Hi Everyone.
I believe I may have undiagnosed PTSD. I am diagnosed with Psychotic Depression, which resulted from a traumatic episode in my life 8 years ago, I also suffer extreme anxiety (diagnosed) but my GP refuses to medicate me for that. I have not been able to fully manage my depression, even with medication, I take 300mg Deptran (Doxepin) daily.
Before I was diagnosed with depression (6 years ago) I assumed I was suffering from PTSD, from the trauma from a couple of years prior. The psychologists dealing with me at the time did not agree and said I had APD and Psychotic Depression. So I went, under their advice to start taking anti-depressants.
In the near future I am having to attend a psychiatric appointment for gender disphoria, so I can start hormones to transition (M2F), but I have been delaying that appointment due to my feeling that my initial diagnosis was in err. I really dont want to be denied HRT because I was misdiagnosed at some point prior.
I found this site while researching PTSD, and thought I should sign up in stead of lurk everybodys threads.
My Trauma in short:
I lost everything, my home, my car, my family; everything but the shirt on my back--and all because of someone else's (a family member) greed. Oh, and I ended up with criminal charges on a number of occasions for trying to obtain my personal property from my former house. The police felt sorry for me, they could see what was happening, so I did not do any jail. The person who ripped me off and tried to destroy my life has not been charged to this date.
I have been living in "temporary accommodation" for the past 8 years and have managed to rebuild my life to some extent, but I cant manage the "depression" because the underlying issue of how I ended up on the bones of my arse is still unresolved.
Perhaps its not PTSD, I'm not qualified to make that call, but I know myself and I know there is more to my state of mind than depression and anxiety.
I'm going to lurk the threads here and try and learn some things.
I believe I may have undiagnosed PTSD. I am diagnosed with Psychotic Depression, which resulted from a traumatic episode in my life 8 years ago, I also suffer extreme anxiety (diagnosed) but my GP refuses to medicate me for that. I have not been able to fully manage my depression, even with medication, I take 300mg Deptran (Doxepin) daily.
Before I was diagnosed with depression (6 years ago) I assumed I was suffering from PTSD, from the trauma from a couple of years prior. The psychologists dealing with me at the time did not agree and said I had APD and Psychotic Depression. So I went, under their advice to start taking anti-depressants.
In the near future I am having to attend a psychiatric appointment for gender disphoria, so I can start hormones to transition (M2F), but I have been delaying that appointment due to my feeling that my initial diagnosis was in err. I really dont want to be denied HRT because I was misdiagnosed at some point prior.
I found this site while researching PTSD, and thought I should sign up in stead of lurk everybodys threads.
My Trauma in short:
I lost everything, my home, my car, my family; everything but the shirt on my back--and all because of someone else's (a family member) greed. Oh, and I ended up with criminal charges on a number of occasions for trying to obtain my personal property from my former house. The police felt sorry for me, they could see what was happening, so I did not do any jail. The person who ripped me off and tried to destroy my life has not been charged to this date.
I have been living in "temporary accommodation" for the past 8 years and have managed to rebuild my life to some extent, but I cant manage the "depression" because the underlying issue of how I ended up on the bones of my arse is still unresolved.
Perhaps its not PTSD, I'm not qualified to make that call, but I know myself and I know there is more to my state of mind than depression and anxiety.
I'm going to lurk the threads here and try and learn some things.
