PTSD worse as we grow older
I was "in control" of my PTSD for the last 20 years and then all of a sudden it is back with a vengeance.Stress and anxiety are taking over my ability to concentrate and complete tasks at work. I was...
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Good information guys. I live 320 miles from the nearest vet center so it is kind of hard to get help. Although, when ever I am over that way my counselor fits me in. I have noticed a worsening too of...
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I suppose our PTSD issues and symptoms may worsen with age, but.......we also start to develop stuff along the lines of Alzheimer's, so.......well, you know!
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PTSD is NOT what one nourishes it to be. I find that comment extremely offensive and inflammatory. I did not choose this disorder, nor do I feed it. Read a little bit about the amygdala and the...
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I have also noticed an "up-tick" in my PTSD. I think that Patrick428 hit the nail on the head! I belong to a PTSD Group and every week we attend, the Psycologist asks us did we ABUSE Alcohol or...
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If 37 years of counseling, education in a related field, and being involved in vet issues and associations make my opinions rubbish, and half cocked, I rest my case. 3 C&Ps and rated 30% is the...
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Budop wrote:If 37 years of counseling, education in a related field, and being involved in vet issues and associations make my opinions rubbish, and half cocked, I rest my case. 3 C&Ps and rated...
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If there's just one bit of advice I could give about PTSD, it's to not think you can just push it down and move on. Our culture teaches us to man up and move on. But if you do the hard work to drag it...
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AKOMANC wrote:I will risk a dumb question here. I am younger and born during the "Vietnam era"....here goes...First, did you guys were gas masks very often while deployed? Further, do you think...
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When I finally went to the VA for help, I had no knowledge of Benefits or Compensation. I have been there approx. two years now. Thank God I got some help & relief. Being from the 'Nam, all I...
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For 43 years, I have kept certain thoughts at bay. I am a very private person. I do not share my thoughts, or dreams. Its does seem that my recent interactions with the VA, the tests, being around...
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It does. I was holding down a 55,000 dollar year a job for 20 years. The I had my first panic attack at work and ended up in the heart ward for three days before being diagnosed with Panic Disorder....
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I finally saw the girlfriend tonight for dinner. I had been trying to find a book on families dealing with PTSD that a friend of hers owns. Come to find out she had borrowed the book and read the...
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I spent 26 years attempting to be tough and man up for my family. I would pretend that nothing could get to me. But the nightmares, the teeth clenching headaches, and panic attacks finally got the...
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Doc, like you I went in for help and got channeled into the compensation system. I'm very grateful to the people at the VA for that. To me the biggest "win" from my eventual rating was that it helped...
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I had a post above but only see "understanding" left. Did I violate a rule or something to have it deleted??
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Nam 68-74, VA gave me 100% PTSD & 60% agent orange (Prostate removed). Been married three times, have been a drunk, a drug user, abuser, short tempered. It wasn't long I felt like giving up for...
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legion wrote:Doc, like you I went in for help and got channeled into the compensation system. I'm very grateful to the people at the VA for that. To me the biggest "win" from my eventual rating was...
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