While no one really wants to hear this, and I preface this with I still struggle sometimes, but lots of therapy and venlafaxine (SNRI) is what did it for me. The medication got the endless, racing, intrusive thoughts and memories to slow down so I could sleep. Then the therapy did the rest. I'm off the meds now and just smoke a lot of weed, and drink a couple times a week still. Not perfect, but better. The pills made it hard for me to get off, so I opted to manage it myself once I'd had things under control for about a year.
I’m totally onboard with therapy as a concept, if I can find one that doesn’t gaslight me. I totally feel you in it being a good idea to pursue though.
Do you mind sharing which one worked for you? I’ve been in a variety of cocktails from seroquel to vraylor, zaleplon to lithium… no shit my experiences with psychiatry led me to have sympathy for “it’s a scam” types… problematic as they often are.
While no one really wants to hear this, and I preface this with I still struggle sometimes, but lots of therapy and venlafaxine (SNRI) is what did it for me. The medication got the endless, racing, intrusive thoughts and memories to slow down so I could sleep. Then the therapy did the rest. I'm off the meds now and just smoke a lot of weed, and drink a couple times a week still. Not perfect, but better. The pills made it hard for me to get off, so I opted to manage it myself once I'd had things under control for about a year.
I’m totally onboard with therapy as a concept, if I can find one that doesn’t gaslight me. I totally feel you in it being a good idea to pursue though.
Do you mind sharing which one worked for you? I’ve been in a variety of cocktails from seroquel to vraylor, zaleplon to lithium… no shit my experiences with psychiatry led me to have sympathy for “it’s a scam” types… problematic as they often are.