Snake_Whisperer
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I have Tourettes Syndrome, ADD and OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder and some PTSD. I'm on anxiety medication, and it's helped with everything. I realised just how much it was helping when I ran out of it. :? I didn't get anxious, instead I got extremely angry. I'd never felt that level of anger before, and I was scared of myself
The PTSD came from the year 2006. I was attending a church in Melbourne, and I always took the train. I got on at Marshall station, and took my usual spot at the front. About 20 minutes later the train hit a car at a level crossing in Corio. All I could see were rocks flying past the windows and I thought I was going to die.
The car was an absolute mess, quite scary to look at, but thankfully I never saw a body. A few days after the crash I suffered multiple heart palpitations, and although these aren't harmful they were scary! I saw the man's death notice in the paper, and I attended his funeral, I figured it would help and it did.
Since then I've avoided sitting at the front of a train, and if there was a significant bump in the track it would cause me great fear. I'm much better now, but still a little apprehensive when taking trains.
I'm surprised to see this many others with similar problems to mine. Happy to chat with anyone if you need it
Hi Talia,
Tourettes, ADD, OCD, and SAD are quite frequently symptomatic of Aspergers or several other members of the Autism spectrum. Might be worth having a chat to your doctor about it next time you see them!