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01-03-2007, 12:28 PM
| | | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| |  Hey Group - Fiance Has Combat PTSD
My name is Brandy. I'm 24 years old, from Huntington Beach, CA, and my fiance has combat PTSD and OCD. It's a great mix. He just got out of the Army last week, back from Iraq for a little over a year, and having a grand time trying to figure out how to deal with this whole PTSD thing! We just started in the the VA and seeing a psychiatrist who switched his meds all around, and now going through side affects all over again. I want to learn how to deal with this from the get go so that our relationship can remain intact and healthy. I hope to get to know a lot of people here :-) |
01-03-2007, 03:00 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: charles town, wv (usa)
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welcome to the forum, brandy |
01-03-2007, 04:36 PM
|  | Administrative Editor PTSD | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Welcome brandy, and I must congratulate you for certainly being proactive with this. Well done... it makes all the difference for your relationship, that is for sure... likely your sanity also. |
02-03-2007, 02:41 AM
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Brandy,
Welcome to the forum. I myself am an Iraqi vet and doing the VA thing currently. Honestly, the meds suck and its a trial and error thing. They tried a few on me which made worse than before, and had some really nasty withdrawl cycles. The only thing I can say is to please be a little tolerant and understanding of how bad a med can potentialy affect him. Best of luck and welcome again.
DD |
02-03-2007, 12:48 PM
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Welcome to the forum, Brandy. |
02-03-2007, 02:48 PM
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