Good to hear mate that your being proactive and accepting the problem. It is managable, just not curable. Damn it! Lexapro is another good one for PTSD specifically, as it isn't a anti-depressant as such, more a drug to balance the chemical reaction between the right and left brain, which is the stem of the problem with PTSD. The right and left brain achieves a chemical imbalance... though these drugs don't entirely fix the problem, they are certainly good to have around during the initial stages and then when life falls apart.

Courses, oh yer. VVCS offer many courses to help get us back into the scheme of reality, from lifestyle, to relationship to the actual PTSD course. You can find the national PTSD courses on this forum.

I know what your saying with the "analysis and pity" from others... I hate that crap. I don't tell most people I know that I even have PTSD, for that exact reason. I have told people before, and they tend to treat me differently then... pity me as such, which pisses me right off. For the most part, we are the same as everyone else, and you wouldn't know a person has PTSD to look at them... its only when you get to know them and see them in more personal circumstances you find out.

If people ask, I will tell them, but I don't make a topic off it myself. It sucks when you know people view you differently because of PTSD.