woodsy1
MyPTSD Pro
Anyone else find that Absolutely NO MEDS HELP?!?
This is my second bout with PTSD that was diagnosed as MDD the first time around. Both times, I tried practically every med in the book, and then some. Most of the them made me feel exponentially worse or had horrific side effects.
One tricyclic antidepressant gave me dementia-like experiences. For example I left a McDonald's in my very small town where I've spent some 15 years and had absolutely NO CLUE where in the heck I was. I could just as well have been in China as America! Lol. Another time on the same med I was driving home and about 5 miles from home was totally and completely lost. Scary stuff!
Most any med that messes with Serotonin just makes me batcrap crazy pent up and explosive (though I never act out the feeling). I tell my psych doctors this and they say, "Well, let's try this anyhow. Maybe this one will be different." Nope, worse! How can they be so ignorant?!?
Then there were meds that made my body feel 100 years old. I couldn't even walk 1/2 mile without being in excruciating pain. Ugh!
Only one med has ever really helped me, and that only for sleep. Mirtazapine. Did jack for my depression though.
It really compounds my despair when nothing helps. Makes me feel like I am particularly singled out for extreme suffering.
Anyone else relate? Ever find a solution?
This is my second bout with PTSD that was diagnosed as MDD the first time around. Both times, I tried practically every med in the book, and then some. Most of the them made me feel exponentially worse or had horrific side effects.
One tricyclic antidepressant gave me dementia-like experiences. For example I left a McDonald's in my very small town where I've spent some 15 years and had absolutely NO CLUE where in the heck I was. I could just as well have been in China as America! Lol. Another time on the same med I was driving home and about 5 miles from home was totally and completely lost. Scary stuff!
Most any med that messes with Serotonin just makes me batcrap crazy pent up and explosive (though I never act out the feeling). I tell my psych doctors this and they say, "Well, let's try this anyhow. Maybe this one will be different." Nope, worse! How can they be so ignorant?!?
Then there were meds that made my body feel 100 years old. I couldn't even walk 1/2 mile without being in excruciating pain. Ugh!
Only one med has ever really helped me, and that only for sleep. Mirtazapine. Did jack for my depression though.
It really compounds my despair when nothing helps. Makes me feel like I am particularly singled out for extreme suffering.
Anyone else relate? Ever find a solution?