Hi,
For my money some of the treatment for whatever is troubling you and the treatment for PTSD can be the same. This may be counter to what many people who have PTSD have been told. People with or without PTSD have traumas in their past (and sometimes ongoing in the present). Resolving these traumas can make a very big difference to our current life, but it may not resolve all of the difficulties you are experiencing. Anthony’s advice is good and I hope you find a good counsellor and are eventually able to get away from the medicating. They may help you cope in the short term while you seek help with issues, but they can seldom be more than that unless one cannot function without them as is the case with some serious conditions.

Another thought. You have expressed that you could give long accounts and explanations about your feelings and experiences. I contend that any five typical therapists would give you five different explanations about these with the aim of you feeling better and healing. It is my belief that the best therapies are the ones that lead to the client (patient) during the therapeutic process, coming to their own conclusions which bring about small and big gains. I say this because I would like you to feel that explaining the “whole story’ may not be necessary in order for you to get real improvement with your concerns. Often, specific events, handled properly, can bring improvements right across the board, without the need to feel that all of our feelings need to be remembered or understood.

Whatever you are diagnosed as having, remember it’s just a label, to help specialists to design an approach to help you. If you experience anxiety on a daily basis then you are likely to have incidents related to the anxiety and addressing them is going to help.
Go well,