diagnosis – Rory's Write Place

Episode 52 – The “Complex” in CPTSD (Part 1)

CPTSD is not in the DSM-5, but the ICD-11 includes diagnostic criteria for it. Here are some differences between CPTSD and PTSD.

Episode 50 – Learning PTSD (Part 2)

The DSM-5 has a rudimentary diagnostic criteria for PTSD and does not even include CPTSD as a proper diagnosis, though there are distinct differences between the two.

Episode 49 – Learning PTSD (Part 1)

The diagnostic criteria for PTSD in the DSM-5 is long, so the list gets its own post in this first part.

Personal Update – Cause and Effect

Updates on my nephrologist visits, symptoms/side effects related (or not) to my lithium dose, vague details on my personal life since being cast aside by my ex-guy, and some fretting about a Seattle trip and my PTSD.

Episode 47 – Different Mental Health Professionals

There are significant but subtle differences between these four mental health professionals: psychiatrist; psychiatric nurse practitioner; psychologist; and therapist. While they are closely related, they come with different qualifications, certifications, and treatments.

Episode 43 – Diagnosing Schizophrenia (Part 7)

Here are my original diagnoses and my current ones, made years apart by two different doctors. I speak on the effects of the medications I’m on and what I still experience after the major psychotic episode I went through. This is the final post in this little series of posts.

Episode 42 – Diagnosing Schizophrenia (Part 6)

As time passed, the mental illness started to affect my school life more and more. I developed self-destructive habits and got into unhealthy relationships while the anxiety and schizophrenia continued to wreak havoc on my ability to function.