Comments on: To Do or Not to Do – That is the Question of Medicine https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/04/07/to-do-or-not-to-do-that-is-the-question-of-medicine/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sheri Lynn https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/04/07/to-do-or-not-to-do-that-is-the-question-of-medicine/#comment-35408 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:47:39 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=247232#comment-35408 In reply to William H.

Similar response to medication here as well. I was shamed for not being able to take antidepressants and shamed for needing help with life long struggles with CPTSD. The antidepressants I was cycled through was like Russian Roulette for me. I would scare myself even. Some days and nights have been so unbearable. My childhood trauma and a 3 year long divorce where I was totally destroyed and left destitute, alienated from my kids from a newly awakened knowledge to covert narcissism / sociopathic / psychopathic pathology. The vindictiveness for need for power and control left me feeling caged like a feral animal at times and like Helen Keller other times. No one can really relate to the hell unless that have lived it and felt it throughout their entire body nonstop for years.
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]]> By: Belinda Pyle https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/04/07/to-do-or-not-to-do-that-is-the-question-of-medicine/#comment-25125 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:56:09 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=247232#comment-25125 In reply to William H.

Thank you for your thoughtful answer. I do completely agree. Medicine has its place BUT it’s finding what works for each person and for some people, that may be not at all. I’m now only taking two and tapering off of one. The most important part of the medical journey is having someone dispensing the drugs who knows what the hell they’re doing and also understands CPTSD. Unfortunately in both our experiences, these medical professionals are rare but I think more are coming every day. I was very fortunate and had an integrative medicine doctor and a psychiatrist who’ve worked with me over a number of years to get me to the good health I can finally enjoy. It has been a veeeeery long road. Medicine is not a quick fix…there aren’t any. It just helped me stabilize so I could do the recovery work. Thanks again for your great contribution❤️. I wish you well on your journey.

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]]> By: William H https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/04/07/to-do-or-not-to-do-that-is-the-question-of-medicine/#comment-18509 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:47:17 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=247232#comment-18509 I cannot take medication, it was confused with symptoms of many misdiagnosis over decades until i learned i had incurred CPTSD. I wont mince my words ,the “meds” almost killed me . The bedside manner of many well intentioned doctors and nurses confused me with the neglect i had in childhood and i fell for it .The attention i received for taking the meds and med consultations for a moment in time gave me the attention and brief nurturing i so wanted. When i left the doctors office or hospital and had to deal with the allergic reactions ,(side effects) ,i was right back where i started . There is an odd parallel with taking the “meds” and CPTSD ,i believe i am not the only one. The desire for self assurance ,building Trust, feeling some love( doctors love their patients),coming from a neglectful home are all there for brief half hour appts med management. Taking meds was the strangest patch in congruence CPTSD i have ever known. I literally had tens if diagnosis since age 14 , im 61 now . I became aware of akathesia (a severe allergic reaction of anxiety that had always been accepted as just part of “my illness”. ) I hope you can taper off medications at some point in time . Polypharma is a big problem in america. I joined ACA ( adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families) and MISSD ( medication induced suicide prevention and education ) several years past ,both organizations are in the internet. I also use “mindfulness” therapy techniques 4 to ten times a day to lose childhood emotions of guilt ,fear ,and anxiety,that had surfaced in my adult life for decades.

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