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I used to imagine that I was an orphan, and that my real parents were loving, tragic figures, who had passed away while I ended up being adopted by this psycho couple looking for attention. After all, that's the way my mother and father acted toward us kids. At least my imagining that I was...

I think it's wonderful that you have the capacity to do this, and wish I had thought of doing it during all the sleepless, hopeless nights I've spent with my PTSD.

Has anyone tried low level laser therapy? I'm reading a book on how the brain heals and it's mentioned. How did it work for you? How long did you have to do the therapy before you felt any different? Who administers it? So far, all I've been able to find is a local chiropractor who has never...

Yup, me too. Then one day it stopped and hasn't come back. I don't know why and I'm okay with that.

Oh, my. I'm so afraid for both you and your son. Yes, stuff like this escalates. That poor kid. Your story triggered memories of my (Borderline) mother flying into violent rages over nothing, the stuff that caused the hell I now live in called PTSD, 60 years later.

I just posted in another thread that I react to just about everything. Meds, supplements, food, personal care products, you name it. I've been experimenting for a long time trying to find something I could tolerate that would lessen my anxiety without driving me into depression. I've been on...

I've reacted to every medication my Doctor has given me to try. Right now I'm getting some relief with L-theanine (amino acid) and Inositol (once known as vitamin B8), and will add Choline (vitamin B4) into the mix later this week. You'll have to Google dosages, times to take, and side effects...

I don't have any helpful hints for you at this time, but I wanted you to know that you're not alone. I've been like this for as long as I can remember, yet never realized that my obsessive planning was the result of my need to survive until you mentioned it. My husband and BFF don't do this...

Is anyone familiar with the late Dr. Guy DaSilva's work with PTSD? I understand that he was very in tune with the physiological symptoms of PTSD and thought that PTSD stemmed from low cortisol levels. Has anyone tried the low dose cortisol treatment with 10 mg hydrocortisol? How did you go about...

If it's the bright light that is bothering you, I've just read a book on adrenal fatigue by Kathryn Simpson that says bright light annoyance comes from our pupils not being able to contract or stay contracted because our adrenal glands are so tired from pumping cortisol and adrenaline because of...

Ha! I like your idea better than my therapist's idea. Let's go with yours... :)

Talked to my husband. He says he just has thoughts, but definitely doesn't talk to himself or participate in internal conversations. Maybe my therapist is right, and this is a PTSD trait.

Well, now you've got my curiosity peaked. I'm going to ask my husband if that happens to him, too.

Right now I'm binge watching Ross Rosenberg on You Tube and I've got his new book too. Since I'm just now researching the link between physical symptoms and PTSD, I've made a lot of progress by studying Babette Rothschild, and just finished the workbook by Mary Beth Williams. Got Peter Levine...

I'm not where I want to be yet, but I continue to try. The hardest part for me was getting started. I needed to sort things out and put them in "worry" order. Every time I started to get upset, which was every few minutes, I would ask myself, "Is this really worth getting sick over?" It took...

Happy birthday, Orange Phone! Yes, accepting PTSD is a hard pill to swallow. I'm 63, have had it since I was a child (my mother has BPD), and I'm just accepting my diagnosis now. At first I blew it off as something that was not harmful, like being born with blue eyes instead of brown. Then I...

I do too but it's not very pleasant because either i'm planning my next step or scolding myself over the smallest little thing (funny how that sounds just like my mother). My therapist says this is a common trait of PTSD.

Ha! Yes, I know the feeling well, that of being delighted to find out it has a physical basis instead of more PTSD stuff raining down on you. Congrats on your concussion...

It didn't work for me, but I'm a big believer in "open every door." Especially since no one has some up with the magic bullet to fix PTSD. If it helps you, wahoo! If it doesn't, then it's another thing you can cross off the list. Just. Keep. Trying.

I too was on the lowest dose, but ended up going off of it with my doctor's approval because of the headaches and nervousness, even though he said he'd never had anyone else ever complain these things from Prazosin. FYI, I am super duper sensitive to all meds/supplements, scents, and most...

Joe Cohen at Self Hacked has got some good information on the mutation, and has made a connection between lectin intolerance and PTSD as well.

Yes, I second the notion that scented products are a problem. I've already thrown up because of exposure to dryer sheets, but personal product scents are also a trigger for me.

Yes, I've used it and it helped with my anxiety. I bought David Grand's CD s online and listened to it twice a day, at 12 hour intervals. I do not recall any memories while doing it, I just listen. Once, I tried listening 3 times in a row because the music is so beautiful, and got a screaming...

Benadryl, but only in the "dye-free" gel capsule form, and I do it only once a day, at night. This is with the blessings of my doctor who agrees that it helps dampen anxiety. The problem is that I have to skip a few nights whenever I can because I seem to built a tolerance to it very fast. I...

Been there, done that, too bad they don't hand out T-shirts for it. Like others have said, it's living in your comfort zone because that's all you've ever known. Then there's reenactment, where you subconsciously try to relive the same scenario in hopes that this time you can change its...