KwanYingirl
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KwanYingirl
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@Tiger you are sounding depressed. Are you taking an antidepressant? If not it might help give you some energy to pursue the pleasant things this world has to offer. I'm am truly sorry that your family disregarded you so. It's just not true. You are articulate, witty, genuinely appreciative and kind. Do not let those ham bones steal your bliss.
When you get your sleep patterns settled I hope it cheers you up. It's summer! Warm and birds singing and swimming or walking. I'll tell you I get like you and since I've been taking yoga I have a new sense of calm. Not every minute of every day, but enough that I can get deeper issues talked about in therapy. And that's been a relief too.
When you get your sleep patterns settled I hope it cheers you up. It's summer! Warm and birds singing and swimming or walking. I'll tell you I get like you and since I've been taking yoga I have a new sense of calm. Not every minute of every day, but enough that I can get deeper issues talked about in therapy. And that's been a relief too.
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I am on Anti-depressants and anti-psychotic medications now!! I really have no other way of coping with this rubbish now!! I have tried most avenues to sort myself out!! Nothing works!! Maybe I just don't deserve any better? This is my lot!! This is how it is always going to be!! It's up to me to decide how much longer I am willing to suffer this existence!! sorry, sorry...sorry!!!
KwanYingirl
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Can you tell me more about the rubbish? You definitely deserve to feel well. Are you overwhelmed lately? Like really overwhelmed? Is it the night terrors?
Have you noticed over the years that having PTSD waxes and wanes? When we're feeling ok is the time to store up strategies to stay feeling ok. I can't imagine how distressed it must feel having people hearing you scream at night. I mean if they don't have PTSD they haven't got a clue what it is. What does your therapist suggest you do to get through this rough patch?
Sorting out the baggage of abuse takes a long time. Don't be too hard on yourself. Watch comedy on TV. Go on jig zone.com and put together jigsaw puzzles. It's relaxing. Take a walk. These aren't things that are unusual people spend time doing activities. We just spend so much mental energy harnessing our emotions it's freaking exhausting. Keep posting. Maybe the writing will help you.
Have you noticed over the years that having PTSD waxes and wanes? When we're feeling ok is the time to store up strategies to stay feeling ok. I can't imagine how distressed it must feel having people hearing you scream at night. I mean if they don't have PTSD they haven't got a clue what it is. What does your therapist suggest you do to get through this rough patch?
Sorting out the baggage of abuse takes a long time. Don't be too hard on yourself. Watch comedy on TV. Go on jig zone.com and put together jigsaw puzzles. It's relaxing. Take a walk. These aren't things that are unusual people spend time doing activities. We just spend so much mental energy harnessing our emotions it's freaking exhausting. Keep posting. Maybe the writing will help you.
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The night terrors are really worrying me, but just finding it difficult to keep putting one foot infront of the other!! I feel like I've got the weight of the world on my shoulders and i'm not strong enough to carry it all the time!! Unfortunately, I don't have a psychiatrist or a therapist at all even though I have been trying to get some sort of help!! Seems like they don't want to know!! This is one of the reasons why I seem to be relying on these forums a lot lately!! Without them,I don't think I would have lasted this long to be honest!!
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It is really not fair that you are getting medicines but not therapy. You really need them both - although of course many manage without drugs. For me I needed them to help me cope with the therapy.
I still take Quetiapine to help me sleep. I am fed up of it and every now and again try without. On those nights I don't sleep well at all although after missing it, the next night feels like the first night I ever had it and I sleep like a baby!
For me the Quetiapine has really helped the bad dreams. I still have a few but it has made a huge difference.
I still take Quetiapine to help me sleep. I am fed up of it and every now and again try without. On those nights I don't sleep well at all although after missing it, the next night feels like the first night I ever had it and I sleep like a baby!
For me the Quetiapine has really helped the bad dreams. I still have a few but it has made a huge difference.
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I am on Quetiapine too! I am aware that medication may work more effectively for one person than it might for someone else!! Thanks for the information lol!! I do appreciate any advice anyone may have!! I'm trying to reach out to anyone who I out there!! I know I sound desperate and pathetic, thing is I am!! I'm sorry, I am!!
KwanYingirl
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Ok hang on and breathe. Seriously, just pay attention to your breath in and out through your nose. There are really cool apps for anxiety, guided meditation, or relaxation. Free ones. I was going to get one today that is to relax every muscle in the body. But I forgot where I saw it arghhhhh!
I take an antipsychotic too and it helps my racing thoughts but no antidepressant has ever helped. They actually made things worse. I have Xanax twice a day. Tiger, I suffer deeply, every day I have to drag myself out of bed. I am so sick of having PTSD. I have episodes at night too. My whole f*cking life. It's not fair. Harming children is the meanest sickest thing a person can do. But here we are grown up. It is not happening anymore. That horror is all in the past. We are now reparenting ourselves. The kind and loving soul you are now can comfort that little girl, but you must tell her that you are the adult and that you're in charge now. Put her in a papoose on your back. And move forward one step at a time.
What can you do to get a psychiatrist and trauma therapist? Do you need to go to the emergency room to get help making a treatment plan? If you don't have insurance they can't turn you away in the US. People in Hell just need a drink of water. I know you can improve your sleep. Because I have. I started doing energy work as in a Reiki and yoga. It is so relaxing. Now I am having body memories I'm dealing with. It's like our bodies and mind only let us work on one thing at a time.
It took me years to land quite by accident in the office of a great trauma therapist. If I can't see him every week I pout. Sometimes I have so much SI I email him daily. Connecting to healthy people is so important.
So who's giving you your meds?
I take an antipsychotic too and it helps my racing thoughts but no antidepressant has ever helped. They actually made things worse. I have Xanax twice a day. Tiger, I suffer deeply, every day I have to drag myself out of bed. I am so sick of having PTSD. I have episodes at night too. My whole f*cking life. It's not fair. Harming children is the meanest sickest thing a person can do. But here we are grown up. It is not happening anymore. That horror is all in the past. We are now reparenting ourselves. The kind and loving soul you are now can comfort that little girl, but you must tell her that you are the adult and that you're in charge now. Put her in a papoose on your back. And move forward one step at a time.
What can you do to get a psychiatrist and trauma therapist? Do you need to go to the emergency room to get help making a treatment plan? If you don't have insurance they can't turn you away in the US. People in Hell just need a drink of water. I know you can improve your sleep. Because I have. I started doing energy work as in a Reiki and yoga. It is so relaxing. Now I am having body memories I'm dealing with. It's like our bodies and mind only let us work on one thing at a time.
It took me years to land quite by accident in the office of a great trauma therapist. If I can't see him every week I pout. Sometimes I have so much SI I email him daily. Connecting to healthy people is so important.
So who's giving you your meds?
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About 3 years ago, my GP spoke to a Psychiatrist to discuss my medication!! Between them they decided what I needed to take and then they sorted it out so that a pharmacy delivered my medication to my home! (in a doset box) every week!! I suppose I should be thankful for that!!
I know I keep saying it, I really do appreciate you guys advice and support!! Thankyou!!
I know I keep saying it, I really do appreciate you guys advice and support!! Thankyou!!
Lucycat
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So is it time to revisit your GP and ask for a review- and a referral to a psychiatrist at the same time? Does your GP know how much you are struggling?
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