YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Well, Pigeon , my hives were big, reddish-pink, blotchy, bumpy patches. They itched like crazy and would appear most often on my legs (particularly on my thighs, but they could show up pretty much anywhere, including my face, just as in your case, kitkat ). The funny thing was, when they disappeared...

Now that I've reread your post, Pigeon , it sounds like the "rash" you mentioned getting is very similar to the hives episodes I had. Maybe it's hives that are popping up on your skin. Like I said in my earlier comments, it could happen in an instant, and then clear up just as quickly. I w...

I was wondering, have any of you noticed any physical manifestations of your anxiety? Oh. My. Dog. You have no idea of the myriad ways my body has physically manifested my anxiety. I actually sat down one day and committed to a sheet of paper every example I could think of. This was many years ago ...

All I heard here was an addict trading one addiction for another. Amen! (If you'll pardon the irony.) I agree with this wholeheartedly. I was raised in a very poor, rural part of West Virginia. There was never much there in the way of opportunity or recreation even when I was a child, and it's only...