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Ideas for finding information on PTSD In this day and age the Internet is the first place for our information. If you are trying to find information pertaining to PTSD try searches on the following: 1. PTSD 2. Secondary PTSD 3. PTSD and Families 4. PTSD Medications 5. PTSD Symptoms 6. VA PTSD 7. PTSD Treatments 8. PTSD Coping Skills 9. PTSD Counseling 10. PTSD Triggers These are just a few ideas of what you can do. Don’t take everything as solid while going through the site. Remember not all Veterans with PTSD display the same symptoms nor do they all fit in one neat little category. Hope this helps…VVW Staff If you know of or have found helpful information please send a link to our Webmaster and we will get it up here on our site. Also any other searches you have tried would be welcome. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| “PTSD” I am a Vietnam Veteran Wife/Widow and I have just been told that Disability claims for PTSD will begin to be re-channeled after the evaluation of the VA to outside organizations like the Institute of Medicine before a final determination, which will hold PTSD claims up for years. This is just one of the organizations to try to discredit claims of PTSD. What’s next? Well I guess it is the statement made by an obvious tunnel vision individual that states clearly that PTSD can be “cured” and that young combat veterans filing disability claims should not be awarded because it will help them get better if they work instead…. well let’s break these useless statements down! First off why should any claim be seen outside of the VA? What about confidentiality of the VA? Will the VA ask permission to do this? I smell a fragrance coming from the VA and it does not smell like perfume but smells like the higher ups who need money for wars and who want our kids to go to war, but let them down when they come home. While the veteran vacations in VA hospitals with generic medications and, because of lack of money, have PA’s instead of doctors, of course they always have a real life doctor on duty according to the law, but I wonder just how many actually work five days a week? Hmmmmmm??? Let’s hear from you doctors… Now onto the next subject: PTSD is curable says who? I believe it was Colonel Ritchie, an army lady doctor that makes this statement, well lady I would love to talk with you and I am sure a million plus other woman would also…do you have a magic pill to take the flashbacks away? The short term memory loss, the hatred, the rages that ravages the entire family like a plague leaving its destruction behind, unable to keep a job, taking your personality of a loving wife and turning you into a clone of your husband where you don’t know who or what you are? Of course you can’t answer these questions because you use clinical studies, well what “rat” did you use this time? I also would like to ask if you ever tried to get a job after being in war? But that’s a silly questions to ask you a doctor, I am sure after all the times you have been in war or married to a veteran you ran right out and got your degree and a job! Excuse me but I think it is time for the veterans and family members to start making statements and get this incredibly stupid idea of changing the guidelines for PTSD just to save money in the VA out on front street. So those interested in being heard please let us know and let’s start asking President Bush and all those we voted in to office from your state just what have they been doing with their time? Obviously with this kind of thinking I see no reason for young lives to go to war if those precious lives will be forgotten and left on the streets or jails or take their own lives because some doctors says PTSD is curable…… Starting next month the issues of PTSD from the wives/widows stand point will be heard…come on ladies send me your thoughts and don’t spare the horses, it is time for a stampede! Danna Hughes/Vietnam Widow/Service connected To respond to Danna Click Here. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PTSD/Vietnam Veteran Wives Vietnam Veteran Wives was established in 1996 to help woman of combat veterans and research on Agent Orange and Desert Storm illnesses’. Since beginning the organization we opened the National Veteran Center in Republic, Washington, and have accredited service officers working on veterans claims with a high rate of success. We also established credentialed veteran counselors working with our veterans on issues of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to help eliminate the pain the disorder brings to the entire family. While trying to establish help for the woman I got sidetracked with the veterans because of my own husband needing help with his PTSD. Since he passed in 2001 it has been brought to my attention we have many subjects on our website but again nothing for the woman, so this is now changing we will have a monthly newsletter on the site for woman with write ups concerning the wives and with posting of those who would like to interact asking questions concerning their problems caused from PTSD. If you are interested in this subject please submit your questions either on the website or e-mail or write to us at VVW. P.O. Box 396, Republic, Washington 99166 Attention: PTSD/D All information is kept confidential unless given permission to discuss or put on our site… | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PTSD Due to the massive influx of returning veterans, most of who have PTSD, and the interest of said matter. VVW has compiled some links to sites that have good insight on the subject. Please take everything you hear or read with a spoon of sugar. Understand that not all veterans with PTSD fit in one category. Each person has had similar but very individual experiences. VVW is still in the process of researching more on the VA’s treatment and diagnoses of PTSD and will be posting further information here as we uncover it. In the meantime here is a few links. National Center for PTSD PTSD Alliance PTSD Info | ||||||||||||||||||||
