[SecondTime]

Post Traumatic Test Syndrome

Typically found in CPA candidates and those who have recently passed the CPA exam.

Symptoms include:

Weight gain or loss

Panic attacks

Loss of sleep due to nightmares/anxiety

Withdraw from family and friends

Conflict with intimate partners or spouse

Decline in job performance

Self doubt

DO I SUFFFER ALONE?

BEC:84,exp'd. retest 2/28/2013 (74)
AUD:88
FAR:77
REG:2013

WE HAVE NOT FAILED UNTIL WE QUIT

[Anonymous]

I have each and every one of those symptoms. You are not alone. 🙂

[LSU_BR]

No you are not alone, lol.

I have all those and I am no longer able to simple tasks I used to be able to without thinking. My brain has replaced those skills with tax laws and regulations.

The day after my test I had an appointment. When I checked in the lady asked me my name. I stood there for a full 10 seconds not able to remember my own name!!

AUD 95 (3/5/10); BEC 83 (5/28/10); FAR 71, 72, 74, 82 (10/16/10); REG 65,80(11/23/10)
ALL DONE 🙂

[LSU_BR]

Apparently, typing a coherent post is also another task that I am no longer able to do. LOL

AUD 95 (3/5/10); BEC 83 (5/28/10); FAR 71, 72, 74, 82 (10/16/10); REG 65,80(11/23/10)
ALL DONE 🙂

[FARbehind]

i have all of the symptoms as well…lol

aud,bec,reg-passed
far-->75 Done!!!!!
ethics-100

[SecondTime]

Sorry,

I forgot to add one very important symptom.

AMNESIA.

Tends to present itself when one is in close proximity to a Prometric Center.

BEC:84,exp'd. retest 2/28/2013 (74)
AUD:88
FAR:77
REG:2013

WE HAVE NOT FAILED UNTIL WE QUIT

[Herbieherb]

Add easily irritated, I snap at people so fast now.

NEW YORK- DONE

[shelleydee]

I am so glad someone had the courage to address this very serious issue. So many are affected, yet few feel comfortable enough to discuss it. In addition to the aforementioned, I have noticed the following disturbing symptoms:

1) Inability to compose a coherent sentence.

English is my first and only language. I used to be a master at both speaking and writing. Now, I feel as though I babble incoherently. Earlier this evening, I told my husband that, “That long is just too line.”. Other examples include unknowingly combining words, “It's chi-cold outside.”.

2) Obsessive behavior.

This includes constantly checking another71.com, NASBA, and Facebook for Exam related discussion, updates, and Score Release Predictions.

3) Flashbacks.

Several times a week, I flashback to Exam Day at the testing center. I can vividly see a Multiple Choice Question, Simulation Tab, or Written Communication Tab. These flashbacks occur at the most inopportune times: staff meetings, conference calls. I completely lose my train of thought and come out of my haze mumbling, “donor's basis…capital gain”.

Will we ever return to our former selves, or will this experience haunt us forever?

BEC (05/31/10) 82
AUD (08/31/10) 76
REG (11/29/10) 90
FAR (02/28/11) 82

[round1]

Yep, I have constant flashbacks about this test: my mind is bombarded by some recurring questions. And, to be honest, I still don't know if I answered them right: books and internet searches were not helpful at all.

This is highly frustrating. It's about an area where management can make a very subjective call regarding a transaction. How in the world I'm supposed to know what the management decision should be?! I hope that was a pretest thing. Overall, some 15 questions should be pretest questions.

DONE!

[Anonymous]

The nightmares won't stop. I dreamed about IFRS last night.

Visions of numbers dance in my head at night, yet when confronted with calculating a 20% tip, I draw a blank and then count on my fingers.

[SecondTime]

After studying late into the night I have dreams about accounting procedures that do not exist.

My family feels that I have changed.

My son is asking me all sorts of questions about how inheritance works and how to calculate how much the government takes.

What’s up with that? I try not to be alone with him anymore.

BEC:84,exp'd. retest 2/28/2013 (74)
AUD:88
FAR:77
REG:2013

WE HAVE NOT FAILED UNTIL WE QUIT

[Anonymous]

My mind constantly drifts off to a time when I had available time to take vacations. Images of lounging on a beach in Hawaii and Aruba keep entering my head. When I finally snap back to reality I realize it was all a fantesy and I get depressed.

[Author]

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