Bad Night

[Deleted member 30036]

Last night was a terrible night for me i was triggering left right and centre getting more amped up with every flashback im in a loop and it just keeps repeating and repeating over and over i took off several layers of skin with deep scratches at first i didnt realize then when i did i was using them to anchor myself im not so bad this morning but im still having issues ive got no idea what to do anyone have any ideas?

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Do you know any grounding skills or self soothing skills? Do you know any coping skills? (I'm just trying to get an idea of what you may have already tried.)

 

[PtsdEdu]

Last night was a terrible night for me i was triggering left right and centre getting more amped up...

I am sorry to hear that and I hope you are still doing better. I just came out of a two week episode. Slept in the park at times and at others baracaded myself in a hotel room with no sleep or food for days.

I cannot pretend to be a doctor or know your situation but please consider seeing a doctor. I have just added Deplin to my meds and the improvement was impressive. I also highly suggest you ask for prazosin. I tale 15 mg of the former and 12 mg of the latter along with 10 mg of valium and 200 mg of sertraline and the new meds (deplin and prazosin) have been

 

[Matt1055]

Gawd, my heart goes out to you, man. I've kicked myself into similar spirals and the I don't think hell itself to be worse. at some point, it becomes this self imposed torture.

more religious folks would say the hell is something you face after death, however, many military folk understand the hell is something that can very much be faced on earth.

Its rough work, and sometimes we lose folks who mean a great deal to us. Unlike vets of previous generated, we don't "decorate around it" (like my dad's) or deny it exists (how'd that work with the mesothelioma, dad?!?).

Flip-side of that statement... we're a bunch of middle-age teenagers who are in a battle for our lives against our own minds.

BTW, I did ops with the the Aussies in years past. I find it hard to put into words how much I enjoyed working with them. They were slightly mad, to be sure, but great guys!

Cal