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Is Anyone Choosing To Deal With Ptsd Without Meds?

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. I noticed l need to keep protein intake reasonable or my thought process goes down the rabbit hole. So l moniter carbs, protein intake regularly.
This is not at all stupid! I notice differences in myself depending on diet. The biggest factor to me is, I wake up from nightmares and then I don't get hungry all day. So I don't eat, and that definitely affects my mood. It's a bit of a problem. If I have to drive somewhere, I force down a granola bar.... but it has made me hate granola bars. I don't want to switch because I'd probably develop an aversion to whatever other food I tried! Right now I'm taking an antibiotic and I need help from my family to make me eat something when I first wake up to take that medicine.
I should do this every day, antibiotics or not, but it's hard to eat when you're not hungry. However, when I do it, it generally makes me less anxious and simply allows me to experience my day in a more positive way.
Another food-effect is, when I'm suffering from insomnia. Sometimes something sweet helps me over the bump and into sleep. I think protein helps me most of all but I think it varies a lot from person to person.
 
I'm taking Hydroxyzine as needed for my anxiety. I was on generic Zoloft and had horrible side effects and got off of it straight away. Previously Chinese medicine and acupuncture really helped me for my depression and I'm back on it. My therapist works in the same practice as my acupuncturist and have given them permission to share information. It's very encouraging and working out well so far. I also recently have been taking CBD oil though marijuana brought on a mental break and disassociation in the past when I was in a very hypervigilant state, so I'm trying to be careful. My body seems to react way more sensitively than it used to before I started realizing I indeed had PTSD symptoms. I feel like I'm wading through the new sensations still. I'm way more nauseous and have been dealing with a lot of interrupted sleep I'm trying to get under control.
 
Well my counselor won't go forward without me on meds. Now what. She wants me on something to take the edge off. Ugh.
 
Well my counselor won't go forward without me on meds. Now what. She wants me on something to take...
Missy do you have any idea what medication(s) your counselor is suggesting? I'm trying to think what would "take the edge off" and SSRI/s/Antidepressants are not generally described this way - as far as I know. I don't have an opinion on what someone else "should" be taking or not - I'm just curious.... if you're not comfortable with any meds, in an ideal world find another counselor as Ronin suggested...but that is not always possible. :(
I would not like to be butting heads with a therapist or counselor over the issue of medication... it sounds difficult to juggle - when of course you're already in a vulnerable state, which is (presumably!) why you're there in the first place.
 
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