My name is Terisa and I am in desperate need of help! I am 19 years old and have been very ill for almost a year now. I have seen several doctors (including specialists), had hundreds of tests, and even more medications and treatments to no avail. I am getting pretty desperate because the nature of my illness is one that restricts me to home, limits me to few activities, and most importantly, keeps me in constant pain. I am hoping that somewhere out there is my House. I am looking for a doctor looking for a challenge or someone that has struggled with illness that may have answers! I am willing to take any suggestions so if anyone has any idea of what I could have, please feel free to put in your two cents! And please don’t hold back because of how serious a diagnoses you have. I’ve been told I have all sorts of terrible diseases so I’m not shy about that. The following are my symptoms.

*Wide spread, chronic, severe pain that is worst in the knees, hips, and back. The pain is made worse by movement, sitting, standing, exercise, walking, bending over, crouching down, and on bad days, laying down. The pain is helped by narcotic pain killers and heat but never goes away completely. A normal day my pain is between a 5 and 7 on the pain scale. With drugs, a 3 to 6 (The pain started March 2nd, 2009. At the time I was diagnosed with a bulging disc but I have since been undiagnosed. However the pain mimics that of a bulging disc if that helps.)

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Me and my husband are trying for number 3 (number 4 if you count my ectopic pregnancy in 2006, we count him but some people don’t.) We have an 8 y/o girl and a 20 m/o girl. After my youngest was born I went on Mirena, but it fell out. I can’t remember to takethe pill, so I went on the depo shot. I took my last dose June of 2008. Didn’t get my period back until Dec. Skipped it in Jan. Had one in Feb., and now I’m skipping it again, I know I’m skipping it because all pregnancy tests are coming back negative. Any suggestions. I have only one tube as a result of my ectopic. I’m beginning to thinkI won’t ever become pregnant. Please give me advice or suggestions that may help, my insurance doesn’t pay for fertility treatments and we can’t afford them. Could it also be possible that my husband being on 12 medications at the moment have made him sterile. Its mainly for his chronic back pain, depression, allergies and high blood pressure.

I’m at the beginning of week 39 and we are still considering where to have our baby. I’m 29 years old, perfectly healthy, the baby is great too, weighs about 3 kilos and the pregnancy has so far been physiological with no problems whatsoever.
The dilemma is, we have 2 hospitals to choose from – one is a state hospital with a NICU but terrible conditions for the mothers – they actually still perform preventive episiotomies and women aren’t encouraged or allowed to give birth in any other position than the lithotomy (this is 21st century Slovakia)! I’m in depression just thinking about it
The other option is a state hospital in nearby Austria which is extremely baby- and mother-friendly, has great staff and they are willing to support me in every point of my birthplan. They are expensive almost beyond what we can afford (as I’m not insured in Austria, I’ll have to pay for everything) AND don’t have a NICU.
I feel that when I chose the medieval one, I’m doing the right thing for my baby, but I don’t know how big the risk is something goes wrong in this stage and he’ll actually need the NICU (it’s usually the premature babies who do, isn’t it?); on the other hand, I’m freaked out at the thought of the “treatment” I’ll get and the stress, pain and injury. If we choose Austria, I’ll feel irresponsible towards my baby, although the experience will undoubtedly be much more bearable for me and for him too (if everything goes allright).
What would you choose? Am Ia ctually putting the baby at real risk if I go to a hospital without a NICU? Or will the stress I’ll undoubtedly experience in the Slovak hospital be a sort of risk too? Thanks a lot for your opinions!
The transfer to an Austrian NICU and the care there would cost much (tens of thousands of dollars) and take long (it’s 50km).

I’m 6 weeks pregnant with my 4th baby. I have been suffering from anxiety and panic disorder for the past 6 months with no treatment. Gets worse during period times also. My pregnancy has been going well up to about a week ago. My anxiety is sooo much worse. Its making me dizzy and spaced out, palpitations often, feeling depressed and just feeling like myself. I was so happy and now I am a wreck! I’m not even happy to be pregnant anymore, I almost feel like keeping myself in the house all day and never going anywhere. I have 4 other kids to take care of. Im afraid I will not cope and will fall into a deeep depression and anxiety state. What do I do? Havent been to doc yet cause waiting for my insurance to kick in. What will happen if I tell him how im feeling? What treatment is available for me? I cant go on like this for 9 months!!! Hubby works long hours so hard for him to help me out!

I am a 28 yr old mom of 2. I have had one ectopic pregnancy (after the other kids) that ended with the Dr. removing one of my tubes. I was on Depo-Provera for 1 year after the tube was removed. I got off, but couldn’t get pregnant for 1.5 yrs, and the menstrual cycle was HELL…severe cramps, horrible mood swings, depression, heavy bleeding, headaches…so I succumbed and tried the pill…it increased my depression, so I went back to Depo to get SOME relief. My periods stopped completely after one month, and I instantly felt like I had made a mistake, because I really do want to get pregnant. I did not get my next shot, and my period still has not come back…My son is 9 and my daughter is 5 and I really don’t want to have such a huge gap between my oldest and my youngest! Please help if you know what I can do to get pregnant. We do NOT have $ for fertility treatments…so other options, please! Thanks!

i’m 36 weeks pregnant, i am married (to a wonderful, although a pain in the butt, man) and have a 4yr old. this has been a difficult pregnancy– i have had 3 threatened miscarriages, among other problems. i was really happy when we found out i was pregnant, and still am happy. i look forward to seeing our new son.
my problem is that i have a mixed range of emotions. i’m excited to see our baby, but at the same time, i’m almost afraid to. i’m afraid of not giving my 4yr old the attention he needs, and i’m afraid of not having the same feelings for the new baby as i do my 4 yr old. i’m afraid i won’t be as interested in my new baby.

i told my husband and he says he thinks things will be fine, and knows all will be well. my husband thinks that its because of everything else going on is why i feel this way. my grannie who is more like my mom has cancer and isn’t doing well with the new treatments (my mom died of cancer 2 months after my 4 yr old was born), the complications, and trouble with some of my other family members really have me down. i talked to my dr (my ob) and was started on zoloft because i didn’t want to feel bad while pregnant, and wanted to try to prevent postpartum depression.

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I am now 32 weeks pregnant and have been depressed on and off since about 24 weeks. I will mention it to my gp on my next visit (next week) because I’m getting sick of it. To mums that went through depression, for what reason were you depressed and what kind of treatment did you receive? Did it go away after birth? I am depressed about little stupid things, I feel like I’m a bad person for not doing anything so bad. I’m just a human and I’m not perfect I know that lol but why do I feel guilty about every single mistake I’ve made in past and in present?

Im pregnant for the first time and scared because I haven’t been seeing a doctor regularly, I saw a doctor regularly for the first 20 weeks. After that I had some insurance and money issues and the doctor discharged me as a client… so I went 12 weeks without seeing a doctor. Finally I filed for medicaid and started seeing another doctor, this doctor didn’t do much he measured my belly checked the fetal heartbeat and urine and sent me on my way. I saw him for 2 weeks and did my gestational diabetes test, which was elivated so I had to do the second one… mean while before I could get my doctor to give me the results they discharged me too because I still have 20 days before my medicaid case is approved, my medicaid is still pending.

The baby is due on 2-1-09 and I wont be able to see a doctor till the end of all this when Im in labor, Im upset and worried… its been a slightly complicated pregnancy in the first place, I had a kidney infection in week 21 and had to go to the hospital because I started contracting I was given a shot to stop the contractions and sent home with medication. I have had severe depression and mood swings, I have a problem keeping myself hydrated, and I just don’t know what to do and I want my baby to be okay.

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Hello I have a few questions for all the pain management people or people on this treatment . I have been threw withdwawels without anything but now with the sub I want to know when I should start it, Like how far into withdrawels do I have to be in? Is there a certain amount of hours after my last pill? Because I deffinality dont want to go into the bad withdrawels so what is the first sign or symptom that I should take it.

Also I do have real severe pain and I read that it can help and I also heard that it doesnt what options do I have for my pain that are non narcodic Like some type of shot they give you every few months im not sure what it is called. But I am on a very high dosage of pain meds that is ruining my life and i have been on them for about 9 years since my 1st car accident then my pregnancy led to more and more issues I have 3 herinated discs and motoscolices and rotoscolises I have a son that I can not play with or pick up I even have trouble changing his diaper I can’t get out of bed in the morning Thank god for a great father, I have post partum depression as well.
I would love to hear any type of stories or information on any of the subjects I’m talk about. I can’t wait to start the suboxen but afraid of my pain still being there I want my life back and to be happy and play with my son without having to be on narcodics.
SO MY MAIN QUESTIONS ARE, WHEN SHOULD I START AFTER LAST PILL? WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO I HAVE FOR MY SEVERE PAIN.

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I have 2 children. One 6 and one 13 months. I’m almost 7 months pregnant and stay at home everyday. I don’t have any friends anymore my stepsister/ best friend quit talking to me b/c she doesn’t like my boyfriend (father of my 3 children) I’m low income and live in a rural area and can’t afford to go out and do much. I would love to get a job, but I can’t afford daycare and rent on minimum wage (that’s all the jobs pay in my area). I used to spend time with my mom but she hasn’t been around much lately b/c my stepdad has aggressive cancer and gets daily treatment and hour away. I just really feel alone lately and don’t know what to do. I have nothing to look forward to. My boyfriend works a lot so I don’t even see him that often. I was being treated for postpartum depression when I got pregnant but had to quit taking med due to pregnancy. And I no longer go to counseling b/c I felt like I wasn’t doing much talking- my counselor mostly chit chatted about her grandkids. I wake up everyday not wanting to get out of bed b/c I know all there is to do is clean. I plan to start school in the fall, but that’s still 3 months away. Has anyone else ever felt like this? What can I do to make things better? .