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Jul 15, 2013, 08:05 PM
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I am confused about this? So my original diagnosis is Bulimia but after 5 months with T he spoke with the insurance company(he said they check in every so often) and he told them I have cPTSD. I am still Bulimic.....so is the Bulimia a symptom of cPTSD? I am confused how this works.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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#2
Jul 15, 2013, 08:16 PM
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I'd ask your therapist about it, it may well be connected.
I'm surprised though that your therapist told your insurance company that you had cptsd --it's actually not an official diagnosis (though some therapists use it), so insurance doesn't reimburse for it; it's not something you will find on insurance forms. I suspect he told insurance that you had ptsd (even if he considers it cptsd)? I'd clarify it. People can have any number of diagnoses, some related, some not, though I feel like everything tends to affect each other in one way or another. |
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#3
Jul 15, 2013, 08:35 PM
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He even said "complex" because of my extensive childhood trauma history. Hmmmm I wonder what he really told the insurance company? I don't want to ask.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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#4
Jul 15, 2013, 09:14 PM
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Insurance companies have their own rules that have nothing to do with reality.
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#5
Jul 15, 2013, 09:19 PM
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It all has to do with reimbursement. Personally, I would not worry about it because T's try to use diagnosis codes that will get the "best" reimbursement. For example, many insurance companies won't reimburse personality disorders, so a T won't use that diagnosis.
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Jul 16, 2013, 09:59 PM
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I was inpatient for depression/sui thoughts, but the hosp also said I was abusing alcohol just b/c insurance was more likely to cover the cost if substance abuse was the cause of the treatment. So, as CE said, insurance has nothing to do with reality.
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#7
Jul 16, 2013, 11:52 PM
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On my form today my pdoc wrote 2 diagnoses for my insurance (the bigger issue ones -- bipolar first and anorexia second) even though I have a third diagnosis of OCD...yeah...I'm a mess.
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Jul 17, 2013, 10:46 PM
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Jul 17, 2013, 11:01 PM
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My T initially filed insurance for me under a major depression diagnosis and has never bothered to update the diagnosis. My pdoc files under bipolar disorder 1 now. Insurance apparently doesn't care in the least that their diagnosis codes are different for me. It's just a paperwork thing.
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