My stepdaughter is having a very hard time dealing with Complex PTSD and after an attempted suicide she is now in the hospital in the psych ward.
She has already been there for 3 weeks, and will be there for at least 30 more days. They are very strict as to what they can have.. no plastic bags, nothing with strings or ribbons, nothing that they could harm themself with, no source of audio entertainment, no pens or pencils, no cell phones, no video games ...... Other than books, snacks, and a deck of cards, I am at a loss as to what I can take her to keep her mind occupied and help her make it through the next 30 days. I am the only person allowed to visit and try to get up there every other day if she is up to it. I, too, am struggling with this. Any ideas on anything I could take her? She is 29 years old.
I know you're going thru a difficult time but I wanted to share something with you. Your stepdaughter has a neurodevelopmental disorder. [ND] Years ago, when I was finally diagnosed with a rare 'ND', they didn't know too much about them. Although the neurologists today have uncovered and named several, they still don't have much understanding of Mine, '
NCA'. It's similar to PTSD and seems allot like what your stepdaughter has.
NCA lays relatively dormant until age 18-24, THEN.. it comes out of remission and all hell breaks loose! If her age is in this slot, she may have it, instead. 50 years ago ND's were not discovered yet, so there were no PTSD diagnosed. However.. the military DID know about NCA back then and simply called it, '
Soldiers Heart'.
Because it reveals itself at this time in life, [I was 19], many inflicted are newly inlisted in the armed service, therefore, untrained military doctors may misdiagnose those rare few having NCA.. as having PTSD.
I spent a few years going to many specialists, including those at Duke University.. and because there were many bizarre symptoms with nothing showing up in Lab work, I was told it was 'just in my head'. I was finally correctly diagnosed at Mass General as having
Neurocirculatory Asthenia. Even today, the erroneous and idiotic definitions of NCA that I read on the internet are discouraging. I am now working directly with the Chief of Neurology at Mass General to bring a more correct definition and clearer understanding about NCA to the medical world.
Anyway, after several trial medications, '
Tofranil' is what brought me back 'normal' and was my '
life changer'.
Im not a Doctor and I hope Im not presumptuous, but if your stepdaughter is experiencing all the bizarre episodes I did, I just felt I had to tell you about my situation and the medication that saved me. Please let me know if you mention this to your Dr., if they try the Tofranil, and how it turned out.
Results were almost immediate with me.
