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So, over Christmas I ended up finally having my first appointment with a Psychiatrist, who gave me a full 1 hour consultation and sent me one week later a full breakdown of his diagnosis. The big crazy thing I discovered, was that he diagnosed me with having Panic Disorder, with 'probable'...

So my line manager and I are off to Iceland for 4 days from tomorrow in order to set up an exchange with our university and a university over there. He has booked us a session in the blue lagoon (geothermal spa) for tomorrow evening, which he asked me first if I wanted to go to, and said it was...

I've just been put on quetiapine (seroquel) 25mg per night for severe anxiety. Does anyone have any experience with using this medication for anxiety and did it help? Thanks

I started writing this post as a response to a poll about what sort of role you have undertaken in your family primarily, which for me was the caretaker/hero, although perhaps 'hero' isn't exactly the right word... In writing the post I began to want to speak about my mother in more depth...

I have C-PTSD and for the last year my symptoms have rocketed to the point that daily life is barely manageable. My symptoms include hypervigilance in the form of severe anxiety, which I notice usually as chronic over breathing. I live in a state of constant anxiety, which is compounded by the...

Tonight tonight for the first time I've allowed myself the though that u want to be dead. My PTSD is so bad lately and I'm so severely affected that my life is a living hell. I just don't want this anymore. Thus life is too hard for me. I don't want to die but I don't want to keep living at...

I've had enough. I don't know any more how to keep going. My poor daughter needs me and I don't know how to keep doing life.

Today I'm having the most sucky day. It was my fault really, because I went to bed late last night and then had to be up this morning to look after my daughter. And PTSD and not sleeping is not a good mix, as I'm sure you're all aware of!! At the moment my anxiety is at an all time high. I...

Hi all. This is my first post, so a bit nerve racking to write, as I've never written on a forum before, but everyone here looks very supportive so here goes! I decided to join this forum as I have been struggling with complex PTSD for years, although symptoms only escalated to the point...