I’m curious. I have it and I couldn’t go back to sleep this morning, feel like shyt.
I’ve read that a whole lot of us have it, some even get it from the schizophrenia. It sure doesn’t help with feeling well- it’s another serious illness.
I think I cope with it pretty well. I plan on doing my future research project on either a mediator of it or more with stigma. Possibly something about antisocial personality, but that is almost a taboo subject.
But I am not gathering data or anything, honestly I feel like crap and just feel like I must not be the only one here with this.
My psychiatrist didn’t wanna give me the diagnosis because they give medical marijuana for it in my state. Is it possible for it to go away. I had a lot of trauma 11-14 and 19-21…but I think I’ve gotten over my traumas
Well, I was dx’d with it even though I didn’t exactly want it…more like the symptoms have become an interference with life and my old coping strategies are just gone, that and more trauma happened. I had been living in a safe little routine which avoided triggers. I did have insomnia and nightmares before, but they weren’t this bad.
I was told I had some of it but didnt want to hear the words so I never brought it up before. Now I just realize “oh shyt I have it.” That, and the docs here all say I do. I run into triggers here and there, it causes shyt.
It just sucks. Like…really sucks. Been awake for too long, feel like crap. Oh well oh hell. My triggers are pretty inconvenient things to be triggered by.
I find that this and paranoid schizophrenia make for some really intense experiences of things just not being okay.
yeah mine is complex too…the “series of unfortunate events” type. It sort of ruined my mood today, the nightmares have been rough lately- waking up early- thorough nightmares. Oh well. I actually use my aggression to protect from the PTSD, I have also researched the topic…might do my dissertation on it…and will need to get some flames tattooed on my right forearm next time I am back home. My aggression saves me from sinking. It is here to stay. My knees are getting pretty ■■■■■■ up and so I cut back to leg day half as often…but my aggression is a mediator from what breaks many people…I need to honor it. That, and I’ve been exposed to triggering stuff like insane lately…
PTSD is curable, see this video clip. The propranolol dose used in the trial described in the video is 80mg prolonged release propranolol and 40mg immediate release propranolol taken simultaneously immediately after reading the trauma script. I’ve done this, and it treats paranoia as well as PTSD.
There really are no meds that work, but yes, I love propranolol, especially for driving,
and near heart attacks.
Mortimer, I remember you talking about recurring events, it might seem the symptoms go away,
but faced with bullying in the workplace, on going head pain, or triggered over and over to anger,
Ive been diagnosed with ptsd by one pshychiatrist that may of been the only one I told about certain things that happened to me.
He retired and all the other drs after him seemed to say i am schizophrenic.
I did not feel like telling them about events n occurences.
One dr diagnosed me aspergers.
So I have one ptsd diagnosis one aspergers diagnosis and a few schizophrenia diagnosis.
I just do not want to talk about events that happened to me.
Definately not with most people if with anyone at all.
I dont think they understand and instead seem to blame me for it which is rediculous.
I went through heaps that i can not articulate.
Some populor educated people wanting it to be covered and blame placed on me for whatever and anything and everything really.
When I look back i am amazed that i got through those times.
It was so difficult and painful.
So much suffering and apathy.
Overwhelming and empty and my energy was not even in my body.
Apparently according to a something I posted before Minnii said that I had it. Hopefully it goes away. It is mostly annoying to have these flashbacks. It causes for me to keep revisting events in the past and asking if they were real. I have no way to answer that so it just offers frustration.
Yep…psychosis-induced PTSD. It’s under-studied to be sure. Mine has actually become tolerable 5 years after the psychotic episode that caused it and after going on meds. (Mostly the meds) I haven’t had a flashback in ages and my nightmares about it have been sparse. I also think I’ve been responding to triggers less violently as well.
Now to just get over the phobias it left me with. Arghhh