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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Treatment Options - Blog Entry

01 Oct 2007 06:27 PM

I have PTSD, and it is awful. I was in a major car wreck where as a suicidal man on a lethal dose of morphine decides to cross the Soth bound median of I-95 and hit me and another car head in the N. bound lanes. I was the only suvivor. I am divorced with three kids of the ages 5,7 and 10. This whole ordeal had left me with two broken femurs a broken knee cap, tib/fib broken and ankle shattered and foot twisted unitl it broke and a broken left arm. I thank God for being alive but I wonder why I was spared and I wonder if in my next surgery if that's when I will die. I am so scared for my children as they are for me. The wreck was in May and life goes on for others, none of my friend help anymore, very few call. I's awful and I am on anxiety meds and I am starting counseling in my home tomorrow. This PTSD can cause your emotions to flip like a light switch and it is so hard to be strong for the kids. I don't wish this feeling on anyone. Hopefully things will get better butit is a rough ride. If you know someone with PTSD please keep intouch with them, it is so easy for us to slip into a deep depression, I got so bad one time that I didn't realize I wasn't eating or drinking enough, all and got dehydrated which sent me into a panic attack.