SarahH
21-03-15, 10:09
Just thought I would share some thoughts.............. stop reading now if you don't want to hear a success story:D
Two years ago I was admitted into a psychiatric unit with acute anxiety brought on by a re-occurrence of my PTSD which was first diagnosed in 2001.
My PTSD was work related, I was Police Officer. Pensioned off in 2010 I thought my anxiety was under control and with my GPs support I weaned myself off Citalopram......BIG mistake!! Ten months later my anxiety came back with a vengeance.
Skip forwards.....I won't bore you with details of symptoms and my 18 days in hospital, they are all common to people on NMP who go through bad times.
Anyhow, after being introduced to Pregabalin, my saviour at the time, I have gone back to work (albeit part-time and a stress free job) I have learnt to live with the person I am. I will ALWAYS have symptoms of PTSD/anxiety but with the right balance of medication and using the tools in my box of "coping strategies" I lead a happy life which is "normal" for me but maybe not "normal" to most in society.
I re-started Citalopram about a year ago (very slowly) as it worked so well for me before and began reducing the pregabalin in the last week.(I don't need to be on both as the Citalopram should be all I need for the anxiety).
I now have a bit of a social life as well, which has been fantastic for a 50 year old singleton :D.
So for all you who are suffering right now in the grips of what you think will never go away.....IT WILL....... if people did not recover then we would have hundreds of psych units full of people who never leave.
You may never be the same after a "breakdown" but you will get better and maybe have a life where you stop and "smell the coffee" instead of running around trying to fit so much in your life that you burn out.
I left a job that was my passion, but put simply, it made me ill....... now I realise that leaving it was the best decision I ever made....... sure I am broke, but happy and that at the end of the day is what we are all aiming for in life.
thank you for reading... waffle over... enjoy the sun everyone :yesyes:
Sarah
Two years ago I was admitted into a psychiatric unit with acute anxiety brought on by a re-occurrence of my PTSD which was first diagnosed in 2001.
My PTSD was work related, I was Police Officer. Pensioned off in 2010 I thought my anxiety was under control and with my GPs support I weaned myself off Citalopram......BIG mistake!! Ten months later my anxiety came back with a vengeance.
Skip forwards.....I won't bore you with details of symptoms and my 18 days in hospital, they are all common to people on NMP who go through bad times.
Anyhow, after being introduced to Pregabalin, my saviour at the time, I have gone back to work (albeit part-time and a stress free job) I have learnt to live with the person I am. I will ALWAYS have symptoms of PTSD/anxiety but with the right balance of medication and using the tools in my box of "coping strategies" I lead a happy life which is "normal" for me but maybe not "normal" to most in society.
I re-started Citalopram about a year ago (very slowly) as it worked so well for me before and began reducing the pregabalin in the last week.(I don't need to be on both as the Citalopram should be all I need for the anxiety).
I now have a bit of a social life as well, which has been fantastic for a 50 year old singleton :D.
So for all you who are suffering right now in the grips of what you think will never go away.....IT WILL....... if people did not recover then we would have hundreds of psych units full of people who never leave.
You may never be the same after a "breakdown" but you will get better and maybe have a life where you stop and "smell the coffee" instead of running around trying to fit so much in your life that you burn out.
I left a job that was my passion, but put simply, it made me ill....... now I realise that leaving it was the best decision I ever made....... sure I am broke, but happy and that at the end of the day is what we are all aiming for in life.
thank you for reading... waffle over... enjoy the sun everyone :yesyes:
Sarah