Nearly 50% rise in PTSD cases. Your view?

well first i'd like to say that some people dont realize how much the AF and Navy do in Iraq.

At the same time, higher education levels actually have been shown to reduce the likelihood of PTSD.. no clue why.. im not a doctor or psychiatrist.. but if its true.. that might be the reason by lower and lower numbers ( i know army has seen much more combat and has more people deployed.) but its a reason to push for education early on in a career.

anyway.. PTSD is being diagnosed more frequently and being taken more seriously now. It is also more widely known as a health issue in the military now, and that means more soldiers are going into the doctors assuming they have it, and possibly trying to convince them that they have it.

No one can say why.. since combat and deaths and injuries have all gone down in the past year

In Fact the numbers are LOW...

Not sure of the Navy & Air Force numbers...other than Seals and Air Force Rescue and FO's there are not many Combatants...

I know the Army MP's are taking a lot of Causualties...IED's

Ambushes etc...producing TBI...Marines & Army Infantry are

also being hit hard...

The problem is that MOST of the Personnal are on their 2nd & 3rd Tours so there is a 98% chances that a far greater number will have Combat PTSD...

Also think the reason they are sending the same people back is that there will be far less a number with PTSD then if

they were all Fresh Troops...

The numbers do not reflect the misdiganosis of Personallity Disorder which is done intentionaly so that they can say it was EPES and pay no Compensation...to the Troops...

As we did in Vietnam you have to look out for all of the "Wannabes"...as for the Counslor that stated that the Women were just using it...should be removed immediatly as he does not know what he is talking about...

There is always a good chance that you may have PTSD, especially if you have seen people dying or have been through some type of event that would bother a normal human being.

As far as I have heard is that because there were so many cases of PTSD, the military is now labeling the more minor cases with a different name. Those diagnosed with PTSD can get more money per month than the ones with this other diagnosis. Please. if you are a veteran then go to you local VA and talk with someone. This is nothing to be ashamed about. I know too many veterans that are in counseling with PTSD.

One friend of mine didn't realize he had it for a couple of years. When you are over there it is a different world and you have to live life a different way. So, he had heard babies crying after grenades were thrown and it started to bother him after he returned home. Didn't all come out till one night when he got drunk. He let everything out. He didn't think being over there bothered him until then. Best of luck.

i am diagnosed with ptsd with 70% rating. as far as you being diagnosed you may encounter a time in life that all of a sudden all hell breaks lose and all of the sudden things coming rushing back from the past like never before. Basically seeing someone die didnt bother me and really still doesnt, i was a scout sniper for 15 years [ 1/75th ranger bn A&B co. xviii airborne] with 98 confirmed kills. it never hit me until about 2 years after getting shot in the chest in somalia. i served in panama and the first gulf war before also, and was shot north of basra, but it never hit me until like i said about 96 or 97, it isnt being week minded, i would do it again if called to do it, its the damn hyper vigilence all the time that drains you. constantly looking around wondering what is happening or about to happen thats the kicker part, and like anything else there is those that decide to jump on the band wagon even though they never seen a minute of combat or even had a bullet fired at them, thats why i have been evaluated both by the va and private doctors, which is in my opinion ,is not in anyway demeaning to me it is just a way to weed out those that are trying to make and take money away from the vets that need that support and help.

An answer on YA a couple of days ago told me that many women are abusing ptsd. It was from a guy that worked in counseling. Said that when women yell sexual abuse the guy they acuse is shipped out pending discharge. The womens word is always the one that wins. Women use that to avoid discipline. Some say there really is no sexual abuse but it gets them a lifetime pension. I was alarmed to hear that. It is very hard for a guy to prove ptsd but all a gal has to do is ask and acuse. Sure dont seem fair to me. Would not like to be in that kind of army. Glad I served when i did and under the conditions back there before gals could get by with that. you are right. we all jump out of our skins at the sound of gunfire, it does go away with time. The flashbacks of your lost buddies is one that never goes away.

Everyone's mind is different some can bounce back and others people minds are easily broken. There are many people in the "regular" world that have psychotic breaks and those are those who don't. No one knows why or even how the medication they give them works. I believe PTSD is real and it can be temporary or not.