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Lindais in serious physical pain and needs Percocet.
- Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Gender: Female
- Birthday: April 20, 1977
- Bio: I am a teacher, a single woman, and just trying to get by.
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HEALTH INTERESTS:
I am interested in bipolar disorder in general, but specifically different treatments, the pros and cons of therapy, and symptoms of other mental disorders that are commonly linked with bipolar disorder.DRUGS I AM TAKING:
I am currently taking Lithium, although I have been on Depakote with little success. Also, I just began taking Abilify for the rage asccociated with Borderline Personality Disorder, which I also have.ABOUT ME:
My name is Linda and I am a 31-year-old single woman from Brooklyn, NY. I was born and raised there, and although I always felt like an outsider because I was of a different nationality (and mindset) of most of my peers, I somehow never left. I do partially blame my over-protective parents, but as I got older and began my career and my late-blooming social life, I began to realize that it was not just a matter of social differences or an enmeshed family that had made me the unhappy woman I was. It was a chemical thing, and it was ruining my life. After the initial diagnosis of anxiety/depression, I discovered that anti-depressants were NOT for me, as I flew into hypo-manic mode and caused some moderate trouble for myself and others that nearly cost me a job and a best friend. My bipolar diagnosis came shortly after, and my doctor and I have come to understand that my disease manifests itself in an uncommon way. I feel a constant state of depression, and act out a constant state of mania, as if "the little man", as I call it, is telling me what my mother always said ... if you fake it, it will eventually come true. Of course, this "little man" is wrong, and Lithium and the occasional Xanax keeps him in check. I am a work in progress, but I am not just my disease! I am a high school English teacher, a writer, a friend, a sister, a daughter ... not always a perfect one, of course. I have a beautiful little Maltese named Sophia, an adorable-yet-high-strung dog whose presence in my home saves my life on a daily basis. I like travel, beaches, wine, fine dining, listening to classic rock over beers and dancing to disco. My reputation for being a social wreck is legendary in my small community, but they do not know what I go through on a daily basis, and I am eager to share my thoughts with people who do. :)PHOTOS:
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