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I returned from Iraq in 2005. Looking back, I can tell that I had symptoms immediately on returning home. Loud noises were physically painful, and I was hyper vigilant. The nightmares and dissociation didnt happen until about five years after returning home. Ironically, it was my marriage...

Yes, I took Lexapro for about two years while undergoing intensive therapy and self work. I didnt notice any side affects other than a little weight gain, and of course that could have been because I drank too. If I could have stayed off the alcohol Im sure I would have been able to heal more...

I hear what you're saying. Ive been off the forumns for a couple of years because frankly, there came a point where I was having a hard time healing being around so much anger. Its not the fault of the community so much as my limited capacity at the time. I needed validation that there was a...

Rant in bound... Just sayin... Im angry three generations of my parents, grand parents and great grands had PTSD and passed it all down the line. Im angry my mother was an alcoholic and my father a vet who was angry at everything. Im angry my sister was raped by her buddies in Iraq. Im angry...

Hey Ricky, that sounds like me a couple of years ago, so I know what you are going through. The noise triggers, the dissociation. I had some bad hallucinations, no nightmares, though I couldnt sleep at all. The most important thing you can do right now is start therapy. Find one that specializes...

Just got done watching "The Men," with Marlon Brando. Although the premis is based on WWII induced parapalegia, it is a perfect allegory for PTSD. I found it on Netflix, and highly recommend this film. Hint: Let her help you up the steps.

Link Removed I think this should put to rest any discussion over American watery beer. 8.5% ABV. A little on the light side, but beats just about any stout from the UK I've tried.

In my humble opinion, the best way to prevent PTSD is to stop sending kids to war. In over 3k years of recorded history we haven't learned a damn thing.

Welcome aboard

Greetings Oasis, and welcome! I and others here share your pain on this one. My wife of 17 years and I have been trying to recover from the hell I put her through last year. Jimmy's right on the money though. As soon as I was diagnosed, we read everything we could put our hands on...

Welcome Hr!

Rootin' for ya Jar! Maybe we can compare notes, since I start EMDR tomorrow, woohoo.

Thanks guys. Now I have to clean coffee spew off my monitor.:LOL:

Damn sorry about your friend Jimmy. Those kind of losses are hardest because they could have been avoided. Then you spend a long time thinking of anything you could have done to prevent it. That kind of humor did get us through some rough patches though. I had an Aussie friend who was with...

Reddevil wins!!!

I stumbled across this one :)

Welcome PB! Similar thing happened to me. Five years after returning from Iraq, I was doing fine until I got a promotion, sold a house and bought a house and reloctated. That's all it took. Like you, something that should give cause to celebrate triggered a long spiral into paranoia, anger...

This is it, promise

Slowing it down a bit with Hank III

And my antidote from Amon Amarth

My hate catharsis song: Green Fields of France

Sorry about the crappy ass video. Very few youtube options for this one.

How about , beautiful haunting cover to a great BoDeans song. Found this in a video game of all places. This song captures my mood when Im in the grip of the beast.

Yeah, Jimmy, maybe I went off a bit half cocked on the advice thing, sorry bud. My PTSD is not the same as yours, and my recovery/adjustment plan may sound like a lot of shoulda-coulda-woulda bs to someone else. You've given me some really truly helpful advice and perspective, I went all manic...

Just keep OPSEC in mind. I would be careful about sharing your password method on a public forum.