Davenport2008’s Profile
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About Me
I am a 51- years old former professional who has now lost about everything to depression and anxiety. I have tried medications for over a decade with very little help. I believe now that other human beings are my best hope. I use to go to 12-step meetings but became tired of the "gurus" and all the talk of the past; I want to know how to live in the present. I have found exercise to be about the best limited help that I can think of. Does anyone know of any type of support groups out there in the Tacoma, WA area that might be of help?
Interests
bicycling reading surviving
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Davenport2008 turned 52 12:00am
Saturday
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Davenport2008 gave nanaof7 an I'm with you 1:12am
Thanks for message; I have decided to forget my problems for the weekend and just enjoy it....John…
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hope u feel better soon
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how you doing today?
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Just sending you a hug for no special reason!! Hope you are hanging in there...I know I;m trying too.
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You are very welcome. I actually read it somewhere else, and it helped me. So wanted to share it :) Have a great day!
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meet another anxiety sufferer & of more. Take care
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Support Groups
Close Anxiety
I suffer from anxiety and depression; I'm not sure of the relationship between the two, but they are a kindred spirit. I have anxiety so intense it has prevented me form working in the field that I spent many years in college to achieve. I have an ongoing anxiety that peaks or tries to when I am confronted with the anticipation of bad news in the form of an email or an envelope; I simply go through hell (2 or 3 days) before I open the message.
Treatments
Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI have been treated for depression/anxiety for 13-years with little success. I seem to becoming more and more anxiety ridden. I'm not sure of the relationshipe between anxiety and depression, but I suspect they are in this thing together. I am now 51 yo and have lost any hope of the career I went to school for; I would be content just to not be so depressed and anxious, so that I could function better within society.
Open ADHD / ADD
I have been treated for ADD as an adult, but the medications worked only for a short while. They did give a sense of how the non-ADD brain works. ADD plus depression plus anxiety makes it rather difficult to go through life with any type of success (howeve you want to define this word). I have two-college degrees but work in a field that does not require a college degree because I find it so difficult to function smoothly in a stressful or complicated environment.
Open Physical & Emotional Abuse
I'm slowly, very slowly, realizing how traumatic the early years were and how they have shaped my thoughts, actions and dreams.
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