Thread: Is this PTSD?
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Old Sep 17, 2011, 07:15 PM
Astridetal Astridetal is offline
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The discussion here is very interesting. I have a diagnosis of PTSD from childhood abuse, but my abuse was relatively mild (mostly emotional and some physical and indeed a lot of bullying). I seem to have read somewhere that even though PTSD is currently listed as ananxiety disorder, anger is more freuqnelty seen. So in that sense UnhappyGuy may be dealing with PTSD symptoms. (I think the story about anger in PTSD was somewhere here on PC a few years ago, but not sure if new items are archived.)

As for medications, I tak ean anti-depressant (Celexa) and an anti-psychotic (Abilify). The Abilify is for my irritability while the Celexa is for my anxiety. Both were prescribed before I was diagnosed with PTSD.
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Current DX (December 2019): autism spectrum disorder, unspecified personality disorder
Current RX (December 2019): Abilify 30mg, Celexa 40mg, Ativan 1mg PRN
Thanks for this!
(JD)