I am 21 from NJ, and have been diagnosed since I was around 14...but it seems like my pains are getting more frequent and more painful in the past year. My pains stopped all together for about a 1 1/2 years while I was dating ym girlfriend then when she dumped me in october of 2001 they got so much worse and my depression and stress was alot worse. It also seems that I once i finally decided to go to california for law school i was getting better, but all my parents keep doing is to pressure me to stay around the NYC area because of my condition, but they jsut dont seem to understand that I am not happy around here, the atmosphere and people are not me and i dont get along with them. If anyone can help I would appreciate it.Jimmi