Introductions/Roll Call

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Introductions/Roll Call
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Mon, 12-06-2004 - 2:08pm

Since we have a lot of new &/or returning members, how about a round of introductions with: name/nickname, age, location, a bit about yourself

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 3:49am

Anybody who tells you to snap out of your depression is not worth dealing with. That kind of attitude is all to common but it's draining and unsupportive to us who are depressed. Try to have little contact with this person.


I urge you to go to the doctor though. Especially if you have moments of sucidal thoughts. You are important to people and it would leave people who care about you feeling lost and confused. I know these thoughts are real and hard to stop so that's why I suggest the help. This is coming from someone who has also had these thoughts way to often. That's when my meds get changed so I can get through those moments. There were so many times I thought what's the point, why be here, and I still have them at times. But I've experienced some really great things during my life, like finding the best husband and the birth of my child. And realizing that my mom is my bestfriend and not the horrible person I thought she was in when I was in highschool. I'm glad to have experienced these things and I wouldn't have if I had ended it all sooner. And my mom often threatens to end her life but refuses to get help. So being on the other side of the situation I realize how hard it is to worry that you might never see this person you love ever again. It's hard to worry about my mom because life would be empty without her. I'm sure there's people in your life that feel that way about you. Our lives

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 4:05am

I'm Brandi and live in AZ. I've never lived anywhere else and I

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 8:43am

Laura, 26, Chicago/NW Indiana, dx'd 8 years ago, appropraitely treated 6 years ago.

I'm a very hard time right now. I'm a tending toward depression BP-II. I'm engaged to be married in 6 weeks, I have a stepfamily issue, I think I have SAD (sitting by my light box as I type).

I work as a corporate lawyer.

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Registered: 10-04-2004
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 9:39am

Laura -


hi, my name is Sue and I am a developmental pediatrician.


you sound like me - tendency toward depression Bipolar II. And I HATE it (I know hate is a strong word, but...) when we turn back the clocks and it is dark when I leave work. I do better when it is dark in the AM and lighter in the PM. I have a light box too, but I was just diagnosed with Bipolar II a few months ago, and when I tried

peace and love,

just_a_big_kid

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Registered: 11-28-2004
Sun, 12-12-2004 - 8:54pm
Hi, I'm Cindy, age 48. I live in Kimberly, WI, a small town about 2 hrs. north of Milwaukee. I have two children, Alexandra (10) and Derek (12). I've been divorced for almost 2 years and my children live with the ex. I work shifts in a paper mill, which really wreaks havoc with my moods, but someone has to support the kids and my ex seems to think he's above working for a living. I've been treated for depression since my middle twenties, after a half-hearted suicide attempt landed me in the psych ward. Never had much luck with depression meds and p-docs; it was my general practitioner who suggested I was probably bipolar II, after I told him I felt seriously crazy at times like I could hurt myself or someone else. I've been taking Depakote for about a year, and switched from Effexor to Cymbalta about three months ago. I've been fairly stable for the past year until this weekend. The holidays are always difficult for me, and the mood swings have been bad. I've been spending money when I'm manic, and feeling paralyzed when I'm depressed. My son wanted to come over and spend the night, and normally I would have been delighted, but I told him I wasn't feeling well. He never lets it rest at that...he always has to know exactly what's wrong; I finally just told him I was really depressed. I'm sure I hurt his feelings, which I didn't want to do. The ex will also give me a hard time. He's one of those who thinks I'm normal and should just suck it up. If it weren't for the spending and risk taking behavior I'd love being hypomanic all the time...at least I feel like I'm living. Sorry if this is rambling.
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Registered: 12-14-2004
Thu, 12-16-2004 - 10:23pm

Bonjour all! My name's Emily. I'm 19, I live in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (across the border from Port Huron, MI) and I'm currently a student studing media fundimentals at the local community college in hopes of building a career in the music industry, either as a musician or a radio personality...whatever as long as I'm doing music for the rest of my life. As a musician, I play guitar, bass, some drums, piano and I'm heavly influenced by groups like the Beatles, Barenaked Ladies, Green Day and a ton of Canadian groups. I also enjoy doing community theatre and fine art (painting, drawing, etc).

I was dignosed with BP about a week ago now after about a five month period of severe depression after my first boyfriend broke up with me, stabbed me in the back and basicially blamed me for his problems. It wasn't the first time I'd felt that depressed in my life, but it was the first time I began to get extremely scary notions and thoughts. Quite frankly I couldn't take it anymore, so I took it upon myself to get help. We at first thought it was dythmia (withstanding low mood) but after I mentioned I had a tendancy of being extremely happy and high for extended periods of time, we began the process to see if it was BP. There's more to the back story that I'm dealing with (previous anxities, experiences, etc), but that's the short of it.

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