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I have taken 5 x 5mg Diazepam when my anxiety was at its worst and it had no effect, you need to act sooner with breathing and use medication as a last resort, breathing helps but you need to start as soon as you feel your anxiety starting.

I had been going to doctors for years saying I didn't feel right

Zoloft did nothing for my anxiety, diazapam is the only thing that helps settle my anxiety, i only use it in extreme cases

I have a friend that does the same thing every ANZAC day and i just let him vent his feelings,

I have a excellent psychologist that i made a connection with and helped me get through a lot of issues, She referred me to a trauma clinic for some specialised PTSD treatment and they zeroed in on what has been causing my problems, I think you need to find a trauma therapist and a Psychiatrist...

I had to tell my employer due to the amount of sick leave i was taking, my manager was fine with it and was very supportive, the HR department were not so helpful, after my ten days sick leave ran out i had to take leave without pay, I guess if you can avoid telling them until you need to you...

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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...

This is nuts, Drugs have made my life liveable and without them I would of ended it, The big pharma company's will pay the compensation and increase the cost to sufferers so who wins out of this, Don't be Sheep

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.

I had a great relationship with both my parents, l they were both in their nineties when they died, I loved them both very much, I grew up with my brother and when he died I felt enormous grief, it's hard to believe they are gone, The event I relive is not the same, it's horrific, its just not...

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 do not have anything in mind with my question I try to learn more about PTSD when I get the chance, So if you have been diagnosed with PTSD because of your medical trauma perhaps I could have gotten it when I passed a 6mm kidney stone,

Hello Go and see your doctor and you will get a referral to see a psychologist and in Australia you get ten free visits a year,

Ok I have to ask, are you saying that a medical procedure caused PTSD

Don't say anything just be there and listen

I vote no, I had somehow tucked away my memories and I had no symptoms for the past 30 years until last year and it all came back and hit me like a freight train, Coping is my only hope right now but I am a long way from that point.

Anxiety is my main issue, I have a long list of other things but Anxiety is my downfall, I know this will not surprise most of you but exercise is working quite well, I walk 5 km a day at a brisk pace, along with a cocktail of medication and lots of sleep.

I'm sorry is this a joke, are you people serious

LinkenPark - Numb

I think that regardless of how you got PTSD the symptoms are the same as you can see from others on this site, Anyone who doesn't have it has no right to a opinion, I have PTSD because I attended a accident as a first responder and was recently told I could not join a online forum because I did...

Welcome David G After reading your story I think the guy on the bike would of got a direct hit on your truck no matter how much room you gave him, My story is similar as I sat with the dying after a serious accident, I made a connection with the people before they died and it never leaves me...

Welcome Rougue bird My trauma was 30 years ago and I have only started dealing with it in the last 12 months and only because I couldn't contain it anymore, I was a first responder my self.

I watched a music clip about PTSD on you tube, I think it was sung by mickle back and it about somes it up for me

I believe that focused research is needed but it will be a shame to see our future researchers pushed in one direction, free thinking outside the square is where innovation comes from