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Well the feeling great was short lived, Thursday I had mild anxiety and Friday I couldn't get out of bed, my anxiety is up a couple of notches and as per the plan I started my new medication today, It's Easter this time around as non of this is new to me.

I have no emotions at all, my wife on the hand has lots, I am numb I try to seem concerned when a family member dies or is sick. there's no emotion at all,

Welcome your in good company here

It's not a step back its a way forward, I have been taken off one medication with the intention of starting a new drug with less side affects, Now I am medication free and feel great, but if my anxiety gets unbearable again I will be back on meds straight away, How could it be seen as a step...

I have reduced my medication to nothing over the last month and I have new medication ready to start, But I am not sure I need the medication because after four week of shear hell dealing with withdrawal I feel great. I am seeing my doctor Friday to talk about it .

@Mark JT Yes very supportive, I am thinking about joining a group to see how it is run,

Do you own a hose, I find that a hose works well.

I have spoken to my psychologist about this and I am doing some research into it myself now

I'm in my 50's and often tell my kids I love them, My Father was from a different generation and never hugged or kissed us kids, My mum always did, I had a normal upbringing and feel like I was loved.

So if my MRI doesn't show my PTSD, what then

I can see the benefit of what you are saying

@Mark JT What state and what city, I would come along if it's close, I am in Sydney

I have half yearly brain scans due to another issue, $450 a visit with no rebate, what relevance that has to this thread I'll never know but there it is,

I am on the last week of Zoloft now with one day to go, I am irritable tied and feel like crap, I am back to sleeping most of the day,

Bullying is wrong and my solution to bullying is also wrong, I had never been bullied in school but I did experience it in the work place and it is a terrible thing to deal with, You are safe here.

I was going to say go and see your doctor but you have, Have you seen a psychologist about this, Meds are only a band aid solution that for me only block out the emotion, the night mares and memory remain, Were you able to talk in detail about your trauma with your therapist because that's the...

If you were a drunk driver and hit a parked car and your Farther was the passenger and he died because of you I would consider it to be your fault, What happened was out of your control and no matter how many times you play it back in you mind there was nothing you could of done, I am speaking...

I am a short time suffer although my trauma was a long time ago, So I have been overweight for twenty years so I don't really fit the profile of what's considered a PTSD sufferer, As a kid I was very active and I had anger issues, I had migraines and a bunch of other symptoms long before my...

What ever it is I want it to be instant,

I think you might be onto something Anthony, Some threads on this site I only read a couple of lines and think to myself, yeh right, I also think I'm a PTSD snob sometimes as I fail to see how someone could be diagnosed with some of the reasons that are listed in your post. I just want to be...

I know how you are feeling as my trauma was 30 years ago and when I wake up from a flashback I feel like it has just happened,

@Snowwhite Yes it is under supervision, My psychiatrist felt that the Zoloft could be removed and that the Neulactil was controlling my anxiety, I have had this memory in my head for thirty years and it remains, The anxiety has only been unbearable for twelve months, I still have anxiety but...

So after almost 10 months of Zoloft 200mg a day I'm dropping 50mg a week, currently on 100mg a day and feeling great, I was prescribed Neulactil 2.5mg to control my anxiety and it is working really well, I still have all the other crap in my head and I am starting exposure therapy to deal with...

Sounds like a normal house to me If you grew up in the sixties, I used to cop that at home and went to a catholic school where the brothers would use the cane if you didn't do homework or talk in class, I don't see it as trauma, I have a friend who had a father who would hold a gun to his head...

I am having a set back now, I feel like I am back at the start again, I have come to far to give up now so I just have to work through it. The thing that keeps me going is I have been feeling really good and I want that feeling back