Hi Kat - It's good to hear that things are moving forward for you.
Apologies for not picking up on this before....
I have diagnosed with PTSD and ASD
I assume by ASD, you mean Acute Stress Disorder? I'm curious if you were diagnosed as having PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder by the same doctor, at the same time? The only reason I ask this, is because being diagnosed with both is crap. Both fall under the umbrella of 'anxiety disorders'. Either you have one or the other - not both. PTSD is the worst end of the scale, when diagnosing anxiety disorders. Anyone who is diagnosed with PTSD already has symptoms, or potential for symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Depression Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders etc, etc. To be honest the list goes on and on. PTSD already encompasses ASD, so multiple diagnoses are either a sign of a doctor who doesn't know what he's doing, or a doctor who is tied to a pharmaceutical company, and gets extra cash from multiple diagnosis's and the potential to earn more money my prescribing multiple medications for your 'multiple' diagnosis's. I'm not trying to frighten you. Perhaps you were diagnosed with ASD first, and then on further assessment diagnosed with PTSD - but you cannot have both.
The information I've given is just a summary, based on lots of reading - Anthony has a great article on this on PTSD Forum, [DLMURL="http://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/multiple-diagnosis-labeling-with-ptsd.13845/"]Multiple Diagnosis Labeling With Ptsd [/DLMURL]which I strongly suggest you read.
