Do You Take Medication For Ptsd?

[Deleted member 38644]

as of now I don't have the medicine for PTSD nor started treatment. People sat down with me and discussed me having PTSD after asking me about it. If you knew how difficult my life has been. For four years now I have been trying to finish school and this year I realize I couldn't. Im constantly on alert and I hate going to sleep, only waking up to people around me. I wake up screaming and I cry because I can't stop. I was in domestic abuse for two years and wasn't protected by the State. I have been unable to keep a job, I work far out of distance because of fear of being found. I haven't been able to concentrate on anything because I go into day dreaming. I feel as if I'm a "slow" person. When I get angry I am not aware of me doing the same thing over and over for a response. Im unable to think about things I need to. Im constantlY thinking about the things that happened to me 24/7 trying to figure out what happened to me because I have no control over it. I haven't had a social life at all. I will talk to a person for a couple of days and pull back. im constantly by myself because I fell into a stage of depression for quite sometime now. I enrolled into different schools trying to finish not realizing something is wrong with me. I either failed my classes or had to withdraw because of a disaster striking me regarding a previous ongoing matter. I lost interest for quite sometime now in sports. My dream was to work for the FBI and have a career in law enforcement. My life basically was with me living with a mask on because of humiliation. People look at PTSD as a mental illness meaning crazy. I have no interest in anything anymore. I don't have an interest in reading books anymore. Knocks on the door actually scares me. all I do is lay in the bed and be sad. I have yet to enjoy a holiday. I don't trust anybody walking behind me. I hate being in crowded places. I had nothing repeated trauma events. The school I just left allowed retaliation and did loan fraud. I don't know how to communicate with anyone anymore without being in rage. Every decision I make leads to a disaster. It's a cycle I can't break. I can't focus on anything. I am sleep deprived. My sleep is so messed up. people don't have a clue about me so I get judged. I can't finish anything. After what happened to me last year, I can't pay attention to something even more. I sleep all the time and stay in bed because retaliation of a criminal matter added a blockage. I have dreams of nightmares. I don't trust nothing that moves.so much has happened to me I don't wanna tell the journey again. I am completely confused and always have been. Last year I ended up being a crime victim by the government. Found out this year because people took advantage of me because I didn't know who I was and tried to run over me. I feel trapped inside my mind and people don't understand how hard this is me. I cry because I'm not the same. My life is starting out late because I didn't know. I spent years packing up and running from people. I have no energy for anything. The more that keeps happening the more I become depressed and lose interest. I stay away from certain cities and areas. I just wanna wake up in another state because too much has happened to me in this State. this is my second time being a victim. This a pattern that I have no control or understanding how my life is a complete circle of the same thing not knowing.

 

[Junie-pie]

Hey there, I know how you feel, being a victim of abuse 3 times myself. I currently don't take any medication because of financial issues, but I know that medication is an option if you need it. I'd suggest seeing a psychiatrist if you're this affected by what happened to you, if that is an option.

 

[7Cs]

I'm so sorry you have suffered through so much and that you are hurting. I'm glad you came here.... you'll find lots of support.

I've had a really awful night so I'm not going to write much but I wanted to let you know that you are not alone in these feelings or thoughts and that life can slowly get better. It can take a long time and things may still get hard from time to time but it really can get better. This is not how the rest of your life has to be. You can change it. Therapy and medication is the perfect place to start.

When I was at my worse I took lamictal with risperdal. The combo was a life saver for me. The difference between night and day - like magic.

Medication will most likely not completely remove your symptoms but they can make a drastic change especially with depression mood swings and anxiety.

Some medications can help with sleep too so you don't have so many nightmares and wake so often.

I'm not sure there are any medications that help with flashbacks though.

You may end up trying several meds or med combos before finding the right ones. Don't give up.

 

[Deleted member 38644]

I'm so sorry you have suffered through so much and that you are hurting. I'm glad you came here.... you'll...

Thank you this helped alot. it is hard and it's a struggle. I will be entering the program soon but can't because of money issues. i had to come back to live with my father with the thought of he's involved with what is going on with me. Im around so much greed that I hope it sets me free. there are days where I can't take a bath because he turns the hot water tank off. he rarely goes to the store now that I'm here. when I was away and from the phone conversations we had I knew he was involved. I feel trapped inside my mind. I feel like there is nowhere to go. Nothing but repeated events of trauma. I can't tell you one happy event I had because I don't have one.

 

[ladee]

There are no meds for PTSD. But meds for our symptoms. I take meds for Depression and anxiety. The anxiety meds help me sleep.
You have a lot going on. Hope you can find a Trauma Therapist and they will hopefully help get you on some meds for depression.
Glad you are here. A very supportive and caring community.
Please come back when you can and let us know how you are doing.
Gentle hugs if you accept.

 

[Deleted member 38644]

Thank you...my life is horrible. I just wanna be this normal girl again who do stuff she enjoy. I lost interest to do anything that's in my heart.

There are no meds for PTSD. But meds for our symptoms. I take meds for Depression and anxiety. The anxiet...

 

[Seasounds]

Glad you are here!

I suffered for 20 years before I asked and trusted anyone to help me. If I were to do it again, I would've asked for help sooner. (Yet it takes decades to stop being in denial and to trust another person, after what most of us have been through.)

Med's have reduced my symptoms and have made it possible to get better sleep, work, and be a part of different communities; instead of being sleep deprived, only part-time employed, and isolated.

Like others have said, it often takes a few attempts to get the right meds and find the right balance. A psychiatrist and a therapist help me manage my PTSD symptoms, while I put into practice their suggestions-coping strategies, lifestyle changes, etc.; meds are only part of the answer.

Regarding flashbacks, besides their intensity being decreased by med's, I have been helped by finding safe ways to regain the skills that were robbed from me: of having a voice (voice development), setting boundaries (many self-defense classes, and developing safety to be in my body and center (mindfulness meditation).

Being patient, gaining the courage to ask for help, exercising the skills to have a respectful voice (to my providers) during my care, and trusting (to the best of my abilities) others to assist me, have all been a day by day exercise. Oh, and learning to love myself, while I bungle along, making mistakes, has been a good thing, too.

You are a good person and deserve relief and well-being. My best to you!

 

[Deleted member 38644]

This really helped me. I don't trust a soul because I'm afraid. My family absolutely knows absolutely nothing about me at all. Their toxic and triggers me to freak out. alot has happened to me that replays in my head over and over. The things I wanna do in life and in my heart I have no energy to even start the progress because everything I start I never finish because of something happening. Im isolated from everthing and it hurts. When I'm being abused in different ways I have no way over my brain. I feel slow because I can't catch on nor do I even realize anything. I panic alot when I feel something is about to happen to me. I freak out first and most of the time I have nervous breakdown when I'm in here. Nobody to talk to its just me

Glad you are here!

I suffered for 20 years before I asked and trusted anyone to help me. If I were to d...

 

[Gs172003]

No I don't. I'm on topimax and I hate the side effects and I'm afraid of adding to that. And....when i was with the ex that caused all this fun for me I was on Zoloft for the last year. It made me very nonchalant. I didn't care what he did, how he treated me and one day I realized that and quit taking it. The idea of that happening again scares me.

 

[The Albatross]

Nope, no meds for me though when I was high risk for suicide I did an SSRI for a year. My shrink was emphatic about my ability to bring myself up in coping skills and tools. I agreed and did the uncomfortable thing... and endeavored to learn how to manage. Totally worth it but really it does depend on your risk assessment.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I take serquel xr (extended release) for emotional deregulation and anxiety, xanax as needed only for left over anxiety, clonadine is in my internal pain pump for neuropathy but it is a BP med that helps nightmares so I get that "side effect" (helped with nightmares).

That's it for emotional symptoms.

 

[Deleted member 38644]

Thanks everyone I can't handle conversations or any relationship. Not even conversation