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Summergal wrote:
<<<Now that I’ve gotten to know myself better, I don’t think there is a man out there for me. I’m very much alone now and it’s just as well. Damn PTSD. <<< Don’t despair on the whole Summergal. There are people out there in successful and very loving relationships and the PTSD is simply a part of the relationship. It is part of my life and my wonderful husband has actually helped me to move along and progress in healing and developing ways to deal with the PTSD fallout, symptoms and hellish garbage that can come with it. I am sorry to hear of your relationship situation but thought I’d give a bit of encouragement that PTSD isn’t a relationship death sentence =) It takes a special person to have a relationship with someone having PTSD…finding them is true treasure! Kristine
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sorry Risa I didn’t see the last part of your message about your handy palm pilot thanks for the info. Don’t forget though that drugs affect everyone differently. Look at birth control side effects, it goes on for days. I won’t touch that crap. Besides I kicked my boyfriend out so many times that yesterday I asked for my keys back and he didn’t even say goodbye when usually in all his other relationships in life, he can’t let go of the people and has to stay in their lives somehow. Because of the way I am, he obviously doesn’t care to talk to me again. Now that I’ve gotten to know myself better, I don’t think there is a man out there for me. I’m very much alone now and it’s just as well. Damn PTSD. He actually likes someone 20 years older than me better than me. That makes her a senior citizen! Wow, how insulting is that? It’s not my appearance they hate, it’s my not being able to trust them and I question them and drive them crazy. So this one would rather be with a senior citizen gal than me. That really hurts…and PTSD really bites. "summergal" <vze34…@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:brXT8.21103$ry2.9028@nwrddc02.gnilink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Risa are you a pharmacist or something? where do you get your information? > well I am addicted to Xanax on the lowest dose but I’ve been taking it over > 5 years and never abused it, but my body requires it now or if I don’t take > it I get sick real fast and then it’s downhill from there. Once I had a flat > tire. The police brought me to a local hotel but I forgot them in the car. > By morning I was freaking out in my thoughts and sweating profusely and > feeling nausea, tremors. I have to feed it to myself or else I get > withdrawals. I wonder how the hell they are going to wean me off on an > outpatient basis when I can only see the Dr. every six weeks. Looks Like I > have to wean myself off. I asked if I could go to a detox hospital and I was > told there aren’t any such places unless you get messed up with the law and > are ordered to a detox(criminal) facility. That sounds like misinformation > to me. Does anyone know of a place in New England that has an inpatient > detox for non-criminals? > "RisaCaitlin" <risacait…@aol.communion> wrote in message > news:20020624023551.13449.00000705@mb-fi.aol.com… > > >Sadly they > > >think I’m addicted so cut off my prescription; > > Trazodone isn’t addictive. > > Risa > > You laugh because I’m different; I laugh because you’re all the same.
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Thanx Barb I will investigate further. Helski
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You laugh because I’m different; I laugh because you’re all the same I like this one Risa!! Helski
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ooh. I use Trazodone; it was prescribed to me years ago as an antidepressant but that was turned to being used as a sleeping pill. It works. Sadly they think I’m addicted so cut off my prescription; I now only take them when I actually have something to wake up for the next day. :p Loner <sea…@icehouse.net> wrote in message
news:kGKN8.8429$Dn3.46705@dfw-read.news.verio.net… > Hi Janna, > I use Clonazepam, (generic name: Klonopin) a mild time released benzo for > P.T.S.D. 1mg tab QID. It helps without the ‘high’ feeling but does little > for my 20 years in EMS ‘dreams’. http://www.druginfonet.com/klonopin.htm. > My psych doc put me on Trazadone
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/traz.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> for the nightmares. It doesn’t stop them, BUT makes going back to sleep > after a ’screamer’ MUCH easier. > Run it by your doc and get some feedback. > Hoped that helped. > Regards, > Loner > — > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 – Release Date: 6/5/02
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>Sadly they >think I’m addicted so cut off my prescription;
Trazodone isn’t addictive. Risa You laugh because I’m different; I laugh because you’re all the same.
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RisaCaitlin <risacait…@aol.communion> wrote in message
news:20020624023551.13449.00000705@mb-fi.aol.com… > >Sadly they > >think I’m addicted so cut off my prescription; > Trazodone isn’t addictive.
I know…so did the doctor that originally prescribed it to me…maybe I’m just doomed to end up at the world’s stupidest doctors? Or by coincidence they all ended up in New Jersey somehow on their own… gawd I need to move… You laugh because I’m different; I laugh because you’re all the same. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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Risa are you a pharmacist or something? where do you get your information? well I am addicted to Xanax on the lowest dose but I’ve been taking it over 5 years and never abused it, but my body requires it now or if I don’t take it I get sick real fast and then it’s downhill from there. Once I had a flat tire. The police brought me to a local hotel but I forgot them in the car. By morning I was freaking out in my thoughts and sweating profusely and feeling nausea, tremors. I have to feed it to myself or else I get withdrawals. I wonder how the hell they are going to wean me off on an outpatient basis when I can only see the Dr. every six weeks. Looks Like I have to wean myself off. I asked if I could go to a detox hospital and I was told there aren’t any such places unless you get messed up with the law and are ordered to a detox(criminal) facility. That sounds like misinformation to me. Does anyone know of a place in New England that has an inpatient detox for non-criminals? "RisaCaitlin" <risacait…@aol.communion> wrote in message
news:20020624023551.13449.00000705@mb-fi.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >Sadly they > >think I’m addicted so cut off my prescription; > Trazodone isn’t addictive. > Risa > You laugh because I’m different; I laugh because you’re all the same.
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"Kathie" <kathi…@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:ug846eror89sad@corp.supernews.com… > Hi Helski, > Sorry you’ve been having nightmares again. : ( > Yes, we need Tiny to the rescue. *big grin* > kat
One toke over the line sweet jesus, one toke over the line Sittin downtown in the railway station, one toke over the line. Waitin for the train that’s comin home sweet mary Hopin that the train is on time Sittin downtown in the railway station One toke over the line. td :-) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "helski" <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message > news:1023625150.472421@bigboy… > > Just wanted to check in and say hello.:-) > > I have been rather low of late and the nightmares are just so awful every > > night.Oh the roller coaster ride is such a pain in the proverbial. > > On the upside I have been performing at lots of gigs. > > Without my music I feel would truly lose the plot.It kinda IS my social > life > > .The down side is coming home to an empty house after a gig. > > I go to jam sessions every Sunday now and there are some awesome musos > who > > attend.Its a friendly vibe and i feel i really belong.This is an unusual > > feeling for me as far as being part of a group goes. > > I am missing seeing the regulars here as you might know I tend to lurk > more > > than post. > > Hey Tiny maybe we could get a kareoke session happening?? > > helski
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Hello Nancy >It’s nice that you can make certain that you don’t isolate in doing
something you love. Between the music and the folks there, sounds like a good place to be. 
This is true even sometimes beforehand I am telling people I do not want to make the effort b/c itis a big effort but usually I come away feeling good. helski
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Sorry you’ve been having nightmares again. : ( Nothing new for me Kat except lately the circumstances in my life and certain benzos I take when I am desperate for a few hours sleep are making them worse I think.:-( Helski
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Thanx Tiny Helski
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The benzos make my nightmares worse, but I can get some sleep with them. Janna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Nothing new for me Kat except lately the circumstances in my life and > certain benzos I take when I am desperate for a few hours sleep are making > them worse I think.:-( > Helski
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Hi Janna >The benzos make my nightmares worse, but I can get some sleep with them.
Janna Interesting to know.I’ve not heard anybody else report this side effect!!Thanx for letting me know. Don’t you feel the nightmare filled sleep is not restful enough.? I wake up so often with so much adrenaline coursing through me a couple of times maybe severel times a night which in turn triggers anxiety and panic. How about you? So therefore I wake up looking and feeling pastey and dark circled under the eyes and washed out.Like I am detached.Half the time i then drag myself off to work teaching kids with learning difficulties. helski
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Hi Janna, I use Clonazepam, (generic name: Klonopin) a mild time released benzo for P.T.S.D. 1mg tab QID. It helps without the ‘high’ feeling but does little for my 20 years in EMS ‘dreams’. http://www.druginfonet.com/klonopin.htm. My psych doc put me on Trazadone http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/traz.htm for the nightmares. It doesn’t stop them, BUT makes going back to sleep after a ’screamer’ MUCH easier. Run it by your doc and get some feedback. Hoped that helped. Regards, Loner — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 – Release Date: 6/5/02
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Hi I have taken both of these and they have worked, but getting up in the morning and pretending to be awake for work is another story….. Janna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"Loner" <sea…@icehouse.net> wrote in message <news:kGKN8.8429$Dn3.46705@dfw-read.news.verio.net>… > Hi Janna, > I use Clonazepam, (generic name: Klonopin) a mild time released benzo for > P.T.S.D. 1mg tab QID. It helps without the ‘high’ feeling but does little > for my 20 years in EMS ‘dreams’. http://www.druginfonet.com/klonopin.htm. > My psych doc put me on Trazadone http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/traz.htm > for the nightmares. It doesn’t stop them, BUT makes going back to sleep > after a ’screamer’ MUCH easier. > Run it by your doc and get some feedback. > Hoped that helped. > Regards, > Loner > — > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 – Release Date: 6/5/02
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Hi helski! > Just wanted to check in and say hello.:-)
Hi back at you. > I have been rather low of late and the nightmares are just so awful every > night.Oh the roller coaster ride is such a pain in the proverbial.
It’s not so easy to get off, is it. :/ > On the upside I have been performing at lots of gigs. > Without my music I feel would truly lose the plot.It kinda IS my social
life It’s nice that you can make certain that you don’t isolate in doing something you love. Between the music and the folks there, sounds like a good place to be. ———-I snipped a part the you don’t want to go there —– > I go to jam sessions every Sunday now and there are some awesome musos who > attend.Its a friendly vibe and i feel i really belong.This is an unusual > feeling for me as far as being part of a group goes.
Wonderful that things are looking up! Smile and there will be something to smile about! Nancy
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Hi Helski, Sorry you’ve been having nightmares again. : ( Yes, we need Tiny to the rescue. *big grin* kat "helski" <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message
news:1023625150.472421@bigboy… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Just wanted to check in and say hello.:-) > I have been rather low of late and the nightmares are just so awful every > night.Oh the roller coaster ride is such a pain in the proverbial. > On the upside I have been performing at lots of gigs. > Without my music I feel would truly lose the plot.It kinda IS my social life > .The down side is coming home to an empty house after a gig. > I go to jam sessions every Sunday now and there are some awesome musos who > attend.Its a friendly vibe and i feel i really belong.This is an unusual > feeling for me as far as being part of a group goes. > I am missing seeing the regulars here as you might know I tend to lurk more > than post. > Hey Tiny maybe we could get a kareoke session happening?? > helski
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Hi Risa Thankyou so much for passing that info onto me about the various combos of prescribed drugs you find useful. I cannot tell u how invaluable it has been! More later! Helski
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Helski, Risa was referring to -Ambien is available here (Oz) as trade brand Stilnox. I started using it last year especially when I couldn’t get much sleep after a few nights when flashbacks etc intruded once again in my sleep. It works, and acts very fast so have bed close. I find the next night I don’t take it I wake up several times during the night. I find this drug seems to reset my ??mood or ?? thoughts so I am calmer after using it. It is supposed to be non-addictive nor is it a restricted drug like Rohypnol. Cheers Barb – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -helski <hel…@idl.net.au> wrote in message news:1024156308.595560@bigboy… > Hi Risa > Thankyou so much for passing that info onto me about the various combos of > prescribed drugs you find useful. > I cannot tell u how invaluable it has been! > More later! > Helski
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Ambien and xanax are my night meds right now. The Ambien helps me to wake in the morning more able to function. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"tiny dancer" <tinydancer…@hotmail.com> wrote in message <news:WyUN8.58273$lM2.2182273@twister.southeast.rr.com>… > Ambien is working quite well for me. I take it along with a 1mg. xanax at > bedtime. > td
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Hi Helski, >certain benzos I take when I am desperate for a few hours sleep are making >them (nightmares) worse I think.
My pain meds give me nightmares if I take them too close to bedtime. I have to be VERY desperate for pain relief to take one at bedtime, and even then, I’ll usually take only a
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