Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
Find support with others who have gone through a traumatic experience. Whether you have chronic or acute PTSD, we are here for you.
'I have been following a few studies in the treatment of PTSD.
There are several trials going on that are close to release. Earlier I talked about the Stellate Ganglian Block which has been released in some areas and 3MDR which is a newly released treatment for PTSD.
Trials in the use of psychedelics, specifically MDMA (Ecstasy)and the effect on PTSD when combined with psych therapy shows promising results. The trial started in 2016. This trial is now in phase 3 and is expected to be approved by the food and drug administration sometime in 2022. More information about thes trials can be found at:
imam hoping some of these new treatments can offer hope to those of us who suffer from chronic PTSD.
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89FNo energy, just going to do whatever. Sandra, It's hard to move at a certain time in life. You've been in your home forever, at least you'll be able to travel to the beach and enjoy. Oh, we did hear Boris Johnson's tenure ended due to a series of ethics scandals, accusations of dishonesty and a final collapse of government support that forced his recognation. What he didn't do like the...
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My cat is going on trial for crimes against skink-anity. SIX in six weeks. Three this last week alone.The crack is maybe 1/4 inche wide. Maybe. Skink skitters past, her paw shoots out, her claw hooks in, she yanks, and somehow, having defied physics... WHAM. Skink-o-rama.Now, don't get me wrong, it's nice that she's a pesticidal maniac, but OMG. Skinks do no harm. They don't come inside. WTF.So,...
Also nerd note: If you have concerns about the effects of MDMA, please note that it can have adverse effects in combination with high caffeine intake, and similar hidden risks. If, like me, you have epilepsy, MDMA use will (even in clinical situations) incrase the risk of seizures, despite your meds.
Safety notice over. Peace.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322886
"PTSD is generally related to a single event, while complex PTSD is related to a series of events, or one prolonged event.
Symptoms of PTSD can arise after a traumatic episode, such as a car collision, an earthquake, or sexual assault.
PTSD affects 7–8 percent of Americans at some point in their lives. Symptoms may result from changes in some regions of the brain that deal with emotion, memory, and reasoning. Affected areas may include the amygdala, the hippocampus, and the prefrontal cortex.
The symptoms of complex PTSD can be more enduring and extreme than those of PTSD."
The hardest thing for me in my PTSD recovery has been to accept that it's chronic and can't be cured once and for all. The same was hard for me when I found out that I got chronic kidney disorder, too, on top of CPTSD, from taking too much Seroquel for my PTSD as a diabetic. That's why this support group means so much to me. I'd love it if and when science comes up with a cure, but to shoulder living with it as chronic in the mean time it helps not to carry the load of it alone.
Speaking of which, it's interesting that you should mention your epilepsy because epilepsy came up at, of all places, my neighborhood bar last night. A new guy I'll call "M" whom I've only known for a few weeks there sat next to me and my next door neighbor couple I always go with, something he'd never done before. It turned out he'd heard I taught psych classes at the local community college (I teach Spanish classes, too) and wanted to talk.
He's epileptic and heard I had a friend at the college who was epileptic, too. That got around because my friend at my college is my distance learning assistant who runs the tv cameras for me when my classes are broadcast to our other remote campus sites. During a class this past year, he had a grand mal seizure and, because of my hospital chaplaincy training, I was able to be there for him to get through it safely while keeping students away until the seizure was over.
It's a small town and word g0t around, so M heard about that and wanted to tell me about his own epilepsy, too. That was all, it wasn't that he wanted anything more from me, just to share like we do about PTSD on here.
We talked long enough to find out that we had something in common: we both have the same neurologist. He has him for his epilepsy, I have him for my chronic kidney disease and the neuropathy it has caused in my arms and legs. We both like him, he's a good doctor.
Small world, huh? And it's nice to get support for living with chronic illness, isn't it? Whatever the chronic illness may be. Even if it's at a bar, of all places. Ha!
Muji, I had a grand mall seizure from that epidural and died from it. I don’t remember it at all. They suspended my drivers license for about 3 months after that event until they proved I didn’t have epilepsy, which I didn’t. It was caused by the the numbing against being accidentally shot into my spinal cord.