I've just been reading the threads on PTSD diagnosis. It's hard to believe but there are psychiatrists out there that don't believe that PTSD exists. I ran into one a few years ago. He insisted that I was bi-polar because PTSD did not exist and because I believed it did it only meant that I wanted others to feel sorry for me! I wrote letters to the local Medical Society, the state board of medicine, the state psychiatric board, his superiors, etc. and all I got were angry letters back stating that no one else had ever complained about him (I don't know if I'm allowed to state his name or not, so I won't). I guess I just want to say that if you suspect you have PTSD and get a quack like I did, separate yourself from the doctor and seek other help immediately. If I had believed this doctor, I shudder to think where I would be today.