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Everyday of my life is like this. Fear a disapproval began my initial crash and diagnosis. I had been dealing with ptsd symptoms for the last 5-6 years, but it was a bad employee review (which probably would not have been that bad to someone else), that pushed me over the edge. I was also not...

@Justmehere wow, thank you! The frozen orange thing is genius! I just did it with my water bottle and I felt it. I will definitely use that, along with the L-theanine. I have also noticed more vivid dreams with the trazadone. I will have to keep watching that. @Kas_Can_Fly - I have been...

Ugg, I cannot get them to stop shaking either! I believe my shaking is from the anxiety, but I'm new to this and that is my self-diagnosis.

Thank you. This can be so exhausting and draining, but it is nice to hear that things will get better and I will learn to manage the symptoms. I've never been good at patience... haha

Did you ever get this figured out? I am going through the same problems. Hard to think and talk. "Fuzzy" nailed the feeling btw

I was diagnosed a month ago with PTSD although I had been trying to ignore it for several years. After over eleven years in law enforcement, it finally caught up with me. I've been actively fighting this with counseling and medication since the diagnosis. I'm taking lexipro and trazadone at...

Thanks everyone for the nice words. Today is my first day back since I was diagnosed over a month ago. It is stressful, but I need to keep trying. Luckily I have a desk job, so I can take it day to day. The other officers have been supportive and welcoming. I think the lexipro is working...

I'm obviously new to this all. I've been in law enforcement for eleven years and been bottling up every death and traumatic event since the beginning. I had been successfully hiding it from everyone, including myself, until it finally came in one bad event. Like someone smashing a large...