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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with a lot of violence, addicition and suicide in my immediate family. For me, I found relationship counseling far more helpful in dealing with my issues than individual counseling. A a PP noted, individual counseling resulted in me re-living a lot of the trauma and it was horrible.  Maybe it was the counselors I was working with but, unlike with relationship counseling, I never felt i was making progress or moving forward even when I asked for exercises, techniques, etc.  It was just rehashing the worst moments of my life.

There was a period that I took an SSRI for 9 months and it was far more helpful than therapy ever was.  It was NOT during a time I'd been triggered but when my DH was 2 years into a major depressive episode.  I was burned out, had no resiliency and that SSRI took a lot of the emotional regulation load off me.  I don't know how it works but it eased the burden I was carrying.  That was about 15 years ago.

I'm now nearly 60 and post-menopausal.  About 3 years ago, the PTSD flared and I started having nightmares again.  Just last October, I went to a new OB/GYN to see about HRT.  I'm not a candidate but she did suggest I take an SSRI again because the data indicates that post menopausal women often develop anxiety.  I'm on a low dose and it's been amazing!  I had no idea how much anxiety I'd developed.  I feel so much more like my old self and haven't 'wallowed' in my trauma since starting it.  KWIM?  HTH[/quote]

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