Doctor Thinks I May Have Ptsd. Mental Health 'afraid To Poke About'.

[jock bubbleskin]

Hi, I'm actually doing ok. Best in 12 years. I have pompholyx eczema. I have many allergies. Have been suffering mental health problems since being admitted to hospital in 1998 with secondary infection in skin. It burned up face, hands and feet and nearly killed me. Docs and nurses saved my life. I felt weird, scared and confused on discharge from skin ward, but got on with life.

9 months later a little boy burst forth from my heart claiming he had been sexually abused. It felt as though it had just happened that day although it must have been over thirty five years before. That's when things got bad. It got a bit crowded in here. All my focus was on the child and abuse, only recently have I made a connection to the skin episode as a possible catalyst for the child to come forth.

I have been sent for therapy and counselling, some of it has helped though mostly it just stirred up stuff for me to take home to my wife. Last year a psychologist at the mental health hospital wrote to my doctor saying he was afraid that any more talking therapy might do more harm than good.

I am about to write and ask for my health records. I want to know, but am apprehensive about how I might react to what may be in there and would appreciate support.

Thanks

 

[Rob_Dog19]

It sounds like you're looking for some clarity or insight where there really isn't any to be given :( I strongly encourage you to probe for information, but do be prepared to hear things that you may not want to hear. Doing my own snooping really helped me to even myself out, it may help you, too.

 

[jock bubbleskin]

Thanks Rob_Dog19, I have reacted quite badly to one assesment before so am wary and better prepared this time.

It's important to me to have an accurate understanding of what has happened to me and therefore what my wife has been going through supporting me. I believe she has been traumatised by caring for me especially in the first few years.

I think that probing and snooping will be less anxiety generating now I am not doing it alone. Am preparing to 'come out' with my friends and family who have little or no idea what we have been living with.

Thanks again.