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So, I recently went to the doctor after over 2 months without my period. She asked me if I had any stress. I said a little and took a hormone shot. It's supposed to come back within a couple of weeks. She gave me an ultrasound and everything else looked fine. My life is not stressful. My...

I'm not sure, Philippa, I got that list randomly online. I didn't experience any side effects, either.

It's just a dietary supplement, though. You can get pretty big boosts from drinking green tea, or calmed down by chamomile. I think turkey, dairy and soy also helps to create seratonin, and soy used to give me a big burst after a bender. I think it works more like that.

i don't normally take medications. I feel altered, flat, a little empty. But maybe that's the price to pay for calming down.

This is my second day trying them. I feel a little disconnected, but I am better able to control my impulses/anger and I'm more reasonable. I don't know how that works. I'm calmer. Last night I did feel as if it wore off and made me feel a bit flat. It's also used for smoking cessation and I...

Also, I just found this review/comment in cyber space of someone elses' reaction, so I guess it's normal to be very calmed down by it, especially if you are battling with anxiety (as a result of PTSD)

Thanks for your input, guys! To be honest, a friend just told me that people with PTSD have extremely low seratonin levels, I can't back that information up. It's funny how people with PTSD vary so widely, I feel like it's a much more complex disorder than, say, depression. This is my second day...

Hey all, a common question I hear with PTSD is "Why am I so tired?" It seems like a natural after effect of hyper vigilance and stress. I find I need a lot more sleep after an episode, and a lot of sleep to make myself less vulnerable to episodes in the first place (although I feel like I need...

Has anyone taken these? Apparently people with PTSD have very low seratonin levels and these provide a boost back up to normal, making you less prone to anxiety, depression, anger and so on. It's a similar supplement to melatonin in some way and also makes it easier to sleep. Supposedly.

Hmm, I'm not sure if this is accurate, but someone put forth the thought to me that I have a hard time with remembering because the hippocampus is repressing (not really, I know it happened, but it's pushing it away from my conscious so I can function) the traumatic memory, but it's not advanced...

My partner and I used honest and open communication to get to a level of trust. And it was 100% consensual all the time. If I wanted to stop in the middle for no reason, so be it.

Guys, I wonder if I should start a new thread or not... No more flashbacks!! For PTSD, I think alot of the sexual issues come down to trust. I have finally come to feel relatively safe with my partner and been able to ground, focus, and let go too.

have you tried anger management/stress control techniques? Like mindfulness-taking time to label your thoughts (im having a thought, he is so bad!)-listen to the background sounds, feel your feet on the ground, etc. sometimes helps-or you could look up other techniques that are better suited to...

I find my PTSD symptoms are much harder to manage/cope with/understand if I self medicate by drinking..at least sober I can understand that I shouldn't be lashing out and blah blah, but I have a harder time fighting flashbacks, impulsivity and inappropriate emotions, when I'm drunk or hungover...

Yes, I was fired in a foriegn country and thought it was the end of the world. I didn't own any of my furniture and watched my boss haul it away. I didn't think I could keep my apartment, but I desperately wanted to, and going home was not an option. All the recruiters told me it'd be impossible...

This is a question I wanted to ask anyways...do you take anxiety medication for PTSD? In other words, is anxiety a part of PTSD? I have never used medication (although I've self medicated, not a positive thing) and just recently I've learned to calm down by labelling my thoughts (for example...

Thank you all for taking the time to welcome me-PTSD is a lot of work and it's nice to be part of a community, especially as someone who spends a lot of time avoiding lately. But I am actively seeking to get better. Humor is one of the best medicines as well :-)

Yes to all, especially the gym one!

My new boyfriend has researched extensively, and he almost understands the disorder better than I do now, or he seems to. Since he seems to know so much, I trust him to be honest. When I say "I can't focus" I know he gets it. When I say, I need to get out of here, we do, and joke around about...

My trigger is intimacy. Recently, I found I couldn't get close to any man I liked. I could have sex drunk with one mutually exclusive partner..who didn't speak English. But I started having to get drunker and drunker to do it decided it wasn't worth it. Then, someone I liked somehow made his...

Hello! So, I am a 26 year old currently teaching in South Korea. When I got here I sort of "forgot" that I had PTSD. I was triggered but didn't really know what was happening. I drank a lot. Now, I am not. I am trying to do yoga and healthy things to get better. My trigger is my new boyfriend...

Hello-kids can be so horrible. There are loads of documentaries out there about the bullying epidemic. Its strange how it's unique with adolescents-nobody does that as adults! And it does get way, way better. You'll find people who share your interests and value you. You will never need to be...

No! I have just signed up today in hopes of responding to a very old thread about flashbacks during sex. It constantly came up in google search during a difficult time and I referenced it a lot. I discovered a new technique and I was hoping to share it with the next struggling person who finds...