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    Starting Seroquel (quetiapine)--what Dosage Do Others Take?

    I started Seroquel (Quetiapine) yesterday--hopefully to help the nightmares and flashbacks. She started me on 25mg, and it did nothing--nightmares all night, didn't sleep two hours in a row. The psychiatrist said to keep adding a 25mg pill per day until I get to a dose that helps. I just...
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    Psychiatrist

    Saw a psychiatrist today for the first time in about 25 years. My therapist wanted me to, and insurance evidently did, also. This was really, really hard, to walk in and tell a stranger the worst parts of my life. I never talk about my suicide attempt decades ago, or what happened with the...
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    Sensory Flashback

    I am having a sensory flashback, and I don't think I can stand it. Someone came up and tickled/rubbed my arm this morning and I couldn't get my arm away from her fast enough. I don't even know what event the flashback is related to, I just can't get rid of the sensation in my skin. I don't...
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    Dissociation In Stores?

    Almost every time I go shopping, I think I dissociate. Things get foggy, start to kind of swim around. I used to think it was vertigo, but the therapist says it is panic attacks. I truly don't think I'm panicking at all, it isn't even that unpleasant as long as it is a store that I know my...
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    Trying To Get Through Halloween...

    Happy Halloween...anyone else who will be really glad when the stores aren't full of terror-inducing paraphernalia? We have kids, some of whom are teenagers, so it is impossible to completely avoid all of this. Last night one of the teenagers wanted to go to the Halloween store to buy a...
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    Quit Watching Tv, Listening To Radio

    My PTSD has been getting a lot worse for about a year now, and I just realized that I have almost completely cut out TV and radio--even before I realized that I was getting worse. I listen to the same music over and over, I guess I like the predictability. I get my news from the internet, I...
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    Something Went Wrong With Emdr

    I started the next phase of EMDR three days ago, and I haven't felt well since. I had a 1.5 hour session, processed a memory from when my dad died when I was a teenager, before the abuse that I have PTSD from. The EMDR session itself didn't seem that upsetting, but I did have a few tears. It...
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