Comments on: Common Sleep Disorders That Can Plague Anyone

By: I am not a link. Leave me alone

I am not a link. Leave me alone — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:43:59 +0000

Get a therapist, a therapist can see the problem and help you even more to solve it. Ask your therapist about medication. Whatever works for you is fine. You may get side effects from any of these medications though.

Be strong Remember that you are in control. Strength implies having power and being able to affect one’s own life, while weakness implies being powerless and helpless. No matter what your circumstances, there are things you can control, and things you can’t. The key is to focus on the things you can control.
Practice meditation or relaxation techniques at least twenty minutes twice a day. Look for others who have had the same problem. Find out what they are doing to solve their problem. Good luck
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By: D.D

D.D — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:41:59 +0000

Hi, I have heard EMDR is helpful,
but i prefer a free mthod called EFT.. and you can apply it to yourself by yourself at any time day or night
The founder is retiring jan 15th, so will shut down the site…..
download the free manual…before then….watch the free videos, read the stories of healing
I use it, i know it works….
keep a notebook , write down anything bothering you, and appy it to it all
Amaze yourself
I also think any one with these illnesses should consult a hormone specialist like those below

Happy Holidays
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http://www.emofree.com
http://www.thehallcenter.com http://www.feelingfff.com

By: Pastor Ken

Pastor Ken — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:39:59 +0000

Hurting people hurt others. Theres nothing wrong with you its the people who are mean to you. They are sick and being mean makes them feel better. People/kids/parents do mean things or lie and control. They just want the reaction so they can get high feel good from it. The words are not true.

When you have a bad past/rejection/father gone it lets other things start. Cutting, OCD, anxiety, panic attacks, hearing voices can all come from a tramautic past. Its opens doors to the negative and they start to dwell closeby.

You can talk to me or google "emotional abuse" and see all the definitions and see its all true. Knowing the truth is the step to freedom from pain. Negative people and abuse brings spiritual problems so praying to get rid of negative things of a spiritual nature is often needed after years of abuse. Its not you its them.

1. Read online about verbal abuse. Read 20+ sites.
2. Realize its their problem.
3. Realize anger hurts you not them.
4. Google "Sinners prayer"- stops sadness.
5. Google "Deliverance Prayers"

Source– Experience
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By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:37:59 +0000

View the http://1-800-therapist.com/ & http://www.metanoia.org/choose/ websites, and Google:"therapists; EMDR; (your location)" or use the phone book, and/or various associations for psychiatrists and psychologists, to find the nearest one using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy). In EMDR, a therapist will ask you to revisit a traumatic event and remember the feelings, negative thoughts, or memories associated with it. While you are doing this, the therapist may hold up two fingers about eighteen inches from your face and move them from side to side. You may be asked to track the movement of the therapist’s fingers with your eyes. As you concentrate on the traumatic event during therapy, you are trying to bring its memory to life. The mental imagery you are able to conjure up during the therapy session is then processed, aided by your eye movements, facilitating the processing of painful memories, enabling some of the powerful emotional states involved to be discharged to some degree, and helping to achieve resolution and a state involving less painful emotions.

EMDR has 8 stages. Professional EMDR is always much preferable, and Opester, (who gives it a glowing recommendation) a therapist with more than 20 years experience, and a former contributor, here, stated that it was one of only two disorders which can be completely cured. Sometimes, a beta blocker, such as propranolol, or atenolol is administered prior to being asked to recount the traumatic event, reducing the emotional charge associated with it, as it is re-recorded in your memory (which has been shown to be plastic, at least to some extent, with many people). I suggest trying something milder, such as valerian, (some people get "valerian hangovers") or "Tension Tamer", or chamomile herbal tea (no milk, or cream!) from supermarket tea, vitamin, or health food aisles, at least at first, to see if sufficient, otherwise (SHORT TERM ONLY, as a risk minimisation strategy – potentially ADDICTIVE) a benzodiazapene, like Xanax. Check out medications first at: http://www.drugs.com and http://www.rxlist.com/ and http://crazymeds.us/ and http://www.askapatient.com/ If unable to afford it, or to locate one nearby, contact the county/local mental health agency: any therapy on offer may prove helpful, particularly if combined with appropriate medication. Contact your county/local mental health agency, and find out what help they can offer.

(U.S.A.) Try phoning 211, or 411, and Google: "clinics; mhmr; (your city); (your state)" Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is also recommended, and has been used successfully, with PTSD. Some people, however, may benefit more from psychotherapy, or counselling, at least until they are some way along the path to wellness, and feeling psychologically robust enough for the harsher CBT (a free E course in it, which can help reduce the time spent in therapy sessions, is at: http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome ). Use a relaxation method daily, like http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing-stress.html or http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/mindbody/a/Meditation.htm or http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate or Tai Chi, Qi Gong, or yoga. Most people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could either seek professional hypnotherapy, or more alternatives along such lines are at http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/q.html – bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and dissociative disorder; see pages 1, c, h, i, & g.
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By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:35:22 +0000

PTSD preventing sleep?
I have diagnosed bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and dissociative disorder. I’m also plagued with frequent nightmares (approximately 3 per night) and on a constant basis get very little sleep. To compound the problem, sometimes at night when I lay down I start having flashbacks (the doc is tentatively diagnosing me with PTSD, which would explain the constant nightmares). Once that happens I know I’m probably not going to sleep. I’ll toss and turn, trying to consciously stop myself from having the flashbacks, but no matter what I try to concentrate on, I eventually realize that I’m back in the middle of one again.

I know the common measures to help insomnia, exercise, no tv/internet before bed, no caffeine late, etc. In this situation, none of those things have helped. Considering I’m already fairly medicated due to the other diagnosed conditions, I hate to add more medication to my daily routine. Does anyone with PTSD have any advice on pulling yourself out of the flashbacks once they set in?