Helen,

I was not correctly diagnosed and that delayed treatment.

I found a place that I spent a week at that specializes in emergency
services personal and that is where I was first exposed to EMDR. As it was a
residential setting with lots of support my first EMDR session lasted for
over 3 hours. I will say to just let things happen while undergoing EMDR as
it is very freeing, I have a lot of stuff still behind a locked door as I
call it that will take a long time to get out.

I am in PA and the determination is done by the state for Social Security. I
am a complicated case as I have physical issues that are the result of an
accident I was in on duty as a paramedic. I had a second opinion with a
family doc on Wednesday about that and have to see the psychiatrist
tomorrow. After the appt with the first doc I am not real impressed that
they are fair and impartial. But what can I do?

My therapist is real nice and understanding, even called to check up after I
got a migraine and had to head off to my primary for pain killers. She felt
responsible for causing it in the EMDR session. I have found out that things
causing my PTSD go back to my early childhood and have been very repressed.

Well good luck and keep us in your extended family informed.

Jay

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM, hcole26 <hcole26@...> wrote:

> Thanks Jay,
>
> Any advice as you are going through the process will be helpful. I just
> started with a therapist to do EMDR yesterday. She wants to take it slow
> also. I have had PTSD since 1997 and I feel like this is my last shot at any
> kind of normalcy. I'm not looking for a miracle just betterment. A GAF score
> is a score given for your percentage of disability. a score of 40 would be
> considered 100% disabled. I don't see myself that way because I am a fighter
> but I know that I definately have cognitive damage to my brain along with
> still suffering flashbacks and nightmares.
>
> Helen
>
>
>


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