Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms can include but are not limited to chest pain, headaches, immune disfunction and gastrointestinal disturbances.

Posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD as it is known in the clinical world, causes changes not only psychologically but also biologically. PTSD is caused when an individual experiences or is a witness to a life-threatening event such as combat, sexual assault, abuse, concurrent stressful events or any other experience that can cause fear.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder can be complicated by other mental illnesses. Symptoms of PTSD are comparable and may be masked by depression, memory problems, cognitive disorders, substance abuse and other psychosis conditions.

Typically symptoms of Posttraumatic stress disorder on-set with in 3 months of the actual event. It is however not unusually abnormal to see them on-set at even a year post time of the occurrence. PTSD patients report periods of increase in symptoms followed by remission or decrease.

Patients have reported feeling on edge and isolated. Posttraumatic stress disorder can cause emotional numbness and a feeling of wanting to hide from people and places that serve as reminders to the event or events. Physical symptoms occur in PSTD and include dizziness, chest pains, immunity dysfunctions and gastrointestinal disturbances.

Doctors will sometimes treat these symptoms without looking for the underlying cause. People who suffer from Posttraumatic stress disorder are not likely to want to share emotional disturbances or events that have lead up to the symptoms. People with PTSD become embarrassed and shy away from having to tell their story of the occurrence due to the possibility of triggering an emotional roller coaster of events.

Posttraumatic stress disorder can be life debilitating. The effects can cause stress on not only the person but also those around them that do not understand the cause. PTSD will manifest itself into the person’s social, work and personal life and cause damage and disruption. Posttraumatic stress disorder patients can also become their own worst enemy. Sabotaging relationships, goals and their whole out look on life. Most people who are not aware of what is actually going on emotionally for the patient will feel that they need to just snap out of it or that they are just lazy. This is why most doctors will not treat a patient with true posttraumatic stress disorder until a cluster of symptoms arise and are consecutive for at least three months or more. A multitude of tests are used to diagnose patients including physical and mental evaluations are done in order to address the disorder. This can only be done if the patient is honest and up front with the doctor. For this reason alone the patient needs to be able to trust their doctor. If you or someone you know is suffering with the above symptoms you should seek help from your doctor. Remember there is help out there. You don’t have to suffer alone.