Question:
From: Douglas Lemieux <bcogr…@tampabay.rr.com> To: Joanne Johnson <za…@swbell.net> Subject: Re: newbie Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:22 AM My name is Doug and I had a severe flashback and depression last week when I visited a jungle world at Silver Springs Florida, and my experiences in Vietnam popped up all over. I went to a private psychiatrist for years who knew nothing of PTSD and had me diagnosed with bi-polar, and it was not until I lost my last job, relationship that I went to the VA for counseling and the test there affirmed the PTSD in my life. I have moved to Florida from Illinois, and constantly ask the same question as you about when does it end. I have a female friend down here who nearly died last year during a routine operation and came down with PTSD, and she hooked up with a female Doctor from the VA who has a outside practice, and she is very happy with this Doctor. I would suggest you check with your local VA for a Doctor, as the military seems to be heads up due to the war problems, on this subject Doug Lemieux – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —— Original Message —– From: Joanne Johnson <za…@swbell.net> Newsgroups: alt.support.trauma-ptsd Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:39 PM Subject: newbie > Hi my name is Joanne and in just the past few months have been diagnosed > with ptsd. I’m a 25 yr old mother of a 19 mnth old girl. I may be only > newly diagnosed with ptsd but have been suffering for over 10 years now. I > am seeing a therpist but so far she has not been able to help me very much. > I know its partly me as i find it very hard to talk about what i’ve been > through. I have a question or two everyone. > Does anyone ever get over ptsd or will I have it for the rest of my life. I > do go through times when the depression goes away and the flashbacks > diminish but some day it comes back again and everytime it seems to be > getting worse. I’m so tierd of fighting all this and some days feel like > just giving up. > How do you find a therapist who knows how to deal with ptsd? My Dr. doesn’t > know many counselors in the area and so far its not worked out. The first > counselor I felt really comfotable with, but was just at a really bad point > and was cutting. So i quit seeing her so i wouldn’t have broken the promise > not to hurt myself while she was helping me. My latest therapist is good > but not in the same way. I get the feeling that she doesn’t know what to do > with me. And now that i’m doing a bit better and not having as many > flashbacks I’ve been thinking about maybe not going to therapy at all. > Well thats a bit about me. > Joanne
Response:
Douglas Lemieux wrote: > From: Douglas Lemieux <bcogr…@tampabay.rr.com> > To: Joanne Johnson <za…@swbell.net> > Subject: Re: newbie > Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:22 AM > My name is Doug and I had a severe flashback and depression last week when I > visited a jungle world at Silver Springs Florida, and my experiences in > Vietnam popped up all over. I went to a private psychiatrist for years who > knew nothing of PTSD and had me diagnosed with bi-polar, and it was not > until I lost my last job, relationship that I went to the VA for counseling > and the test there affirmed the PTSD in my life. I have moved to Florida > from Illinois, and constantly ask the same question as you about when does > it end.
Doug, That’s horrible. Regardless of what diagnosis was handed to me, it is frightening as hell to have these things happen and to wonder if this is the final straw before being locked away in an institution. I hope that you’ve managed to break some of the isolation that the loss of the job and relationship have caused. Being abandoned is one thing, being abandoned when we fear for our life is just cruel.
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