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Ringing? The tinnitus in my ears is so loud, it drowns out the locusts in summer, I kid you not.
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Sgt Ivan Boatwright
I am happy for you but it has been over 50 years for me and even in day time I see body parts float in front of my eyes and asking why I murdered them.
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SPC Nancy Greene
So sorry to hear of this tragic occurrence...war memories are an unfortunate & unavoidable part of battle. Hope you have a support system to assist with your on-going ‘battles’. Sgt Ivan Boatwright
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Sgt Ivan Boatwright
SPC Nancy Greene - When I first began to deal with PTSD, I went to several different clinics for help. When the first Iraq war started I went to the Biloxi VA hospital. The treatment that helped me the most was being on an imaginary airplane every day for about two weeks. We flew back to Vietnam and relieved each incident. At night, I was a total wreck, I had been remodeling a workshop out back in my shop. I did so-call work until I slept on the floor. I thought about everything during my working time. (What I worked on was not very well done) Much of what I thought about has been blocked from my memory, possibly from exhaustion, overload, etc. Later I began writing stories and facing my demons. It took years but now those bodies in front of me serve as a reminder of what bad choices cause. They serve to remind me to be a better person and work for the good of mankind. (I believe that is why many combat vets become ministers.) I do feel sadness when I see them but at the same time, I am encouraged to strive for a better world.
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SPC Nancy Greene
Bob, I take a ‘cocktail’ of Melatonin, Dyphenhydamine (active ingredient in Benadryl, and Magnesium. Seems to calm my mind down enough to nap for two to four hours. SSG Robert Ricci
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SPC Nancy Greene
Good for You Cowboy. Lower the better. Hope you don’t build up a ‘tolerance’.SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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SPC Nancy Greene
That’s why I use a ‘cocktail’...only took 22 years to ‘mix’ my ‘cocktail’.GySgt H Logan
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Nope, but aging has. Slept like a baby for years, anytime, any place. Now, not so much.
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It used to be pretty bad. I would sleep 1-2 hours before I'd wake up. Then I went to the extreme of sleeping around 11 hours and I never felt rested.
These days I sleep well. Rarely have any dreams. When I do it's almost as though I'm watching the events unfold rather than re-living them.
These days I sleep well. Rarely have any dreams. When I do it's almost as though I'm watching the events unfold rather than re-living them.
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PVT Steven Hoffman
I know that experience, if I do dream I never remember once I wake up, been that way since 1983 after joining the Army.
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Sleep? Is that what you get after 4 days of staying awake and you just drop wherever?
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