Recent content by TonyG

I have taken 5 x 5mg Diazepam when my anxiety was at its worst and it had no effect, you need to act sooner with breathing and use medication as a last resort, breathing helps but you need to start as soon as you feel your anxiety starting.

I had been going to doctors for years saying I didn't feel right

Zoloft did nothing for my anxiety, diazapam is the only thing that helps settle my anxiety, i only use it in extreme cases

I have a friend that does the same thing every ANZAC day and i just let him vent his feelings,

I have a excellent psychologist that i made a connection with and helped me get through a lot of issues, She referred me to a trauma clinic for some specialised PTSD treatment and they zeroed in on what has been causing my problems, I think you need to find a trauma therapist and a Psychiatrist...

I had to tell my employer due to the amount of sick leave i was taking, my manager was fine with it and was very supportive, the HR department were not so helpful, after my ten days sick leave ran out i had to take leave without pay, I guess if you can avoid telling them until you need to you...

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I have been going to a trauma clinic for the past nine weeks and I have made so much progress, up up until now I have been focusing on the event and the side effects that go hand in hand with PTSD, It's was the hardest thing I have done so far, to talk about my feelings and have them questioned...

This is nuts, Drugs have made my life liveable and without them I would of ended it, The big pharma company's will pay the compensation and increase the cost to sufferers so who wins out of this, Don't be Sheep

After a year of therapy I can now talk about my trauma in detail, I am in a constant state of feeling numb so I have no emotion, can anyone else relate to this. Is it another phase of recovery.

I had a great relationship with both my parents, l they were both in their nineties when they died, I loved them both very much, I grew up with my brother and when he died I felt enormous grief, it's hard to believe they are gone, The event I relive is not the same, it's horrific, its just not...

So for those who don't know my story of trauma I was a first responder to a multiple fatality accident, I formed a bond with the dying and that was 30 years ago, So I keep reading things I can't relate to my trauma and to be honest sound like day to day life problems, Is it just me, loosing...

I do not have anything in mind with my question I try to learn more about PTSD when I get the chance, So if you have been diagnosed with PTSD because of your medical trauma perhaps I could have gotten it when I passed a 6mm kidney stone,

Hello Go and see your doctor and you will get a referral to see a psychologist and in Australia you get ten free visits a year,

Ok I have to ask, are you saying that a medical procedure caused PTSD