Recently Diagnosed with PTSD

I don't know how to dill with this, I just recently got out of the hospital for trying to kill myself because of the PTSD and I am also bipolar. When I was 15 I was raped by this guy, and I dont just have flash backs of it, its like I relive the whole thing whenever I think about it, my mom has to come wake me up from my screaming horrifying nightmares all the time. Sometimes I just feel like I want to give up. I was wondering if somoene on here could help me maybe help lead me to thr right path and knowing how to dill with this PTSD......please some one I dont understand it sat all.

Hi!
I suffer from PTSD and also suffered from deppression. I still suffer from a lot of symptoms and looking for a more effective treatment, but I would like to share with you the things that did help me some.
First of all i get a lot of support from my friends.
Also i started a medication treatment which is very helpfull. I stopped being deppressed and I have less panic attacks.
Another thing that helps me is going to karate classes. i explained to my karate teachers That I have PTSD as a result of being in a terror attack and they are very caring, sensitive and helpfull about it. It is agood way to take out stress and anger in a positive way. Any body exercise is helpfull, but self deffence gives me, emotionaly, some control over the situation. Maybe for you a self deffence class for women for defending from rapers might help.
I hope that some of this might be helpfull. Let me know how you are doing And I`ll always be happy to help if i can. But stay alive- there`s always help, we just have to find it!

I also suffer from PTSD and was just recently diagnosed with it. I have nightmares about my step-dad molesting me or trying to. My husband told me that I start screaming in my sleep. The last time I did this he told me that he knew I was fixing to hit him or something so he got prepared for it. I remember the dream, I was dreaming that I was trying to beat-up my step-dad and then I woke-up as I was kicking my husband.

What triggered this PTSD to worsen is I recently found out my daughter has been being molested by a close family friend. This threw me into overdrive, so back in August I finally told my mom about the sex abuse that her perverted husband did to me. She has not talked to me since and it really hurts.

It takes time to learn how to manage the PTSD and I am STILL learning after 5 months after being diagnosed.

The abuse that happened to me is different from your experience, but I can say this, the thoughts never go away, you just have to learn how to change the negative energy into positive energy. If your not part of a support group, you need to find one and go at least once a week. Go see a counselor if your not already seeing one. Eat healthy and exercise, because a healthy body is a healthy mind. I take medication as well. I am on prozac for depression, trileptal for anger issues. Then just recently I was diagnosed with inattentive ADD (Not hyperactive), so I am also on Adderal which helps me to stay focused a lot. I am prescribed these meds at my counselors office by a certified nurse who regulates them. Also, I am trying to become a Parent Leader for other parents of abused children. I find helping other people help me.

I hope this helps some!! Stay positive!!!

One thing I might add is:

Nightmares, there is a old medicine that they give vets for nightmares connected ptsd. I swear by it. I have had nightmares,
reliving the abuse over and over again, when I could get to sleep.

I take it every night, I DO NOT REMEMBER ANY OF MY DREAMS.

I can tell sometimes I have had a really bad one, because my own cries wake me. But I dont relive the abuse everynight all over again, even if I have nightmares about.

This way it does not stop the REM sleep that my brain needs and I don't wake up being an emotional wreck either.

I am not a doctor, I am just a fellow sufferer of this,

The generic name in the US is :

cyproheptadine. comes in a small little 4 mg tab.

I hope this helps you all that suffer. I know it is a dreadful thing, I have been there. But this med has helped me 99% of all nightmares I do not remember.

peace.
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