Post traumatic stress disorder i have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, 2 times in my life by henry ford hospital. if i go to a doctor, or therapist i'm sure there will be a third diagnoses. what can i do to help me move through this.

Although : Although post traumatic stress disorder may resolve completely, it can also become more symptomatic with new traumas. The three main categories of symptoms are avoidance, reliving and hyperarousal. Avoidance is a hallmark symptom. You might want to avoid people, places, sounds, smells, events that trigger feelings or memories associated with the traumatic events. Reliving can take the form of nightmares or during the daytime you may have memories of old traumas, or feel like you are back there again. The most significant form of reliving is called flashbacks. These are vivid and the person actually believes they are back in their traumatic situation. It can be accompanied by hallucinations. Hyperarousal means that you may be more reactive. You may have insomnia, be irritable, your heart rate might sore as if you were about to respond to danger when it isn't present. The good news is that ptsd is treatable. You might wish to see a therapist who is experienced in cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) or cognitive processing therapy (cpt). Sometimes medications are indicated. Medical acupuncture is also used to treat ptsd.

Its a beginning: I often work with sufferers of ptsd and diagnosis is just a beginning, a place to start. The individual's history, presentation of symptoms, and what to do in treatment trumps the diagnosis quickly. I try to get my patients focused on treatment outcomes as quickly as possible and you can steer your doctors to get there quickly with you as well.