Recent content by candletea19

Thank you everyone for your replies and advice and experiences. The thing is, I don't have many people on my Facebook to begin with, I have very secure privacy settings (that's how I've always been anyway over the internet), and I have a great support system. Some of my friends, and most of my...

I think a lot of my shame and guilt come from a mix of my diagnosis (PTSD (including anxiety and panic), Major Depression, and Pain Disorder, and how before my diagnosis, and all growing up, I've never really had great self confidence or self esteem. I've also gained a lot of weight between...

I suppose I would put this under social, though I had a tough time deciding where to post. I'm sorry if it's not in the right spot. I've been struggling lately. I think this is the first time I've opened up and actually said those words. I've been seeing my treatment team for months and months...

I thought I would throw my two cents out there! I'm currently on 100mg of Zoloft. I had started at 25mg, and spent a couple weeks or so at that, then a couple weeks at 50mg, then a couple at 75, and then a couple at 100mg. I THINK there was one dose I spend 4 weeks on, but I could be...

I thought this would be a fun thread. I've noticed over the past couple months that I can sometimes tell when things are headed in either a good or bad direction. Sometimes it's just small things, like I can tell when my anxiety is spiking up before I feel extra anxious, I can tell when the...

I'm glad you are reaching out here, as well as your doctor and therapist. Are they aware of the abuse? If you are seeing them for other reasons, you may not be getting the help you need to deal with how the abuse has affected you. I am sorry for what you went through, I can't imagine the pain...

Although from a different trauma, I experience a lot of what you do as well. It is quite common, from what I've heard and read here. If you haven't, you should definitely see a doctor, or some other sort of medical professional, and discuss what you're dealing with. If you need some help...

Thank you everyone! Your advice and insight is helpful :) I should have mentioned, I do go for walks around the neighbourhoods when I can, but I find walking outside often increases my anxiety, and I have a lot of stranger anxiety. I was talking to my doctor a couple months ago, and we were...

Does anyone here exercise on a regular basis? Do you notice how well it works for you, if at all, for reducing symptoms? I have major depressive, PTSD, and anxiety and panic disorder. Due to my trauma, I also suffered physical disruptions as well. Because of, at first, the physical and now the...

Thank you! My daughter has hers out as well, when she was 4. She had complications with bleeding as well, and she was admitted back to the hospital, but luckily after a couple days we were home again. Come to think of it, maybe that's adding to my anxiety about it as well? I hope my anxiety...

I have mentioned it in chat before with a few people, but I figured I'd start a thread and kind of discuss it here, especially now that I have more information. In the past three months, I have had strep throat 3 times. I have just finished my medication for the third go. I was referred through...

I put yes, but I'm not sure where I live if there's any actual qualifications for it before you're considered a specialist in any certain topic of psychology like this, but my psychologist is well experienced in trauma, anxiety, and in car accidents (which is my trauma) as well as other things...

I find this happens to me a lot. I have a lot of triggering dreams, as well as direct flashback dreams. I often either panic in my dream, leading to panic when I wake, or just wake up and panic right away. Sometimes, if it's possible, I'll get a glass of water, drink it in sips. I'll breathe...

This is probably going to sound silly to some, but it's something that's been on my mind for a while. A while ago I was diagnosed with Major Depressive, PTSD, and Anxiety and Panic Disorder. Since then, along with my professional treatment, I have been reading and researching as much as...

I'm glad you feel better, and I hope if there is a definitive cause to your husbands change that it is figured out and treated properly, if treatment is needed. Best of luck to you!