PTSD

[Aubergine]

I have received a letter in the post from after my last psychiatrist appointment. It's weird. Under diagnosis, it states "schizoaffective disorder" first, but underneath it says that I also have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I don't. I have never been subjected to anything particularly traumatic. It doesn't even say that it's Complex PTSD, which I could half understand, because it's related to EUPD/BPD, which although I've never been told I have, I am a female who has hurt herself in the past and therefore am likely to have attracted that label at some point.


Has anyone here been diagnosed with PTSD even though they've not been through anything majorly traumatic. No abuse, no victim of crime, never witnessed anything terrible. I don't get it.


Is it worth phoning my CPN tomorrow? I don't want to be awkward, but it's weird to be diagnosed with something that doesn't make sense. I'd rather EUPD/BPD than this. Odd.

[Serendipity.]

This is just a thought and I could be completely off base, but I think you've written before about being quite traumatised by your experiences in hospital/with your MH in general, so perhaps it could be related to that?

Anyway, I do think it is worth calling your CPN and asking for clarification, at least then you'll know!

[Aubergine]

Thanks Hannah. You could be right, yeah. I didn't even think of that. I just looked up PTSD on the Mind website, not knowing much about it, and a lot does fit with some of my experiences in relation to issues with my mental health. I don't remember discussing these things in detail with anyone though. That said, I don't remember a lot of things from hospital, so perhaps I said something in there.


I think I'll phone him in the morning and see what he says. I need to phone him and find out when my next appointment is anyway, because I didn't write it down and have a shocking memory. :P

[Ballerina123]

I was also gonna mention when you said you were traumatised by things that happened in hospital. I think you can get PTSD from stuff like that too. But definitely call your cpn if your confused.

I resently had delusional disorder written under my diagnosis as well as schizoaffective and when I called to clarify it turned out to just be a mistake because the dr had seen a lot of people that day and got mixed up. It could be that too.

[Aubergine]

Thanks Kate. :)

I phoned my CPN today. He said the inpatient psychiatrist diagnosed it in relation to my Nan's death. I do not have PTSD from that. I didn't witness her death, see her body, nothing. I grieved like any other person, and still get sad, but it's definitely not PTSD. My CPN actually apologised on her behalf because he doesn't agree either and is going to ask outpatient psychiatrist to remove it.

Doctors are weird. :P

[Ballerina123]

Glad you got it sorted :)

[Serendipity.]

I'm glad you managed to speak to your CPN and hopefully it will be removed now! How are you feeling about things?

(As an aside, mental health people can be funny that way. When I was seeing a CPN, at one point she convinced herself that all my problems were because my dog died when I was fourteen :P)