Has anyone suffered from PTSD?

Question: I have post traumatic stress disorder and I cannot sleep even with sleeping pills any advice to help would be very much appreciated

Answers:
Yes I have and it is not an easy thing to deal with. First of all if you are not in counselling please do so it does help. Try some of those C.D.s of sounds. They have them with the sounds of nature, waterfalls,almost anything you might like. Take one day at a time and if that is too much then go for 5 minutes at a time. I promise it will get better. The best of luck to you.

Other Answers:
i have minor case of it but my housemate has it really bad we were in Iraq together so we are kinda messed up

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Yes I have. Get psychotherapy and more effective night-time meds to begin with. It takes time to heal.

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I did. It sucked. Drinking and illegal drugs helped a little. 12-step recovery and YEARS of therapy and meditation cured me. Every once in a while I appear happy and well adjusted.

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Lithium, Zoloft and Ambien. But hell, I'm still up at 4AM.

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I feel for you... i went through it in 04 after my father was murdered... nothing helped like counseling.

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Oh, is that why I'm afraid to go to sleep.

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PTSD is complicated. Years of working through it has not yet completely solved my sleep problems yet. The sleeping pills I have tried made my nightmares worse. Good luck.

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yes, i have, it takes some time, i would tell your doctor that the sleeping pills are not working, have you tried warm milk? that might help or maybe some tea.nothing that will keep you awake though. maybe take a nice warm bath or shower, even aroma thearpies might help.
but don't take more sleeping pills please. what might work is asking a doctor about maybe an anti stress , like paxil .take care

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PTSD is hard thing to get over, there are many on-line site that can help get better. If your not speaking to a cousler, then you need too
It will be hard thing to get over but it can be done. Donot give up hope thing will work out.

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