File number is changed on export from lightroom

using lightroom 4.3... when I edit a group of photos in lightroom, most of the files will only be edited in lightroom but a few will also be opend into PS6 (by right clicking > edit in>...) Once the PS edits are complete the image is saved & I return to Lightroom. When I export the entire group of images - I set the file name to 'custom name - original file number'. The images I edited in lightroom only - all are renamed as expected (ie wedding photo-1234, wedding photo-1235...). The images I edited in both lightroom & photoshop receive the custom name but lose their file name (ie wedding photo-, wedding photo-1, wedding photo-2, etc.) When viewing these PS edited images in lightroom - they do show the file #, it is only after export that the file # is lost..
Previous versions of lightroom / PS did not have this problem for me.
I wish to maintain the file names for all of the images, help?!?

Thanks Brett, yes - when I open the photo in PS, the file name has changed from i.e. _MG_5720.CR2 to _MG_5720-2. I save the image & go back to lightroom, the image is now called _MG_5720-edit.tiff. When I export, (and in the export settings I rename to custom name - file name) the file now becomes wedding photo--. In previous versions of the software - the file name would have exported as wedding photo-5720-edit.
Can you please explain how I can check how the file names are being changed and see if I can make it so any changes to the name occur before numbers.
Many thanks, Anne

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