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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:05

soon as you get home apply for unemployment and go make a doctors appointment (civilian). connect with local vets group. you will need advocates. apply to VA for schooling/retraining money, and disability. let me stress this, you will need advocates! will need to network the doc, VA, and vet org for the best results.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/post-trauma...

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformatio...

http://www.ptsdinfo.org/

http://www.vvaw.org/

http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid...

http://www.ivaw.org/membership

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/45194/...

you are not alone. there are thousands of us.

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I don't have an answer, but I wanted to say THANK YOU for your dedication to our country.

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I am so sorry to hear that you are having problems. I very much doubt that you are alone as there are just so many stressful things going on in your life right now. I wish I could give you a hug. Thanks so much for your service! My son was in Iraq and is now home (I hope he gets to stay home for awhile) and it was just a terrible stressor for everyone involved. I was a military wife also for many years, so should know the "rules" but am afraid that I don't. The army is aware though, that people are having mental health issues. If I were to try to get help, I would do so through the base so that you won't get in trouble. That is the last thing that you need right now on top of everything else. I would say though, that if they are unable to help you at the base or VA hospital, I would go to a regular psychiatrist. You need to be able to focus on your job, get rest, etc etc in order to be an effective member of the team and also to be able to stay alive while on duty. Can you go to sick call and start there right now? Can you talk to a squad leader or someone? I hope that things get better real soon for you. Oh, you are better off without the girl, better you know she is a jerk now than find it out ten years from now and if she is leaving you while you are there she is a jerk. Hugs.

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Nowadays many get a chance to practice marriage several times. You have that to look forward too. Until you are thirty you can start another marriage easily. After that it gets really hard to redevelop a close relationship. You best write a few notes each night and then ignore them until you return home in one piece.

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You better see a doctor. If you are not able to see one now, try the following: