Hi Barry, I was once an outgoing, charismatic girl with a future full of hope. Actually, I am still those things but my life has been put on hold by my anxiety disorder, panic disorder and severe depression. Last year I had a nervous breakdown and I am struggling to get back to who I am meant to be. I am 30 years old and had to move back in with my parents. 10 years ago, when this was all beginning, I had such a hopeful future. I had gotten into one of the best engineering schools in Wisconsin as I am very intelligent and have always been a very good student.
I appealed to Dr. Phil for help and actually got a call from producers. Things were looking good but they decided to do a show on specific phobias instead of general disorders and had a guest on that was scared of clowns. I was so disheartened but I guess it makes for better TV.
I will make a long story short by saying that I have gone to lots of traditional therapy (which I can't afford since it is hard to hold a job), taken all kinds of psych. meds and tried crawling into a hole (which thankfully my mother won't let me do). I can't wait to get my life back and I would like to go to an inpatient program that specializes in these mental disorders. They run $30k+ per month (generally you will go in for 1 month). I have done quite a bit of research and have found 2 programs. One is http://www.bridgestorecovery.com/, the other is http://www.sierratucson.com/.
Please, please, please help me get my life back on track. If you are interested in hearing more about why I became like this or anything else, please contact me.
Beg Barry
http://www.begbarry.com/article.php?story=20070608021337626