[Tonker]

I have been diagnosed with PTSD about twelve years after thirteen years of being in an abusive marriage and about four years ago i started having trouble walking and things started going down hill from there it felt like i had arthritis in my joints pain in my muscles memory loss tuff time swallowing they took every test and finally diagnosed me with conversion disorder they said it is my brain shooting off mixed signals to my body and some how it is a result of the trauma from the abuse have any of you gone thru anything like this

[Travelinglady]

Evidently no one has who has read this thread so far, but it certainly seems possible to me. Have you been able to find anything on the Internet about a possible connection with the two?

[Tonker]

Ive heard that conversion disorder is rare in fact i have only found two other people with conversion disorder on this website i guess im just wondering if there is anyone going thru the same things but havent been diagnosed it took them three years to diagnose me

[Yoda]

I was never formally diagnosed with it but I think I did have it long ago. I, like you, was in an abusive relationship. Actually I was in two but it was during the first one when I was trying to get a divorce that I had onset of paraesthesia (a tingling sort of numbness was mine). It started on the left side of my scalp and went down to my jaw as well as both hands. I talked to a neurologist and told him I was very stressed from the abuse and thought it might have psychological origins but he said we will rule out neurological causes first and did evaluation including CAT scan. After I got away from my exH the symptoms stopped. That was in 1990-91 and I haven't had it since.

[Tonker]

Wow its so comforting to know that you have been free from this disorder for so long it really gives me hope i am in maryland right now i have an appointment at the national institute of health they are dping a study on conversion disorder and think that im a good candidate For their study im hoping to get alot of answers if nothing else im going to find out if my diagnosis is right wish me luck

[volatile]

I had some kind of anxiety induced "fit" once and it was just like the conversion disorder stuff I've seen on youtube. I thought i was having a seizure. It hasn't happened since though.