I have recently been diagnosed with PTSD by my doctor. She has asked me to try taking anti-depressants. I was feeling very reluctant to take them but decided to trust my doc's advice. I have been on EFFEXOR for one week now and I thought that it was helping but today I'm sure that it's not. I know that I need to give it more than a week- I guess. But I'm not sure that it will ever help my mood.

I'm currently having problems with my live-in BF. He knows my history and that I've got PTSD. He also knows that I'm taking effexor. Today I am back to feeling---well you know-"off" and he's noticed. He asked me what's wrong and I simple said "nothing". What am I suppose to say-I'm feeling depressed again? I'm not depressed I just don't feel anything at the moment. Plus I feel like he shouldn't ask me-It's obvious that I'm down, but he already knows that I'm dealing with PTSD. I realize that he don't understand it but I have tried to explain it to him. And I have even told him that I could show him some info off the internet that would help him to understand it. But he has never looked. It's like he doesn't want to know about it. But then when I'm feeling this way he's mad...

I tired of trying to put on a happy face for him. Hell I'm tired of trying to put on a happy face for myself. It never works I just end up feeling like this again.

sorry about the negativity-I'm just so frustrated and tired of dealing with PTSD. It seems like I'm in a never ending cycle of ups and downs.

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