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Complex PTSD

Little Owl
3 months ago

Hi All,

I have Complex PTSD and I'm looking into treatment options. Anyone  else with C-PTSD here? I've tried medication (given to me for depression / anxiety) and it didn't really help. I've also tried talking therapies which have helped me to understand why I feel the way I do but it hasn't helped me to feel better. I'm now looking into EMDR. Has anyone tried EMDR? If so, how did you get on with it and is there anything that might be different for me as an autistic person, or any adaptions that the therapist might need to make? Are there any other treatment options that have helped you?

Thank you

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  • 3 months ago

    I find antidepressants quite good. Luckily I don’t feel like a zombie on them though. It may be that I am so used to them that I wouldn’t know if I felt like a zombie anyway because I’ve been in them that long that this is how I’m used to feeling. I heard you can get Psychodynamic Psychotherapy through the nhs but I think you need to have tried CBT and medication before you can try Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. I think it would need to be a specialist like a psychiatrist that prescribed it as well not a GP. Psychodynamic psychotherapy goes into all your childhood and identifies the cause of your issues etc. sounds good never tried it to be fair. But I get what you mean CBT is a bit plain in my opinion. It’s just about managing symptoms with stuff like meditation etc it doesn’t really get to the root cause like you would imagine therapy should.

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  • 3 months ago

    I find antidepressants quite good. Luckily I don’t feel like a zombie on them though. It may be that I am so used to them that I wouldn’t know if I felt like a zombie anyway because I’ve been in them that long that this is how I’m used to feeling. I heard you can get Psychodynamic Psychotherapy through the nhs but I think you need to have tried CBT and medication before you can try Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. I think it would need to be a specialist like a psychiatrist that prescribed it as well not a GP. Psychodynamic psychotherapy goes into all your childhood and identifies the cause of your issues etc. sounds good never tried it to be fair. But I get what you mean CBT is a bit plain in my opinion. It’s just about managing symptoms with stuff like meditation etc it doesn’t really get to the root cause like you would imagine therapy should.

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