PTSD help! PLEASE!

[toosie]

lin, it can help to have multiple resources. We had success going through Mil One Source. They give you 12 free sessions per family member, per situation. You can call just for info to get comfortable or to open a file and get a referral. You can choose if the file is open to your husband or not (and visa versa). They have a variety of therapists, including cognitive behavioral therapists, who have special training dealing with PTSD. 12 sessions isn't enough but it's a good start and he might end up feeling more at ease speaking with a counselor who isn't in the military. Best of luck to you.

[crazyworld]

I know a young guy here in MA who suffers from this. He is 25 years old and it breaks my heart. He has been in the VA hopital here being treated and will soon be going into a PTS Clinic in Northhampton MA for a period of 6 weeks. They tried to originally give hm drugs which made him twitch and tremor...that has since been fixed.
Good Luck with this and hang in there but please get to a VA hospital and ask how to get into a clinic.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by linzieco

Thank you for all your well wishes. It does feel good when you know there are people out there who do care. It seems like no one cares because most civi's have no idea what this life is about. most military will not talk about it. There is NO support. Our war does not end once the plane lands. Its just beginning. I am fighting so hard to keep my dh from hurting himself. Not likehe is running around with a gun but he is throwing his life away. I cant walk away. I have to help him. I love him so much and this is not the man I married. This happens to be the for worse part. I am so exausted and tired of being a single mom and tired of sleeping in a bed alone. Tired of wondering when the next time is going to be that he freaks out. We will see what that military will no. He was talking about a med board but the colonel said no. This is supposed to be a Wounded Worrier Battalion and they are screwing us over too. I just want to be done with the military. If anyone has any advise please let me know. i am desperate now. It is so hard to hang on.

I am so sorry about what you and your DH are going through. And YOU are going through as much pain as he is; military spouses have to put up with the pain and anguish which can be as troubling as what the Soldier is going through.

God Bless you for seeking help for your husband.

I can't offer an help other than to say that you are in my prayers.

BTW, I want to thank you for your husband's service to this country. And YOU have served this country too my dear. I want to thank YOU for your service as well.

[hothulamaui]

aloha, does your hubby have any friends who were with him that he can talk to? I think talking with people who saw the same thing could help some. my husband still has nightmares from when he was in VN. I think when you see and do the things that our solider's do that it can't help but effect these men. keep talking to him and encouraging him to talk out his feelings with someone, maybe even writting it all down would help. I think some of the memories will never go away but in time they should be easier to live with. hugs for both of you.

[Asheville Native]

The mindset of Bush & Co. was that the 'grunts' in the military are disposable units. Use them until they are no longer an asset, then dispose of them. The local veterans shelter is full of Nam vets that were no longer useful, and another generation will replace them from Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld total disregard for our troops as people, but only as an asset to their goals, or a liability to be discarded.

As poorly as Nam vets were treated upon their return it pales to the total disregard for those returning from Iraq.

The damage is done, and it rests solely on Bush and his minions.

[Synergy1]

Originally Posted by linzieco

Please tell be the best PTSD centers out there! Thank you so much!!!!

I would say you need to see a person who is trained in treating PTSD patients such as the VA or immediately go to your local hospital emergency room and tell them you believe you have PTSD, why you believe you have it and you need to immediately want to see a medical doctor preferrably a Medical Psychologist....

I have learned that PTSD is developed by stress...PTSD is formed by a situation/s that we saw, was forced on us or a tragedy we either saw or were included in such as the likes seen by War. PTSD give us great fear and the most stress one can imagine forms the basics of PTSD.....

In 1984 I was treated for stress related to my military service but I was treated outside the Veterans Administration. The toll on me and my family since 1970 was so great I am not sure how I remained sane..(some would say otherwise) ...

I have no fun anymore since i got out of the military, nothing gets me excited except the most dangerous of my exploits, I have no friends, I never talk about Vietnam and what I did there until 2 years ago and I treat everyone like they are my enemy......

One of my VA clinical advisors was diagnosed as having PTSD because she was raped 15 years ago. After I served in Vietnam in the 75th Rangers in the Central Highlands for over a year, I was diagnosed with severe PTSD 2 years ago and I am seeing a Medical Doctor once a month and in a VA PTSD group every week for 2 years now.. It has helped a lot and I am most worried about my wife because I try so very hard to a regular guy and I just cannot....

I am constantly seen by VA Medical Doctors, VA clinicians and the Veterans Hospitals and I am sure if it was not for the VA help and Vietnam Vets "who have seen what I did and done what I did", I would not be alive today.

God Bless you our Veterans and our Troops. Please see someone immediatly in the area where your Veteran lives then get an appointment to see your local Veterans Service Officer so your Vet can get properly compensated ..... Keep us informed.....

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[irman]

Originally Posted by Synergy1

I am sure if it was not for the VA help and Vietnam Vets "who have seen what I did and done what I did", I would not be alive today.

Just because you can write/talk about it and give hope to your fellow soldier, proves to me that you now can at least cope with it.

Been there done that, my friend.
Never give up !!!
I do not care who said it first, but it worked for me.

[Macanudo]

Have your DH stalk to his doc about propranolol. This is an older blood pressure med that research found was helpful in controlling night terrors. It IS CURRENTLY being proscribed by AF and Army docs as a PSTD med.