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It's entirely possible if not probable even if I can point to a several month hospital stay when I was 3 long before pediatric wards were available, chaotic/angry home environment, and a mother that a personality disorder. My siblings suffered as well although AFAIK not with PTSD. I...

Myself. I've never made progress with a therapist as everyone to date insists on gaslighting me that my childhood experiences are not as I experienced them. Real or not, they were traumatic but a therapist that won't entertain the idea that what I experienced was real enough to traumatize me...

I've made tremendous progress and I'm a better person for it. Although I've learned that I can handle a small stream, but not a flood.

I've been digging around in my childhood memories hoping to surface trauma, process it, and move on. Mentally, I do fine and it doesn't upset me like it has in the past. I feel like I'm making progress. Problem? My heart is pounding. I can't sleep. I feel like an elephant is sitting on...

Quetiapine (Seroquel). When I first started it, I was having intractable migraines and it solved that problem as well as getting my anxiety under control, but that was 16 years ago and it's been extremely difficult to get off of.

I've tapered off a medication because of the side effects, but once again, I'm waking in the morning anxious and within a few hours I'm tired even though I had a full night of sleep. This is nothing new as I was a straight-A college student before my sleep issues turned .me into mediocre...

My anxiety and nightmares have a way of picking at old wounds. Maybe at times like a cattle prod forcing me to process my old emotional wounds at faster rates than I'd prefer or am able. It's annoying, but I try to be gentle with myself.

Listen to your body and be gentle. So many of us had bad childhoods, but you can become the parent that you never had. Just be gentle and nurturing. Have faith that you'll find the correct path.

Yeah, when I took it the first time, it was a solid year before I loosened my claws on the ceiling and climbed down again. Keep in mind that sometimes a very strong reaction is an indicator that your on the right path. It's well known that if a patient isn't titrating well unto a med...

It really sounds like you started on a dose way, way, too high. I had the same reaction it it was years before I tried again, and I currently take the drug today at 60mg. You shouldn't let this experience completely sour you to the med; it may be wrong; it may be the wrong dose; it's...

You're not alone. :)

With me, my dreams are so vivid and lifelike that I have my own personal Narnia or Narnias that I visit on a nightly basis. The dreams often build on each other,so every night like is an installment in a mini-series which can go on for years. It's great when I like the dream, but terrifying...

Oh yeah, in the trash.... I learned my lesson. I'm going to definitely back away from supplements.

I can be a rough ride (been there). I'd recommend getting out a razor blade and chopping that pill up at least 4 ways and start at that dosage. Just ever so slowly ramp up. Prozac is known to be stimulating although it can be a godsend once you're on it. I remember back when it first...

Thanks for the response, but I'm the other way. B6 Toxicity.