I AM A 37 YEAR OLD MALE LIVING IN MACKAY NOTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA.DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES 14YRS AGO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH MY WEIGHT SINCE I HAVE BECOME LESS ACTIVE IN SPORTS THESE DAYS,STRUGGLRD WITH HYPER THYROID AND DEPRESSION FOM THESE SYMPTOMS AND HAVE RESCENTELY HAD A THYROIDECTOMEY.ANYONE SUFFERING WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS AMD WANTS TO CHAT ABOUT IT AND DAILY I WOULD BE KEEN TO...
I am a licensed clinical social worker who has been treating children and adults for over thirteen years in the Connecticut area. In my years of practice I have grown to discover that healthcare professionals are trained and encouraged to merely treat the symptoms resulting from depression, anxiety, stress, etc without ever taking into account the causes of the initial illness. ...
I've lived with mental illness for most of my life. It started out as Depression in my teens, and then by the time I was 20 I started having symptoms of Schizophrenia. I went untreated until I was 20. Some of the emotional pain from my childhood is still with me. This blog is about my life with mental illness and the many challenges I face with it.
I'm a mental health blogger from the UK in my late twenties and a sufferer of bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, agoraphobia and self harming. I have also lost a child who was stillborn in 2007 and have some fertility issues (PCOS).
I started my blog in December 2009 and have been through quite a lot in that time including hospitalisation and psychotic symptoms.
I write as often as...
A Texan, a mom, a librarian....that's me! Also, a person with Parkinson's Disease who wants to help other PWP become better informed about treatments, symptoms and therapies.
I'm a 30 something west coast stay at home Mom. My husband and I have been married for about 10 years and have 2 children 5 & 8 yrs old.
I've struggled with depression for the majority of my life. The past few years have been especially difficult with the stresses of postpartum depression and caring for our children. Beyond the usual sypmtoms of depression, my...
I'm a retired RN who had to leave my career because of Lyme Disease and its co-infections' symptoms. I've kept busy by running a local support group since 1997. My tick bite was probably in 1985 but wasn't correctly diagnosed until 2000. Treatment has greatly improved my quality of life, leaving me eager to continue to help others and perhaps return to work.
I'm almost 52 live in New Zealand, and am married to a a Pharmacist. I have amrried son of 27 and a daughter of 22 who is a geologist. last year I was struck down with anxiety after a very stressful year and my new GP changed my antidepressant from Aropax to effexor. i have been desperately ill, Depression and anxiety which lifts occasionally for 8 months now and heaps of perimenopausal...
I am a stay at home mom of 3 (ages 7,5 and 2) and I've been married for 9 years to a wonderful man. I attend church every Sunday, where I sing in the praise band at the contemporary services. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and still struggle with many if not all of the symptoms of ADD as an adult, but I have never been formally re-diagnosed.
Hi,im Tracy,age 40, and have suffered in the past and at this present time with headaches which can only be described as a pins and needles type feeling on the left hand side of my head. This feeling is with me most of the time with a feeling of tightness and fuzziness,along side which i feel i am going to die! I dont sleep and i also struggle even when i take a sleeping tablet because i find...
