http://www.dirjournal.com/health-journal/treating-the-invisible-wounds-of-war/ Health Journal - Health News and Health Articles Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.dirjournal.com/health-journal/treating-the-invisible-wounds-of-war/#comment-1448 MARCELLA SPEAGLE Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:06:12 +0000 http://www.dirjournal.com/health-journal/?p=60#comment-1448 MY SON HAD ONLY BEEN IN IRAQ FOR A FEW MONTHS WHEN HE WAS OVERCOME BY THE WAR AND WAS PUT IN THE PHYC. UNIT OF THE HOSPITAL THERE WHERE HE SAID HE WAS GIVEN LARGE DOSES OF AN ANTIDPRESSANT AND SEROQUEL FOR SLEEP...HE SAID HE WAS SO SICK FROM THE LARGE DOSE OF DRUGS THAT HE WAS DRY-HEAVING, VOMITING, & SO DISORIENTED THAT HE TOLD THE DOCTORS ..."F--- WITH THIS' AND WENT BACK TO HIS UNIT TO W/OUT ANY MEDS. HE SAID IF HE HAD TO BE IN A WAR, HE WANTED A CLEAR MIND OF HIS OWN, NOT THE CONFUSION OF LARGE DOSES OF DRUGS.THANKFULLY, HE CAME HOME LAST SEPT.W/OUT BODILY INJURY, BUT HE IS HAVING PTS, BUT REFUSES TO TAKE ANY MEDICATION FOR IT BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE WITH IT IN IRAQ. MY SON HAD ONLY BEEN IN IRAQ FOR A FEW MONTHS WHEN HE WAS OVERCOME BY THE WAR AND WAS PUT IN THE PHYC. UNIT OF THE HOSPITAL THERE WHERE HE SAID HE WAS GIVEN LARGE DOSES OF AN ANTIDPRESSANT AND SEROQUEL FOR SLEEP…HE SAID HE WAS SO SICK FROM THE LARGE DOSE OF DRUGS THAT HE WAS DRY-HEAVING, VOMITING, & SO DISORIENTED THAT HE TOLD THE DOCTORS …”F— WITH THIS’ AND WENT BACK TO HIS UNIT TO W/OUT ANY MEDS. HE SAID IF HE HAD TO BE IN A WAR, HE WANTED A CLEAR MIND OF HIS OWN, NOT THE CONFUSION OF LARGE DOSES OF DRUGS.THANKFULLY, HE CAME HOME LAST SEPT.W/OUT BODILY INJURY, BUT HE IS HAVING PTS, BUT REFUSES TO TAKE ANY MEDICATION FOR IT BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE WITH IT IN IRAQ.

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