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That's true--those with ADD/ADHD do find stimulants calming, from what I understand. Though I am unsure of how someone with a co-morbidity of ADD/ADHD and anxiety would react to an amphetamine, since I'm not yet a psychiatrist (what I want to be, but have a long way to go--just changed majors)...

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I personally don't find it helps. If anything, it just makes me feel worse, since it's giving more permanence to the problem by writing it down. IDK. I do forums instead--more productive since there is input/output, rather than just the throwing a ball against a wall that is journaling (for...

Me too. It makes me feel a lot better, somehow. It's soothing to me, to think about it. It's control, in a way--deciding whether one wants to be here or not, rather than being forced into staying (involuntary detainment with the expressed purpose of making sure you don't off yourself, perhaps)...

Seems like we're in similar predicaments. Finding a home is really a very complicated affair (especially when you're an entirely destitute immigrant with zero family support in the given country as I am). I've lived--everywhere. People's couches, boarding homes, rented rooms, etc. Just never my...

I usually plop on Revolutionary Girl Utena, Pokemon, or Digimon (01 or 02). Maybe Elfen Lied or Chobits. Non-anime: King of the Hill. So mad when they took it off Netflix. :(

I don't know how it would affect PTSD-specific symptoms (it didn't trigger any for me), but amphetamines of any kind (such as adderall/ritalin) are trouble for people with anxiety/panic attacks. If you fit the above description, stay away.

I take Ativan, 1 to 1.5mg once a day as needed (with emphasis on the 'as needed' part). Have never experienced withdrawal symptoms, despite being on them for a bit over a year now. No cognitive decline to speak of. However, I am aware my dosage is a very low one, and my doctor is absolutely...

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In my situation, my psychiatrist does medication monitoring/management/diagnosis. He has a medical degree. I see him once every two months barring something being wrong, which requires me making an early appointment. My therapist only provides regular talk therapy, she is not qualified to...

I am not feeling anything, as usual. This is the way I enjoy it. I only get freaked out when I start feeling, because it means I am losing control.

I won't say much of my own personal situation on a simple introduction thread for the sake of brevity and keeping things somewhat lighthearted (also, honestly, I am exhausted--I don't want to talk about all of it right now because I'm not in the proper 'place' mentally to do so). I just wanted...

Historically, I've had a preference around female therapists (never felt comfortable around males, I have no idea why, until my adult years). Presently, I wouldn't care, the only preference I have is that my therapist is not a f**ing idiot (you'd think this would be a simple request, but...

It seems to me you've quelled your primary concern by telling us some details about the person you are seeing. If he's gone through so much schooling in fields which aren't exactly the most lucrative ones out there and has a high intellectual interest in psychology as well as certain topics...

It is not uncommon to find people working in the mental health field are sometimes desensitized to such remarks (to the quotidian person, a declaration of suicidal ideation is quite dramatic, but to someone who deals with them on a regular basis, it's not exactly the same thing). It still...

Yes, after a while of going nowhere near it (not quite triggering but difficult experience related to it happened last year--I used to do a lot of work for a now former friend of mine last summer, when we fell out drawing just made me depressed), it's good to seem to have it back, even if I'd...

Unfortunately I don't have any answers since my being forced to deal with this (rather than try to pretend otherwise) has come to a head. I've always felt the dissociation but I thought at the time it was advantageous--giving me an emotional 'edge' over others, so to speak. Where others cried or...

I'd be happy to talk to you (can we do PMs on this forum). Barring that, maybe see if there are some community resources you can take advantage of during the time your therapist is away, like some crisis center (they will talk to people off-hours, even during the weekend) if you are feeling...

I can't say if I've ever been like this in an intimate relationship because I've never had one. The thought of one disgusts me to no end, and I don't do well with people as a whole. I'm entirely unsure of who my 'true' self is, since I have a lot of gaps in my memory (this being prior to...