Posted by hyperfocus on February 20, 2014, at 7:43:16
In reply to Worried: PTSD or ..psychosis?! .. agoraphobia etc., posted by zonked on February 18, 2014, at 19:13:41
I know exactly how you feel. There are several places that I feel have been "ruined" because of past erratic behavior or failure due to MI. In these places I have overwhelming feelings of people judging me or staring at me despite knowing they are irrational.
I don't know what the label is to attach to your feelings`: social phobia or dissociation or PTSD or ...but I know how terribly debilitating they can be. I don't think one label can suffice to describe and diagnose these feelings. It's a very pervasive and complex psychological abnormality.
The benzos did zero to help these symptoms long-term, apart from short-term relief that required escalation to maintain and necessitated a prolonged withdrawal.
Have you tried alpha or beta blockers? For me they had a similar effect to benzos but without the negative effects. They have been suggested for long-term management of PTSD-type symptoms.
C-PTSD: social phobia, major depression, dissociation. 20+ yrs duration.
Asperger's Syndrome.
Currently: 75mg amitriptyline single dose in the morning.
Significantly improving.
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