archangels’s Profile

Open Eating Disorders
Type: Bulimia

although i am 46 i still have daily battles with food,my mind say,s yes my body says NO! i have suffered with builimia since i was in my late twenty,s,every day is now a struggle with food,i hate myself for what i do.

Treatments

Celexa Not Working

personally it hasen,t helped me that much,but i,m different from you.

Dietitian Consult Not Working

I don,t like being told what i can or cannot eat,ok so i have to be careful because of my kidney diesease,but don,t try to lecture me on what i should or should not be eating

Group Therapy Not Working

i did not want to talk to strangers about my problems with food.

Outpatient Treatment Program Not Working

not working as i cannot go to many groups as i am having treatment with the diaysis,in truth i don,t know if i,d go

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Not Working

just wasen,t for me

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

personally hasen,t helped me,i have a problem with people telling me what i can or can,t do,they don,t know about the fight that goes in your head every night and day

Support from Friends & Family Too Soon to Tell

my parent,s get angry at me,it,s easy for them if i could find out why i purge the way i do i wouldn,t have the problem.

Open Chronic Pain

I was involved in an accident,because for some reason some person thought they could run a red light, sadly he hit me, as a direct result of him doing that to me i had to be cut out of our car,with severe neck and back injurys,i live constantly in a battle with myself,as i try not to think of the pain,i am on constant morphine which help,s sadly not much.

Treatments

Acupressure Not Working

Again sadly no luck,my injurys were too severe he also pointed out my kidney problems would not help???

Chiropractic Adjustment Not Working

This chiropactor gave me a refund!!

Cymbalta Not Working

didn,t help,yet it helped my husband! it,s not fair!

Morphine Working / Worked

I am on M.S.T 100mg three times a day as well as oralmorph every 3 to 4 hr,s helps a little but not much.

Nerve Blocks Not Working

I have six nerve block,s in my neck again didn,t work.but i will do anything and i mean anything! just to have one day free from this hell i live with!

Physical Therapy Not Working

again sadly my three physio,s couldn,t help me.

TENS Not Working

I have had three ten,s machines which i took to the max,my physio said i,d need to be put to sleep as long as the ten,s was a stronger one than the one,s i,d tried!!!

Open Back Pain

I have had back problems for almost 34yr,s now sadly you name it i have tried it,but to no avail,i have had so many nerve block,s and lord knows how many other treatment,s that sadly have not worked in my case.

Treatments

Acupressure Not Working

i was told my back is too messed up now,again the treatment was not very helpful,

Acupuncture Not Working

i paid for this treatment to help with the pain in my back sadly again i was informed i have had this problem for too much time to ever have a result from this treatment.

Bedrest Not Working

This something i would never endorse,i try to keep active and i try not to sit in one place for too long,otherwise it triggers my pain.

Cortisone (Injection) Not Working

My pain specialist has tried several time,s and has told me there really isn,t alot more they can do to help me.

Epidural Injection Not Working

Again like the many other treatment,s i have had this was the treatment that was not for me!!

Fentanyl Not Working

This is a treatment which heped in the beginning,sadly i am now on morphine,my pain is now always there.

Heat Not Working

Although this did not help me,it helped my friend who swears by it.

Morphine Not Working

I guess my body is getting used to the morphine,i have 100mg m.s.t 3 x day as well as oralmorph every 4 hours.

Physical Therapy Not Working

My poor physio gave up,he think,s i,ve had this problem all my life therefore i no longer respond to the physio

Relaxation Not Working

I try to relax but it is so very hard when you have this severe pain baiting you 24/7

Stretching Somewhat Helpful

i try to stretch but it,s hard some days when i have constant tingeling in my fingers first thing of a morning and the rest of the day,so i try to stretch as much as i can to loosen my joints.

TENS Not Working

I am now on my 5th ten,s,i wore all the other ten,s!! however when my pain is getting to the point that i need to be hospitalised,i find this helps to quiet the pain somewhat

Positive Thinking Not Working

To be honest i have been in constant pain in my back for most of my lifethat i am kinda used to iti have really bad days but more often than not i just try to get about as much as i can

Open Hysterectomy

I had a total hysterectomy when i was 27yr,s and i now have reguler hormone implants,

Open Sexual Abuse

I was raped and beaten and left for dead when i was 14yr,s i went to hell and back,i was made to think it was my fault! all i did was to try to give them direction,s when they dragged me into there car i was held for over 73hr,s i,m still trying to deal with it,my husband know,s i was raped but i can,t tell him how bad it was,as a result i self harmed until 4yr,s ago i still have the urge to cut myself when i can,t cope i have now started to cut again

Treatments

Leave Not Working

i went away to try to forget my pain,it didn,t help i succeceded in making myself worse

Music Somewhat Helpful

With music i can close my eyes and take myself to a better place where no one can hurt me

Talking Not Working

I went to self help group,s but found it to depressing,so i just never went back.

Open Self-Injury

i have self harmed for a number of years now,when my phsical as well as mental pain gets too much i cut myself or i burn myself,i feel it is my fault all the things that have happened to me,i know in my heart it,s not my fault i was raped i know it,s not my fault i live with chronic pain everyday i just take myself away from whats happened to me

Treatments

Group Therapy Not Working

i didn,t want to talk about what happened to me to total strangers,i continued to go but in the end it just wasen,t for me.

Psychotherapy Not Working

i don,t like talking to stranger,s about what has happened,however i now have a nurse who never pushes me into something i don,t wanna do.

Rubber Bands Not Working

this hasen,t helped because my messed up head think,s it,s better to cut than to ping a band on my wrist!

Talking Not Working

i am not ready to talk to not only others who like myself have had terrible things happen to them,i just don,t want to be reminded about what happened

Tattoos Not Working

i had my late sister,s name tattoed on my arm as well as my baby boy,it doesn,t stop my pain but at least i keep there memory,s alive

Open Insomnia

Ever since i can remember [my husband said it started when i was in my accident]i am a very very bad sleeper,i am constantly finding anything there is to help me sleep,i am always tired and i,m lucky if i sleep more than two hour,s a night.

Treatments

Counting Sheep Not Working

Got to 18,000 then just gave up!

Lavender Not Working

It kept making me sneeze!! we thought it was maybe something in my room,however a very good friend who is also a nurse has said i am allergic to lavender??

Meditation Not Working

It,s hard to meditate when your exhausted,no matter how hard i try i find it very difficult

Music Not Working

It kept me awake so i gave up

Reading Not Working

i love reading trouble is once i start reading a good book i can,t stop until i,ve read it all!

Restoril Not Working

helped in the beginning but then i got immune to it so they put me on nitrazipam,i,m now back to square one!

Nitrazepam Not Working

Been on it for so long now it no longer helps me but i continue taking it.

Open Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

I first had a D.V.T when i was 17yr,s i was put on a heprin drip then onto warfren,i was told i,d be fine,I had yet another d.v.t when i was 23yr,s after a minor operation,back onto the same treatment!! thought that was it,took it for granted that was the end,No such luck! i had my last d.v.t 2003 i thought it was a bad gnat bite,WRONG!!! yet another d.v.t! so now i take each day as it comes and whenever i go into hospital i let them know about my d.v.t,s i no longer take them for granted.

Treatments

Coumadin Somewhat Helpful

warfrin,worked for me again however i was back on it when my tale tale sign,s came back,whenever i need surgery i am always given heparin then warfrin

Heparin Working / Worked

Worked very well and within 2-3days i was back to normal,yet i still had to continue treatment just in case it came back

Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

I have suffered with depression for most of my life it was made worse when my sister and my babies died,i get so bad i just don,t wanna live anymore,i know that selfish but i just have no real motivation anymore,my son is grown now and i just don,t know why i,m still here.

Treatments

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Not Working

I have tried so hard to sort myself out but i,m finding it very very hard,i,ve got good at hiding my inner pain

Cymbalta Not Working

This drug did absoulutly nothing for me,yet it works for my friend

Elavil Somewhat Helpful

I am on amitriptyline and although to a degree it,s working i just can,t get rid of these dark mood,s

Positive Thinking Not Working

It,s hard to be positive when every corner you turn theres more pain

Prozac Not Working

If anything this drug made me worse and i would never ever take it again.

Psychotherapy Too Soon to Tell

I,m seeing a shrink on the 22nd may,

Support from Friends & Family Not Working

Everyone in my family think,s i can snap out of it,i wish it were that simple.

Writing Not Working

It makes it worse because when i see what i,ve written i either cut myself or just feel worse,i just don,t wanna see my thoughts on paper

Open Financial Challenges

I very stupidly brought myself several item,s of jewellery and ended up with 6 accounts,i contacted the debt agency,s who were involved with getting these debts paid like an idiot i tried to ignore the bill,s which had to be paid in the end one of the companys dealing with my debts have now told me they are going to take me to court and i am terrified of my husband finding out because he will divorce me,i,m at my wit,s end and don,t know what to do help me please?

Treatments

Credit Counseling Working / Worked

I,m going to have to go to our local citizens advice bureau and ask them to help me,i,m no good with money and i,m really scared,last time i went to these very good people they helped i just pray they can help me again

Cut Up Credit Cards Working / Worked

Without the cards i cannot buy more things that i don,t need

Earn Money Not Working

I cannot work due to my health problems

Open Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)

I have had kidney problems since i was a child,now i find at my last scan that i have a tumour in my only kidney,i can,t deny i,m scared as i have already lost my other kidney,i am due to go into hospital tomorrow for they hope a partial nephectomy i have already been told by my surgeon that they may have to remove all of the kidney,i have also found out the reason they removed my bladder last year was because my bladder had pre cancerous cell,s! i wasent told!

Treatments

Chemotherapy Too Soon to Tell

I was told today that the kidney biopsy has shown the tumour is cancerous and i have to have radio then chemo i,m scared

Dialysis Working / Worked

I am on hemodialysis,and my potassium,s a bit awire but i feel crap for a short time then i,m ok,it makes me ache all over and i get bad headaches,at the minute i,m okish

Nephrectomy Working / Worked

I Lost my left kidney afew year,s ago due to chronic pylonephritus,i,d had a stone as a kid which they removed,saving the kidney,then i had nothink but trouble with the kidney and it had to be removedmi felt great after the op,but sadly i developed more problems and now find i have a tumour and am awaiting a partial nephrectomy i hope!

Open Urinary Incontinence

My bladder has never worked when i was a child i was classed as lazy,therefore in the eyes of the doctor there was nothing wrong with me,but i was born without the muscles which help you to empty your bladder!

Treatments

Diapers Working / Worked

I had no choice,i was always left with a rash and i still leaked through them,these made me produce more kidney infection,s

Lipitor Not Working

Sadly because i had no muscles on my bladder i didnt realise i was peeingafter many pills and potions i was given a super pubic cathiterwhich still didnt stop my on going infections