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I am so bummed, and worried that I have gestational diabetes. I am 29 weeks pregnant and just had an ultrasound last week and the baby isn’t too big so far, only 2 lbs, 14 ounces (36th percentile), but I don’t know when the baby starts to grow larger because of the GD? I did not have this problem with my son, so I am freaking out. My son was very small all the way through my pregnancy usually staying in the 5-7th percentile, and was born only 5 lbs, 10 ounces, so I am worried that this baby (a girl) is already quite a bit larger than he was at this stage, but still not too large? Am I making any sense at all? I am going in for my 3 hour glucose test tomorrow morning, I just wanted to hear other opinions and experiences out there. Thanks!

Understandably, many people sitting at home reading this may think that i am a 15 year old feeling rather sorry for myself, and the fact that people haven’t been there to share my experiences may make it difficult for them to understand, but in advance i thank anyone who does comment and offer any advice and help they have to offer.

Like I said, i am 15. I may not have had the worst life in the world, but you know what, it’s affecting me as a person really badly. let’s start from the beginning.

i have a broken family, my mum and dad are still together but they seem too occupied smoking weed to listen to half the stuff i had to say. the rest of my family? they’ve had a fun time threatening and dismissing me, not face to face but it’s really scary. really, especially because i have anxiety issue.. massive anxiety issues.

i’ve been suppressed as a person since a young age, always backing down to let someone get their way. others see it as a gesture of kindness, however i have always been submissive seeing as my parents never raised me to have a sense of involvement in anything even slightly risky.

at school, because of this nature, i was bullied harshly. i called myself king of the school rumours, everyone, even those i considered close friends would have a go at making me look like an utter idiot, even if i had never done anything wrong, and though i have pulled out of school people still find ways to do this, namely because of the fact that these so called ‘friends’ would take advantage of the fact i’m a pushover and get me into situations where i have been threatened, hurt, put ‘in a corner’, spent hundreds on their needs… even something as small and simple as cigarettes, now at 15 i’m scared to death of saying no if someone wants something from me, i’ll just hand over what they want, and then they just keep coming back for more.

i have developed a cloaked personality, nobody knows how scared i am. even though i am scared to death of other people, i’ll still walk out the door with my head held high, and because i put on a happy persona, people don’t believe me that i feel as scared and depressed as i am, and say my overdosing and self harming problems are an attempt at gaining pity and gaining respect, despite the fact i do it hoping one day, i’ll clip the vein in my arm and die. it sounds like i’m being sorry for myself… however unlike alot of people, i know i am psychologically damaged. i know something’s going on inside my head. i give up on everything i ever attempt at doing, i have no self esteem and i spent the whole of the last 8 years scared, since the age of 7, not a single moment i haven’t been scared, and I swear down that is NO exaggeration.

It’s hard to explain what is going on in my mind. i don’t have a personality due to much of the suppression i have felt since i was a child. any type of personality i express is fake, and people never seem to understand this. i have no self esteem whatsoever, and despite seeking help from doctors and counsellors, i haven’t gotten any better, and all that has happened is i got offered anti-depressants, which made me feel even worse.

my existence in life at the moment is to make everyone else look like the bigger man. if anyone’s with me they look like a bigger and better person. i try so hard to change that but any time i speak out, ‘friends’ have shoved me back in my place. i can’t talk to my parents about it because even though i love them and they love me, i think because they don’t understand what’s going through my head, they have started seeing it as i keep just trying to cause trouble and be immature in friendships.

i do however keep some morals. i would never in my life cause harm to another, i would never look at women as tools for sex and would never lay a hand on a woman. i have respect for people who are nice, even though, like i said, i now am scared to death permanently of getting into a bad situation with another person, that i soon end up becoming their slave to do their dirty work and then get in trouble afterwards.

the reason i wrote this is simple. as you probably guessed, i’m at the stage where i have had enough, i’m tired and i just want to rest. on one side, i see that killing myself would hardly do any good. people who love and care for me would be broken, and any battle i have ever lost would not be won, and the hundreds of people in my life who have hurt me and made me the way i am would have won and probably got what they wanted. however, despite all this, i still just want a rest and want everything to be over. i’m scared of death and i would love to sort myself out, but 8 years of feeling this way (yes, even at 7 i felt this way) just makes the urge get stronger day by day. i respect myself for holding on this long, but there’s a time when everyone snaps. i nearly have, and it’s destroying me.

if anyone has any advice for me, and can understand how i’m feeling and can offer advice better then ‘see

Hello,

note: to the people with adhd, I am wondering what your experiences were like going of the medication for a long period of time.. I went off for 4 years, and this is my experience that i’d like to share.

I was diagnosed ADHD at age 5, medicated till I was 14. Went off the medications, 2 years later diagnosed social anxiety and major depressive. Could not pay attention in school nor to friends, so basically bombed out of school and lost all friends. I had trouble reading through a paragraph AND actually remembering what I just read. I’d sit there and read a paragraph over and over for 10 minutes untill I finally got it. I tried 3 kinds of anti depressants of a period of 2 years, they did not work… Tried therapy… Did not work.. The friends I did make during this time, didn’t like being around me cause they felt I didn’t value them as important as I’d forget whatever they told me. :(

I made the choice to get off anti depressants and back on adhd medication. I can honestly say my life has changed dramatically. I started noticing things I was doing or not doing, and was very suprised. My performance at work is getting a whole lot better, and people are seeing me more social able rather than a introvert. I’m reading personal stories online of people who went cold turkey off their adhd medication and who’s lives completely fell apart. When they went back on the medication their lives had changed dramatically just as mine.

I’m just wondering if it’s possible that the two diagnoses (* depression and social anxiety *) may have been caused by not treating the adhd? I brought this up with my pyschiatrist, and he thought it was interesting and would permit me to participate in a trial – I’d get perscribed Metadate CD, and report back on my progress. I report in on August 30th, and so far, I have nothing but good news.
Jason, I think your experience is interesting – However I don’t think I have mercury poisoning. I’d give the medication for Adhd one more try.. I too joined the Army DEP when I was 17, and could literally not pay attention in class. I’d fall asleep – the sergeants would make me stand at attention and do pushups – even after that i’d fall asleep.

i always feel really low and suffered with depression throughout my teen age years.
ive finally made the decision that i need to do something about my state of mind as it effecting my everyday life and close relationships i have.
i know that anti depressants are an option and i am seriously considering them.
i just wanted a second opinion, ive heard a lot of stories about the negative effect they have on people who undergo this type of treatment.
if anyone has theyre own experiences with them or knows of an alternative root to take, i would be very greatful.

out there that hav or are using it, How did Celexa work for U? I just recently hav gotten on it per my Doctor & it has worked Remarkably well for the most part so far…. Jus wanted to pick the brains of others out there who have tried it or who are on it to see Ur Opinons &/or experiences on da drug.

One other thang is I get nervous with these Anti’s cause I have had a rocky time of it the last 2-5 years in terms of the Drugs working, then just cropping out, so please giv me some response on that too, I started my takin of anti’s in 1998 @ age 20 w/ Effexor which worked Beautifully til about 2003, then when I would use it was on again off again, u get my drift & I have had that same problem alot more in the last few yrs w/ the likes of Cymbala, Prozac, etc

Are Drug Companies AWARE of this problem w/ Anti-Depressants? why do non Anti’s not ware off but Anti’s do??? These are the questions I ponder & I challenge U to ask urself that & giv me ur opinion

THANK U & God Bless.

I am 21 and have been diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease. I have always been very healthy, and do not smoke, so i believe it is quite rare at my age. I have had pain on and off for over 2 years now, and currently for the last 6 months straight. I used to play basketball, it was my life, and in a way still is, I really just wanna know if I’ll be able to play again. If anyone has had DDD and found a good solution that has worked for them please let me know your story. I have tried all the exercieses, anti-inflam., and chiropractor for months but have yet to find a solution besides injections or surgey which looks to be next on my list. I dont need a total painfree solution, I can play through pain, but it totally locks my core up when i try to do anything. So if anyone has any solutions, or has had the injections or surgey please let me know what happened good or bad. I kno even doctors arent always rt, so i want to get some other opinions from people who have been thru this, thx
Yes I did have electric stem. for 3 months along with the chiropractor and therapy and i also used a lumber trackion all with no results good or bad. The treatment did not start that aggressive with all those things, but we tried to add things and build my strength up but it didnt seem to help at all. I’m getting my mri this week and seeing my orthopedic the next week with results and what he thinks is best to do, I just want to get other peoples opinions and experiences, so that i can develop better questions and ideas to ask my doctor. Thanks a lot for your answers so far, anymore would be greatly appreciated…