slowmopanda’s Profile

Open Sexual Abuse

Treatments

Art Working / Worked

Leave Working / Worked

Music Working / Worked

Talking Working / Worked

Some of my (now ex) friends have really helped in this manner.

Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I suffered OCD from as far back as I can remember, mainly having to keep my place/room in a certain order, having to clean/sterilize things like my CD cases, lightswitch covers, ect. and now I have a lot of bodily OCD functions like having to constantly clean my ears out, picking at skin, ect.

Open Back Pain

I started having back/hip pain at age 12. I was diagnosed with degenerative disk disease and had my first surgery when I was 15 and another on my 16th birthday, both of which I was later told were not necessary and only made the problem worse. I have had 6 surgeries so far and have a lumbar fusion and am full of pain 24/7.

Treatments

Bedrest Working / Worked

Some days it's all I can do....

Darvon Somewhat Helpful

I have been on almost every pain med and most of them didn't work.

Epidural Injection Not Working

Had lumbar injections which majorly flared up leg pain.

Fentanyl Somewhat Helpful

I have been on almost every pain med and most of them didn't work.

Flexeril Somewhat Helpful

I have been on almost every pain med and most of them didn't work.

Heat Somewhat Helpful

Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful

I have been on almost every pain med and most of them didn't work.

Morphine Working / Worked

Am on MS Contin currently, is one of two meds (narcotics) that mildly control the pain, since they got rid of Demerol shots (which are the only shots that helped me.)

Physical Therapy Too Soon to Tell

I have tried PT in the past which flared up back pain/stiffness, but am going to try a THIRD time because it is at the insistence of my doctors that it WILL work!

Relaxation Working / Worked

All I can do is relax! I literally cannot go out anywhere or do any housework without the pain flaring up to major proportions.

Open Family Issues

Treatments

Family Therapy Somewhat Helpful

Had been forced into 'Family Therapy' when my parents divorced when I was 7.

Talking Working / Worked

It usually helps to vent!

Writing Working / Worked

Venting in my online journal...

Open Coming Out

I have realized I am not straight since I was a teen, but have not had the chance to experiment with relationships (only ONE boyfriend in my whole life!) and find out what I am comfortable with!

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

Have been overweight since I was 6 or 7, and reminded of it daily ever since! Have been struggling endlessly to lose weight being almost bedridden from a disability.

Treatments

Atkins Diet Not Working

Counting Calories Somewhat Helpful

Have counted calories constantly since I was 12, now down to what I try to be at 1,000/day, but it usually is more like 1500... Still not losing weight.

Eating Healthier Foods Somewhat Helpful

Eat Less Working / Worked

Was anorexic for almost a year, lost 80lb. in 6 months...

Physical Exercise Somewhat Helpful

I do as much as I can being chair-bound and unable to walk more than a block.

Weight Watchers Not Working

Open Financial Challenges

I live on $600/month disability income and am currently paying $400/month in rent! I am SO behind on bills it looks like a VERY dark future!

Treatments

Budgeting Somewhat Helpful

Holding a Garage Sale Somewhat Helpful

Open Chronic Pain

Have suffered chronic pain since I was 12 or longer, mostly from back problems, nerve pain, ect. I also have arthritis, sometimes it feels like my whole body hurts.

Treatments

Flexeril Somewhat Helpful

Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful

Marijuana Working / Worked

Methadone Somewhat Helpful

Morphine Working / Worked

Neurontin Not Working

Oxycodone Working / Worked

Physical Therapy Not Working

Open Degenerative Disc Disease

I have been diagnosed with this since I was 12, have had 6 back surgeries and lumbar fusion...

Open Anxiety

I am ashamed to say I am still afraid of the dark (was deathly terrified of it when I was little), and I have anxiety over my life stresses and bite my nails constantly among other things.

Open Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)

My dad has this, my grandparents have diabetes, and my mom was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and I would like to avoid getting it if possible! I have had hypoglycemia since I was little.

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

Suffered various abuse as a teen and emotional abuse for a long time.

Treatments

Art Somewhat Helpful

Leave Somewhat Helpful

Talking Working / Worked

Open Food Addiction

I am not a major binger, but have had eating disorders in the past and am now using food as a comfort for a lot of things.

Open Bisexuality

I believe I am bisexual, although I am (morally) a virgin, I am afraid of sex with men, but do find some attractive, I am more attracted emotionally to women.

Open Step Families

My parents divorced when I was 7, I have had 2 step fathers (if you can call them that) and a step mother, all of which were not ideal parental units...

Open Obesity

Treatments

Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked

Only time I ever lost weight was starving myself.

Cycling Somewhat Helpful

Physical Exercise Somewhat Helpful

Swimming Working / Worked

When I was able to swim an hour a day I lost weight but then I had to move and now I don't have a pool.

Open Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

I believe I have IBS but haven't been diagnosed yet. I have all the symptoms, and it is making life miserable.