HEALTH INTERESTS:

bipolar disorder,  traumatic stress disorder.Ive been receiving mental health for about 1 and a 1/2 years.9 year old boy ADHD,  other boy 15 has ADD.My girl feels left out needs attention all the time shes 12.Three of us are disabled mentally,  Im also physically disabled.very abusive marriage.Herniated disc pushing into spinal chord with disc degenerative disease,  slight scoliosis,  severe arthritis in several areas of the body(need injections but nobody to take me and bring me home),  chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease(copd),  diabetes which has caused damage to some nerves,  dental problems,  astigmatism whith a very small cataract starting,  chronic sinusitis(previous surgery for this and to straighten a peice in my nose),  esophagitis,  I gave up smoking 1 year ago as of march 07,  An impingement on a tendon of my right shoulder(tare in tendon),  damage to ulnar nerve,  several fractures and cysts in my feet,  a small peice of bone dangling in my left foot,  exzyma,  3 surgerys for skin cancers and I have had 3 sets of cryosurgery for pre cancers(several areas,  they burned off about 150 of them this last time I went)I have GERD,  my right leg is slightly out of wack(not sure of the problem)I ended up with another serious type of disease but not deadly(thank God).I have other medical problems but no more room.Alot of this is from abuse.

DRUGS I AM TAKING:

Lamictal 200mg.The meds such as prozac,  paxil,  zoloft and others dont work they make me very angry and emotional.

ABOUT ME:

Im a single mother of 3 children.I have a boy 15,a girl 12, a boy 10.They are my pride and joy.I have been in relationships and marriages of serious abuse to me and my children to where I couldnt do anything about it or they would hurt me even more.Im very lonely at times.Im at home alot.I have one good freind her name is Linda.She is disabled also.My family is too busy for me.Its very hard for me to be positive when theres alot of negative in my life.other big issues in my life  are jealousy, mistrust,lonely and hurting. 

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