Sufferer Complex Trauma - New To Ptsd Forum

[Kas_Can_Fly]

Welcome, make yourself at home. :)

 

[nimkekaa]

I have found this forum to be very informative and supportive. I hope you do too.

Welcome!

 

[hollyberrytea]

Welcome!

I hope you find the support you need! And maybe some answers. (:

 

[Sick of Fear]

Hi and welcome! Lots of great folks with tremendous support on here! Best wishes!

 

[reddevil1111]

CPTSD is combat related PTSD for me and an entire forum of vets in a sister site. What are you

saying CPTSD means? I am confused here. And by the way welcome!

 

[DanFaur]

Thank you for your Welcome reddevil1111.

I was unaware that CPTSD was also associated with combat related PTSD. My diagnosis is Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

- DanFaur

 

[reddevil1111]

Thanks for clearing that up for me as I never had heard of it before. The sister site to this one is a combat related PTSD site and we use CPTSD in a completely different manner than this site does. I would say my own PTSD was complex as well. Military says its severe not complex. Same thing I suppose in that my PTSD came from multiple incidents not just one stressor.

 

[Sick of Fear]

And here I was thinking the C stood for chronic, as that's what my doctor said when she first diagnosed me. No wonder they're such sticklers on acronyms here :roflmao:

 

[therapybankrupt]

Welcome to the Forum. Wishing you healing on your journey to wellness!

TB

 

[circe47]

Actually, the Complex component to C-PTSD does in effect, stand for chronic because complex trauma means that the trauma was either long term (meaning chronic), or, multiple individual traumas layered upon each other. At least, that's the way I understand it.

If you go to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, they have a good deal of information on the topic. I read that C-PTSD is finally going to be included in the next DSM that is coming out in, I think, 2015. Clinicians find that the Dx of PTSD doesn't quite capture the full set of symptoms and effects of long term trauma.

While a treating provider can't officially use the Dx of C-PTSD yet because there is no code for billing and insurances purposes only, many still use it in their patient's chart notes and explain it as being the Dx for said patients. For now, they typically use DESNOS- which means Disorders of Extreme Stress not Otherwise Specified- for billing and insurance purposes.

Many examples of situations that warrant the C-PTSD Dx are:

Prisoners of war
Prisoners of brothels
Long term child abuse of any kind
Long term victims of domestic violence
If you type CPTSD in google, you should be able to find the link for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs information on C-PTSD.

 

[Kas_Can_Fly]

I've always understood that CPTSD/C-PTSD stood for Complex PTSD it even has a wikipedia page.

 

[DanFaur]

Dear circe47,

Thank you for the incredibly informative message on the definition of C-PTSD.

I actually live in a country where specialists in this field are actually limited to a handful of qualified physicians.

There is a clinic here that has opened last Fall 2012 for people with PTSD, and I have just this week been given the right to participate in a 4-6 month treatment program.

Thank you again for your contribution to this conversation about CPTSD/C-PTSD.

Best wishes always,
DanFaur