I€™m stressing out just trying to write this! Gosh Darn it€¦ :8o:
what is one supposed to say about him/herself €¦OK€¦ the physical facts as they are today is that I€™m a 36yr old female. Married 11yrs, w/ 2 girls, 8 and 3. I live in a rural neighborhood w/ my mother-in-law, 18 yr old tattooed & pierced niece, 3 cats, a dog and a rat..LOL.. I have been a sufferer for as long as I can remember.. At least cognitively since I was about 17.. In hindsight I see it preceding that to around 8 yrs old €¦ I was €˜officially Dx€™d as Agoraphobic, Bi-polar, and Depressed at around age 18
In this €˜current€™ time period of my life, One of the most life effecting things there is that the older girl has €˜issues€™ that I (and €˜the house€™) are having a real hard time dealing with. She has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) she has also been dx€™d with ODD (Oppositional Defiantcy Disorder) I€™m sure she is starting to develop co-disorders as well. And she suffers mild petimal seizures. Her behavioral €˜issues€™ cause interference with school, home, relationships€¦ just everything. And over the years has come to affect everything about me as well.. Other things €˜major stress€™ me out as well, I think probably more common in nature.. Finances, Relationships, Health etc€¦
The daily anxiety & stress has increased a bit as The Hubby & myself quit smoking 3+ weeks ago€¦(which is how I came here.. Thru a posting from Ann-Marie, at the quitters support forum.)€¦When I was planning my quit, I asked the doc specifically for wellbutrin (Zyban) as it had 3 benefits.. helped curb cravings, depression and is prescribed for ADHD as well€¦ Well I took those meds for about a year before even seriously being able to plan my quit. I think that the meds helped me start to €˜feel€™ better.. And I needed to feel better in my head b4 I could take on such a challenge.. ya know? Other than this last year w/ the wellbutrin (really being prescribed for something else) I only took meds (as it pertains here) one other time in my life. It was only about 6 yrs ago. That was Prozac and Lithium.. but that was very short lived.. This sounds goofy.. But I basically stopped taking the meds cause my primary Doctor (at the time) wanted me to see a phyciatrist. Which I€™m sure would in fact be a good idea.. IF I co