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When a doctor speaks to you about anything involving your personal health condition anything you say or discuss is immediately considered to be classified as protected private information. It does not matter if you are actually a patient or ever will be a patient, that information is protected...

I totally agree with what you have done. A complaint is fully warranted. That is one of the huge problems I had with the psychiatric ward I was placed in, total invasion of and violation of privacy, both myself and my ex wife. In fact, they are largely responsible for the destruction of our 44...

Well, I wish I could say it has been like that every day but it is far from it. I am having the odd day where I feel a lot better and in fact today is one of them. I have finally pretty much gotten over the severe issues created when my ex wife decided she was bored living with a sick guy so she...

Justmehere, I do know how you feel. It is a major part of my PTSD. I was badly physically abused by my father and sexually abused by his mother. I was also physically abused by my other grandmother. All of these events have caused changes in how I have lived my life. I haven't been fully aware...

All I can say is to find another church. I had a very good time at church today. It has been helping me more than anything else. One very important thing that it brought back to the front of my mind is the concept of forgiveness. I have forgiven my former wife for everything she has done even...

It may be four months old but it's near the top of the list the forum provides in my weekly e-mail. I thought it was a somewhat appropriate joke, somewhat.... At least here the expense is covered by the government. They even have very good people available too, at least in the therapy...

Hmmm. I am certainly glad that I have such an excellent therapist. She is very good at dealing with PTSD. I think that is in part because her own husband has PTSD. One thing to remember is that it only takes a slight pause in the word therapist to create the rapist, especially when your own...

I just recently decided to go back to church. I was baptised as Lutheran but I decided that isn't the place to go. I haven't been to church in very many years. I am told the local Lutheran church is still very conservative which in that church means that whenever any question about anything...

That is a great picture. It looks so big because the picture was taken from a very long distance away from the bridge. We don't have any internal size reference for the moon except for what we see on the Earth. We do have a good idea of the size of the bridge so when a very large object such as...

At the age of 65 I still find it impossible to understand why people would ever mistreat children the way that some do. That especially applies to parents and other family members. It just doesn't make any sense. As far as I am concerned it must represent a type of severe mental disorder. I was...

This thread is very interesting to me because I have been reviewing some parts of my early life a lot lately. I was seriously physically abused by my father starting with broken bones when I was two and other events including near death in later years. What I have been trying to deny all of my...

I can't believe how well I slept last night. I went to bed at what would be my usual time, midnight. I woke up this morning and immediately noticed I was feeling pretty good. Had the usual am ablutions and came out here to my computer. It was TEN AM. Holy cow! I haven't slept ten hours straight...

I have been fighting PTSD at a very low level all my life until about four months ago. Then I was forced into a psychiatric ward by my now ex wife telling a lie to my doctor by telling him I was suicidal. He was required to send me to the ward. That was a huge mistake. A number of very bad...

I just started taking Oxazepam two days ago. I need it and it is helping quite a lot. I have been beating my brain to death with total inability to stop reliving all the crap that has happened to me earlier this year. I have finally figured out what my biggest cue is for my PTSD. It is anything...

I always have an open knife within easy reach. Used to have a Ruger security six .357 magnum but sold it because it is a hassle to keep handguns here. Had 4 rifles and a shotgun, shotgun always nearby but when my ex wife got me sent to the psych ward earlier this year she cleaned out all the...

I am seeing my doc on Wednesday. They have finally come out with a Hep C drug I can take, Harvoni. I haven't been able to take any of the earlier ones because of low platelets. Harvoni doesn't lower platelets and the treatment can be as short as 8 weeks. I want to get on it a soon as possible...

I just started last Thursday a 9 week series of evening group therapy. All so far is the explanation/introductions type stuff so I don't know what it will be like, yet. I sure hope it helps because I sure do need it. It is a type of CBT training.

I have PTSD. I have most likely had it to some degree nearly all my life. My life has not been easy. I was seriously abused starting (as far back as I can recall) when I was about 2. My father broke my shoulder bones that time. It continued until I was able to leave home at 16. I was nearly...

You are very welcome. I am very pleased to be of help. I hope you feel better soon. I am pretty sure you will.

I am very sorry and I sincerely apologise for offending you. I am not meaning to give you the impression that I insist your memories are false. I guess what I said about hypnosis is what may have given you that idea. Part of my problem is that false memories is what I am trying to deal with in...

I am not a good example to use when discussing memories. I have a very unusual form of eidetic memory, known as hyper biographical memory, aka hyperthemesia. I remember virtually every day of my life with some of it beginning when I was less than 1 year old. The memories include my abuse but...

I happen to have witnessed the creation of a false memory by my wife. One February 15 this year she changed personality to somebody I did not recognize. I am now of the opinion that she may have had a "silent stroke" the previous night/ She has a high risk of stroke for medical reasons. Whatever...

It is necessary to deal with false memories as if they are real. There is no way to determine from the person that holds the memories if memories are false or real, unless the false memories are obviously impossible or illogical. Often they seem very possible and could have happened. In those...

Very interesting Mary. It sounds like overall it went well for you. I hope that continues in the future. I am going to follow you on this forum because I want to see how well you are doing. Next week I start a 9 week series of weekly group sessions, two hours each evening. I have no clue what...

One thing I forgot to mention: Because of the drugs you are taking you should keep an eye out for any trace of blood in your stools. If you have any that is most likely a direct side effect of reduced clotting caused by the drugs I mentioned. It isn't good for your brain either as it can lead to...