post traumatic stress syndrome of iraq?
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Veterans Affairs. Google it and see if they have a section on it. They should.
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Post traumatic stress. Not from war or natural occurrences but from everyday life like losing a parent, abuse, rape, or car accident. Like what makes one person be more effected by it than another in the same situation. I have suffered much from life but because it wasn't a major thing that effected hundreds, people don't understand how I can be so traumatized.
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I just jump a bit. I don't generally scream at all. (Don't hold me to that in case something really really bad happens though!) I have friends that were in Viet Nam and Iraq and they are definitely Combat Ready....even when it has been a long time. I think that is very normal!
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IRAQ--PEOPLE ARE DYING-----------\n\nPROTEST ABOUT DEATH..............
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He needs therapy and medicine. And a lot of love and patience, if you can muster it. His reaction is common to battle experienced veterans. I'm not in the military, but I'm sure he has a military doctor he can consult with. \n  War is Hell. That is a fact, and every war is the same: Hell.  \n  Being shot is a horror. It's not something that anyone can get over quickly. \n  The best thing for him would be to get OUT of there ASAP and start therapy stateside. If that is possible.............. Battle induced PTSD does appear to lessen with time, but not in all cases. Prozac REALLY helps the condition. \n  Here are two sites that should be helpful: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ \nhttp://www.ptsdalliance.org/
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term for certain psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful experiences that the person experiences as highly traumatic. [1] These experiences can involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury, or a threat to physical and/or psychological integrity. It is occasionally called post-traumatic stress reaction to emphasize that it is a routine result of traumatic experience rather than a manifestation of a pre-existing psychological weakness on the part of the patient.\n\nIt is possible for individuals to experience Traumatic Stress without manifesting a full-blown Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as indicated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.\n\nSymptoms of PTSD can include the following: Nightmares, flashbacks, emotional detachment or numbing of feelings (emotional self-mortification or dissociation), insomnia, avoidance of reminders and extreme distress when exposed to the reminders ("triggers"), irritability, hypervigilance, memory loss, and excessive startle response.\n\nExperiences likely to induce the condition include:\n\nchildhood physical/emotional or sexual abuse \nadult experiences of rape, war and combat exposure (the latter often called combat stress reaction) \nviolent attacks \na serious motor accident \nWitnessing the sudden death of a loved one \nnatural catastrophes, such as an earthquake or tsunami \nlife-threatening childbirth complications \nFor most people, the emotional effects of traumatic events will tend to subside after several months. If they last longer, then diagnosing a psychiatric disorder is generally advised. Most people who experience traumatic events will not develop PTSD. PTSD is thought to be primarily an anxiety disorder, and should not be confused with normal grief and adjustment after traumatic events. There is also the possibility of simultaneous suffering of other psychiatric disorders (i.e. comorbidity). These disorders often include major depression, general anxiety disorder and a variety of addictions.\n\nPTSD may have a "delayed onset" of years, or even decades, and may even be triggered by a specific body movement if the trauma was stored in the procedural memory, by another stressful event, such as the death of a family member or someone else close, or by the diagnosis of a life-threatening medical condition.\n\nAlso, doctors have conducted clinical studies indicating traumatized children with PTSD are more likely to later engage in criminal activities than those who do not have PTSD.\n\nBackground\nPsychological distress after trauma was reported in 1900 BCE by an Egyptian physician who described hysterical reactions to trauma (Veith 1965). Hysteria was also related to "traumatic reminiscences" a century ago (Janet 1901). At that time, Sigmund Freud's pupil, Kardiner, was the first to describe what later became known as post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (Lamprecht & Sack 2002).\n\nHippocrates utilized a homeostasis theory to explain illness, and stress is often defined as the reaction to a situation that threatens the balance or homeostasis of a system (Antonovsky 1981). The situation causing the stress reaction is defined as the "stressor", but the stress reaction, and not the stressor is what jeopardizes the homeostasis (Aardal-Eriksson 2002). Post-traumatic stress can thus be seen as a chemical imbalance of neurotransmitters, according to stress theory.\n\nHowever, PTSD per se is a relatively recent diagnosis in psychiatric nosology, first appearing in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980. It is said development of the PTSD concept partly has socio-economic and political implications (Mezey & Robbins 2001). War veterans were to a great deal incapacitated by psychiatric illness, including post-traumatic stress in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. However, they had difficulties rece
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google 158th Avn Rgt, then ask for google alerts.\nMy ex was in Iraq and I put in "48th Brigade" in the search and then in alerts and got all of the news before other people.
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This is the one area the VA does not deal with but should...spouses.  Family Services usually have some answers at the base.  Other than that I would call the VA, Social Work Service and ask if you can come in for a consultation with a worker (as a courtesy) tell them what you are seeking and how difficult it is and ask if they have a program for wives of PTSD patients.  Feel free to call the center director if you are not satisfied.  It really is a pity that they have not addressed this issue as wives spend 24/7 with these patients and are the caregivers without training. Keep going, call your congressman too.  Keep making noise...you have a lot of company but even the PTSD patients had trouble getting diagnosed.  It took about    7 years for them to be heard after Vietnam.  Persistence pays.  Good luck.
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I managed my stress by joining the army infantry.  \nOn second thought I don't thinki'd call that management.  \nThat's more of a way to vent my anger!!\nI usually just focus myself in think of soming I like or somewhere i'd reather be.  That worked through 14 months in Iraq.
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I think i know what you went through!..I spent 7 years in the Australian army, and did 3 tours to Vietnam!..Where i was then blown up 4 times by the Americans!..{mind you, they didn't discriminate, they blew each other up as well!}..But after 'demob' i found civilian life very difficult to fit back into!..I survived by going to university and getting a degree in Geology!..But i still found it hard to tolerate the odd thinking of civilians, did you notice that you didn't seem to fit in?..I wonder if this was just paranoia or what?..Many Vietvets just didn't handle it at all!..a lot went "bush" many commit ed suicide, others went insane!.Moving from one world into another so suddenly has to have some sort of effect on the unprepared mind, and i bet you were never prepared by the Army for it were you?.
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I think its mostly genetic, but high stress can cause a series of other mental disorders. I am sorry your ex husband has been mistreating you, I hope you find someone who can protect you from him.
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I don't know where you would find specifics on it. I am a Katrina evacuee and I was contacted by Project Recovery. Their purpose is to help people cope with the stress of Katrina. They provide crisis counseling. They may be able to point you in the right direction. Their number is: 866-856-3227. You may also contact your local mental health services.\nI know that they are seeing a lot of PTSD and depression in the hurricane victims. So, if your wife knows how to deal with PTSD and depression, that would be helpful.
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Go to www.emofree.com  They can direct you to a practitioner of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), many of whom will help for free. EFT is astoundingly effective with PTSD. You can also contact me directly about my own experience with EFT.\nTerry Chamberlin
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When I was in Iraq, I didn't have any combat experiences, but we were mortared/rocketed a lot, dealt with VBIEDs and IEDs, etc.  I too was jumpy when I first got home, but only for a couple of months.  I was pretty irritable for awhile, but now I am back to my "normal" level of crankiness.  I had a lot of problems sleeping -- it took me a long time to fall asleep at night and I was tired most days.  That has also resolved.
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Write to him all the time! I'm sure he'll be happy to get your letters. And if he's engaged in Iraq or another high-stress zone spend time doing research on post-traumatic stress syndrome. You will be well equipped to lovingly guide him back into civillian life when he gets home. You don't want the wonderful feelings to fade when the reality of his war-fed deployment-induced emotional thirst comes in full-contact with your peace-fed warm and fuzzies. \nBest of luck! He's lucky to have a sweetie praying for him!
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If you have not experienced PTSD, it's hard to explain the feeling.  If you know any older citizens who served in the Gulf War,  Vietnam War or even World War II, for instance, you can ask them about being "shell shocked", or PTSD.  For some people it never goes away.  I know from experience (an almost fatal auto accident that crippled me and took my professional life away at no fault of my own) that it's still there, under the surface, after 5 years.  However, I made myself get in the car and deal with it.  I think your b/f is on the right track and I'm impressed that he's willing to face his greatest fears.  You go ahead and encourage him every way you can and let him be a man and have a full life again without being co-dependent on anyone else.  He doesn't need to be an emotional cripple. What would he do if you weren't there to drive him??  He'll be proud of himself before long.  A pat on the back goes a long way.  So he might have stressful moment or two; he can learn to deal with it and get stronger and should continue to get professional help as long as he needs it.  He probably is feeling guilty as hell because he lived; not to mention every thing else involved.  Let him go...give him a nudge and hold him when he needs it.  Encourage him to help others with this problem.  Helping is great healing therapy for him and others.  He'll be living with this for a long time.  God bless you both.
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Probably no mercury poisoning around at the time, but post traumatic stress disorder must have been rampant- how many real crucifixions can you see before you're mentally affected?