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So the VA in my region is crap the really don't listen to you and want to just throw drugs at everything. For example when I first returned from deployment I had to see a therapist and anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills. Well I also had about 10 other meds being thrown at me for pain, headaches, sleep etc.
Well I get really good bene's from my new employer so I've started seeing a local doctor. One of the things I liked about him is that he is a lifter and to be honest looks like he's done his share of AAS. Well, he asked about my past surgeries and asked about my mental health. I told him that I took anti depressants and have anti anxiety pills on hand and take them "as needed" ( I have this closed space with large crowds thing). I also told him I was cleared of having any PTSD.
I went in the other day to get a Rx filled and he went to get his Rx pad he forgot and left my chart open. He wrote down possible PTSD and underlined it twice with exclamation points.
Should I feel like he is judging me or diagnosing me though he isn't qualified to do so? Should I ask him why he wrote that I have PTSD?
Im a little offended for some reason. Am I wrong to be offended?
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Semper Fidelis
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Based this and the current political climate, if you don't want that shit recorded anywhere, I'd be pissed. I've got 4 tours..I don't sleep well, and angry most of the time but besides ambien I don't take anything. If you ever need anything PM me...I might know a guy who knows a guy.
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Thanks bud but honestly psychologically I'm good. I have dreams that scare the living shit out of my wife when I jump out of bed but those are rare. I don't even remember much of the explosion to be honest especially since I was unconscious pretty much until the EOD and Stryker's got there to get us medvac'd. I remember waking up here and there but couldn't hear shit but a loud tone as both my eardrums were ruptured.
I just get nervous at malls or any packed places where exits are few, unseen or there isn't much cover. - movies, restaurants and church included. I just pop an alprazolam and call it good ;D ..oh and I always feel the need to face the door when at restaurants and shit.
I miss my unit but I have no guilt issues or crippling sadness for what I had to do there or my lost brothers. I am proud to have known them and view them as true hero's who I'll always be grateful for and never forget.
All in all, I am glad to have made it out alive and live everyday feeling blessed every time I wake up and see my beautiful wife next to me and walk into my messy, loud, chaotic house full of kids :)
btw - try Lunesta 3mg..way better than ambien. Don't get as many nightmares or groggy feeling the next day
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Thanks bud but honestly psychologically I'm good. I have dreams that scare the living shit out of my wife when I jump out of bed but those are rare. I don't even remember much of the explosion to be honest especially since I was unconscious pretty much until the EOD and Stryker's got there to get us medvac'd. I remember waking up here and there but couldn't hear shit but a loud tone as both my eardrums were ruptured.
I just get nervous at malls or any packed places where exits are few, unseen or there isn't much cover. - movies, restaurants and church included. I just pop an alprazolam and call it good ;D ..oh and I always feel the need to face the door when at restaurants and shit.
I miss my unit but I have no guilt issues or crippling sadness for what I had to do there or my lost brothers. I am proud to have known them and view them as true hero's who I'll always be grateful for and never forget.
All in all, I am glad to have made it out alive and live everyday feeling blessed every time I wake up and see my beautiful wife next to me and walk into my messy, loud, chaotic house full of kids :)
btw - try Lunesta 3mg..way better than ambien. Don't get as many nightmares or groggy feeling the next day
Reread that first paragraph again...real slow.
Let it marinate. And you should be offended if your doctor didn't question if you were.
He has to cover ALL angles. Just like you did when when you were deployed.
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I'm very fortunate both my deployments were contact free.....back then I was pissed, no very much relieved.
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Thanks bud but honestly psychologically I'm good. I have dreams that scare the living shit out of my wife when I jump out of bed but those are rare. I don't even remember much of the explosion to be honest especially since I was unconscious pretty much until the EOD and Stryker's got there to get us medvac'd. I remember waking up here and there but couldn't hear shit but a loud tone as both my eardrums were ruptured.
I just get nervous at malls or any packed places where exits are few, unseen or there isn't much cover. - movies, restaurants and church included. I just pop an alprazolam and call it good ;D ..oh and I always feel the need to face the door when at restaurants and shit.
I miss my unit but I have no guilt issues or crippling sadness for what I had to do there or my lost brothers. I am proud to have known them and view them as true hero's who I'll always be grateful for and never forget.
All in all, I am glad to have made it out alive and live everyday feeling blessed every time I wake up and see my beautiful wife next to me and walk into my messy, loud, chaotic house full of kids :)
btw - try Lunesta 3mg..way better than ambien. Don't get as many nightmares or groggy feeling the next day
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I suffered from PTSD horribly- although I thought I was completely fine for about 10 months after getting back from former Yugoslavia, PM me if you want to chat...
(A former Airborne Sergeant in the 1990's)
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Thank you for your service uce.
As for the topic, I dunno...hes probably just being a doc. I mean the possibility of you having ptsd is statistically high. The thing that worries me is I live in Cali where they can take my guns if they feel I'm mentally unfit. I like my guns. I wouldn't want ptsd attached to my medical records.
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Reread that first paragraph again...real slow.
Let it marinate. And you should be offended if your doctor didn't question if you were.
He has to cover ALL angles. Just like you did when when you were deployed.
I was cleared my a military psychiatrist. He is only a general practice. My dreams may make me jump but I don't wake up sweating or keep a knife under my pillow and shit. Not like you see in the movies. I had 2 concussions before deployment playing rugby so its not like physical injuries automatically dictate I have mental health issues.
Sure there is evidence to suggest that REPEATED head injuries over time MAY lead to mental health issues but again, I was cleared after 3 months of intense sessions. I think he just refuses to believe that not every soldier that comes back has issues.
if anything maybe I'm sociopathic since I'm pretty cold to the fact of what I had to do as part of my duty. I don't feel shit but recoil when killing one of those mother fuckers shooting at me and my brothers. ;D
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btw I'm fucking STOKED to see so many service members here on GetBig..I truly had NO clue there were so many. Love this community.
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Its precautionary liability stuff. He probably underlines it twice for all vets.
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I was cleared my a military psychiatrist. He is only a general practice. My dreams may make me jump but I don't wake up sweating or keep a knife under my pillow and shit. Not like you see in the movies. I had 2 concussions before deployment playing rugby so its not like physical injuries automatically dictate I have mental health issues.
Sure there is evidence to suggest that REPEATED head injuries over time MAY lead to mental health issues but again, I was cleared after 3 months of intense sessions. I think he just refuses to believe that not every soldier that comes back has issues.
if anything maybe I'm sociopathic since I'm pretty cold to the fact of what I had to do as part of my duty. I don't feel shit but recoil when killing one of those mother fuckers shooting at me and my brothers. ;D
Didn't a military psychiatrist go on a shooting?
I have a friend who is a Marine, and back when he came home in the 90s, he said that he was looking at ways to escape in malls, looking at the trees, and how he could climb the escalators. I think that is just natural.
Things are not always what they they seem. You could be telling us one thing, but if we were face to face, we may see something else.
Every heard of a man being called the "nicest guy" and come to find out he's beating the ish out his woman, but then people started realizing that they all saw cues..similar. Your doctor may have seen signs in just talking to you, subtle cues. So don't feel offended, feel thankful that he is concerned. Would you want a doc that was like "naaaah, you are ok...", when there might be a little bit of concern?
I do hope that everything is ok for you.
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Its precautionary liability stuff. He probably underlines it twice for all vets.
Plausible...
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Didn't a military psychiatrist go on a shooting?
I have a friend who is a Marine, and back when he came home in the 90s, he said that he was looking at ways to escape in malls, looking at the trees, and how he could climb the escalators. I think that is just natural.
Things are not always what they they seem. You could be telling us one thing, but if we were face to face, we may see something else.
Every heard of a man being called the "nicest guy" and come to find out he's beating the ish out his woman, but then people started realizing that they all saw cues..similar. Your doctor may have seen signs in just talking to you, subtle cues. So don't feel offended, feel thankful that he is concerned. Would you want a doc that was like "naaaah, you are ok...", when there might be a little bit of concern?
I do hope that everything is ok for you.
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It's not only that dude, you also look at which exit doors open (and to where), you never take elevators in case someone cuts the power, you ALWAYS use the stairs, when eating you always are watching with your back against the wall...
VERY hard to give up habits, and a lot of energy used trying to look charming and innocent doing it!!!
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It's not only that dude, you also look at which exit doors open (and to where), you never take elevators in case someone cuts the power, you ALWAYS use the stairs, when eating you always are watching with your back against the wall...
VERY hard to give up habits, and a lot of energy used trying to look charming and innocent doing it!!!
He said the exact same thing! Situational Awareness can be a bitch...he taught me a lot of that.
And using the glass from buildings as mirrors.
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Thanks for chiming in guys, I see your point and I won't take it personally. I visit the VA and PTSD groups to volunteer as most of you know, talking to a shrink is one thing but sometime you feel the only ones that understand are the ones who've been there.
I won't take it personal and I'll let my doc slide. My dad was in Vietnam and had some issues back in the day so he is always on the lookout for "red flags" when it comes to us. (my brother and sister also serve and have been deployed at least once each). Thankfully they are ok and will not be returning.
My wife says she's never seen me so happy. Says I help out more, spend more time with the kids, more patient with them and more affectionate with her so I must not be doing that bad. Like I said before, the experience has truly made me a better man and I truly appreciate life, love, family and God much more these days.
couple things bother me to be honest but they are out of my control.
I can't be with my brothers.
I don't have 100% mobility to fully go hard on cardio like I want so I feel like a fucking lazy fat ass some days. Lifting cheers me up, but I need to shed some BF% I don't like being in the 20's
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I've seen the bad after effects of TBI. That's the one thing that you can't discount, especially if it was before they took baseline scans. They started that shit a few years ago and I guess it helps. I was lucky, the worse shit that was ever thrown my way was while I was in a tank so a few dull thuds and that was it. Keep training, it helps more then anything.
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Everything in your chart you have a right to see. I would ask him why he wrote it down and BE NICE!!!!!! Don't be dick and give him a reason to prove him right. Ask him in a very polite way if he is qualified to give that type of diagnosis while mentioning that a Dr who specializes in that field cleared you.
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Hey Johnny stop being a dick. You don't know me so if you don't like it shut the fuck up and move on. I don't regret sending any of those camel fucking assholes to their grave.
If you can't stand behind the troops feel free to stand in front of us asshole.
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He's an idiot....I'd say don't take the bait but its some much fun. I for one don't regret a thing other then the massive amount of time I wasted before Obama decided we were done. I was actually proud of my time in Iraq...Afghanistan on the other hand was a colossal waste of time.
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So the VA in my region is crap the really don't listen to you and want to just throw drugs at everything. For example when I first returned from deployment I had to see a therapist and anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills. Well I also had about 10 other meds being thrown at me for pain, headaches, sleep etc.
Well I get really good bene's from my new employer so I've started seeing a local doctor. One of the things I liked about him is that he is a lifter and to be honest looks like he's done his share of AAS. Well, he asked about my past surgeries and asked about my mental health. I told him that I took anti depressants and have anti anxiety pills on hand and take them "as needed" ( I have this closed space with large crowds thing). I also told him I was cleared of having any PTSD.
I went in the other day to get a Rx filled and he went to get his Rx pad he forgot and left my chart open. He wrote down possible PTSD and underlined it twice with exclamation points.
Should I feel like he is judging me or diagnosing me though he isn't qualified to do so? Should I ask him why he wrote that I have PTSD?
Im a little offended for some reason. Am I wrong to be offended?
ditch the dope, find a job that you love, live life
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Based this and the current political climate, if you don't want that shit recorded anywhere, I'd be pissed. I've got 4 tours..I don't sleep well, and angry most of the time but besides ambien I don't take anything. If you ever need anything PM me...I might know a guy who knows a guy.
I salute and respect you veterans more than words can say. Libfags will spit on you and call you baby killers, but you are all true patriots and men in the truest sense.
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thank you for your service! but you ever wonder that perhaps the military psychologists try not to diagnose cases mild ptsd due to the cost involved in treatment for all service members. I don't know, you may not have it, you may a mild case (that was intentionally let go or not). Either way, best wishes to feeling your best
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Thanks bud but honestly psychologically I'm good. I have dreams that scare the living shit out of my wife when I jump out of bed but those are rare. I don't even remember much of the explosion to be honest especially since I was unconscious pretty much until the EOD and Stryker's got there to get us medvac'd. I remember waking up here and there but couldn't hear shit but a loud tone as both my eardrums were ruptured.
I just get nervous at malls or any packed places where exits are few, unseen or there isn't much cover. - movies, restaurants and church included. I just pop an alprazolam and call it good ;D ..oh and I always feel the need to face the door when at restaurants and shit.
I miss my unit but I have no guilt issues or crippling sadness for what I had to do there or my lost brothers. I am proud to have known them and view them as true hero's who I'll always be grateful for and never forget.
All in all, I am glad to have made it out alive and live everyday feeling blessed every time I wake up and see my beautiful wife next to me and walk into my messy, loud, chaotic house full of kids :)
btw - try Lunesta 3mg..way better than ambien. Don't get as many nightmares or groggy feeling the next day
I've had a phobia about being in crowed places all my life. I don't have PTSD. If your doctor believes the only cause of anxiety and/or agoraphobia is PTSD, then he isn't very knowledgeable.
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i had problems with crowded places after my first 2 deployments..but that stopped..all in time brother
my dad was a career frogman though so i had a good person to talk to....this shit isnt suppossed to be bottled up like other problems
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hey man I just wanted to say thank you for your service.
I hope whatever things that you find are troubling you now come to pass. you sacrificed a lot for your country and it doesn't go unappreciated, or unacknowledged.
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So the VA in my region is crap the really don't listen to you and want to just throw drugs at everything. For example when I first returned from deployment I had to see a therapist and anti-depressants and anti-anxiety pills. Well I also had about 10 other meds being thrown at me for pain, headaches, sleep etc.
Well I get really good bene's from my new employer so I've started seeing a local doctor. One of the things I liked about him is that he is a lifter and to be honest looks like he's done his share of AAS. Well, he asked about my past surgeries and asked about my mental health. I told him that I took anti depressants and have anti anxiety pills on hand and take them "as needed" ( I have this closed space with large crowds thing). I also told him I was cleared of having any PTSD.
I went in the other day to get a Rx filled and he went to get his Rx pad he forgot and left my chart open. He wrote down possible PTSD and underlined it twice with exclamation points.
Should I feel like he is judging me or diagnosing me though he isn't qualified to do so? Should I ask him why he wrote that I have PTSD?
Im a little offended for some reason. Am I wrong to be offended?
also, dont be noticably offended to him...had a buddy that did that..
took him over a year of doctor and lawyer visits to get his paperwork straight for the LEO world....just go talk to the bastard a few times to calm his nerves about you
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i had problems with crowded places after my first 2 deployments..but that stopped..all in time brother
my dad was a career frogman though so i had a good person to talk to....this shit isnt suppossed to be bottled up like other problems
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AGREED 100%, but as you said talking to another service member is the only way, "civies" just can't relate! TRUTH.
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Just gotta say it again. No better feeling than to wake up and check the GB boards and see all my service brothers chiming in. Totally impressed on just how many are here.
Semper Fi
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thank you for your service! but you ever wonder that perhaps the military psychologists try not to diagnose cases mild ptsd due to the cost involved in treatment for all service members. I don't know, you may not have it, you may a mild case (that was intentionally let go or not). Either way, best wishes to feeling your best
They don't really do that. The VA might be different but the army docs do a pretty good job. Some things are automatic so if you got blown up and they did the baseline CT scan prior to deployment, they can where or if its affecting you. They're pretty quick to throw pills at you and with some of the combinations, its not a good thing. Military medicine is weird...its the best in the world at heavy trauma, but stuff like this its hit or miss. Your better off loosing a leg then heaving mental issues.
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I've had a phobia about being in crowed places all my life. I don't have PTSD. If your doctor believes the only cause of anxiety and/or agoraphobia is PTSD, then he isn't very knowledgeable.
Did you serve?
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You don't suddenly develop that phobia....especially hyper vigilance thats associated with it. If a guy gets blown up....the list of behaivors that suddenly change is amazing. Being stressed for days on end with little sleep and downtime screws with you. On my last trip to Iraq, we got the shit mortared out of us one day. I was headed home on leave. I went from that...to a 48hr blur of travel....to sitting on a boat on a lake on the 4th with a beer in my hand. The shit fucks with your mind.
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Just gotta say it again. No better feeling than to wake up and check the GB boards and see all my service brothers chiming in. Totally impressed on just how many are here.
Semper Fi
Talking to my dad this morning about this very subject...he told me "you realize you got over crowded places when they started making you carry off duty"
That's true! That weapon becomes a part of you..I go places without it now all the time..but I guess looking back on it I was unknowingly using as a sort of crutch
Bench
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AGREED 100%, but as you said talking to another service member is the only way, "civies" just can't relate! TRUTH.
You may be right about us civilians not being able to relate, but we still care. My son-in-law has some issues with PTSD after four deployments. He also suffers migraine headaches following being exposed to an IED explosion. He was also fortunate to be sleeping when the mess tent in Iraq was blown up, otherwise he could have died. Instead he helped with the clean up after the explosion. These are things that stay in your mind forever. Imagine seeing your buddies' body parts spewed all over the place inside that tent. Not a memory anyone wants to have nor one that is easy to forget.
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primemuscle is a legend in veitnam he got his dick blown off then sowed it back on and had ptsd for only 3 weeks now hes bi-sexual he claims and enjoying life
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Did you serve?
Nope. Thank goodness. I would not have survived the Vietnam war. I still feel a lot of gratitude for all those folks who did and do serve though.
I have no idea how this phobia started with me. The first I knew I had it was when I was at a Ray Charles performance in L.A. When it was intermission and hoards of people rushed to the toilets, I blacked out. My girlfriend got me to a table somehow. The other couple at the table bought me a drink (my girlfriend and I were underage for alcohol). The drink calmed me down and I made it through the rest of the performance. After this experience, I have avoided being in extremely crowded places as much as possible. I also suffer from claustrophobia.
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primemuscle is a legend in veitnam he got his dick blown off then sowed it back on and had ptsd for only 3 weeks now hes bi-sexual he claims and enjoying life
Funny story. Is that why my dick is so short? :o
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Nope. Thank goodness. I would not have survived the Vietnam war. I still feel a lot of gratitude for all those folks who did and do serve though.
I have no idea how this phobia started with me. The first I knew I had it was when I was at a Ray Charles performance in L.A. When it was intermission and hoards of people rushed to the toilets, I blacked out. My girlfriend got me to a table somehow. The other couple at the table bought me a drink (my girlfriend and I were underage for alcohol). The drink calmed me down and I made it through the rest of the performance. After this experience, I have avoided being in extremely crowded places as much as possible. I also suffer from claustrophobia.
see, i was never afraid to be in crowded places when i got back...just super hyper vigilant..i was scanning everything. taking mental notes...same shit i would do on protection detail...and if it were dark like in a bar or something? it was way worse..
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see, i was never afraid to be in crowded places when i got back...just super hyper vigilant..i was scanning everything. taking mental notes...same shit i would do on protection detail...and if it were dark like in a bar or something? it was way worse..
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Clearly something triggers these phobias. The connection to yours in obvious. Some other folks, have no idea how they originated. My mom had issues with claustrophobia and anxiety which were much more extreme than mine. Is it possible phobias, like other mental issues are genetic.
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I was cleared my a military psychiatrist. He is only a general practice. My dreams may make me jump but I don't wake up sweating or keep a knife under my pillow and shit. Not like you see in the movies. I had 2 concussions before deployment playing rugby so its not like physical injuries automatically dictate I have mental health issues.
Sure there is evidence to suggest that REPEATED head injuries over time MAY lead to mental health issues but again, I was cleared after 3 months of intense sessions. I think he just refuses to believe that not every soldier that comes back has issues.
if anything maybe I'm sociopathic since I'm pretty cold to the fact of what I had to do as part of my duty. I don't feel shit but recoil when killing one of those mother fuckers shooting at me and my brothers. ;D
Since you're already integrated into the Hierarchy's military system, the more shit they think you are, the better. Could lead to some more dough in your pocket down the road...
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Clearly something triggers these phobias. The connection to yours in obvious. Some other folks, have no idea how they originated. My mom had issues with claustrophobia and anxiety which were much more extreme than mine. Is it possible phobias, like other mental issues are genetic.
mine are gone now..i can go on a 6 month tour, come home and go out on the same night...shit doesnt phase me....but ive made a lot of trips
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see, i was never afraid to be in crowded places when i got back...just super hyper vigilant..i was scanning everything. taking mental notes...same shit i would do on protection detail...and if it were dark like in a bar or something? it was way worse..
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I know of a former instructor from one of the big 3 companies who was a bad apple to begin with, but is now basically a renegade with no regard for other people or empathy for others, involved in all sorts of shady shit with org crime and drugs arms deals overseas ect. Very dangerous person who the police in his home town really don't like to deal with.. My point being is do certain people just not recover from these incidents in war? And is it dependant on personality?
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in any case Corporate America is grateful for your service.
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I know of a former instructor from one of the big 3 companies who was a bad apple to begin with, but is now basically a renegade with no regard for other people or empathy for others, involved in all sorts of shady shit with org crime and drugs arms deals overseas ect. Very dangerous person who the police in his home town really don't like to deal with.. My point being is do certain people just not recover from these incidents in war? And is it dependant on personality?
i know the kind your talking about. people like that are trash from the begining. the experience gives them an ego, and an excuse..there is nothing wrong with those types. just a defective human being from the start who gives the rest of us a bad name..
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mine are gone now..i can go on a 6 month tour, come home and go out on the same night...shit doesnt phase me....but ive made a lot of trips
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Well that's good to read. You are luckier than some folks.
Are you saying that for some people the more the exposure, the more insulated or numbed you become to it? There are a few mental health care professionals who would agree with this and a bunch of others who wouldn't.
I am no professional, but I think we do develop coping mechanisms the more we are exposed to stressors.
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Well that's good to read. You are luckier than some folks.
Are you saying that for some people the more the exposure, the more insulated or numbed you become to it? There are a few mental health care professionals who would agree with this and a bunch of others who wouldn't.
I am no professional, but I think we do develop coping mechanisms the more we are exposed to stressors.
no, not really. I never really had a problem to begin with. I just had trouble taking that combat edge off when i got home.
It just depends on the person. My dad had a career of combat before he left the service and he never had any problems either, and his father too..could be genetic, or what i think? somewhere along the family line we figured out a coping mechanism. when i got home i never had a shortage of people who could relate.
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no, not really. I never really had a problem to begin with. I just had trouble taking that combat edge off when i got home.
It just depends on the person. My dad had a career of combat before he left the service and he never had any problems either, and his father too..could be genetic, or what i think? somewhere along the family line we figured out a coping mechanism. when i got home i never had a shortage of people who could relate.
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I suspect you hit on it with your last sentence. It is so important to have people in your life who listen to you and who you feel care about and understand you. I try to be that person for my son-in-law. His father has intimated many times that he doesn't support his decision to become a combat soldier. BTW, my son-in-law's MOS is forward observer. Fortunately, He's also a computer wiz and has had to do extensive real time forward observing as it was done in wars past. The life expectancy for a forward observer in battle is pretty much nil, as you likely know.
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You may be right about us civilians not being able to relate, but we still care. My son-in-law has some issues with PTSD after four deployments. He also suffers migraine headaches following being exposed to an IED explosion. He was also fortunate to be sleeping when the mess tent in Iraq was blown up, otherwise he could have died. Instead he helped with the clean up after the explosion. These are things that stay in your mind forever. Imagine seeing your buddies' body parts spewed all over the place inside that tent. Not a memory anyone wants to have nor one that is easy to forget.
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Caring is definitely out there, it's just hard to get someone to relate to the experience when we're trying to describe something specific like getting mortared, living for weeks in the field doing night ambushes, etc... usually the smallest stuff!!
Tell your son-in-law I had a friend who had the same migraines- he was in an L.A.V. (Armored Personnel Carrier/Stryker) when it ran over a mine, he wasn't injured but kept getting migraines... EVERY year they get less and less, and now he hasn't had any in past 4 years!
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Caring is definitely out there, it's just hard to get someone to relate to the experience when we're trying to describe something specific like getting mortared, living for weeks in the field doing night ambushes, etc... usually the smallest stuff!!
Tell your son-in-law I had a friend who had the same migraines- he was in an L.A.V. (Armored Personnel Carrier/Stryker) when it ran over a mine, he wasn't injured but kept getting migraines... EVERY year they get less and less, and now he hasn't had any in past 4 years!
That's good news which I will share with him. As a result of the migraines and some other medical issues he is no longer combat ready and will not be deployed again. The military doctors wanted to do spinal surgery on his neck with a risk, if they failed, that he would be paralyzed from the neck down. He declined and has been going through the process of being medically boarded out for most of the past year. He has been in the armed forces for almost 15 years. At this point he is ready to move on with his life as is our daughter and their son.
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in any case Corporate America is grateful for your service.
Nicely played ;)
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You may be right about us civilians not being able to relate, but we still care. My son-in-law has some issues with PTSD after four deployments. He also suffers migraine headaches following being exposed to an IED explosion. He was also fortunate to be sleeping when the mess tent in Iraq was blown up, otherwise he could have died. Instead he helped with the clean up after the explosion. These are things that stay in your mind forever. Imagine seeing your buddies' body parts spewed all over the place inside that tent. Not a memory anyone wants to have nor one that is easy to forget.
trust me when I say the sight of it is definitely bad, but you will NEVER forget the smell of the dead.
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trust me when I say the sight of it is definitely bad, but you will NEVER forget the smell of the dead.
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TRUTH!!! I saw many mass graves, in Croatia and Bosnia- we used to use VICKS menthol gel in our nose, and if e didn't have that we used to use Cigarettes cut into 1/4 pieces, one in each nostril to "filter" the stench.
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i know the kind your talking about. people like that are trash from the begining. the experience gives them an ego, and an excuse..there is nothing wrong with those types. just a defective human being from the start who gives the rest of us a bad name..
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they screen for psychopaths, but I guess its what they do with them once they discover them.
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I'm a little late to this gathering.
First and foremost...thank you for your service and welcome home (I did Desert Storm 3rd ACR)
Don't be offended...even if the military doc cleared you, it is my understanding that PTSD can manifest itself long after the event...the human mind is a funny thing sometimes
But you should, as a matter of protocol, ask the doctor, "Do you even lift??"
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I was cleared my a military psychiatrist. He is only a general practice. My dreams may make me jump but I don't wake up sweating or keep a knife under my pillow and shit. Not like you see in the movies. I had 2 concussions before deployment playing rugby so its not like physical injuries automatically dictate I have mental health issues.
You sound like your falling into the a trapping of denial. Either I'm a textbook case, or I'm perfectly fine. I fell into the same trap for years with ASD, it's never a clear cut issue with mental health, which is why you should never ever place too much importance on one psychiatrist
I think he just refuses to believe that not every soldier that comes back has issues.
Everyone has mental health issues. The human brain is a imperfect machine meaning near everyone will face direct limitation due to the methods you use to fine tune it.
if anything maybe I'm sociopathic since I'm pretty cold to the fact of what I had to do as part of my duty. I don't feel shit but recoil when killing one of those mother fuckers shooting at me and my brothers. ;D
It's not likely your a sociopath otherwise you likely would of never started the thread in the first place.
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Medic at the Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad AFB/LSA Anaconda. Still can't stand the smell of pork on the BBQ.
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Medic at the Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad AFB/LSA Anaconda. Still can't stand the smell of pork on the BBQ.
Burn wards stink Army Medic here.....
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You have the right to be offended if it was meant to be seen by you, which it wasn't. Best wishes for resolving any issues you may have though.
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Burn wards stink Army Medic here.....
Nothing like working all day surrounded by stink and pain with a sweaty ass crack.
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trust me when I say the sight of it is definitely bad, but you will NEVER forget the smell of the dead.
Smells and sounds tend to stay
Bench
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TRUTH!!! I saw many mass graves, in Croatia and Bosnia- we used to use VICKS menthol gel in our nose, and if e didn't have that we used to use Cigarettes cut into 1/4 pieces, one in each nostril to "filter" the stench.
HA! Vicks is a friend for sure. We even used it when going into the town markets ..animals & sewage everywhere and the people DO NOT use deodorant. Just smelly pits and ass everywhere especially by days in when everything and everyone had been marinating in the sun