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    Help Me Help Others - Please!

    Hi Ironrod. You have come to an excellent place looking for help. I haven't been here long, but I am feeling better already.
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    New Here - PTSD Affects My Work

    Hello and welcome. You have come to an excellent place.
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    Timmins Ontario Canada

    My name is Kathleen. I am from northern Ontario. I could us some new friends, as I have chased most of the old ones away. I am usually very friendly, just a little messed up right now.
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    So What Are You Craving?

    Walks in the sunshine. Crowds of people and chocolate, lots of chocolate.
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    Retired Police Officer - I Watched My Mom Die

    I tried the counsellor thing. But their idea of counselling me was to take me into a room at the back of a building and read to me from books on anxiety. My feelings, my thoughts, my emotions where never talked about. I walked out on my last session. I don't think they have dealt with many...
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    PTSD From An Incident In College

    Hello and welcome
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    Hi Everybody! Thinking I Might Have PTSD

    Hello and welcome
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    Hi :-) - Looking for Support

    Hello and welcome
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    Phone phobia

    I can totally relate to this. My home phone is hooked up to a machine and my cellphone has voicemail. I do not answer either one. I check the messages and may return a call if it is important. But like YoungAndAngry, if you want my attention, email me.
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    Help PTSD Forum, Help Yourself, Help Others - Become a Moderator

    If you ever need more mods. I know I haven't been here long, but I have been a mod at 3 other sites and would be more than happy to help.
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    Poll When Did the Symptoms of PTSD First Appear, After the Initial Traumatic Event?

    Being a police officer, I went through one trauma after another. I think it kept me from thinking of the main event which started my PTSD. Once I resigned from the force, when I had more time to think and relax, everything came rushing back.
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    Poll Who Diagnosed You?

    I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist. I had to fight like crazy to get into see one. My doctor kept insisting I was just depressed. I finally went to counselling just to see the psychiatrist. I was with him for half an hour and I was diagnosed.
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    Poll Do You See An End To The Symptoms In Your Life?

    No...I do not see and end to the symptoms. I have tried the counselling they offer were I live. I am hidden away in a room in the back and my treatment is listen to my cousellor read from a book about anxiety. If that is the only treatment I can get, I am better off without it. I was made to...
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    Poll Does Prescription Medication Help Your PTSD?

    I have never been given meds for the PTSD. I was given antidepressants before I was diagnosed with PTSD and then my doctor thought that Ritalin would help me think better. I have to admit, neither drug does a think for me. My doctor does not believe I have PTSD, but the psychiatrist I say does.
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    Poll Do You Believe That PTSD Affects You Physically and Mentally? If so, How?

    I find it affects me both mentally and physically. I am forever drained. I have no energy physically and mentally, my brain just doesn't want to work.
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    News Smoking to Cope With PTSD

    I smoke about a pack of cigarettes a day. I would love to quit, but I don't know how I would control the stress and anxiety. My doctor put me on antidepressants, but nothing for the stress and anxiety. I have never tried the illegal drugs, but I have to admit I have thought about it.
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    PO'd at Family Reactions

    I told my family what I was going through. They didn't seem to care about it. The more I tried to explain, the less they listened. My son is the only one who really understands what I have gone through. I thank God he is old enough to understand. For almost 10 years I kept it all inside. Just...
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    Retired Police Officer - I Watched My Mom Die

    Geez...where to start. I am a retired police officer and I have recently resigned. I did not realize I had PTSD, until I saw a doctor in December. I have kept this buried inside of me for a long time, just hoping it would all go away. I have the normal night terrors that police officers get, but...
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