked

I SUPPOSE THIS MED HELPS ME DURING THE DAY TO TRY AND KEEP ME SOMEWHAT GOING

Abilify Working / Worked

AT THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT IT WAS WORKING BUT THEN I GOT SO PARANOID ON THIS MED AND COULDN'T EVEN WALK ACROSS THE ROOM WITHOUT FEARING THAT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING ME. I WAS LITTERLY LIKE A RABBIT TO WHERE I WOULD FREEZE THINKING NOBODY WOULD SEE ME. NEVER AGAIN WILL I TRY THIS MED.

Close Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

I AM 47 YRS OLD AND WAS TOLD AT THE AGE OF 4 OR 5 THAT I HAD CMT. MY GRANDMA, DAD, 3 OUT OF 4 BROTHERS AND I HAVE CMT, ALSO MY AUNT. IT SEEMS THE OLDER I GET THE WORSE IT GETS. LATELY THE PAIN HAS BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.