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Intensive Care (ICU) | Last Active: Sep 16 7:52pm | Replies (609)

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Its exactly 1 yr since my husbands open heart surgery and over 2 week ICU stay. He had ICU psychosis and no one would discuss it with me in the hospital...they just kept saying "he'll be fine once he gets home. Well he's not. He's been depressed and has no energy or strength. None of his Drs offer any help...most saying "I've heard of it but don't know how to help". His surgeon refused to discuss it and basically ignored me. A few months ago he started having nightmares about what it was like for him in ICU. To him he was living in Dante's Inferno and being tortured. No one seems to know how to help him or what to do.
Where did you find help? He seems to be getting worse not better.

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I’m so sorry to hear this. I went to counseling with a licensed therapist. He gave me coping skills and also did a little bit of EMDR. I think the coping skills helped me the most. EMDR is also used for PTSD in combat veterans.
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