[seth2]

I had a scary car accident 14 yrs ago (no concussion or physical injuries,) and within a couple months I started experiencing mind/body symptoms. It started with about 3-4 years of debilitating anxiety & "feeling unreal." The unreal feelings eventually subsided, but since then, the strong anxiety has been pretty much constant, along with 2 yr period of chronic fatigue, and for the past 2-3 years, sudden neuro-fatigue & night anxiety every night around 9PM, regardless of how well-fed & relaxed I am just prior, how hard I worked or didn't that day, or how much good sleep I got the night prior.

Because of the car accident "starting point," the natural tendency would be to diagnose PTSD...except for a few factors:

- I had two debilitating anxiety breakdowns prior, one at age17, and again at age 27, neither of which was precipitated by any special trauma

- As scary as the car accident was, I was back behind the wheel the very next day, driving many hours daily for my work, and have never felt scared while driving since

- I saw several therapists, including an EMDR one who specialized in PTSD, and felt no improvement

So maybe the accident just retriggered my old Generalized Anxiety Disorder (which seemed dormant from age 29 to the accident at 46.)

I'm not sure which diagnosis is correct, or even how much it matters, given that, whether PTSD or GAD, nothing has worked to alleviate the anxiety, help with the fatigue, or mollify the night attacks...except the occasional Klonopin, which I've tried to take only intermittently at 1/2 the smallest dose to avoid dependency - but I've probably gotten dependent anyway.

I've tried everything you can name - conventional docs & shrinks, alternative doctors, Chinese medicine, psychic healers, lots of daily meditation & breathing practices, a clean diet complimented by tons of good herbs & supplements, etc. etc...nada, zip, zilch!

Would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions

[Teacake]

Read Peter Levine's latest book. Listen to his audio CDs.
Read David Bercelis book. Do his exercises after you read his book.

You have trauma symptoms. Body oriented therapies can help you.

[seth2]

Originally Posted by Teacake

Read Peter Levine's latest book. Listen to his audio CDs.
Read David Bercelis book. Do his exercises after you read his book.

You have trauma symptoms. Body oriented therapies can help you.

Thanks Teacake.

I see the David Berceli book. On Amazon, I also see several current books by Peter Levine, some with similar dates, so not sure which one you mean by "latest." Which title, please?