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I was not aware of switching as a child, but I was aware of losing time. I'd be somewhere having a conversation with someone in one room and "wake up" in another. This was observed by outsiders as if I had "gone hysterical" during the time periods I don't recall. I am formally diagnosed with...

I have been completely med free for the last four months or so. I do feel more but it's 100% worth it. It definitely comes with challenges.

I understand the need for changes... but I'm way more upset about the loss of my avatar than I thought I would be.

Lamictal made my memory worse and messed with my cognitive ability. I don't hear much about this as a complaint, but I can say it was noticeable for me.

Med free here. I take Zyrtec for allergies, melatonin for help with sleep, an inhaler for asthma and a multi-vitamin. Two years ago I was one five psychiatric medications concurrently. I don't think there is anything wrong with taking meds, but having gone down that road myself, I would not want...

I did take it for while, and it did help alleviate the nightmares. It didn't help me sleep, and it caused my blood pressure to drop enough that I always felt unwell, otherwise, I would still be open to the idea of taking it. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be in the cards for me.

Congrats on the apartment prospect! Your challenge with your Grandparents sounds like a generational thing. Regardless of their expectations recovery is individual and varies. You can only do what you can do.

I'm going to echo what everyone else is saying... It's very hard. I have a few core friends who understand my need for private time, and when I ask for it they always respect that and don't get offended when I bow out of events and don't take every offered invitation. I also don't have any...

I feel your pain. The body really does keep the score. I can't tell you how many times I've put bread in the freezer, and ice cream in the microwave! It might very well be tied to dissassociative symptoms though, because I have those problems too (whee). I fear my doctor is going to start...

@Heather, ugh, I feel your pain. A lot of mine have to deal with the deaths/torture of the people close to me, and my cats. I don't talk about them much anymore, because I think it has traumatized most people that I've told them about. I've also been gunned down more times than I can count...

3 hours. Exhausted.

Slept three hours last night, I feel your pain. Once I'm up, I'm up. Yet I'm desperately tired.

I'm on Prazosin as well. Now that my dosage has been increased I find that it helps quite a lot. Sleep and I are still not friends though. I wish we could find a way to reconcile, but alas, it seems it is not meant to be.

Ok, so I haven't had the best two weeks, so I've been hiding in my hole and not posting much. BUT I thought it might be helpful to others to talk about some of the many health problems that I have been found to have, that turn out to be related to trauma. I've learned all this the hard way, and...

@Glenn R. we should start a club.. I am right there with you. I'm exhausted until my head hits the pillow, and then the anxiety sets in. Some of my dreams are directly trauma related, but I would say 80 to 90 percent are not directly so. Some of them are so bad, I actually remember ones that I...

@cakes, I feel you. I promise your not alone. There is nothing edible in my refrigerator, showering is near impossible, my house has been so bad I've feared being evicted, and a lot of the time I have to get my groceries delivered. But, I manage to truck it to work everyday, and everyone tells...

@Diannalee, moving on (even temporarily) can be hard and I can't really say more than has already been said, only echo the wisdom that's already been shared. You asked earlier if a person with PTSD has a choice in regards to their behavior, and I think they absolutely do! Not only is it...

@Becky gard, welcome to the forum! The fact that you joined is demonstrative that part of you is still fighting to live. Don't give up.

@BrokenWoman, I have to agree with what has already been said; an abusive relationship is the worst to leave and the hardest, because I think these kind of abusers groom you into thinking your worthless. (Been there, done that). So, if your worthless, one might think they don't deserve any...

That's really tough, I think I can empathize at least a little. I don't really have concrete memories, but I know something happened. I know my sister did a lot of therapy before she had her first, so that she had a better handle of what was appropriate behavior and what wasn't, because growing...

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@SoSadGuilty, what you have said takes a lot of courage to say. I don't have any kids, but there is a little girl (beautiful and 2 and 1/2) who I adore, and am an adopted auntie to. Lately she has been very triggering. The last time she visited the house with her Mom, she wanted me to wipe her...

Your sense of color is amazing. Sometimes art is the only thing that can get me through.

This sound a lot like what I remembered coming directly out of adolescence and moving out on my own. I don't know how old you are, but it sounds like you are far more in touch with your experiences then I was after leaving home. It has taken years for me to process some of that and figure out...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a letter that starts out with "Dear Little Me...". I thought of it as a way to tell little me all the things I know as an adult: That she's afraid, that really no one will believe her, and that's she going to grow up one day, and be someone great, who froze not...