PTSD NON VETERAN mom
New Here
I am on alot of medications for my PTSD. I had before the meds severe insomnia, anxiety and Depression but they are mostly because of flashback nightmares that send me flying out of bed to get my son. I have been injured many times in my sleep by running full on into doors including our garage door and I have taken some bad falls when my husband can't get to me in time in the garage. And on one occasion he got hurt chasing me by missing a step into the garage because somehow I see in the dark. I take a handful of pills every night KLONOPIN, Prazosin ,Seroquel, Clonidine and just weaned off of Paxil to Zoloft (that was a rough wean that took 6 weeks) It seems like a weird concoction but these medications they have found help PTSD suffers like myself. In the a.m. I take Seroquel, Clonidine and Klonpin for my anxiety and to control my flashbacks. My husband says I still have nightmares and have waken up with a large cut on my arm that we never figured out how that happened and sometimes he hears me wandering around our bedroom and I guess he just leads me back to bed and I lay down with no problems. The Zoloft over the Paxil change was to help with keeping me in bed something to do with different chemistry. I never read the side effects because I know i couldn't go on the way i was. I also have see a trauma therapist I see once a week. I still struggle but have learned to take it one day at a time. I haven't gained any weight from the anti psychotic drugs I have actually lost 42 pounds since my trauma.
