Who are you ?

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Who are you ?
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Thu, 09-15-2005 - 6:24pm

I was just wondering if we could all introduce ourselves and tell a little bit about ourselves, like our names(if you want to), where we live, when were you Dx'd, about your family...whatever you would like to share.

My name is Tina. I am 37 but sometimes feel 16 and other times my body feels like I am 80. I live in Shadyside Maryland with my BF, his son and my bf's brother. What a trip being around all men. I have a 16 year old dd who now lives with her dad. She thinks she knows it all and at times has a mean streak...maybe it's a teen thing. She can be very kind too and she is so beautiful.
I was Dx'd 4 yrs ago with Bipolar and panic disorder. I just got on a cocktail of meds 4 months ago that have actually stablized me the best so far. I take Prozac, Lamictal, Risperdal, and xanax. I have been on so many meds, probably all of them except Lithium and Zyprexa.
I enjoy music, art, drawing, taking rides in the country, looking out at the Chesapeake Bay down the block from me. We have alot of deer around and I love them. I have a fur baby (a dog). Her name is Molly. She thinks she is the Princess around here...maybe because we treat her like one. She really puts a smile on my face and comforts me when I am down.
I look forward to finding out more about you all.

Tina~

 
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Thu, 09-15-2005 - 7:38pm

Wow Tina! What a great idea :)

My name is Rebekah and I am 27. I live in Tampa FL...the hottest place on earth LOL. I am recently married(March 4, 2005) and I have two children, JJ and Abby. JJ is 7 and Abby is 5. I am a Junior at University of South Florida and I am majoring in Sociology. I think I want to be a caseworker for the Department of Childrens Services or some similar agency, at least at first.

I dont really have any hobbies or anything like that. I like to read and swim, I suppose those might be hobbies. I am hoping to move out of Florida and to N. Virginia/Washington D.C. area in the next few years after DH graduates from school. He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering at USF.

I was dx'd in May with Bipolar I and the pdoc put me on Lithium, Lamictal and Wellbutrin, they are working pretty well but I am still unstable so I probably need them adjusted and I am not sleeping still so I should do something about that too. She gave me Seroquel but I feel like a zombie when I take it so I dont take it anymore.

My life is pretty boring and simple...but its nice, I have had enough excitement to last me a lifetime already.

Hugs,

Rebekah

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Thu, 09-15-2005 - 7:40pm

Good idea Tina! I've noticed a lot of new faces here and hope to get to know them, as well as the rest of you a bit better.


My name is Traci, I'm a 37yo single mom of 3.

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Fri, 09-16-2005 - 10:20am

My name is Beth, but my nickname is Petrouchka, after the title character of a Stravinsky ballet whom I identify with. I am 33. I was diagnosed when I was 20 and have been on a long list of medicines since. Now I take Neurontin, Geodon, Ativan, Fish Oil, Ambien, and will soon start using a balanced spectrum light. My illness is pretty well controlled, but things do get to be a bit much for me sometimes.

I love classical music. I play all instruments and sing (guess my major instrument;}!), and at one time dreamed of being a pro orchestral conductor. I since decided that I can actually put more music in the world as a public school music teacher, so I am working towards that now. I just got married to a wonderful man who happens to be Canadian (Darn!) The reason I say darn is that I am a U.S. citizen, and that means that to live together, we have to deal with immigration. That is a big stressor now. The Canadian govt. will not give me health care or let me work, so I am going to get a volunteer position to keep me busy. I am also trying to write a book- I worked for a year in a school with a really evil principal, and he has too much power for me to really punish him, which I kind of want to do, so this book is therapy. The plot is that there is a secret society wanting a new world order that puts people in powerful places, like school principalships, and the lead character, Michael Cox, who is based on my old principal, becomes a member, and I am putting lots of opportunities to laugh at him in the book. OK, so that's not so Christian, but I have to do it. We can't be perfect all the time, can we?

Express!
Beth "Petrouchka"

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Sat, 09-17-2005 - 2:01pm

Hi,


Amanda here, 24 and in Ontario Canada...no it's not snowing yet. hahaha


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Sat, 09-17-2005 - 4:53pm
hello....susan...44 years old with 3 dd's...7 8 & 10 the eldest who has taken to coming down with good old southern fashion vapors & my doc says she's fine but she cheers up greatly & recovers when she starts talking bout her period(she's convinced its coming TODAY.my mother claims she's phychologically damaged from having me as a mother but i have a enough trouble finding a shrink for ME my husband will pay for.
but hey...they are born w/ pms.today was the 1st time my h made a punishment & stuck to it...i was impressed.
anyway...i live in brooklyn & altho i work w/ makeup(artist & sales)just for fun,i accidently stumbled upon a sometimes(seasonal)carreer of teaching drama classes to kids.
(so i TRY to keep it a secret that i occaisionally lose my mind...kind of funny when people want to "visit" the hospital)but it's not that much of a secret as i grew up here.
i have been diagnosed since puberty had every disorder under the book in order to get attention,dropped out of high school to be an actress & didn't like the rejection.i went to college anyway cause i ALWAYS do what my mother says(isn't it shocking when you find out as an adult that your mother is usually more WRONG than right??????????????
my dad said i was the one in the family who feels & i fell a bit guilty bout my diagnoses cause its not like anything major happened to me when i was little(cept my parents of course but i paid em back as a teenager 3fold.
ANYWAY...i could write a book on my attempts to find dr's to treat me...some listened to my story & said i was too sick for them to treat,some fell asleep,some talked about my breasts.when they couldn't think of anything else to say the called me borderline...i always wondered if i was bipolar even if it was chemically induced...i was always being given the current popular drug of the month & i am the poster child for side effects.
since one of my manic affectations is falling in love(w/ other people than my h )it finally brought me to marraige counseling which is how i found my current doc...i'm still trying to find the proper p doc....can't beleive how HARD it is to find HELP!
my h finally relented to my hospitalization when i resorted to pills & alchohol.3 post partem psychosis didn't convince him.
cept for my kids i never felt so alone in my life.
the i/p doc gave me lithium & a "buddy" ect.my hospitalization ran out b/f i could get my ect. & i was having pressure to get home(hmmm..how come i'm so sick when my mother is SO PERFECT????(not)
i had the lamictal rash & the doc scolded me for giving the wrong dosage info in the e.r.(oh du-h)& i had to go cold turkey.ugh.the ect. buddy offed himself after he got home from the hospital so i supposed i fared better than he did.
the lithium worked wonders but made sleep impossible for having to pee every 7 minutes & i gained 30 pounds WHILE doing jenny craig.i thought i was going mad.i stopped when the 5th person asked me if i was pg & i asked her if she was stupid or just thoughtless(yay me)
so...i'm in that quandry again.its lonely her.but i'm glad i found the board & especially that keli remembered me......................now you know more about me that you possibly want to.
p.s....take the seroqel at bedtime...my i/p doc had me taking someduring the day & it just wasnn't doable(WHY ARE YOU SO SLEEPY & USELESS mommy dearest actually asked...if you take it at bedtime & not too late itll help you sleep.