sara37

Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

Treatments

Leave Working / Worked

Being away from the people that can and will abuse helps...putting that distance b/w you, has helped me see the true nature of the relationship, and has allowed me to grow more.

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

I have had some good and not so good experiences with this. When I found the "right" counselor, someone I really clicked with, it has helped me and is still helping me immensely!

Talking Working / Worked

Open Rape

I was raped when I was 18, and again in my late 20's. While moving on is extremely possible, the effects of it stay...

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Rape Counseling Working / Worked

I sought help from a woman's crisis ceter...it halped somewhat...talking helps the most

Talking Working / Worked

Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

I have major panic attacks due to intrusive memories, although sometimes I can't figure out the trigger. I was raised in an emotionally abusive home, and was raped twice, once when I was 18, and again in my 20's. My panic attacks make me feel as though I can't breathe and sometimes I feel as though I am a heart attack. I'm here to learn more about PTSD, and to learn new treatments for it, as it is really isolating me. I also have depression and a number of addictions.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

helps

Rape Counseling Working / Worked

helpes

Seroquel Somewhat Helpful

I was on this, and it greatly helped my panic and anxiety. The cons were I was sleepy all the time, and I gained a lot of weight. Not taking anymore...although I wish there was a drug to knock me out - without the excessive tiredness or weight gain.

Talking Working / Worked

Talking to someone who cares (which is not the easiest thing to find) seems to really help.

Topamax Working / Worked

This really helped me...but I moved and nobody will put me back on it - they say it's for eating disorders???????????

Open Panic Attacks

Treatments

Ativan Working / Worked

works sometimes

Klonopin Somewhat Helpful

I've been on this so long, I don't know if it works...but I know if I go off it, I'll probably lose any sanity that I have left!

Positive Thinking Not Working

For some reason, I have a really hard time being positive when I'm in the middle of dealing with extremely hard things. I try and be grateful, count my blessings...I can sometimes and I am really grateful: it's just so hard

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Trazodone Working / Worked

Helps me sleep! I have to be careful and not take too much - sometimes I'll sleep all day...then I'm up all night! That could be the dpression and the anxiety as well.

Open Stress Management