Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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i am a 41 year old man suffered gunshot wounds at 15yrs old ,18yrs old,26,yrsold i have been fortunate to recover physicaly but as i am getting older the mental struggle seems relentless i have never sought out any help for the damage that was not physical not really understanding the traumatic effects on the mind at the time now at 41 my entire life at a crossroads i am starting to understand this ptsd but understanding alone isnt making my life any more productive i can say more self destructive i have never talked to any mental health persons i dont want to selfdestuct i have children whom i care for very much ages ranging 25 to 3yrs the youngest has been somewhat all my strength to push forward but misfortune has put a distance between us and i have been really struggling with everything my world seems to be headed toward another traumatic page and i need some kind of help i am in control but my surroundings have become unstable and i am not to sure how its gotten to this point i am really confused dont want to make any bad judgement calls i have never known of ptsd until recentley and i feel i am a good example of an untreated victim just coming up short in life at crucial moments i know this i hope anyone who has met trauma the many times i have will be given the necesary tools to overcome the experiances or at least learn to better deal with them so crisis isnt your next day i honestly hope and pray for all who have been victims may we all be helped and not misunderstood or labled as problems .i am sure someone might understand this cause iam not sure i do thank you for having time to read this and we all need some help so please help not harm

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I would be more than happy to help you out. U didnt give much detail on your condition but what you suffer from might be PTSD, SAD, GAD, OCD. and many others ( i can explain these to u if u are still viewing this sight.) my greatest guess is probably Unipolar depression which is much more common. it all depends on ur symptoms.
1.) due u lose your appetite for food or have an excessive appetite
2.) do u sleep too much or too little
3.) do u find no pleasure in activities, even ones u enjoy.
4.)constant fatigue.
5.) trouble concentrating
6.) moving or speaking slowly
7.)feeling worhtless
8.) thoughts of death
Your message seems fragmented so this might be a sign of depression. let me know what u think.
[quote] i am a 41 year old man suffered gunshot wounds at 15yrs old ,18yrs old,26,yrsold i have been fortunate to recover physicaly but as i am getting older the mental struggle seems relentless i have never sought out any help for the damage that was not physical not really understanding the traumatic effects on the mind at the time now at 41 my entire life at a crossroads i am starting to understand this ptsd but understanding alone isnt making my life any more productive i can say more self destructive i have never talked to any mental health persons i dont want to selfdestuct i have children whom i care for very much ages ranging 25 to 3yrs the youngest has been somewhat all my strength to push forward but misfortune has put a distance between us and i have been really struggling with everything my world seems to be headed toward another traumatic page and i need some kind of help i am in control but my surroundings have become unstable and i am not to sure how its gotten to this point i am really confused dont want to make any bad judgement calls i have never known of ptsd until recentley and i feel i am a good example of an untreated victim just coming up short in life at crucial moments i know this i hope anyone who has met trauma the many times i have will be given the necesary tools to overcome the experiances or at least learn to better deal with them so crisis isnt your next day i honestly hope and pray for all who have been victims may we all be helped and not misunderstood or labled as problems . i am sure someone might understand this cause iam not sure i do thank you for having time to read this and we all need some help so please help not harm... [/quote]

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hello,
not sure if ur a dr or not, but if u think u may have any clue as to whats been going w/ me, I'd so Greatly appreciate it! I'm hoping u r willing to read of my past - Ok, here goes...
I've just read 'The Day t/ Voices Stopped', by: Ken Steele & am very interested in finding out if schizophrenia could be caused by a head injury. In 1990 I had a closed head injury & since then have been diagnosed as having 'anxiety attacks', or rather 'PANIC attacks'. I'm taking Zoloft for this problem now, but have to say, it only slightly works. I've also learned that Zoloft is not for anxiety, but for depression - this doesn't seem like t/ correct kind of drug for me to be on then, right? Zoloft DOES help, but I still have t/ feelings sometimes that I'm on t/ verge of losing my mind! At certain times during t/ month, t/ 'feelings' I get can be overwhelming. When they became so common to me I remembered having 1a couple of yrs earlier & just not knowing what was happening to me - complete TERROR! I will admit, I have had thoughts of suicide-in my teen years(I'm 33 now). My head-injury happened a wk. before my 19th birthday. Once I was 'awake' from t/ coma I was in for 6wks; I didn't believe I was 'awake'- I thought I Was in a coma somewhere still and dreaming. This continued until just a few yrs ago, & now when something really scares me, it's easier for me to think that I'm in a coma somewhere having a nightmare. I did have suicidal thoughts while I was in t/ hospital, of going out a window in t/ hospital-to get free of all t/, what I perceived as 'crazy', physical/occupational therapy. After I was released from t/ hospital & back at home i wanted to die because Everything was so, so different for me. Never tried killing myself, but thought of it quite often. I married in '93 & had my son in '95 & since then, never thought of suicide again. December of'98 I had my 2nd child and soon after, t/ Panic attacks became very common for me. I think it may have something to do w/ me being female; as in, the panic attacks usually occur a week or so before I am to start my monthly 'curse'; yeah, me Period!! I think this is really weird, because they never happened 'til after my accident. I don't know how these panic attacks chose ME, but I want them to go away. I felt so 'Aquainted' w/ this story. Any help I can get would be so very appreciated! Thanks, Jennie Johnson
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I would be more than happy to help you out. U didnt give much detail on your condition but what you suffer from might be PTSD, SAD, GAD, OCD...

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I suffer from PTSD, SAD, Clinical Depression and GAD.

I've been abused in the past, raped, sexually assaulted numerous times, threats of rape and sexual harrassent through the years of 1996-2001.

I still get flashbacks in the form of a body memory, I still get triggers all the time, and that can be hard.

I have my moments where I think back, but therapy has been a plus, if I didn't have my psychaitrist to help me deal with this I don't know where i'd be with this.
[quote] I would be more than happy to help you out. U didnt give much detail on your condition but what you suffer from might be PTSD, SAD, GAD, OCD... [/quote]

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