A "new" Ptsd Med...that Works For Me!

[vikingr24]

Thinking about stress relief in the military, we were always running or swimming. One exercise for PJ's was to tie a big tire to a rope and loop it through your neck and shoulders and haul that thing around all day. We were required to carry a 200 lb dummy 200 yards (if memory serves) so we had to stay really fit. I wonder if that was just a way to avoid working through the stress. It does seem to me that was all we did when we were deployed and off duty, if such a thing existed.

That and slap bugs.

Klonopin is a pretty heavy drug. I really feel for you, Owings. I went through the same with my first wife. It was hard but I lived through it. She went out and got a boyfriend anyway so she pretty much showed her true colors. I took care of her through 3 operations and altitude sickness that went on for many months.

Now I am very happily married and look forward to every day I have with my wife. She doesn't question me when I openly space out or have bad bad dreams. She has lived through famine and the Cultural Revolution. Sometimes I wonder who has been through the worst. She is a rock.

 

[Owingsia]

I have a buddy in group who swears by his hydroxozine. Says it makes his other meds "just work better" He can be out in public when things get bad he goes to the head and pops a few pills.... comes back knowing it will kick in and things will be ok. I have not tried that drug yet because I am on a strict regimen to get things under control. I had to promise no drugs, booze, even caffeine needs to be monitored.

I am hopping I get to the point of not needing the klonopin and the other drugs can take over for me. Then I can experiment with things like hydroxozine because I hear good things about it. Or well at least I hear its a love hate kinda thing. It works or it dosnt. Anything to keep things under control.