Re: I hate to keep bothering everyone

[Guest guest]

Im having very similar experiences. I dont think you are going nuts. Part of the

reason i went on paxil in the first place was PTSD. and i have been trying to

explain that now...15 months post paxil (i went cold turkey) i am having what i

call PTSD from the withdrawal process. from the nightmares, from the insanity

of cold turkey. from no sleep . when i dont sleep thru the night the mornings

after are horrible.

Im waiting to get back in to see a naturopath that i have had one session with.

She does NMT Neuromodulation Technique.(or Feinberg technique) It

seems incredible!!! I think it will totally get my brain back to " normal " . In

fact...it

had gotten me there and then we screwed it up by mixing several

practitioners/therapies and i " lost it " . I lost the recovery that was made and

the

NMT doc is in china for 3 weeks... blah blah long story.... *and i am so pissed

at myself that we lost it because i had 3 days of being almost 100% again!!!*

Anyway....its the only thing that has given me any hope of a full recovery from

the PTSD. you can find out about it at

http://www.neuromodulationtechnique.com

There is a list of practitioners on the site too. Its the only thing that the

doctor

has suggested " returning my brain to a neurochemical balance like that which

it can back reference to a pristine state prior to any introduction of

chemicals " .

The therapy is really weird compared to what we know as " western medicine " .

its related historically to accupuncture. A cousin therapy that you can learn

and do at home for yourself is EFT...Emotional Freedom Technique. You can

find it at http://www.emofree.com. There is a downloadable pdf. You can also

buy the videos to help learn it but its not necessary. This is very powerful

stuff.

dont think its just some hoke. My husband and i are starting to swear by it for

just about everything. Our seasonal allergies are cured. and one by one i am

munching thru my emotional issues and PTSD issues....by myself....without a

therapist...without drugs. I also do a lot of meditation and deep breathing.

These are " energy field therapies " . EFT is about 10 years old. NMT is only 2

years old. But they show incredible success....ive heard as high as 98%. My

doc simply said....allergies and emotional issues are a breeze.....Once you get

into chemical problems it gets much tougher....but NMT gives them the tools to

get in and have your brain fix anything you ask it for.

i hope you will at least read the PDF from EFT. its free....and you can see if

it

makes any sense or if it might help you out.

Its totaly counter to what might make sense to you.....but i can only tell you

that

the results we have seen are astounding.

Best of luck to you

Beverly

> I know I post a lot but no one else knows what I'm going through.

>

> Is it normal to get " flashbacks " of the images and thoughts I had when

> i was on Zoloft? It seems no matter how hard I try to distract myself,

> they keep popping back in my mind. They disturb me so much and

> everything seems to revolve around it. Everything reminds me of them.

> Its taken 4 months out of my life and in that 4 months, I've been a

> prisoner in my home. So basically, even being in a certain room will

> bring back very bad memories. Is this all from the drug or am I

> loosing my mind? Sometimes I feel like I'm going nuts. I'm wondering

> if it's possible to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? I don't know

> anymore. Sometimes I feel like i'm exaggerating and I should just be

> able to get over it. I'm supposed to go talk to ANOTHER doctor in a

> week but I'm very weary of it seeing as how they've ruined a good

> portion of my life already. It's been 3 weeks since I've been off the

> drug, shouldn't I be better already?

[Guest guest]

Im having very similar experiences. I dont think you are going nuts. Part of the

reason i went on paxil in the first place was PTSD. and i have been trying to

explain that now...15 months post paxil (i went cold turkey) i am having what i

call PTSD from the withdrawal process. from the nightmares, from the insanity

of cold turkey. from no sleep . when i dont sleep thru the night the mornings

after are horrible.

Im waiting to get back in to see a naturopath that i have had one session with.

She does NMT Neuromodulation Technique.(or Feinberg technique) It

seems incredible!!! I think it will totally get my brain back to " normal " . In

fact...it

had gotten me there and then we screwed it up by mixing several

practitioners/therapies and i " lost it " . I lost the recovery that was made and

the

NMT doc is in china for 3 weeks... blah blah long story.... *and i am so pissed

at myself that we lost it because i had 3 days of being almost 100% again!!!*

Anyway....its the only thing that has given me any hope of a full recovery from

the PTSD. you can find out about it at

http://www.neuromodulationtechnique.com

There is a list of practitioners on the site too. Its the only thing that the

doctor

has suggested " returning my brain to a neurochemical balance like that which

it can back reference to a pristine state prior to any introduction of

chemicals " .

The therapy is really weird compared to what we know as " western medicine " .

its related historically to accupuncture. A cousin therapy that you can learn

and do at home for yourself is EFT...Emotional Freedom Technique. You can

find it at http://www.emofree.com. There is a downloadable pdf. You can also

buy the videos to help learn it but its not necessary. This is very powerful

stuff.

dont think its just some hoke. My husband and i are starting to swear by it for

just about everything. Our seasonal allergies are cured. and one by one i am

munching thru my emotional issues and PTSD issues....by myself....without a

therapist...without drugs. I also do a lot of meditation and deep breathing.

These are " energy field therapies " . EFT is about 10 years old. NMT is only 2

years old. But they show incredible success....ive heard as high as 98%. My

doc simply said....allergies and emotional issues are a breeze.....Once you get

into chemical problems it gets much tougher....but NMT gives them the tools to

get in and have your brain fix anything you ask it for.

i hope you will at least read the PDF from EFT. its free....and you can see if

it

makes any sense or if it might help you out.

Its totaly counter to what might make sense to you.....but i can only tell you

that

the results we have seen are astounding.

Best of luck to you

Beverly

> I know I post a lot but no one else knows what I'm going through.

>

> Is it normal to get " flashbacks " of the images and thoughts I had when

> i was on Zoloft? It seems no matter how hard I try to distract myself,

> they keep popping back in my mind. They disturb me so much and

> everything seems to revolve around it. Everything reminds me of them.

> Its taken 4 months out of my life and in that 4 months, I've been a

> prisoner in my home. So basically, even being in a certain room will

> bring back very bad memories. Is this all from the drug or am I

> loosing my mind? Sometimes I feel like I'm going nuts. I'm wondering

> if it's possible to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? I don't know

> anymore. Sometimes I feel like i'm exaggerating and I should just be

> able to get over it. I'm supposed to go talk to ANOTHER doctor in a

> week but I'm very weary of it seeing as how they've ruined a good

> portion of my life already. It's been 3 weeks since I've been off the

> drug, shouldn't I be better already?

[Guest guest]

Its important to have faith in yourself, as hard as that is at times.

Please remember - you are not " losing it " -you are not alone in this

exprience - you are suffering from the effects of a very powerful

mind altering drug

My exprience is that my flashbacks were triggered by

people/places/situations. Being under stress or putting unreasonable

expectations on myself. It is ok to say to yourself " I have been

badly effected by this drug " " It was not my choice to have a bad

reaction to this drug " " I need time to recover " .

Over time it does get better, I have been off Paxil finally for 18

months after doing the cold turkey thing, the flashbacks and other

hellish symptoms do decrease. Being able to rationalise what was

happening to me helped also, eventually I could say to myself " this

is an effect of the drug " I am not mad/bad- this is real- doctors

don't (usually) know what they are talking about, just because they

are ignorant of these side effects doesn't mean they aren't real.

I was sent to some place on the far side of hell by these pills

(twice), the trip back is not an easy one but it can be done

Sorry to hear you are going thu a really tough time, stay strong and

believe in yourself

best wishes

Tim

> I know I post a lot but no one else knows what I'm going through.

>

> Is it normal to get " flashbacks " of the images and thoughts I had

when

> i was on Zoloft? It seems no matter how hard I try to distract

myself,

> they keep popping back in my mind. They disturb me so much and

> everything seems to revolve around it. Everything reminds me of

them.

> Its taken 4 months out of my life and in that 4 months, I've been a

> prisoner in my home. So basically, even being in a certain room will

> bring back very bad memories. Is this all from the drug or am I

> loosing my mind? Sometimes I feel like I'm going nuts. I'm wondering

> if it's possible to have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? I don't

know

> anymore. Sometimes I feel like i'm exaggerating and I should just be

> able to get over it. I'm supposed to go talk to ANOTHER doctor in a

> week but I'm very weary of it seeing as how they've ruined a good

> portion of my life already. It's been 3 weeks since I've been off

the

> drug, shouldn't I be better already?