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Somethings' Wrong With Me.

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I saw a post here similer to mine. I don't know much about PTSD, but I worry that I might have it? For a while, I've been losing things and can't find them. I just had them and it's suddenly gone. It's happing in my own home. It makes me worry a lot. What is going on? Am I eating them? Am I flushing them? Am I tossing them out? With out any memory, like a zombie? Because they're gone! Seriously though, is that possible? I'm so confused. And to make things worse every time my family loses something, I'm blamed for it or atleast asked(even over the stupidest items I don't use or even know of) When the toilet is clogged, I'm accused of flushing something down it even more cause I accidently flushed a pad down the toilet one year and didn't remember, but that's back when I used to work and had to wake up super early. I would fall asleep on the toilet, the shower. Put my uniform on over my pjs, "lose" and panic over my purse when it's actually over my shoulder. I thought it was just because I was half asleep. I unfortunantly lost my job 2 years ago.

Right after losing my job, my cat of 17 years fell deathly ill and had to be put to sleep. I wanted to run away or die I was so upset. My dad soon blamed me for losing my job and now I officially hate him. I lost my job because the bus stopped going to my location. I cannot drive due to my disability. I didn't ask to have epilepsy. I did nothing wrong.

Then last year this misplacing paranoia begins. I lost some craft jewelry I made sure to tell myself to keep my eye on laying on my messy desk. When finishing my project, I went to grab the jewelry - only to find out that one of the important pieces went missing. I turned my room upside down looking for it to no avail. That night my stomach was hurting me. I was still frustrated over the missing piece. And I wondered - uh oh, forein body! I was puzzled. Thinking and pacing back and forth. "It sat next to my allergy pills, maybe..no! I would of noticed that! Maybe not....no, it's plastic, I would of choked...it wasn't that big. Oh no what the hell do I do?" To embarrassed to tell my parents, and no transportation , I called 911 when they were asleep. They gave me an x-ray and said they didn't find anything and the pain was caused by a urinary tract infection. But they said not all plastic shows up on scans and to check feces for blood or object. I haven't seen anything wrong.

Ever since this incident I've remained worried. I misplace/lose things all the time and I feel so lost, powerless, confused. I don't feel like me anymore. I'm always feeling sad. The thoughts of the items that went missing bother me so much. I wanted to end everything, so last week, one night, I sat outside to smoke a cigarette...and to also plan how to end my suffering. I walked up to the kitchen knifes, crying, about to stop it all. 29 years of living with my parents. Dealing with medical issues. Not being able to find a job. The death of family members. I can be at peace with them.- but I couldn't. My 2 year old niece saved me. I couldn't leave her. What would she think of me?

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with me? Are my fears true? Is there treatment for this condition? I thought about seeking therapy, is that ok?
 
Firstly, no one here can diagnose you. It sounds like the issues you have though are impacting on your l...

No. I have yet to speak to a doctor about it. But I plan to soon. If it helps, I recently had an EEG. The scan was normal.
 
Thank you for your support. But I'm not sure if I'm covered for psychology, so I don't know when or even if I can seek therapy. I am going to mention this to my neurologist and see what he can do, but that's in 3 - 6 months. That's why I'm seeking some help online for the time being. Btw, if my post seemed silly or weird, it's because I'm a hypochondriac, I'm a very worried and nervous individual and have gone through a lot. I'm not a "troll" or "attention-seeker" like other forums have rudely accused me of. I respect everyone here.

Luckly, in most cases of misplacing items have been found - even by others, including the cats, who also misplace(and break) items by knocking things off the furniture. My vape pen is the most majorly misplaced thing. Lucky I still have it. I lost my vape pen near Christmas. My niece found it. She had put it on the toy train around the Christmas tree along with her other toys riding on it. At least for the first time I could get a laugh out of a misplace case. Vape pens are toys too I guess. My niece will play with anything. Leaves and sticks are a favorite.
 
You're scared, you're hurting, and you feel like something might be wrong with your mental functions. That's a very good set of reasons for seeing a therapist.

The only other thing I can think of is that it would seem useful to tidy up your desk. If that feels really difficult, then that's probably worth talking to your therapist about.
 
You haven't mentioned if you have gone through a major trauma. That would be the first indicator to suspect something like PTSD was going on. Memory problems might occur with someone with PTSD, but would not be the only symptom, and the memory would be because of disassociation.
If anything, you should be talking to a doctor about the memory problems to see if a medication you take or some other factor could be at play here. Take care
 
I can't exactly remember a major traumatic event I've had. There have been fights in the family but in the past.

I remember we had a tornado about to hit our house a long time ago, I almost felt like fainting when I saw it, but we were spared, besides I like weather, so I can't be bothered by that. I was just really scared at that time!

When I lost my job and my cat around the same time really broke my heart. Not even a year before that happened, I lost one of my aunts.

Can dreams be connected? When I was a little kid I was too scared to sleep due to horrifying, graphic, dreams with halluniations afterwards. I had to see a psychologist regarding this till I was about 10-11 y/o when I just stopped having them for some reason.

I researched upon disassociation. This really matches to how I feel. Thank you for mentioning this.

Btw, I made two prior post. Why haven't they been approved yet?
 
Is there treatment for this condition?

What condition? What you are talking about are symptoms (or a symptom of forgetting stuff).

PTSD is WAY more then just forgetting stuff.

Sounds like you are scared. It would be worth seeing both a medical Dr and a therapist.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with me?

No. Medications? Medical issues? Mental issues? Moving too fast through life? Many things could be wrong.
 
Btw, I made two prior post. Why haven't they been approved yet?
All guest posts are approved manually - so, we get to them as we can. If you want to bypass that, you need to register for membership.

You can't get PTSD from dreams.

Depakote is known to make people feel very foggy. If you've been on it awhile, that would be strange to be noticing now - but it can happen. Have you had any recent changes of diet?

I'd definitely talk with your neurologist about your symptoms.
 
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