BrendaD
09-10-2001, 02:12 PM
I'm just wondering how many IC'ers also suffer with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)and whether there could be a connection to IC? PTS is most commonly experienced right after the event, but can also have a delayed onset (i.e. be experienced many years later -- as mine was). Here is a general description of PTS. Let me know what you think.
What is Post Traumetic Stress Disorder? The diagnosis of PTSD requires two things:
1) The person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others.
2) The person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
Three main symptoms:
1) Re-experiencing of the traumatic event -- Intrusive distressing recollections of the event; Flashbacks; Nightmares; Exaggerated emotional and physical reactions to triggers that remind the person of the event.
2) Avoidance and emotional numbing.
3) Increased arousal -- Difficulty sleeping; irritability, outbursts of anger; Difficulty concentrating; Hypervigilance; An exaggerated startle response.
What is Post Traumetic Stress Disorder? The diagnosis of PTSD requires two things:
1) The person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others.
2) The person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
Three main symptoms:
1) Re-experiencing of the traumatic event -- Intrusive distressing recollections of the event; Flashbacks; Nightmares; Exaggerated emotional and physical reactions to triggers that remind the person of the event.
2) Avoidance and emotional numbing.
3) Increased arousal -- Difficulty sleeping; irritability, outbursts of anger; Difficulty concentrating; Hypervigilance; An exaggerated startle response.