Hi I am very new to the site and haven't had a chance to really read a lot of the threads so if I am repeating questions and concerns that have already been talked about I am sorry.
My husband of 12 years was recently diagnosed with PTSD. He was released from the army in 2003 with an injury to his back. Since then he has had problems with his temper, communication and depression. It has gotten worse in the past year.
In May of last year he had to have surgery to repair a disc that was rupture, the same disc that caused him to be discharged. Since then he has had to quit his job because it was to much of a risk to his back. He has gone back to school to get his teaching degree.
In April of this year he was taken to the ER for what the doctor called an " episode" he had a fever that got really high and it caused him to be disoriented and he began to hallucinate. He was certain that there was someone trying to get into the house ad his mind told him that the only logical solution was to lock the house down and find a gun to protect the house. He was at home alone with our children. Luckly all of the guns in the house were locked in a gun safe and he couldn't find the key. I was at work and asked a friend to go and check on him. She called me and told me that she had him at the hospital and he was seeing and hearing things that weren't there. The doctor had to sedate him in order to calm him down.
When he was released my friend brought him home and stayed with him until I got home. He didn't remember anything that happened and was scared out of his mind.
Since then he has completely withdrawn into himself. He stays in our bedroom and avoids contact with anybody. He is angry,depressed, and freaked out. He won't talk to me about anything and I have begun to feel like an annoyance to him. I am at a loss as to what to do or say. Neither of us sleep well, I am beginning to become depressed and feel worthless. I don't know if this is normal or not.
How do you handle the stresses of PTSD as a supporter. Cause what I doing now isn't working.
My husband of 12 years was recently diagnosed with PTSD. He was released from the army in 2003 with an injury to his back. Since then he has had problems with his temper, communication and depression. It has gotten worse in the past year.
In May of last year he had to have surgery to repair a disc that was rupture, the same disc that caused him to be discharged. Since then he has had to quit his job because it was to much of a risk to his back. He has gone back to school to get his teaching degree.
In April of this year he was taken to the ER for what the doctor called an " episode" he had a fever that got really high and it caused him to be disoriented and he began to hallucinate. He was certain that there was someone trying to get into the house ad his mind told him that the only logical solution was to lock the house down and find a gun to protect the house. He was at home alone with our children. Luckly all of the guns in the house were locked in a gun safe and he couldn't find the key. I was at work and asked a friend to go and check on him. She called me and told me that she had him at the hospital and he was seeing and hearing things that weren't there. The doctor had to sedate him in order to calm him down.
When he was released my friend brought him home and stayed with him until I got home. He didn't remember anything that happened and was scared out of his mind.
Since then he has completely withdrawn into himself. He stays in our bedroom and avoids contact with anybody. He is angry,depressed, and freaked out. He won't talk to me about anything and I have begun to feel like an annoyance to him. I am at a loss as to what to do or say. Neither of us sleep well, I am beginning to become depressed and feel worthless. I don't know if this is normal or not.
How do you handle the stresses of PTSD as a supporter. Cause what I doing now isn't working.
