Ms B?bhinn Nic Liam:

I do not know if anybody has received an official diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. I believe the trauma people have suffered by not being listened to and by presenting again and again with symptoms that they later find out should have raised immediate red flags for a diagnosis. One's trust in the system, trust in their GP, and in the health system is all broken down and then they are left at a time when they are in so much pain and so weak with fatigue. To be trying to say, "what is this?", and always looking for answers. I remember being told I had irritable bowel syndrome, IBS, depression, and piles.