Re: Re: Trauma, therapy and fibro flares...

[Guest guest]

Loretta:

I just responded to Faithy about the history of trauma, so I will try not to

repeat myself.

I am trying therapy for my PTSD. It is called EMDR (eye movement

desensitization & reprocessing). After the first session I came home and

felt 'drugged'. All I could do was sleep and when I woke up I was so

depressed and teary. The second session was not as bad as the first. I

have other appointments pending and I will continue to go.

I did take some time off work to do this. I have been working for 24 years

and have been able to save a large number of sick days, which is very

helpful right now. I have always tried to work through the pain, as I heard

someone else talking about in another post. I'm finally, at 52 years old,

realizing that I need to take care of myself and not focusing on everyone

else's needs! Not easy to do, but I'm working on it.

Anyway, I wanted to encourage you to try the treatment, Loretta. I am

hoping for the best with mine.

Vicki

MN

>

>

> > Hello everyone,

> >

> > THere has been some discussion about past trauma and fibro, and

> > whether it could be the cause. I think that in my case, my past

> > trauma has caused me to go down this road of pain. I went to see

> my

> > new pdoc yesterday, and she asked me questions about my life to

> get a

> > baseline of where I am. I had to discuss my history of abuse from

> my

> > father, and other things that I have never really gotten over. She

> > diagnosed me as having bipolar, borderline personality and ADHD.

> At

> > first I was not in line with all of this, but after doing some

> reading

> > on the diagnoses, I see a lot of myself. It is scary to me to

> have so

> > many things going on, i feel like I have fallen down (or was pushed

> > down) a hole and it is never ending. Anyway today I am so fatigued

> > and I am hurting all over, I dont know if I am strong enough

> to " work

> > on myself " . She wants me to go to therapy, but I am afraid I will

> get

> > flares after every session. what to do...

> >

> > Loretta

> >

>

>