Layers doc. has flattened itself

HI
I have been working on a document with many layers. I recently exported to PDF's for proofing purposes and saved. (still with layers intact). I then moved on to other work, now when i opened the "layers" file, it has flattened into one layer. I did not flatten it myself.
Is there a way of recovering the file with all layers?
Much needed assistance to avoid losing a month of work.
Thanks in advance
wade

Converting to CMYK flattens the file, regardless of "PS compatibilities". I just did this myself and was quite pissed at how easy it was to do. The joboption shouldn't have been converting to CMYK and I still haven't sussed out what exactly happened.
>PDF is not the best format to use as a work file.
I agree :) , and think this disclaimer should accompany PDF's glowing reviews as a file format. You know, to protect us idiots...

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