YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

So I'm wondering if others have experience with this topic, how you deal with it, and how you feel about it. I have had some experiences of sexual violation in my teenage/young adult years, and have some signs of early sexual abuse that I don't remember (like bodily memories/flashbacks, panic attack...

I was recently put on Prazosin as well! It works wonders! I still have some unpleasant dreams but they're nowhere near the violent, disturbing nightmares I used to have so often. I hope other docs and patients out there learn more about this incredibly effective drug (with no side effects for me and...

Thanks for your responses! I had never thought about doing a sleep study. I'm in college in a small town so that wouldn't work for right now, but maybe in the future. I definitely agree that TV shows greatly affect what I dream, as well as meds - when I first went on citalopram (which later ended up...

I'm wondering if other people have similar experiences as me with nightmares. I have not been diagnosed with PTSD, but for many years I've had horrible nightmares, and they've gotten worse in recent years - almost everyday for weeks at a time. Frequent topics include my family/partners/friends killi...

I'm wondering if other people have similar experiences as me with nightmares. For many years I've had horrible nightmares, and they've gotten worse in recent years. Frequent topics include my family/partners/friends killing or raping me, strangers killing/chasing/raping me, being forced to kill my l...

Hey there. I appreciate you starting this thread! I don't think I personally have misophonia, actually, but I greatly sympathize with those of you who do - your experience sounds so difficult and frustrating in your post. I've actually got a question for you. What does your misophonia feel like? I'v...