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I filed my case with the VA about six years ago. They "lost" my records at least 3 times. Then, they moved the case from my area to Waco, TX to get a decision done. When they moved the case, they did not get any of the records including the buddy letter from a fellow soldier attesting to the...

For those of you who notice that the medications have taken a toll on your ability to hold things in short term memory, I'm putting my vitamin/supplement recommendations here. It could be my age, but the meds seemed to make memories a lot more hazy. Good for resolving flashbacks, bad for...

I was on Geodon for about 3-4 years, mixed with some other things. I have a type of depression that wasn't adjusted with any of the typical antidepressants. Most of the typical ones tend to boost serotonin/dopamine. Geodon, from what I can tell, lowers dopamine early in the cycle, then boosts...

I have no idea where this thread belongs, so I'll put it here. I just did a 3 week stay inpatient in the trauma unit of the hospital due to my suicidal tendencies and the self-injury behavior that had hit a peak. In week 1 of the stay, I became obsessively compulsive about keeping my bed...

This thread is more to see what others who have PTSD and are working are doing. It may show some patterns in types of work that are more PTSD friendly. I realize that many with PTSD are really having trouble coping with everyday life to the point where they can't work. But many of us are...

In writing a post that really was a more detailed response on decision-making and anxiety, I ran across a piece of recent literature about the reward pathway in the brains of PTSD patients. Yeah, that sounds like double-speak. But it basically provides a physical clue to why many of us lose our...

In writing a post that really was a more detailed response on decision-making and anxiety, I ran across a piece of recent literature about the reward pathway in the brains of PTSD patients. Yeah, that sounds like double-speak. But it basically provides a physical clue to why many of us lose...

Grandma-Herc brought up an interesting topic in a prior post about indecision and anxiety. One of the perks of working for higher education is free access to the research journals. There are very concrete reasons why PTSD affects decision-making. In survival terms, if you step into a...

I almost titled this "My Passive Aggressive Idiot Boss," but that wouldn't have been polite now, would it? I'm just now coming down from a major panic attack at work. Caused by him. In one of my other threads, I discuss the fact that work is placing me in a cubicle environment. The cubes are...

After 10 years in an office by myself, our work group is being shifted into cubicles. And not just real cubicles with shoulder high walls, but basically a large room with desks lined around the walls and 3 foot dividers between you and the next person. The worst is that you are facing either a...

I have chronic PTSD. I'm also (unluckily) not able to take SSRI meds, and tri-cyclics work to dampen the anxiety, but lower my cognitive ability. I've been fine for 10 years following a couple of years of extreme therapy sessions (with the trying of all medications possible then). I've...