| Adjustment disorders are very common and can affect anyone,
regardless of gender, age, race, or lifestyle. It is not the
same as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Usually, an adjustment
disorder is a short-lived event, typically lasting less than 6 months,
unless a person is faced with a chronic recurring crisis
such as the repeated exacerbations and progression that typically occur
in multiple sclerosis.
An adjustment disorder occurs when a person finds it difficult
to cope with a stressful event, or events, and develops emotional or
behavioral symptoms.
Although the stressful trigger-event can be anything: just
one isolated incident, or a string of problems that wears the person
down; in multiple sclerosis, the combination of symptoms and
their effects, in addition to repeated exacerbations, can result in
long-term, or repeated, adjustment disorders.
Not everyone with multiple sclerosis will develop an adjustment
disorder, however those that do may experience some, though not all,
of the following symptoms: |
