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My doctor told me the medication for nightmares/anxiety is one that is also used to lower blood pressure - if I were to take it I'd basically die because my blood pressure is already so low.

Please keep me posted on the twitching and spasming and what they say. For me this is the hardest thing at night. The moment I begin to sleep my legs go crazy - almost like I'm running or something. It stops when I sit up up but then the second I fall back to sleep it keeps happening again...

You are not alone. The most I can sleep is an hour. If I can sleep an hour I feel like I've won the lottery. My anxiety is so severe that as I fall asleep I just start kicking my legs or get a giant surge of adrenaline or yell out for help. Not sleeping is a phobia of mine, so when I don't...

Yes, I am. She specializes in PTSD. She has me on paxil and that's it. I have a severe drug phobia due to being drugged during my trauma.

This, right here, is the single most valuable thing I have found regarding PTSD. I had no idea that stress that has nothing to do with my trauma could cause my PTSD symptoms to flare up way out of control. Woah. This means a lot. Thank you.

When my original trauma happened in 1997, the belief then was DRUGS. So, ever since then, any time I had any panic attack symptoms, I'd pop a little xanax. Eventually my PTSD diagnosis went away. I still was a worrier, but I no longer had flashbacks or the other symptoms that would qualify me...

I see that now.

Replying to myself here. After carefully reading I can see the counter-point and it makes sense. There is a huge difference between believing you are going to die, and actually being in a situation where you are going to die. Sorry for any confusion.

Thank you! This means so much to me!

YES! This is EXACTLY it! The criterion doesn't say the TRAUMA cannot be from drugs, it says the SYMPTOMS cannot be from drugs. My Psych explained this to me in tremendous detail during my diagnosis. It is VERY common for people who have bad drug experiences to then develop severe PSTD and...

I have had GAD my whole life that I treated with paxil but not regular therapy because it wasn't "that bad." I was diagnosed with this as a child. Then the trauma happened in 1997 (aside from the C-PTSD that I had) and I had a panic attack during the trauma - BAD - and then my anxiety went...

Hello. I was mis-diagnosed for months before diagnosed as PTSD. Is there a place that lists the symptoms, other than the diagnostic criteria that are so vague? I'm having non-stop worrying - I mean NONSTOP worrying. EVERYTHING is worst case scenario and worry and panic. I'm convinced I'm...

Hi. Me again. As I navigate this PTSD world, after believing I was completely insane for a long time, I am taking it one symptom at a time. When I first had symptoms and went to my general doctor she said some very, very damaging diagnosis that has stuck with me now. She has since apologized...

I cannot say enough how much this website has helped me feeling less alone. I am just starting to allow myself to believe that what I am having is PTSD - previously I was convinced I was completely insane with a mental illness nobody else has ever had or heard of. When I read brave posts like...

I just realized that what these panic attacks in my sleep might be are night terrors. Because I often kick and scream and have horrific visions/vivid "dreams" that are beyond terrifying. It's helpful for me to know this information. It helps me to not feel crazy.

Thank you. I wish there was a place that listed ALL the symptoms of PTSD so I could just see them and know it's PTSD. It's so hard not having that because I google the symptoms and then become terrified. Thank you again for your support and help.

This happens to me, too! And I get so confused between memory and dream. Grateful to not be alone.

I actually cannot take the blood pressure meds for this as my blood pressure is dangerously low and I"m super thin. I wish there was a magical pill! Mostly when I post on here it's so that I can reassure my heart that I'm not crazy. That this is normal for PTSD and that I'm not alone. The...

thank you. i'm just exhausted and get so upset when my body gets in the way of my recovery like this. last night I kept waking up from my legs moving wildly as soon as i'd fall asleep. I even took a video of me sleeping last night because I was so confused with why I couldn't sleep. I'd fall...

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm so tired of feeling insane. Thank you so much. WHen you say, "Everyone has good ideas for strategies with that," I would love to know more and learn more. I struggle so much with feeling like I am slipping into a terrifying state whenever I am not busy...

Thank you so much everyone for these replies. I have started therapy and my days have been improving little by little by little. Just repeating, "This is PTSD, you are not insane," has been the biggest shift. For MONTHS I thought for sure I was completely insane and broken in the brain forever...

These words mean SO much to me. Thank you so much! I will have to assert myself to my T and make sure she gives me time to build my window of tolerance. I love that so much.

Thank you so so so so much. Michelle

Thank you SO MUCH for this validation. I am having PTSD and panic disorder because I experienced my first panic attack during my trauma. I lived my entire life avoiding panic attacks and avoiding ANY reminders of the trauma and I was able to do it with success - avoid I mean, not face or...

Thank you SO MUCH for this reply!!! Having hope means everything to me. :)