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My son, adopted at 15, has PTSD with, what some label, complex. He, we, are having a very tough time. He cannot, at the moment, handle EMDR therapy. Does anyone have other suggestions/ideas which have worked for them? Thanks!
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Hi- I'm sorry I don't have any specific info for yu, but wanted to respond to let you know I was able to do a search on this site for PTSD and came up with many prior threads asking the same thing you are asking. Many of them are on the foster parent support forums. One of them was just from March 2011 and a number of responses cover complex PTSD- if the link works, here it is: [url]http://forums.adoption.com/foster-parent-support/387124-talk-me-about-ptsd.html[/url]
If you put PTSD into the search box at the top right when you are in the forums, it should bring up related posts. I know some forums get more traffic than others, so it may just be that a lot of people have not seen this one yet? Hope it helps and you find the assistance you need. good luck!
I am not often here but here is my two cents --- my son also has severe complex PTSD and has been in therapy for most of his life. He was also not able to handle EMDR no matter how they tried to do it. He is now 13 but has been doing play therapy for the past 4 years. This has been the only way that it has worked for him to get the past out. Only in the past 3 or 4 month he has become more verbal in the sessions and with me at home. That is what we have done and it has worked....
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Hunterdon --- there is also a therapy called sand tray which may also work if the play therapy isn't really acceptable to him. Maybe even art or music therapy -- does he like any of these types of media? just some thoughts I just had.... hope you can find something that works. I know from experience how hard it can be. Some days I feel like we have turned the corner on things and then a day comes that makes me wonder where I ever got that idea.....but I do see progress and that is all that counts.
Boy, I understand the feeling! Every time I think things have "bottomed out" and we are on the upswing, the next incident occurs and we're back in the thick of it. Deep inside, I know he is better, I know there is progress but when you're coming home from the second trip to the emergency room in a week, it makes you wonder.Thank you for all your suggestions. We will explore them all. Our kids deserve our best - even when we don't feel up to it!Thanks again!
Just sending you positive thoughts. We have a 5yo w/ PTSD. Sometimes I just sit there and cry when I see her having an episode. Not because I'm upset, but I can't believe anyone could do something to a kid that makes them so scared. Hers doesn't sound as bad and she is younger so she doesn't remember anything. We have had her on anti-anxiety type medication to help her keep from spiraling out of control which helped. Other than that we haven't done any therapy that I could recommend.
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Our 9 yr old has severe PTSD. She is so severe she hears voices and talks to herself constantly. W ehave had her in the ER twice and then she was admitted to a short term psych ward. She is now in a long term RTC, and she appears to be understanding more. We tried EMDR, but it was too soon, so will go back to it when she gets out (in a year or so).It is so very hard :( Hugs to you.
