What's this called? ptsd symptoms returning after absence.

[CatInTree]

What is it called when symptoms come back after I've been doing better for a while?

I've heard of relapse, but from my understanding that refers to addiction. Is there a better word?

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

I call it the cycle of life based on my personal experiences. The ying and the yang. The light and the dark. We spend our whole lives striving for some semblance of balance between the "good" and the "bad", and often get super excited at the "good" stuff, especially when it's been so incredibly foreign to us the rest of our lives, only to discover there's no actual finish line to arrive at where it's all good from there, but rather an ongoing balancing act of self-care that can easily trip us up.

 

[Deleted member 541]

I call it, PTSD just bit me in the ass again!!

 

[Nessa7]

I don't know that there is a specific word that can be used. I think I would most likely say that I was experiencing the return or resurgence of symptoms.

 

[Ronin]

I'd go for relapse, since that's any coming back of symptoms as far as I know, not just addiction related.

They go away, remission, they come back, relapse.

 

[Abstract]

I also think some people call it being symptomatic. I tend to think of things in terms of symptoms going up or down.

 

[Friday]

Nature of the Beast ;)

PTSD is cyclical, and it also responds really strongly to stress (see stress cup ).

I usually refer to it as being symptomatic.

 

[Deleted member 8714]

I call it, PTSD just bit me in the ass again!!

:roflmao::bawling:

I call it PTSD too and for me it's usually due to a stressor and that's death. Wham!:eek:

 

[Victory]

Boomerang effect?

 

[EveHarrington]

Par for the course.

 

[Lilminks2]

I call them "flare ups." There is always a trigger. For me that trigger had been family. I chose to have nothing to do with them or even tell them where I am living. I don't know about anyone else but when they constantly trigger me and try to kill me, they are not family, they are psychotic.

 

[Justmehere]

I call it being symptomatic too. Maybe symptoms spikes if I’m feeling hopeful it will pass quickly. I’ve used the term relapse too. It isn’t just for addictions but other conditions as well. For example, there is relapse-remitting MS - it comes and goes.