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Thank you for sharing this! So helpful to feel validated and know I am not alone.

I am having this!!! SO grateful to know I am not alone!!! I kick and feel terror and even moan/groan every few minutes. I get no sleep and it's the worst. Thank you again for sharing!

thank you so much everyone. Tonight is the worst. I cannot sleep at all. The moment I drift off I am woken up in terror. It's already happened 10 times and at one point I was screaming HELP in my sleep only seconds after falling asleep. I'm so ready for some relief from all of this terror...

Just as I am about to fall asleep I am jolted awake by a huge surge of terror and panic. Adrenaline floods my entire body and my arms go totally numb. I get ZERO sleep because the cycle just keeps happening. I calm myself and then get jolted awake by terror. I've tried xanax and clonapin...

EMDR? CPT? Yoga? CBT? DBT? I want help and a therapist but have no clue where to begin.

I should also add that I am not yet in therapy, which is why my post might seem hopeless. I just wanted you to know you are not alone. :)

You are not alone. This is me. I even doubt if what I have is PTSD/anxiety. I think there is no way it could cause something so severe and terrifying - which then makes me think I have OCD, which then makes me think I'm insane, which then, which then, which then... Thank you for the courage...

Thank you. This means the world to me. I have convinced myself that I have many horrible and incurable things since this all started. It's so hard for me to accept that it's PTSD. Thank you for the books. I will get them ASAP. There is a trauma program in Austin that offers intensive...

I recently read an account of what it feels like to go through withdrawal from benzo addiction and that is the closest thing I have found that explains how I feel physically and emotionally (even though I've never taken benzos - I'm just saying). My doctors and therapists keep reassuring me that...

I didn't do the CPT or soul retrieval.

thank you so much for this reply. it means the world to me.

Thank you. I spoke with her yesterday and hope she will have some suggestions today. Is it normal for PTSD to leave and come back without notice?? I feel fully recovered and then BAM out of nowhere I am knocked out for days in a state of absolute terror - it's hard to even eat. Is this normal???

Because of the bad help I've had, I'm afraid to even begin with someone new. I just feel so defeated when I've been doing SO WELL and then out of nowhere the intrusive images and feelings are back. It makes me question everything. Maybe I am crazy. Maybe it is OCD. Maybe I am hopeless. Maybe...

I've had the hardest time finding support since this all happened in March. I've seen many therapists. One said PTSD is a myth and it was just OCD and told me to watch horror movies nonstop. One told me to put crystals in my vag. One said I had brain damage from taking paxil. My doctors tried to...

Thank you so much for this reply. I wish I had a trauma therapist who could explain this to me. I couldn't find a trauma therapist here, so I am in a DBT group. The group is great but the other people in the group feel triggering. I'm tired of the intrusive thoughts. Nonstop the last two days...

I have this same problem. I don't know what to do or where to turn. I just want to get well.

I'm in a state of PTSD terror/trigger so I'll do my best making sense. I start with a new therapist and do great for 2-3 weeks. I feel so hopeful and feel awesome. And then BAM the therapist themselves becomes a giant trauma/trigger. Just thinking about the office or the smell of their perfume...

There is a website that helps with this. It's called surviving antidepressants. They can help you get a solid tapering schedule and offer support for any symptoms you might be experiencing. It's hard because doctors are only just starting to realize how hard it is to come off of these drugs -...

Hello. I went down on my paxil from 8mg-7mg in February and then had a complete mental breakdown. I cannot sleep, barely eat, all of my PTSD symptoms came rushing back full force. My legs and arms constantly jump and twitch and I am in a constant state of terror. I cannot figure out if this...

I am on paxil. This makes me so afraid!! I have to be on this medication and now I'm afraid that's what is doing this to me!!

Feeling alone is making me feel like I'm crazy. I wish there was a local support group for PTSD women, just like there is for AA. Anyhow, here is what I am experiencing and I would love it so much if you, or someone you know, can say you've experienced this as well. I fall asleep and then...

Can you share more about this program? I would LOVE something like this so much!! Whoops I just saw that you gave the details as a CBT course! I'm going to look this up.

Thank you all for all of your help. The episodes of adrenaline surge anxiety went away but then came back with a vengeance and a migraine with aura. I'm starting to think it might all be related to my diet. Like maybe my PTSD and anxiety is stressing out my body so much and I need more fat/good...

Thank you. For me the Klonopin causes me to feel super out of my body, which then causes me to panic because it feels like I'm dissociating. I wish there was a way! I should also add that during my PTSD attack I was drugged. And so I now have a PROFOUND fear of all drugs. So for me, taking an...

I have PTSD which I've been able to manage fairly well for 15 years. Then, after an incredibly traumatic year, on March 5th, I went to sleep and could not sleep. My eyes would close and I would begin to drift and then BAM! the biggest hit of adrenaline. I'd sit up shaking, sweating, terrified...