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- For PTSD insomnia I'm taking 3 melatonin pills that are 3mg each, and for PTSD nightmares I'm taking 1mg of Prazosin. The Prazosin is working great for me, once I get to sleep I don't have combat nightmares from growing up as a missionary kid in a...
- With 2 chronic illnesses like PTSD and CKD, I experience a lot of deja vu days, days that seem to be like the character Bill Murray played in the movie Groundhog day where he relives the same day over and over again.So it is for me today. I'm having...
- As y'all know, my household just enjoyed a miracle this week when we found out on Saturday at a doctor's appointment that my significant other's ovarian cancer tests came out for the good: no cancer.However, last night we got some bad news. I've...
- Just got back from accompanying my significant other from an ob/gyn appointment at which we received test results from a biopsy to determine if she had ovarian cancer. SHE DOES NOT!!! :-)Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you...
- I've been a member here at DSPTSD for 11 years now. For 10 I was an old bachelor living alone. After retiring to Mexico a friend introduced me to someone who is now my significant other. A DSPTSD member of long standing here in our daily...
- I've been on a really positive roll lately as to taking melatonin nightly for insomnia and Prazosin nightly for nightmares from growing up in 6 years of combat in a civil war on the mission field as a kid overseas.But last night, for some reason,...
- Today I'm having a hard with my other chronic illness and my PTSD. The other chronic illness I have is CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease). Having only 50% kidney function to bring oxygen to my blood, it gets tough. I'm worn out physically today along with...
- How do I use tips for managing flashbacks?I was filling the coffee pot just now and suddenly had a PTSD flashback, something I hadn't had in a week. It was the full fearful spectrum of feelings: that roller coaster feeling in your stomach, your...
- Hey, y'all, sorry to be brief here but rather than post on threads and journals I'm just going to post this once today. I'm hanging on by my fingernails as to pain management today because I ran out of meds and can't refill them until this...
- Hey, y'all, since I went back on melatonin for sleep I've been getting good sleep for the last 2 weeks. But last night, for some reason I can't trace, I had PTSD hypervigilance insomnia. If I got to sleep it was just for an hour. I was up...
- I'm in the 11th year of living with CKD from a bad pdoc's PTSD meds overdose, and last month a new symptom came up that I had last night again and have today. Since my kidneys don't give enough oxygen to my blood for my extremities, I've had nerve...
- As I mention daily so as to receive Daily Strength to live with it, on top of having our chronic PTSD I also got diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease 10 years ago. It was hard to take on another chronic condition, especially since this second CKD...
- If this seems familiar, it is. My monthly pain episode has hit me again, and hard.It happened last month on 1-11-23, too, and once the month before that. So it's a real case of triple deja vu for me now.There's been another sharp increase today in...
- Hey, do any of y'all have any tips to share as to using Melatonin for PTSD insomnia? Dosages? When to take it? I've decided to take it so I can have a more regular restful sleep cycle, so support's welcome.
- If this seems familiar, it is. It happened last month, too, so it's a real case of deja vu for me. There's been an increase Chronic Kidney Disease neuropathy pain from a bad pdoc's PTSD meds overdose he prescribed me. Along with the pain, I'm...