Depression and various anxiety disorders incl PTSD?

Question

I have been diagnosed with a form of depression (dunno wot type) and take citalopram hydrobrimde 40mg/day which is an SSRI and a mulitude of anxiety disorders incl PTSD of which i take 6 5mg of diazepam daily. I was sexually abused as a child and have just got out of an abusive relationship. The problem is even with all the meds i take and with psychatric care i'm still bursting into tears all over the place and find it hard to leave my home-agoraphobia the only thing i can consistantly do is look after my son and get him to school. I'm a single mum and have very little support from family as they are spread around the world and my friends just jokingly call me the Vally Queen. I feel very lonely and sad and self-harm as a result. Any advice out there?

Answer 1

Hi as a ptsd sufferer, 20 years in Fire/EMS, 4 years as a victim advocate dealing with sexual abuse...and my own therapy I would really like to discuss this in more detail. I've had good experiences with EMDR and great experiences using EMDR on victims of sexual abuse. Without knowlege of your past or treatment, or signs and symptoms highly suggest that all that trauma is still filed away...and has not been processed. The good knews is a host of symptoms can go away if you can do that/if you haven't done that.....and I'm taling about things stored in a primitive part of the brain...one is not aware of. There are almost universal lies and feelings one believes in the subconscious that most abuse survivors have. There are tools to unlock and move those memories/ pictures to a different area of the brain that allows them to be processed....one is EMDR. Please email or IM if interested, hope I haven't bored you

Answer 2

My heart goes out to you.

I have a mild form of PTSD. In my case there is one person who triggers it or aggravates it (because that person caused it) and luckily if I avoid this person then I'm fine.

But let me tell you that I spent a week with this person earlier this year and every night at bedtime like 10pm or so I went through agony and couldn't sleep, couldn't even get a sense of peace, couldn't watch TV, called everyone I knew (who would answer) and nothing helped. It is hard to describe. I just felt emotional in the extreme. I just felt deeply, deeply, deeply disturbed. This would last til 4am or so and I could finally drift off emotionally exhausted.

Also someone very close to me used to self harm so I feel I can relate to you somewhat. Email me if you want.

For a more brief specific answer to your question, you may want to consider telling your doctor that you want to try another SSRI. They are all different, and I went through several different ones as well as antipsychotics.

Answer 3

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Answer 5

There are plenty of religious people who've suffered from all these problems. If you have BPD, you need to be seeing a therapist who specializes in it. There are specific forms of therapy developed just for BPD sufferers. If you're not getting that help from whatever therapist you are seeing now (I'm assuming you are seeing one), then you need to find one who can provide it. Look for someone who specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and who either is, or has a professional relationship with, a psychiatrist who can prescribe medication if necessary. The best way to cope is to work with a therapist who knows what he or she is doing.

Answer 6

My question would be... how long have you been taking them? If not too long then, you have to give it time to reach therapuetic levels in your brain, esp with the SSRI's they take about 4 to 6 weeks to fully take effect.

If it's been a long time, then talk to your psychiatrist and tell them it's simply not working and they will do something else.

If ever you feel like you are going to harm yourself... GO TO THE HOSPITAL!! NOW!!!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Hi !
I answered another 1 of ur quest. about clonazapam n I wish u the best - Ur ur best Dr. I think ur aces taking care of ur son ! Just wanted 2 tell u how i felt tnx.
Best wishes =)

Answer 9

See http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris Page 1: INTRODUCTION, INDEX, & INFO - Pages 2 & 2a: DEPRESSION, DYSTHYMIA, & SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER - Page 3: INSOMNIA/NIGHTMARES/RECURRING NIGHTMARES/BAD DREAMS/NIGHT TERRORS/SLEEP APN(O)EA/SNORING - Page 4: ANGER MANAGEMENT - Page 5: SUICIDAL THOUGHTS & BIPOLAR DISORDER - Page 6: ANXIETY DISORDER & POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER - Page 7: STRESS, OCD, & SCHIZOPHRENIA - Page 8: PANIC ATTACKS & MIGRAINE HEADACHES & PHOBIA (PHOBIAS IN GENERAL: AGORAPHOBIA & DEMOPHOBIA IN PARTICULAR) - Page 9: SOCIAL ANXIETY/SOCIAL PHOBIA/SOCIAL SKILLS/DATING/LONELINESS & YOGA NIDRA - Page 11: MEDITATION - Page 12: AUTISM TREATMENTS - Page 13: TEENAGERS & MISC. - Page 14: ADD/ADHD - Page 15: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER - Page 16 : SELF HARM, SELF INJURY, SELF MUTILATION, CUTTING.

Answer 10

Tell your doctor. There are other medications, maybe something else will work better for you.