So this is my first time joining a site like this and technically my second post if you count my intro post....anyways I have PTSD from a rape that happened when I was 15 (I am now 27) my psychiatrist told me I never dealt with it properly....I have nightmares so frequently that I am at the point where I usually function on 3-4 hours of sleep until my body wears down and I will sleep nearly all day from the sheer exhaustion that I don't have nightmares or even dreams for that matter. I have asked for help for my insomnia, which I am just scared to sleep for fear of my nightmares, but he tells me that I just need to work thru things and my sleep will get better, I do not agree with this, I need to sleep now a I am a mother of 2 and I can't be the mother I need to be for my children who are 8 and 5 years old. I have an appointment with a new doc on the 7th of this month, I just really don't know what to do. I want to be the mother I know I can be and have been to my children in the past, I am neglecting them emotionally and I need help.