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Yeah so I did make it as I am writing this! They gave me a HUGE dose of valium on an empty stomach which made me loopy. I told them all I had PTSD because that explains both my anxiety and sensitivity to meds. The weird thing is that after the surgery, while I was waking up, a nurse leaned in...

Hi all, I am hoping you can help me fairly quickly. I have to go have facial reconstructive surgery this afternoon under general. I am highly triggered because: 1. I have a history of not responding to sedation readily. My nervous system fights sedation of all kinds. I have extreme...

Thank you so much. That was a perfect response. I will have to re read it several times. I hope I get my face back and I am scared of not sleeping with all of that and also navigating reactions to drugs.

I love this! Made laugh when I am feeling depressed! So I have more info. The surgery will involve a skin flap and take 1 mos to heal. It looks pretty gruesome for a while though. It could hang over my eye, nasty stitches and all of that. I can take about 2 weeks post surgery off and this...

I'm not sure if I have pre cancer or not. It is being called "melanoma in situ" or stage 0. So it is cancer cells starting to happen. It is freaking me out that it is the "nice" version of a terrible, life threatening cancer. It is like sitting on the bus by a serial killer who is choosing not...

That is what is hard about this is the castrophizing. I also have extreme issues with trust. This is from my childhood. So my trust issues can be for objects like if my car breaks this is terrifying and when it gets fixed I don't trust it. My trusts issues are for everything. So I then get very...

So by surgery I mean it will be a really long mohs surgery and then the wound will be left open and then I get plastic surgery the next day I was joking that I should get him to give me a nose job too, but I am happy with my nose, so maybe the muffin top that I have from having babies. I just...

Its melanoma in situ Stage 0 Just surgery is needed.

Just got my results. Melanoma in situ. So kinda freaking out.

Hi, Thanks for your response that helps a lot! My dermatologist looked at the spot and said he didn't see any signs of invasive melanoma. But still my brain counter acts this with worry anyways. It is like the biopsy process just creates the fatalistic thinking despite what my MD says from...

Ok, so I have a sun spot/freckle on my nose. It was checked 7 yrs ago and was benign. I then got preggo right after that appt and during the pregnancy it darkened but stayed even. I then had a less than qualified esthetician perform a couple of microdermabrasion treatments on my nose. I should...

Hi, So sex in dreams does not necc mean sex. So, I am guessing that rape may be a similar thing. Maybe the content in your dream was your t raping you, but that does not actually mean rape or that you are seeing him as a rapist or abuser. It may symbolize merging or intimacy being mixed with...

Hi, So are you sure you really have bipolar? If this started post birth, manic and psychotic symptoms could be post partum depression and can start within the first year post birth, so you could have a 6 mos old and wham! I had these symptoms and now it is *only* CPTSD and ADHD. Many doctors...

Ok, So I am updating this post. I have been trying a 1:1 CBD/THC powder (that I dissolve into tea). Half of this packet was ok, but the whole packet was too much for me. I felt too "inside myself" and started feeling disassociated. I also had an increase in intrusive thoughts that were surreal...

Yes, I am going that route. I will look into an oil. I have yet to try my pens. We will see! I am curious about the CBN. All the vets in my area fought for PTSD to become a qualifier. I think that many psych meds can be hard to take. I am going to meet with someone and get my card. This has been...

So I have something called Ripple. It's a powder that is 1 to 1 THC and CBD. I have tried 1/2 packet twice and it helped way better than any psych med I've tried. I am not sure how I will keep feeling. I also have an Indica gel pen and a CBN pen. So I have not tried those. I don't have my...

Hello, I am curious as to how you use pot to manage symptoms of PTSD (in healthy ways). What I mean by this is using skills, like mindfulness and also being in therapy in addition to pot. I can get a medical marijuana card for PTSD here in my state but wanted to try it out first recreationally...

So I am just wondering if you have cold turkeyed off of any drugs? You need to get back on any drugs and stabilize as this could be withdrawal. Starting a new med can actually back fire with withdrawal. It seems that the first step is to call the national suicide hotline. This could help...

Hey all, So, I was in therapy today talking about my sexuality. I was saying how I was always so shut down sexually until my first bf who was older than me. I loved him and would do anything for him. He was wanting to experiment with diff sexual acts which I did not always like. I would say no...

Yes, I agree with both of these responses! I asked my T if she could sometimes disclose times when she has struggled (without totally putting it all out there) and I think that will help.

I don't really want to do that. It is the same page, it just has security settings up so its not showing everything. I went back to her fb page, saw that she updated it with a cover and I looked and felt good because I knew it was ok.

Oh she is great. She said, "That is not my real fb page." A part of me felt sad. I would like to know her like that, but then she wouldn't be my doctor.

So you all were right who said she likely wouldn't care. She really didn't and wanted to know what I thought. We ended up getting into more attachment stuff so its all so tricky.

Love this, thanks! This is immensly helpful. Good old cognitive distortions always there to help out. I will answer this: Ok, so I have intense jealousy of her that gets mixed in with my transference issues. I have maternal feelings of love plus fear of rejection. I also have feelings of...

No I need to share because especially after the second time of looking at her fb page it really messed me up. So I just dont like being the crazy, needy patient. She will prob adjust her settings better now because of me.