I have been hanging on little by little lately. Days just seem to meld together into one long day. I had to wait for 30 days to see a psychiatrist but it was worth the wait.
She said that my experiences in Iraq are definitely behind my PTSD and gave me some meds for it. Right now using lexapro (only my first week) and today has been one of the better days in a very long time. Kind of funny too since I stopped at the ATM machine to pull out 30 dollars for the next couple of days and ended up pulling out $300. I actually found it a bit humorous as opposed to my normal *%&%^@^@&$**()(. My doc said that it would take a week to feel any type of difference and up to a month. I am just happy that I do notice a slight difference. She also hooked me up with Lunesta for sleeping. That is working OK but sometimes I find myself still fighting to get to sleep properly. At least I haven’t been up all night and then scooting off to work at 4:30 am.
I'm still haunted by images of being over there and something new started happening. I tend to hear noises that are only associated with being over there now. It's weird; the one noise that is the most prevalent is a stupid alarm clock noise of a rooster crowing. That is what I used as an alarm clock over there. I don’t have that phone anymore and while I am sitting watching TV or driving I will hear it go off. Just kind of freaks me out a bit.
Hope everyone else is doing is good.
Gregg
She said that my experiences in Iraq are definitely behind my PTSD and gave me some meds for it. Right now using lexapro (only my first week) and today has been one of the better days in a very long time. Kind of funny too since I stopped at the ATM machine to pull out 30 dollars for the next couple of days and ended up pulling out $300. I actually found it a bit humorous as opposed to my normal *%&%^@^@&$**()(. My doc said that it would take a week to feel any type of difference and up to a month. I am just happy that I do notice a slight difference. She also hooked me up with Lunesta for sleeping. That is working OK but sometimes I find myself still fighting to get to sleep properly. At least I haven’t been up all night and then scooting off to work at 4:30 am.
I'm still haunted by images of being over there and something new started happening. I tend to hear noises that are only associated with being over there now. It's weird; the one noise that is the most prevalent is a stupid alarm clock noise of a rooster crowing. That is what I used as an alarm clock over there. I don’t have that phone anymore and while I am sitting watching TV or driving I will hear it go off. Just kind of freaks me out a bit.
Hope everyone else is doing is good.
Gregg