Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Support Group

Well, don't give up. There has to be some doctor out there that will take you on as a patient. If not, we're always here to listen!! :)

thank you i have never been this worn out and low i always tried to ignore it i get my PDS dog back today my apartment i just moved into attpoveds him hes a rottie so big step fot a PSD dog i lost him in may and my horses because my parents being their nasts selves through me out of the hime i rented from them and had to put him with a rescue for 6 months so maybe i will get better when he comes home thank i am glad to know i have you all i need it

marie0509,

I just went through this myself. Started on the net. I compiled a list of possibilities then started sending emails. One at a time, I would receive responses. Some did not respond so were automatically eliminated. Another was eliminated because of his preferred treatment strategy. Another wasn't in the right city. I did find one possibility, but I can't get to him easily...not yet.

Point is, hang in there. I worry about whether your desperate state may infludence your judgment about compatibility; which is also important. I, myself, would rather go without entirely if the only option was a "mis-match."

Keep trying.

Think of it as your JOB to find the right one.

Hope this helps.

"Infludence?"

I think I just invented a new word.

Means influenced via flooding.

Ha!

Thank you for your help I rather go without then with a bad doc but I am now at a stage I need one I am having a real hard time I am lashing out in a bad mood stress has really put me at a bad point. But I will not give up! I owe it to me and my family

marie0509,

This may or may not help, but here's the way I would approach the problem (and actually am approaching it this way)...

Firstly, my interest in a new therapist is not to replace the coping strategies I have already developed, but to compliment them. The therapist is, for me, a (hopefully) qualified expert who will compliment and supplement my pre-existing strategies--not to replace them.

I define the pool of candidates and start screening.

It may be that, for one reason or another, you/we may simply not be able to find the therapist we need when we need them, so...

What are our options?

We rely on amd continue to build on strategies we've already developed; thereby minimizing the pressure associated with finding someone quick; which will also minimize pressure on them.

What's great about this is that it also forces us to be more engaged, accountable, and creative about our own processes.

Not the easy answer, I know; but the risk of haste could be damaging.

Make sense?

I feel that I am so fortunate to have had good helpers.

A really good doctor does not foster dependencies; but equips you with tools to help yourself.

What's the old adage? "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime."

You owe it to yourself to help yourself, too.

Hell, if we could all help ourselves, we wouldn't need some pathetic bastard to give us treatment, or even this putrid message board for that matter.

Tom S. in Tn.

marie0509.. Hang in there, I had the same problem when i was trying to find a therapist, and also once when I went to a phsyciatrist. It seemed everyone I called within a reasonable distance, wasnt taking new patients, or they were people I wouldnt have felt comfortable going to. I specifically wanted a woman therapist. I had a very difficult time finding either... but I eventually did. You just have to keep looking until you do. The phsyciatrist I wasnt happy with after going to for a little while, he charged me $100 each time I went, and spent all of 2 minutes with me, just to ask how my meds were working, and to give me a refill every three months. Needless to say, I dot go to him anymore, I'm not even taking the neds he put me on anymore, and Im doing ok without them because Im doing so many other things in place of meds, but I do still go to therapy. I completely agree, that you should not go to someone who is a bad doctor, or who you dont feel comofortable with for any reason. When you o to therapy, its a deeply personal thing, and you need to have a certain comfort factor with the therapist, and feel a connection, an feel they are helping you, not just watcing the clock.. they need to know how to treat PTSD, as all therapists seem to have certain strengths and specialties. In the meantime.. you have us! And we can listen and help the best we can HUGS

Thank you so much naturesbeauty I am still looking and wont give up I owe to my self and my family to get better. I think the hardest thing is getting loved ones and friends to understand PTSD and "GET IT" its so hard and makes it worse and trigger for me. I think if it was more know and more help and understanding it wouldn't be so dam hard. Thank you