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Its a pretty generic SSRI. I have been on it for over five years now. 20 mg is not that high of a dose, and as far as side effects go SSRI's and celexa/citalopram's are pretty mild. That said I think zoloft is supposed to be a better PTSD med, and I find that it has more of an effect on my...

Here are two good books on Anxiety and OCD. I would start with the anxiety book as its a little bit easier read, and not as challenging. The ocd author takes a pretty challenging approach to ocd, so maybe I would not start there just now. Anxiety, Phobias and Panic by Reneau Peurifoy is a...

I take seroquel 300 mg. I took it for some eight years ago at 50 mg for sleep and to offset ssri symptoms, and it worked okay for me. I never felt comfortable goign over 100 mg. But then I landed in a psych hospital and after jacking around with all my medicines, espeially the AAPs, I ended...

I think the only thing keeping me alive right now is fear. Fear that if I do something to take my life I will lose total control over my health and living situation. My parents are my legal guardians right now, and I have to see the psychiatrist that reviews the mental health power of attorney...

That is very touching angelkeeper. It sounds like you are taking up the right attitude and honoring your fathers legacy.

Nothing right now. Absolutely nothing, except I can't really take a car and leave my house. And its causing me a non stop panic attack

I read something in the book "Undoing Perpetual Stress" by Richard O'Connor (Good book if you want to check it out, although a little discouraging with its message) that might make sense here. The basic idea is that even potentially positive emotional experiences can activate the stress...

I would just devote more time to self-care and let the people around you (or the ones you feel like sharing with) that you are on more edge and give examples of the things that make you more on edge. Take care of yourself.

I don't think my family will ever get my PTSD, especially as I consider it most of it my moms fault. I spend plenty of time ranting by text message to my sisters, but they're more concerned about helping me thinking about whats next, and I don't know what's next. I feel disconnected from every...

2 years ago today i was forced to go to an ER by my parents after i hit my mother. I thought about committing suicide before they could take me, i thought about calling 911 instead of going. Instead I went. And that has made all the difference. I can't really record the hell that happened...

I'm just worn out and defeated right now, too scared to make any move. I've just been feeling beaten up with my parents completely gone (and angry, alone etc.) and this whole week has just made me so drained to take any positive action. There's a therapy intern that comes twice a week and he's...

The Problem is I have a serious chronic illness, that I've had for three years and still have. And my parents efforts got me thrown into the hells of involuntary psych system instead. And my mom will have nothing to do with me. My dad walks over mountains for me, and I can't blame him if his...

I've walked through hell enough. I've literally been running for my life the past two years straight. and now I'm starting to get really worried for my future health and sanity. Hell my current health and sanity. I know no body is supposed to put up with this much stress for this long of time...

Well I am glad for the feedback. But this is just going to get harder. My parents once again have decided to not tell me they are going out of town. They are going to New YORK on thursday apparently, but the only person who mentioned it to me was my dad on monday. So once again I am on my...

Thanks Phoenix. I have heard the war veteran thing from my dad a couple of times. Its just hard to even make sense of what you have when your family won't even acknowledge its existence, or that it might be grounded in real events that happened to you that they weren't there to see.

In spite of what happened i keep being told by my mom, "your aunt and uncle want to help" and the biggest burn was by my dad who said it was just my uncle "redefining PTSD". He is the hugest repressor in the universe. Not one member of my family said 'I'm sorry that happened'. Unfortunately...

I was riding home from my uncles house because I had to hide out there since my parents didn't want me at home. It was a pretty nerve rattling day, with my dad telling me he's going to stop paying for me to be at a group home - a group home my parents purposely put me in - and telling me that I...

I've been where you are jellybeans, and stayed there for months on end, too afraid too resistant to getting help. So my only advice is get help as soon as possible. and by help. I mean deep help - because suicidal thoughts can creep up in 100's of different ways telling you life isn't worth...

I'm going to keep this short as possible because I can't think very well now. I've had very traumatic experience at hospitals, half of which ended up with me going through the dungeons of Arizona's involuntary psych 'hospitals', under circumstances beyond my control - i.e. my parents forced me...

Can't really briefly break down the horrific last two and a half years of my life, but they've involved some violent confrontations and traumatic trips to hospital ER's. Five of them. yeah. It started back in October of 2010 where my parents basically ambushed me with the help of this...