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Alie
Sex: F
Data Quality: 3 stars
Major Depressive Disorder
Depression: 2
Mania: 0
Emotional: 2
Anxiety: 2
Compulsion: 2
External Stress: Moderate
Rx Therapy
27 F
Function: Low
Distress: Moderate
Alie
Female, 27 years
Coralville, IA
Primary Condition
Major Depressive Disorder and 14 more ▼
First symptom
Diagnosis
Interests
Advocacy, Alternative Medicine and 4 more ▼

About Alie

Cisgender female; old enough to know better but young enough not to give a fuck; monogamous bisexual unicorn; the lucky owner of two beagles; tragically awesome; curly haired; apatheist / aspiring Buddhist; left of left politically; living life to the fullest despite, in spite, and because of chronic mental illness.

Interests

Advocacy, Alternative Medicine, LGBTQ Issues, Relationships, Research, and Working with my Condition

Profile Activity
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Member since: Apr 15, 2010 Last Login May 24, 2013

Other Conditions

  1. ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  2. Agoraphobia
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  3. Benign Breast Tumor
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
    Stopped
    Stopped Reason
    This was resolved with Surgery and Surgery.
  4. Borderline Personality Disorder
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
    Stopped
    Stopped Reason
    I was misdiagnosed. It was actually C-PTSD.
  5. C-PTSD (Complex post-traumatic stress disorder)
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
    Undiagnosed
  6. Dysthymia
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  7. Gallstones
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  8. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  9. Idiopathic Hypersomnia
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
    Undiagnosed
  10. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  11. Panic Disorder
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  12. Psoriasis
    Diagnosis
  13. Social Anxiety Disorder
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
  14. Tobacco Addiction
    First symptom
    Diagnosis
    Undiagnosed

More About Alie

Depressed since I was roughly 6 (~1992).  Diagnosed at 16 (Jan. 2002) by a GP.  Not treated adequately until Jan of 2006, when I was 20.  Depression manifests in atypical, chronic, recurrent, severe episodes.  Dysthymia when I'm not having a major depressive episode.

Generalized Anxiety since high school (~2000).

PTSD from house fire when I was 18 (Feb 2004).  Resolved after roughly six years.  Panic attacks and social anxiety followed after that, unresolved.

ADHD not "officially" diagnosed because the symptoms are hard to tell apart from depression, but my psychiatrist believes I probably have it.

Borderline Personality Disorder is undiagnosed due to me not having enough traits.  However, 4/9 is enough for me to put it here.  (Avoiding abandonment, unstable [romantic] relationships, impulsivity, affective instability.)

Idiopathic Hypersomnia remains undiagnosed.  I sleep roughly 12-18 hours a day; I do not have cataplexy, hallucinations, or sleep paralysis.  I do have excessive daytime sleepiness and all the other symptoms of hypersomnia...  HOWEVER no one will probably ever diagnose me with this because of my depression history.