Junebug13 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I'm crap at introductions so my apologies in advance.. I stumbled across this board while googling Pristiq side effects (a whole 'nother post in itself). I've been lurking a while and see so much of me in some of these posts that it is scary. About me: married, 41yo F with newly diagnosed PTSD. The "event" that caused the PTSD happened 6 1/2 years ago and for a year I thought I had overcome it all and was doing well. Not so. Move forward to now and I am pretty much a mess. In no particular order I have the following on a daily basis: Depression (duh) OCD..more on that later.. some of my OCD is so ridiculous to me that it is embarrasing. Severe anxiety.. Hypervigilance Anger.. at pretty much everything. At various times in my life I've dealt with mild depression but nothing as debilitating as the above. I've finally working with both a therapist and pdoc in the hopes that I can pull my life back together before I destroy my marriage and get fired from my job. Basically I just want the "old me" back. Quirky and far from perfect, but free of these crazy thoughts and obsessions that are eating me from inside. Thanks for reading, Lil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~nestling~ Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choosing_the_blue_pills Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome to CB. I'm also rather new here, think you will like it. Now you can check out the chat too, I've just started looking at that. Glad you got both a tdoc and a pdoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemisia Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome to the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome to CB I'm sorry you're having such a hard time right now - I have PTSD, so I know it can be rough. Hopefully you'll get good help and support here - I know I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzr Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome! I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so lousy. Stick around and check out the boards and the live chat. I hope you can find as much help here as I have. By the way, Junebug, have you seen the movie Junebug? It's got Amy Adams in it...some of her earlier work. She's phenomenal as always, of course. Great flick. Hope to see you around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlewing Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome to Crazyboards Junebug. I'm sure you'll find it a fantastic source of information peopled by amazing people. Look forward to seeing you around the boards. LW x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junebug13 Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Thank you for the responses. I'm a hesitant poster because I think I am paranoid that what I say will seem silly or have no meaning to anyone but me.... Just another thing for me to over analyze I guess. Thanks again .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Yeah, I felt like that at first, but people here are really friendly, especially to people who are new. Nobody's going to jump down your throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anelize Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Welcome to the boards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlewing Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Thank you for the responses. I'm a hesitant poster because I think I am paranoid that what I say will seem silly or have no meaning to anyone but me.... Just another thing for me to over analyze I guess. Thanks again .. Like tryp, I felt like that at first. I was fairly newly diagnosed and it took me a while to get to grips with meds and the abbreviations people who have been struggling a lot longer than I use for their conditions. I'm getting there, but there is still plenty of stuff I don't understand. Please don't worry about posting, as tryp said, nobody is going to jump down your throat. When I joined and was in crisis, everybody was utterly lovely. You'll come to realise that in your own time. See you around the boards Junebug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiedToAMemory Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Hi, Junebug! I'm new too and like everybody said, it's a pretty great, supportive board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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