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I have been going to a trauma clinic for the past nine weeks and I have made so much progress, up up until now I have been focusing on the event and the side effects that go hand in hand with PTSD, It's was the hardest thing I have done so far, to talk about my feelings and have them questioned...

After a year of therapy I can now talk about my trauma in detail, I am in a constant state of feeling numb so I have no emotion, can anyone else relate to this. Is it another phase of recovery.

So for those who don't know my story of trauma I was a first responder to a multiple fatality accident, I formed a bond with the dying and that was 30 years ago, So I keep reading things I can't relate to my trauma and to be honest sound like day to day life problems, Is it just me, loosing...

I have reduced my medication to nothing over the last month and I have new medication ready to start, But I am not sure I need the medication because after four week of shear hell dealing with withdrawal I feel great. I am seeing my doctor Friday to talk about it .

So after almost 10 months of Zoloft 200mg a day I'm dropping 50mg a week, currently on 100mg a day and feeling great, I was prescribed Neulactil 2.5mg to control my anxiety and it is working really well, I still have all the other crap in my head and I am starting exposure therapy to deal with...

I seem to be able to talk about my trauma if i don't go into details, I have had about six weeks off feeling good and no anxiety until last week. I was sitting on the lounge watching TV and in an instant I had really unbearably anxiety. I was watching Goldrush so not very triggering, that night...

My Doctor sent me to see a head shrink today because he did not understand why I seem to get almost well and then go backwards again, At $405 hr I hoped that this guy would have some answers, I guess I can't judge him after one visit, He suggested I stay on my current medication 200mg Zoloft and...

Every night when I go to bed I have a hard time keeping my legs still, I am not in pain, just need to move my legs a lo

Last night I woke up suddenly while having a flashback, I was at the crash site looking at the mess and sat up not knowing where I was, my wife woke because of the noises I was making, The strange thing for me this time is that I had no anxiety today at all and felt pretty good, Normally I am...

I have gone to bed early to avoid the fireworks because my flashbacks are triggered by loud bangs, my anxiety is escalating now after someone in my street started new year early. There is no way of escaping the noise

I have been feeling better since my medication was increased but some days my anxiety is so bad I need Diasapam to calm me down, The grounding works most days but not on the spikes, nothing works, Any suggestions?

So it's almost the end of another week and I can relieve my anxiety with Diazapam and sleep the whole day, I can't take it through the week as I have to go to work, yesterday my doctor increased my Zoloft to 100mg and I will start taking the new dose next week, so just one more day of work this...

When I was about 12 I used to catch a train and a bus on the way home and every day there was a man that worked in a shop that I used to go into that would talk to me and my friends and give us lollies, One day as I walked into his shop he said it was his birthday and I had to give him a kiss so...

I feel like I can move forward now after 30 years not knowing what was wrong with me, Everything is clearer in my head now after only eight days of medication the anxiety seems under control, I still have the images in my head but without the anxiety I can deal with it, I have also had five...

Since starting on this site I have been searching for a story like mine, I was the first on the scene of a horrible road accident and I was unable to do anything, it was horrific. I talked to the passenger and gave him comfort as he slowly died, there were four in the car but I could only see...

Yesterday my anxiety was at what I would call a extreme level so I went to the doctors and I was unable to see my normal doctor and got a fill in doctor, My file was on the screen and she asked how my therapy sessions were going, I told her I wanted something for the anxiety as I can't function...

I have been only been on this site for a little over a month and already I am wondering about the system of diagnosis, my trauma was that I sat with people with horrific injuries as they died at the scene of the accident, I have made progress because I couldn't write that a month ago without...

One thing I have noticed is I am loosing weight, I am loosing quite a bit and today I needed to put a new hole in my belt because I keep loosing my pants, So feeling like crap every day has affected my eating, the anxiety seems to dull the hunger pains and as I am obese 30kg over wieght it's not...

Every day for the past four years I go into work early and being large company we have a coffee shop, So I get a large flat white and find a nice lounge and enjoy the peace and quite and enjoy my coffee, A lady I work with started sitting at my table and I was ok with it for a while but now...

On Friday I needed to see my psychologist and couldn't get in, so I went to the doctor, I gave a brief description of my problems and that Question was asked, Are you Suicidal? I always say no, but the thought has crossed my mind and so my question is how do you know. I have lost friends due...

Hello, I have only been coming here for a week, I have been a long time Sufferer, It's 2am here and I'm always a bit troubled going to bed as that's were my flashbacks occur and because it's on my mind it most likely won't happen tonight, My brain seems to let me forget and rest for a couple of...

I was living on a farm and it was about 11pm I had just gone to bed and I was laying in bed thinking about the day that i had, There was a loud bang a sickening noise so I got up and went out side and i could here what sounded like a radio, but I was miles from town and my nearest farm was 2km...