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Roll Call, please!!!!
| Mon, 05-21-2007 - 12:06pm |
We have a number of new members, so how about a roll call to introduce ourselves:
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| Mon, 05-21-2007 - 12:06pm |
We have a number of new members, so how about a roll call to introduce ourselves:
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Ok, So I'll bite!
My name is Vanessa, usually known on here and other board as Nessa
I live in Oregon
My DH and I are both 28, and have almost been married 9 yrs. We have 3 beautiful children ranging from 3 to 8. We both work for Fred Meyer, him at the front end of the store, and me in apparel.
I was just dx'd on May 7th. Been taking Lamictal for a week. I'm doing ok on it...I can defanately tell when it's time to take another one, as I get very edgey. I've been a member of this board for like, 3 months....
And, Finally, if money were no object, I would buy a really nice loaded Marathon RV, and take a summer tour of Route 66.
Nessa
I'll be the first "guinea pig":
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Hey!! It's been fun to read the answers so far. Here are mine:
1) Alicia
2) West Virginia
3) I'm a full-time freelance writer and editor; have been since near the end of 2005. I write for an internet publishing, advertising, and marketing firm in San Diego, a real estate advertisement firm in Phoenix, and an insurance advertising company in Colorado. (As you can tell, I work from my own office!) I work for b5media handling www.mentalhealthnotes.com, and keep my own writing site/blog at www.writingspark.com. On the side, I write reviews and interviews for www.revolt-media.com.
Is it all work and no play for me? Ha, yeah, most of the time. Idle hands are the devil's workshop, and all that jazz.
I have a pit-mix named Chopper, a fluffy mut-kitty named Miss Penny Lane, an amazing siggie other and a wonderful family.
4) I was diagnosed a year ago, and have been a member of this board for several months...though, I forgot I'd registered very shortly after I did so I just started being active about a week ago, haha.
5) Buy a new car, head out to a Dave Matthews concert, then haul tail to the beach for a week or two :)
1) Your first name, Brenda
2) Where you live-Texas panhandle near Amarillo
3) A little something about yourself or your family - Me, DH (txknight on this board), DS 16, and DD 8, two dogs, and two cats. Married 18 yrs this weekend. I'm BP II, DH and DS are EOBP. DS and DD are epileptic. DS also has a writing disorder. DD is also developmentally delayed, she operates on about a 5-6 yr level right now but the school is helping her a lot to catch up.
4) How long since you've been dx'd and how long you've been a member of this board
I've been a member of the board for several months (probably about 6 months but not sure maybe longer). DH and DS were DX'd about 7 years ago. I was DX'd just a few months ago after being treated for what was thought to be severe ongoing depression.
5) And just for FUN...if money were no object, what would you do this summer?
I'm with Marci on this one, sort of. I would redo my 100 yr old house and the yard. I would also take a trip around the world, stopping to see all the sites I've always wanted to see. Money is no object after all.
Brenda
1) Your first name, Elizabeth
2) Where you live- Pleasant Grove Ut(in between salt lake and provo
3) A little something about yourself or your family - i'll be 25 next mo, dh is 27, first dd will be 3 next mo, and second dd will be 2 in sept.
4) How long since you've been dx'd and how long you've been a member of this board- i was diagnosed when i was 18 or 19. i just found this board today though i have been a member of other boards on ivillage.
5) And just for FUN...if money were no object, what would you do this summer?
to be honest i would get all the rest of my dental work done and pay off what i already have had done.
oh and i don't have insurance so i would get help with out worrying and feeling guilty about it.
sorry, i'm in the middle of the major depression side of things.
Elizabeth
Beth
I live outside Toronto
I was raised in Arizona
I was diagnosed in 1993
If I had the money, I would go to a conducting seminar, and we would go on a second honeymoon.
Express!
Beth "Petrouchka"
1) my name is Rebekah
2) I live in Tampa FL
3) I am married and a stay at home mom to two kids ages 8 and 7 and I have a BA in Sociology.
4) I was diagnosed in Feb 05 and have been a member of this board for about 2 years I think....give or take a few months due to a faulty memory!
5) I would go on vacation somewhere....anywhere north of here would be good, maybe to Canada.
Rebekah
1) Your first name, or if you're not comfortable with that, the name you'd like to go by here (it's better than "Hey, You")
txknight or tk
2) Where you live--again as much as you're comfortable with, city, state or region
Northern Panhandle of TX.
3) A little something about yourself or your family
DW (melissacat66) already answered that pretty well....all the bp in the family makes for some interesting times.
4) How long since you've been dx'd and how long you've been a member of this board
dx'd about 7 yrs ago....just started meds about 6 or 8 months ago, I've been hanging around this board for about a yr, pointed this way by another member off the child bp board....hung around because I thought this board needed at least ONE male LOL. j/k
5) And just for FUN...if money were no object, what would you do this summer?
DW summed it up rather well, she and I are scary at times with how similar our minds work.
tk
1) Your first name, or if you're not comfortable with that, the name you'd like to go by here (it's better than "Hey, You")
Steph
2) Where you live--again as much as you're comfortable with, city, state or region
Washington, 5 miles from the border. DH is a Canadian. I'm American.
3) A little something about yourself or your family (BTW-if you haven't already done so, how about filling out the iVillage profile info . I love reading the different details about people and it definitely let's us get to know you better!)
I am a mom of five and grandmother of five with two more due any second now (different kids pregnant, not twins).
I've been a special education advocate and consultant for many years now, four years professionally.
I just found out today that my breast biopsy was clear. NO CANCER!!!!! YIPEE!!!!! Now, we just have to deal with dh's prostate cancer.
I'm off of all my meds at the moment due to hypototocity, high liver enzymes from medications. Found out today that it is the meds for sure that were causing this. I'm not sure what the doc will do now. I see her on Thursday about it. I was taken off of Lamictal, Seroquel, Wellbutrin XL, and Clonazopam. She put me on Xanax. I'm not happy being on it. I still have sleeping problems, getting to sleep and sleeping without waking up. I have NO concentration, losing words and trains of thought constantly. My anxiety level is better than it's ever been, but at this cost. I'm not happy with it. Plus, I have noticed that I've had a few hours here and there with hypomania. I've been taking a double dose of liquid Omega-3 Fish Oil and extra B-12 to help with moods swings since having been taken off all my meds 2.5 weeks ago. It's done a pretty good job actually.
4) How long since you've been dx'd and how long you've been a member of this board
I was dxed at age 38. I'm now 45yo. I've been here on and off a few times in the last three years, never posted much. I've been coming here regularly for about three weeks.
5) And just for FUN...if money were no object, what would you do this summer?
I would get all my kids and grandkids and head to Disney World for a whole lot of fun!!!
2) NE Oklahoma
3) Currently attending Intensive Outpatient Therapy (although I missed today)
4) I've been diagnosed Bipolar II for 2 1/2 years, Bipolar I for 1 month. I've been stable for 8 days now--not long but a big step for me since I'm a rapid cycler. I've been a member of this board for roughly 10 months.
5) Take the family to Big Splash Water Park in Tulsa.
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