Trauma – PTSD

Question:

Hi, I just wanted to let you know i read your posting. I am a mother of a 6 year old bipolar child. She is also ptsd. She takes Tegratol 400 mg. a day and Eskolith (lithium) 900 mg. a day. And Riserdaol 3 mg. a day. She  has been diagnosed for 3 years now. She has only been stable one time for about a year. It is hard. I recently married a man. At the time he understood. Now that she is out of controll and is having depression alot. He cant handel it. I dont have any friends. The all left when Kirsten was about 3 when here problems got bad. And since she has spent most of her time out of controll no friends come back. That is ok. I have my family. Her dads dose not come around either. I also have 3 other beautiful children younger than Kirsten. We will make it. … I have a feeling you will to… Good luck..Try not to think about how bad it will get. Keep it posative. (things are going to be better)(the worst

Response:

Hello mc….you’re in my prayers. God, if you’ve seen that light, you’ll see it again. God bless you, Dennis (45/also married/Long Island) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello, everyone.  I’m new around here.  I’m 38/f/western NY state. Happily married (only happy thing in my life), with one daughter (11) and two step daughters (12 &16).  I’m a nurse practitioner, working full time. I’m BP and PTSD for about 8 years.  I had been stable, by some miracle, since September 1997 (not that I’m counting), but have recently crashed. Thus, I’ve been looking through these web sites.  You all seem nice, and this site isn’t so confusing to me as the depression site on my deja. This tool (net) wasn’t available to me previously, when I was sick.  I think it’s a neat resource. So, I crashed about a month ago.  New job, quarrels with stepdaughter, and Manic March coming, which was historically a bad time for me.  This crash wasn’t (so far) nearly as bad as previous crashes, but I remain petrified that I going to go completely nuts again.  I did miss 4 days of work, when I knew I was not clear enough to be responsible for patient care.  I’m back now, but my meds have all been changed and I’m working in a fog.  We took my Depakote up to 1.5 gm, Zoloft up to 300, and added Risperdal and Periactin.  One person at work knows about my illness, and is watching me.  I trust her to tell me if I do anything the least bit off, and I’ll go home again.  But I’m running out of excuses. Pray for me. Thanks. Sorry this is so damned long. I prefer a longer note to several short ones. Before you buy.

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Hello, everyone.  I’m new around here.  I’m 38/f/western NY state. Happily married (only happy thing in my life), with one daughter (11) and two step daughters (12 &16).  I’m a nurse practitioner, working full time. I’m BP and PTSD for about 8 years.  I had been stable, by some miracle, since September 1997 (not that I’m counting), but have recently crashed. Thus, I’ve been looking through these web sites.  You all seem nice, and this site isn’t so confusing to me as the depression site on my deja. This tool (net) wasn’t available to me previously, when I was sick.  I think it’s a neat resource. So, I crashed about a month ago.  New job, quarrels with stepdaughter, and Manic March coming, which was historically a bad time for me.  This crash wasn’t (so far) nearly as bad as previous crashes, but I remain petrified that I going to go completely nuts again.  I did miss 4 days of work, when I knew I was not clear enough to be responsible for patient care.  I’m back now, but my meds have all been changed and I’m working in a fog.  We took my Depakote up to 1.5 gm, Zoloft up to 300, and added Risperdal and Periactin.  One person at work knows about my illness, and is watching me.  I trust her to tell me if I do anything the least bit off, and I’ll go home again.  But I’m running out of excuses. Pray for me. Thanks. Sorry this is so damned long. I prefer a longer note to several short ones. Before you buy.

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Hi and Welcome to ASDM, Hello, everyone.  I’m new around here.  I’m 38/f/western NY state. Happily married (only happy thing in my life), with one daughter (11) and two step daughters (12 &16).  I’m a nurse practitioner, working full time.

I am an Adult and Geriatric NP – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m BP and PTSD for about 8 years.  I had been stable, by some miracle, since September 1997 (not that I’m counting), but have recently crashed. Thus, I’ve been looking through these web sites.  You all seem nice, and this site isn’t so confusing to me as the depression site on my deja. This tool (net) wasn’t available to me previously, when I was sick.  I think it’s a neat resource. So, I crashed about a month ago.  New job, quarrels with stepdaughter, and Manic March coming, which was historically a bad time for me.  This crash wasn’t (so far) nearly as bad as previous crashes, but I remain petrified that I going to go completely nuts again.  I did miss 4 days of work, when I knew I was not clear enough to be responsible for patient care.  I’m back now, but my meds have all been changed and I’m working in a fog.  We took my Depakote up to 1.5 gm, Zoloft up to 300, and added Risperdal and Periactin.  One person at work knows about my illness, and is watching me.  I trust her to tell me if I do anything the least bit off, and I’ll go home again.  But I’m running out of excuses.

I have sent you a copy of the FAQs…please email me anytime. Peace,

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