Posted by jimmygold70 on April 6, 2001, at 3:26:51
In reply to Re: Socia- Phobia-Like PTSD ?, posted by kate9999 on April 6, 2001, at 2:44:04
Thanks Kate and Judy!
Well, that was very interesting. Of course, my symptoms are more like specific SP. However, I have something interesting to add:I had fatigue for a long time, so an endocrinologist sent me to some lab tests. I have pathologic results on the Hypothalmic-Piturary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis. My cortisol levels are normal, but they don't go up in response to Insulin or Synacten (i.e. not dynamic). That's something you see in PTSD. On Panic disorder most research has shown some other kinds of HPA abnormalities, and one has shown an abnormality such as mine.
So, DSM-IV shows Diagnostic Criteria and not etiology. Maybe there are types of Social Phobia, which are unique in etiology and more similar in symptoms and etiology to very mild, subclinical PTSD?
I mean, I have fear of humiliation in public, not fear of death or dying, so that rules out PD. Something I do have that SP doesn't is flat affect.
Jimmy
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