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I never actually tell employers upfront about my ptsd. I'll let them know when something is going on with me and maybe explain then at the time, but I've never told anyone ever, and I've never been let go because of it, or for not disclosing it.

Yeah he didn't check any blood work just told me to take them for 2 months and then come back. So yeah, that kind of freaks me out because I can't afford to be immobile right now (school/finals/etc). I had blood work done like a year ago, but not recently. I also kinda don't like the idea of...

So I have 20mg tablets, doc says I need to take two per day. I've been kind of chicken to even start them. Any positive stories? negatives? I'm taking it for hyperarousal. I know every person's experience is different and what works for some won't for others. I just can't decide if I should...

I had a meltdown and it is the first time my significant other has really seen me in that kind of state. I asked him if he had any questions about anything that had happened and he said no. I want him to ask questions because I want to explain how and why things happen - I don't want to hurt him...

Geeeeeeeeeeeez am I ever behind the times! I am totally looking into that later. WANT.

this is an excellent point - I am aware of the things you have brought up but never really considered changing my terminology, so used to calling it marijuana. But you are absolutely right.

I can't deal with the hyperarousal and inability to focus. That's what bugs me. The dreams and regular anxiety and the depression aspects I can handle. I am taking effexor and trazodone and for the most part I really like my meds. I have been on pristiq, paxil, zoloft, and wellbutrin in the...

Well I already take trazodone for sleep - but it doesn't make a difference in my focus at all.

Yes, I can't even tell you how many times this has happened to me. My mom or friends would try and point out what I was doing, and then my boyfriend at the time would just try harder to drive it home that it was all my fault. It turns into this really horrible cycle and you really really cannot...

I really didn't like Running with Scissors very much, but for anybody who DID like it or would like to read more, I really really LOVE Dry also by Augusten Burroughs - it is my favorite of his. I read it before Running with Scissors, and I think maybe that's part of why I was so disappointed...

This is how I feel about my cat, except she stays at home. The part that really gets me, is that she is extremely protective of me like a dog would be. I can't play fight with boyfriends, she hisses at them and circles them like a predator. She doesn't understand that we are having fun and...

ME TOO ME TOO. I took paxil and hated it. I also gained a lot of weight. I could regulate my emotions great because I had none. I couldn't even cry when it was normal to cry. It was just not right. I flat out REFUSED to try any other SSRI after that and told him that he had better figure out...

I feel like studying psychology with a prof who specializes in PTSD has subtly helped me IMMENSELY. I know that doesn't make sense, but he wasn't speaking with me directly. There were just certain things I sort of held onto from his lectures that I figured would probably help me. I've realized...

Holy crap get out of my head. My dad was also a controlling alcoholic who would put me down and what not (he did the same thing to my mom but he at least loved her sometimes) - and although he has not been a part of my life for 10 years, I have these re-occurring dreams that he tries to rejoin...

I've been trying to figure this out and as far as he tells me nothing. His homelife sounds great, they have family supper every week. His immediate family is small, only one other sibling. They have really open conversations, and he has absolutely nothing negative to say about them. The only...

Marijuana to me is just so LOGICAL. I hate that more physicians and lawmakers don't understand this. IT IS STIGMA AND PROPAGANDA. It alleviates so much. I don't need a sleeping med, I don't get nauseous, I am more productive, I am relaxed, I am a totally different person. But some strains...

I have gotten to the point where I can't take rejection anymore once I have tried to forge some kind of attachment. Some people get freaked out when I tell them about my ptsd and the things I do or can't do or whatever the case may be - but I would rather them get freaked out and leave right...

I am a sufferer (although I don't know that I like that wording) and would say I am mostly high functioning. But I do have problems when I'm in a relationship. I am trying to encourage my boyfriend to seek out supports for himself, and pointing out literature or books he can go to for help (I...

This forum is weirding me out because I really don't know any other diagnosed ptsd people. It's nice to be able to read a bunch of things I can relate to, but it also kind of makes me feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. I guess that's the same thing kicking in. I am medicated, effexor and...

So I was first diagnosed with PTSD about 10 years ago - but I have some borderline traits which I have figured out is 'c-ptsd' which kind of fits me a bit better. I am medicated, I am in therapy and have been on and off basically since the first trauma. I have had several, all by men. I...