Eating Disorders
Hi, My name is Terri and i am a 41 year old
female who has been through the rampant of the mental health illnesses.
I live in Ohio, and have a house filled with animals, to me they are
good therapy, and i also have a very supportive husband. My illness
have consisted of Major Depression, panic disorder, anorexia, OCD, which
is under control for about 10 years now, Schizoaffective bipolar and
alcoholism. I was once misdiagnosed as borderline personality
disorder, i had a bad experience with that diagnosis, a misinformed
doctor.
At this point in my life i battle mainly with the schizoaffective bipolar
and also PTSD from childhood abuse, which i forgot to add, sorry. I
have been managing my panic disorder and am not longer practicing any
anorexic behavior in 15 years. One thing i have been doing for a
long time is researching all of these mental illnesses and others to find
out as much as i can to help myself and keep up on new treatments. I
have spent time in the hospitals, mainly the Veterans Administration
hospital, I was in the Air Force for 6 years where I began to drink
heavily to cover up the depression and anxiety i was feeling. I have
also been going to college for a long time studying social work and
psychology and am at a senior level but the courses don't go towards one
degree and i do not have the money to finish. Someday i know i will.
At one point in time i was a drug/alcohol counselor in the military, if
you can believe it and a peer counselor when i got out. By the way i
no longer drink for a number of years. It was strange, but once i
finally got the right treatment i just quit drinking, i never tried to
quit, it just happened, and now the smell of it makes me sick.
I am here to answer the questions i can, and if i don't know i
will try and find them for you, or if you just want to chat about an
mental health issue also.
We all need to become knowledgeable of
mental health issues so society will hopefully someday remove the stigma
that still exists. With that have a good day. Wicketbears@aol.com
