Alicat
24-03-11, 21:16
Hi everyone,
Ok, well 4 years ago I had spinal surgery which left me unable to return to live with my parents because it restricted my mobility. I'm paraplegic and use a wheelchair. 2 weeks after surgery I went back to my local community hospital. I was on the rehab ward for a while, which was ok. After about a month and a half I was moved to the medical ward because I 'didn't need a rehab bed and was bed blocking'. The medical ward is basically for palliative care so I was in a room on my own all day and I could hear people around me dying of cancer.
I got extremely depressed, lost my appetite in pretty much everything and stopped talking much at all. I didn't hear from many of my friends so I felt pretty isolated.
After 4.5 months I was moved into a flat on my own. After a week I overdosed because I felt so scared and totally hopeless.
Ever since then I've experienced periods of anxiety, usually first thing in the morning and prolonged periods of depression. I'm now facing further spinal fusion which will pretty much take away my independence and I'm feeling extremely depressed and anxious.
I've recently spoken to my GP and have been referred to a psychologist but I'm seriously considering going on medication. I've tried Prozac and I didn't get many side-effects, although I'm not sure how effective it was. I also tried Citalopram and had awful side-effects.
Has anyone got any advice as to which medication is good for PTSD? I haven't actually been officially diagnosed but I'm doing a counselling diploma and we've learned about it and I have lots of the symptoms. I did an online test too and it says I 'show many signs of PTSD'.
Has anyone got any advice as to which medication is good for PTSD?
Thanks!
Ok, well 4 years ago I had spinal surgery which left me unable to return to live with my parents because it restricted my mobility. I'm paraplegic and use a wheelchair. 2 weeks after surgery I went back to my local community hospital. I was on the rehab ward for a while, which was ok. After about a month and a half I was moved to the medical ward because I 'didn't need a rehab bed and was bed blocking'. The medical ward is basically for palliative care so I was in a room on my own all day and I could hear people around me dying of cancer.
I got extremely depressed, lost my appetite in pretty much everything and stopped talking much at all. I didn't hear from many of my friends so I felt pretty isolated.
After 4.5 months I was moved into a flat on my own. After a week I overdosed because I felt so scared and totally hopeless.
Ever since then I've experienced periods of anxiety, usually first thing in the morning and prolonged periods of depression. I'm now facing further spinal fusion which will pretty much take away my independence and I'm feeling extremely depressed and anxious.
I've recently spoken to my GP and have been referred to a psychologist but I'm seriously considering going on medication. I've tried Prozac and I didn't get many side-effects, although I'm not sure how effective it was. I also tried Citalopram and had awful side-effects.
Has anyone got any advice as to which medication is good for PTSD? I haven't actually been officially diagnosed but I'm doing a counselling diploma and we've learned about it and I have lots of the symptoms. I did an online test too and it says I 'show many signs of PTSD'.
Has anyone got any advice as to which medication is good for PTSD?
Thanks!