Search results

thank you!

Hi. Thank you for these replies. When you say you take meds for nausea, does that mean you also get it with your cycle? I never heard of this before I got it!

they are less frequent but then when they hit (like tonight) I'm convinced it's allllll coming back and i'll end up never sleeping again. UGH. thanks again for being a source of hope.

For whatever reason, around my period, I get SO SICK to my stomach and I end up throwing up for 24-48 hours nonstop. Whenever I try to close my eyes and sleep, just as I am hitting 5 minutes, my body rushes awake and I throw up, my legs kick me awake, I wake up shouting for help... I have been...

I really appreciate your help and honesty. Right now I am feeling like, "What is the point of getting help if this is never going to get better?!" So, when I read stories like yours of people getting better, it helps me keep going.

THANK YOU. What method worked best for chugging away? EMDR? CPT? Thanks!

" If you're waking up from nightmares, and the primary coping strategy that's requiring is grounding, then I find that listening to music or watching YouTube videos can help." How did you learn this? I need to learn how to help myself. thank you. -- Thank you for these!!!! I have yet to find...

I had PTSD in 1998. I worked my ass off and it was still there but more a whisper. Than in March of this year I experienced another trauma and it all came back. Only this time I have children and a husband and a big ol life to live. I haven't shared this with anyone but when the PTSD came...

Same here! My doc wants me to have a sleep study but there is NO WAY I would ever be able to go. Please keep us posted on how it goes for you.

Hello. I type this while awake beside my sweet daughter who is sound asleep. I fell asleep putting her to bed tonight and then BAM woke up from a night terror about 10 minutes later screaming HELP HELP I CANNOT DO THIS. I immediately repeated, "You are safe" over and over and got up to drink...

Thank you. I only miss sleep once or twice every few months. But when it hits it hits hard. THANK YOU for all of this advice!

Thank you! I love the idea of writing it down on a post it note. I guess I don't have any coping strategies. The only one my T gives me is "put ice cubes in your hands" and "go talk to your neighbor" but my neighbor just moved out. So that's why I'm left so confused looking for more coping...

Everything is immediately catastrophic. EVERYTHING is worst case. I'm starting to doubt that I have PTSD and wondering if I have some other mental illness. I've been googling nonstop to see if I have OCD or something. All I do is worry. And then I worry that I will never stop worrying. And...

Hello. I was wondering if any of you have places to go online that remind you of coping skills and hopeful things? Especially when I can't sleep due to constant flashbacks waking me up, it would be so nice to have somewhere online to visit that reminds me of what to do in that terrified state...

My recovery is actually going quite well, but there's one piece that remains such a huge challenge for me. Using relaxation, white noise and a weighted blanket I am able to fall asleep in moments (yay!) but sometimes just as I am drifting into dream land, my body wakes me up with a rush of...

I always come on here when things are shitty, but I just want to report that I started a CPT group therapy program and it helped me tremendously. For 23 days, I slept like a baby and didn't have single flashback! My anxiety is really bad today and I cannot seem to get any sleep tonight, but...

Thank you everyone for these comments. To clarify, I was not poisoned in my trauma but I was drugged. So, I now have extreme fears of drugs being everywhere. It is comforting to hear that I am not alone, and, I think I need to begin to tell myself I'm OK instead of constantly reaching out...

Thank you for writing. I just finished 5 weeks of DBT therapy but it didn't help. The first week helped so much because that was distress tolerance, which I felt I really needed, but the other weeks didn't really seem to apply to me. Honestly what has f*cked me up the most, is when I saw an...

Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I know a lot of people don't like to talk about things like this. Can I ask which medications you are on?

Eve, which medications are you on? I am on Paxil and that's it. My doctor mentioned the possibility of a anti-psychotic when I saw her yesterday but it worried me because I've heard of many people whose racing thoughts get ten times worse when on it. My mistake has been going on a billion...

I am now in a place where I can finally accept PTSD. But I cannot accept these symptoms. The CONSTANT panic attacks all day and night, the constant intrusive images, constant catastrophic thinking like a paranoid crazy woman. The worst part is being a Mom and watching my kids watch me like...

I think it's time for me to focus on my anxiety and stop trying to take benzos - so - here I am doing the damn work. UGH! Thank you so much for all of your help!

I found this link and find it so helpful. I no longer need to google symptoms of anxiety! Anxiety Symptoms and Signs - Over 100 listed. My apologies! I was at the doctor. She is upping my Paxil and I enrolled in a yoga + CPT intensive PTSD program that starts Monday.

I am terrified at all times. My body shakes nonstop. I throw up constantly. When I try to sleep I wake up every 3 minutes screaming and kicking and feeling like my heart has stopped and I'm gasping for air. I have nonstop dissociation and intrusive images and flashbacks. And I mean NONSTOP. I...

Another update on my sleep thing. I need to see a sleep specialist. I'm just afraid. I have been since the day this all began. I'm terrified. I asked my husband to watch me fall asleep tonight and see if he notices anything and he said he thought I stop breathing or held my breath just before I...