PatientsLikeMe : Chelena's Mood Conditions Profile

Chelena

Female, 53 years
Sacramento, CA

Chelena: Data Quality: 3 stars; Mood Community; Depression: 2; Emotional: 1; Compulsion: 1; Anxiety: 1; Mania: 0; Physical: 1; External Stress: Severe; Rx Therapy; 53 F; Function: Moderate; Distress: Low; See profile

Member since: 04/08
Last updated: 10/13/08

Condition Summary
PTSD, Depression

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About Me
I've been more or less stable the past year,i.e. I have less suicidal ideation & haven't had a major depressive episode in 2 yrs. I found out late in life about Depression & Complex PTSD & how serious they can be. I've had it in some form since birth. PTSD is difficult to treat as long term talk therapy is the best cure with a good psychologist. I went untreated 'til 1990 & it's been a long journey with 2 different p-docs, much testing, trying different meds, diagnoses, & several therapists plus a 9-week stay as an in-patient at The Menninger Clinic. I also suffer from chronic back & hip pain.

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