Hi,
Don't want to thread hijack so starting this one here. Sleep is one of my most tenacious "symptoms". Its only improved recently and if my symptoms go up at all it bottoms out. Tried many things before was diagnosed and many things after. Including CBT, Being diagnosed helped a lot as conventional stuff just did not work (until recently). It works moderately well when my symptoms go below a certain level which is a more recent occurrence. In the last few weeks I have made new strides which is such a relief but its very unstable. I am back into getting very little the last few days after being triggered.
I don't lie in bed tormented. I don't anticipate insomnia and build up issues to do with that. Most of the CBT didn't help as I was already doing what was suggested or it didn't work for me.
What changes in the brain with trauma? Obviously hypervigilance, intense emotional states and very obviously avoiding opening the gates for whats in there to come popping out, in sleep. Am I missing something? Thanks all!
Don't want to thread hijack so starting this one here. Sleep is one of my most tenacious "symptoms". Its only improved recently and if my symptoms go up at all it bottoms out. Tried many things before was diagnosed and many things after. Including CBT, Being diagnosed helped a lot as conventional stuff just did not work (until recently). It works moderately well when my symptoms go below a certain level which is a more recent occurrence. In the last few weeks I have made new strides which is such a relief but its very unstable. I am back into getting very little the last few days after being triggered.
If you feel inclined Freida, would love to know more. The idea that my brain doesn't know how to sleep like a "normal" person resonates with me. Apparently I was fine for the first years of my life so don't believe its inherent.Doc said that after ptsd the brain can become more like an infants and it has to be rewired.
I don't lie in bed tormented. I don't anticipate insomnia and build up issues to do with that. Most of the CBT didn't help as I was already doing what was suggested or it didn't work for me.
What changes in the brain with trauma? Obviously hypervigilance, intense emotional states and very obviously avoiding opening the gates for whats in there to come popping out, in sleep. Am I missing something? Thanks all!