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Awesome, thanks!

Yeah, this is a pattern. Abuse by both my parents is what caused my ptsd and my parents both have mental illness. I've never heard a diagnosis for either of them but they're both pretty messed up. My father probably has some form of autism. My mother has something severe. I've heard a lot of...

Thanks! I have never heard of the lemon juice thing. I'll have to look into that. Did you notice the turmeric helped right away or did it take a while to build up like the lemon juice?

I've read that curcumin(an extract from turmeric) can treat ptsd. Has anyone tried this instead of or in addition to other medications? Would you recommend it? Thanks!

I still haven't found anyone who's tried them, but if I do I'll post about it.

Has anyone tried these? They're new wristbands that vibrate and are supposed to use bilateral stimulation to calm your fight or flight response. I'm trying to decide whether these actually work before investing in a pair. If you have experience with them positive, negative, or neutral please...

Interesting. I don't know much about ecstasy. The article refers to this treatment as a being in the category of psychedelic assisted therapy? I never though ecstasy was supposed to be psychedelic.

Sorry to hear this happened! The above quote makes me think this was about a language barrier. If you had a hard time understanding him, chances are he had a hard time understanding you. That is not an excuse though. It's his job to be able to communicate with patients well. I couldn't...

This is very similar to my situation. My mother used to keep people from being willing to listen to me whenever it looked like I was about to get up the courage to ask an adult for help getting me out of my abusive family situation by convincing them I had said the most hurtful stuff possible...

Thanks everyone for all the info! I'm going to look at all that stuff and then hopefully get my insurance worked out soon to see a therapist again. Thanks for sharing! Can I ask what got rid of these symptoms? Was it generally time to heal and therapy or did you find anything else had a more...

I was already aware of those differences, which is why I phrased it as "pseudo-tourrette's" rather than Tourrette's, because the average person dealing with me doesn't realize they're not dealing with someone with Tourrette's. Thanks for the other info though.

I've been diagnosed with PTSD and no other mental illnesses. I'm starting to think that some of my symptoms are conversion disorder though. I'm waiting to get my insurance worked out and hope to start back with therapy soon so maybe I will get some answers then. Does anyone know of good...

Welcome! Some high schools have nurses or counselors who could connect you with a therapist. Maybe check with your school. Maybe your mom would be more likely to listen to an adult from your school? Also, what Esterio said about trying to talk to her when you are not in a state of panic. I'm...

Congrats! That's wonderful news!

Back when I was in therapy I would write down bullet points of stuff I wanted to talk about and take it with me to therapy. This helped me share stuff I was reluctant to. Partly, it helped me remember stuff and partly it was a way to keep from struggling to find the right words in the moment. It...