Anyone Else With PTSD?

I have someth8ing similar to PTSD IK have Disassociated Identity Disorder (D.I.D). I was diagnoses in 2011. I wen t to about eight different therapist who only wanted to give me medicine and send me home. My partner decided to take me to a Psychiatrist and that's when I was diagnosed. I lose a lot of time, see things and hallucinate a lot. I have 8 personality. I take medication for depression, nightmares and insomnia

@eahill, @elizabethzimmermann, @lafaye, @eight- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. The lovely thing about connect is that others reading your posts are learning and benefiting from you sharing your words. The support between all of the members in this group is heartwarming to me. I hope you all take advantage of having other people in this group to connect with and know that you are not alone in your PTSD battle. I would describe you all as warriors. Keep fighting and keep sharing.

Would all of you consider sharing one thing you do that helps you feel better during the day.

Also, has anyone had successful therapy or treatment that another member may find useful?

I don't think one can have DID without having PTSD (more correctly called childhood developmental trauma). my mother had DID and never knew it. I didn't know until several years before her death. it ruined her life but also likely saved it when she was a child...,I understand quite a bit about it and have a dissociative disorder myself. but have co awareness. dissociation is a life saving defense when stricken with terror or horror....so sorry you experienced whatever caused it......

if you want to learn more about it, look up Bessel van der kaulk and D.E.S.N.O.S also steven Levine, unsure of first name spelling...his book waking the tiger is excellent.

@eahill, @elizabethzimmermann, @lafaye, @eight I too would like to welcome you to Mayo Connect. This is a safe place in which to share your experiences and receive feedback and questions. I just want to remind you that we are not medical professionals, so we are reading and sharing with each other things that have helped or not helped our situations.

I was first diagnosed with PTSD when I was in therapy trying to get rid of my fear of heights and flying at the age of 45. My fears were getting in the way of my career and personal life. As I worked my way through my childhood traumas, and there were many, I was crying and so depressed that I finally asked my therapist if I was bi-polar, which was a fear of mine since my mom had it, and my sister has borderline personality disorder. The psychologist's answer surprised me because she said, No, you have PTSD from your childhood. That had never occurred to me. I have spent many years in counseling and in various groups trying to get to the bottom of my issues. Talking about things helped, but I still had to take Lorazepam when I had to fly anywhere. I was dead set against using medication to deal with my depression, believing that talk therapy was all I needed. Finally, about 10 years ago I was still depressed so I asked my PCP about taking an antidepressant. I had been reading about chemical imbalances in the brain maybe causing some problems, so I was open to try it. He prescribed Citalopram. I have been taking it since then, and my life has changed! I have let go of my fears at last. I can fly without medication, and I even zip lined down 7 lines when we visited Costa Rica a year ago. My outlook on life is much brighter, and I see beauty everywhere. I think the combination of talk therapy, which helped me learn about the mechanisms I had developed to cope with trauma to protect myself, with the antidepressants were the answers to my search for a more "normal" life. I'm now, at age 69, free to be me without fear.

CBT has helped some. Still digging. See what happens. Fear keeps me a way from others other than on a superficial level. I fear I am too old to get over the PTSD and do not even expect such.

So many do not believe in this diagnosis. I suffered for nearly 10 years in the mental health system. Had it not been for those other parts I would have not survived. That is behind me now. Trusting is mostly out of reach.

Thank you, even though I was diagnosed in 2011 it is still hard for me to accept and believe. I wish I had some sort of awareness I don't know anything until it is over. I'm still trying to understand it.

Watching scary movies, I know that sounds weird but it helps me. The thing that helps me a lot is going to DID conference in Orlando every year. My therapist helps a little.

I’m on medication for other systoms that arise from PTSD
There is no specific medication for PTSD. I have been dealing with this condition for 4 years trust is an issue fears and anger are an issue depression swallows me up I don’t think the same I can’t concentrate or multi task
Like I use to the medication made me gain so much weight I’m now diabetic with high blood pressure for the
Most part I isolate sometimes I don’t want to live another day like this but I continue to hope I am a believer God
Helps me through the rough times I pray and read the Bible and find relief that way. I walk my dogs daily I find relief that way. I listen to positive music. I’m gaining more confidence little by little by little