Other Ptsd from bad trip - the psychological implosion that caused my ptsd

[eyesinside5656]

Being arrested isn’t Criterion A level trauma. (Similar to being married isn’t Criterion A level tra...

I appreciate this. I was unaware of a misdiagnosis until now. I feel incredibly stupid and am now wishing i had the ability to delete postings.

 

[ILoveLife]

Don't worry about it, really. You took it well.

 

[Suzetig]

I would be wary of deciding on misdiagnosis based on what random people on the internet tell you. In exactly the same way as I would be wary of diagnosis based on what random people on the internet tell you.

From what you’ve said, you meet two exclusion criteria but no one here knows your whole story and there may be other issues which would meet the criteria, that’s why having a proper consultation with real life mental health professionals is so important. It’s worth reading around here and seeing what fits, or not. Take what’s helpful and leave the rest.

 

[EveHarrington]

You’re not stupid!

It can be SO hard to get an accurate diagnosis!

MANY of us here were misdiagnosed for years before getting an accurate diagnosis. (I know I was.)

 

[anthony]

I was unaware of a misdiagnosis until now.

It goes a little like this... what @Suzetig said:

I would be wary of deciding on misdiagnosis based on what random people on the internet tell you. In exactly the same way as I would be wary of diagnosis based on what random people on the internet tell you.

No, you can't be diagnosed with PTSD from drugs, nor just being arrested in itself, nor can a counsellor actually diagnose you in your country. They can give you their opinion, but that's as far as it goes.

Like mentioned, have you mentioned actual trauma to someone that you have not mentioned here? Trauma, as in -- life and death type stuff. That is what PTSD is diagnosed on, and sexual trauma, such as rape. The super serious stuff that happens in life, that nobody wishes would happen to them.

If that has happened to you, and you have not mentioned it here, but mentioned to your counsellor as though like a side aspect to your life -- yet you display the symptoms to them... then hence their opinion.

See a qualified psychologist / psychiatrist for actual diagnosis. It truly helps to know what direction to go in for helping yourself, treatment, versus chasing your tail with misdiagnosis, treating issues that you just don't have. It is about you, is all -- and what is best for you.

PTSD is the name people apply to all of life's little bumps nowadays, as though it applies. Yet those same people do not actually understand it at all, nor its criterion.

You are doing everything right, because you are now learning more and educating yourself, which will help yourself. Mental health is a shit storm to say the least, compared to physical health medicine. Its a big fat guess, in essence, and is often wrong by those untrained. Incorrectness lessens the better trained and experienced the diagnostician.

 

[Scarlet13]

I think that if you have ADHD and bipoler and you never really got proper treatment for this could explain your recent symptoms.
ADHD can be VERY anxiety producing.
Untreated bi polar can result in very high ammounts of stress and anxiety.
Then throw a bad trip and arrest into the mix and your nervous system is falling apart.
You have done high ammounts of drugs and neglected your symptoms with out good selfcare.
Yoy could be having a stress response within your nervous system to all of this after years of not treating your issues.
Your parents were wrong to tell you there was nothing wrong.
There is nothing wrong with who you are, but ADHD and bi polar are serious and need support.
Your suicide attempt strikes me as a cry of desparation, you want and need help.
Don't pretend to your parents. They seem like kind parents, despite the fighting.
Good luck with your care team. Staying off street drugs and getting the right treatment will greatly calm your nervous system down.

 

[Deleted member 487]

In all the years I have known I had PTSD, I never, not once ever, look into what the criteria are for a diagnosis. Weird.