Study Dear Researcher... Please Study This!

[BloomInWinter]

I've had several symptoms, concerns, etc. that just don't seem to have been researched yet.

If you've had something related to your PTSD and think a researcher should study it...post it here for posterity. Let's help them learn more about our psychological injury!

Dear Researcher....Please Study;

- whether or not there is a link between bruxism and PTSD

- whether or not those with bruxism should receive a referral for a trauma assessment to a qualified mental health practitioner

- whether or not loud announcements/music/etc. in stores triggers anxiety in the average person, and at what decibel level

- how many women with a mis-/diagnosis of vaginismus have markers for PTS, PTSD and vigilance.

- how many patients presenting with sleep disturbance score positive for PTS, PTSD

- ...and whether or not they were screened for trauma prior to receiving their sleep meds

- ...and whether or not their practitioner referred them to a qualified mental health practitioner

<Three posts merged into one by Amethist>

 

[anthony]

http://cogprints.org/5051/1/2004_Fed_Pr-_PTSD__&_TMD.pdf

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2842.2006.01609.x/full

 

[BlueKitty]

I had been associated with a few research institutions in the past and I am currently attending one (though clinical psychology is not my area of study).
I actually have suggested a study very similar to "whether or not loud announcements/music/etc. in stores triggers anxiety in the average person, and at what decibel level" to one of them. There are many results relating to 'sound sensitivity.'

Unfortunately, Some things are purely observational and too subjective and less of quantitative reasoning to draw a statistically significant scientific conclusion.. especially when involving terms like "qualified," and when the diagnostic procedure is largely influenced by the doc's discretion..

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

- whether or not there is a link between bruxism and PTSD

Whoa...thought that was just me. Didn't realize it had a name.

 

[Queen Boudica]

Me too. Bruxism. - had to look it up. Jaw clenched all the time, Receeding gums too, part of it. Explains a lot. Knots along the gum line. Resulting Stiff neck, and shoulder blades. Another symptom.

 

[anthony]

Link Removed

This has already been proven as fact, as you can see from the above references.

It has nothing to do with PTSD, it has to do with anxiety, stress and depression primarily.

 

[NIKI]

Bruxism...me too. Had to look it up too Lizio. Jaw clenched all day even worse at night. Wake up with a sore jaw. I didn't know it had a name. Thanks Bloom.

 

[BloomInWinter]

Research...

....a possible link between number of daily minutes in the bathroom and PTSD.

 

[Saphy]

....a possible link between number of daily minutes in the bathroom and PTSD.

Ahhhhh! Me too. I am constantly going to the bathroom a lot and spending a long time even though I might not necessarily be doing anything. Maybe I'm just naturally slow at everything because of PTSD, but I'm wondering if it has anything to do with this as well. Thanks for bringing this up BloomInWinter!

 

[Queen Boudica]

Me too, spend ages sitting on that loo, just thinking.

 

[anthony]

....a possible link between number of daily minutes in the bathroom and PTSD.

Link Removed
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088761850800159X (paid journal article)

 

[Queen Boudica]

God, tell me about it! IBS. I used to know where every toilet was on the London underground. Agonising train journeys into work.