Research Ptsd Anonymous Research Survey

[Pale Warrior]

Have you trialed the questions?

I am not sure if including non combats might not skew your sample, interesting.

 

[Alchemistul]

I was diagnosed with an Anxiety disorder that gave me multiple trips to the hospital. I was put on 12 different medications that ultimately made my liver enzymes to rise. The Dr. took me off the medications because of my liver. I found Xanax was the only medication at the time that helped. I started to depend on it to start my day. I was taken off of Xanax and tried St Johns Wort, a herbal medicine that treated depression and anxiety. It worked and today I feel better knowing that I controlled my panic attacks and anxiety through the different methods learned during therapy. Talking to my friend who has PTSD he went through the same situation with similiar symptoms. I understand what a psychological disorder feels like.

 

[Alchemistul]

It all started with symptoms of not being able to sleep. I was put on Lunesta before I was diagnosed with a severe Anxiety Disorder.

 

[EloiseLandau]

This is shaping up to be interesting.

 

[Alchemistul]

That is another reason I am interested in researching PTSD because of the similiar symptoms an anxiety disorder has. Experiencing it for myself gives me interest in PTSD because of the similarities.

 

[EloiseLandau]

PTSD is classified as an anxiety disorder, but Anxiety is a category like Cancer: lots of differing types.

Now, you may be a young and energetic Junior, but I am an old Senior. :D It's past midnight, so I am going to bed. Night.

 

[Alchemistul]

Yes I know, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[jimmy-joe]

I've heard anxiety is sorta like your sense of danger... Like adrenaline building up, but it's not expended, leading to the various situations of anxiety. And it would fit with just about every situation too, especially PTSD. That being said, as far as I know and the first couple pages of google :p, we don't really have any medicines, and few drugs that actually alter the brain structure itself, and those are largely via destruction, or... I'm not a scientist so I'm not sure how to word it, but, however stuff like heroin and cocaine produce the situation necessary to cause withdrawals.

So for the most part, at least currently, and w/o professional knowledge(though in this field... lol), medications can fiddle with the interactions, such as anti-psychotics, ssri's, blah blah blah, or ease the anxiety, but they can't solve the issue alone.

Now into just an opinion, if we are able to form connections that don't fade with the particular thought, such as habits, and learning things by "muscle" memory, it doesn't seem like much of a stretch for things like PTSD to be a flash version of that, especially given the circumstances lol, and the fact that many people who develop it or maybe including other anxiety disorders, have a definite lack of the "lock and key"(stolen and probably used incorrectly from "Dollhouse"), feeling of safety afterward. Like a kid who falls off a trampoline and his parents laugh at him, telling him not to be a wuss. Chances are, if the kid is young enough and doesn't know much about the trampoline, the fear is probably gonna linger. If it never gets addressed(or he never gets back on the trampoline lol) it would make sense if it developed into something more intense. 'Tis a minor example, but I'm not gonna list the more gruesome examples.

 

[Alchemistul]

Jimmy, I have experienced generalized anxiety disorder. I was put through so many different medications as a trial and error which ultimately affected my symptoms causing more panic attacks and not being able to function. The research I am doing for PTSD relates to this matter because I am looking into different treatment options rather than resulting to medications that can cause severe withdraws and affects the person's ability to function when doing different tasks.

The medications prescribed today are barely approved by the FDA and in some cases are later pulled because of the effects it causes. I read an article about testing Ecstacy on patients with PTSD and in my opinion it may work, but have we really ended up resulting in prescribing patients with drugs that have high risks in overdose and addiction? Psychotherapy needs to take over before we start handing out drugs like its candy and influencing drug dependency upon ourselves. They need to acknowledge that there is no cure and that medications will only temporarily relieve your symptoms. Once your system builds up to this medication your body will start to become immune to it and the Dr. will start a higher dose. When you feel like everything is better and its time to wean off these drugs your back to where you started.

 

[anthony]

I am researching different treatment options and I realize that prescription drugs are helpful for treatment but that it could ultimately start a drug dependency and worsen the affects of your current symptoms, such as my combat veteran colleague.

What treatment options are you referring to? Which types of therapeutic interventions specifically?

 

[Alchemistul]

Anthony, I am focused on psychotherapy and cognitive therapy.

 

[Alchemistul]

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