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lynnga
I just recently stumbled across sexual ptsd and after many years couldn't believe I finally could relate to why I have the feelings I do. Been seeking help and not getting better, just worse. Got out of military with a dx of bipolar adjustment disorder with anxiety, depressed mood and sleep disturbances. This was after what they would call a "stressor" via mst by ex husband. I didn't know about it until recently. Enlisted with waiver after being sexually abused for 4 years by my father which I then reported and he was sent to prison.
I was sent off base when it all happened. I believe I was misdiagnosed after seeing multiple drs and none agreed with bipolar dx. Treated for anxiety, depression and insomnia but nobody ever linked child abuse although I always stated at begining of new care.
My private therapist finally dx me when I came to her with the symptoms of ptsd for sexual abuse. We had never gone over it because we were focusing just week to week on my current mental health. Only after I told her entire history did we get an answer.
I called to see about adding ptsd eval to my existing mental health eval based on current military dx that was set up for July 29. What caught me off guard was that I was told it is a ptsd eval, I was so confused because none of my drs have given me paperwork yet and I was told the eval was put in before I wrote va dr concerning the ptsd. The eval was put in on the 23rd, which is the day I went to my regional office to open up the claim again after it was closed because of "missed apt" that I was never notified of. They immediately rescheduled the exam. I did not mention ptsd because I wasn't aware of it until later that day when I stumbled upon it.
Can Amvet see flags in your file before drs could link? Has this happened to anyone? I'm so happy they did, but I'm surprised they found it before I did or a dr. And I only thought eval was for my existing claim.
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